Au premier jour du joli mois de mai (Clément Janequin)

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•  Posted on 2024-09-01(Posted 2024-09-01)  CPDL #81784: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2024-09-01).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 47 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. This edition is offered at original pitch for SSST or transposed down an octave for TTTB. Modernized French text.

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Title: Au premier jour du joli mois de mai
Composer: Clément Janequin
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicings: SSST or TTTB
Genre: Secular, Chanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1545 in Livre 17: 19 chansons a 4 (Pierre Attaingnant), no. 11
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Original text and translations

French text Au premier iour du ioly moys de may Tout vert tout gay pendant que le temps dure Allons ma seur au champs sur la verdure Rire chanter danser planter le may

French text  modernized Au premier jour du joli mois de mai, Tout vert tout gai pendant que le temps dure, Allons ma sœeur au champs sur la verdure, Rire, chanter, danser, planter le mai.

English translation On the first day of the lovely month of May, All green and all gay, while the day is lasts; Sister, let us go on the greensward, in the meadows, To laugh, sing, dance and plant the mayflower. (Trans. Timmi O'Danaos & Donna Ferrentes)