Au temps jadis (Orlando di Lasso)

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• (Posted 2017-12-11)  CPDL #47965:         

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2017-12-11).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 92 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from 1570 print. Original pitch (chiavi naturali) and note-values. Alto is in tenor clef. French spelling is modernised.

General Information

Title: Au temps jadis
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Chanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1564 in Quatriesme livre des chansons a 4 et 5 parties, Edition 1, no. 15
    2nd published: 1569 in Vingtieme livre de chansons (Le Roy & Ballard), Edition 1, no. 17
    3rd published: 1570 in Quatriesme livre des chansons a 4 et 5 parties, Edition 2, no. 14
    4th published: 1570 in Mellange d'Orlande de Lassus, no. 66
    5th published: 1574 in La fleur des chansons des deux plus excellens musiciens de nostre temps (Bavent), Livre 2, no. 6
    6th published: 1576 in Le thresor de musique, Edition 1, no. 62
    7th published: 1582 in Le thresor de musique, Edition 2, no. 103
    8th published: 1592 in La fleur des chansons, no. 63
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Original text and translations

French text Au temps jadis amour s'entretenait Quand loyauté se tenait maintenue, Avec amis une foi on tenait, Chacun vivait en paix bien entendue, Mais charité maintenant est perdue, Verité dort, et ne s'ose montrer, Jusques à ce que liberté rendue Soit à chacun de parler sans flatter.

English translation In times of yore was friendship a redoubt Where everyone did loyalty revere, Among those whose acquaintance one might tout Each man could live in peace and without fear. But now doth charity no more appear, Truth sleeps and dares not show itself about, And it will stay like this until it’s clear That flattery is something best left out. Translation by Thomas Daughton