Sufficiebat nobis paupertas nostra (Jean Richafort)
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- Editor: Andrew Fysh (submitted 2019-03-16). Score information: A4, 6 pages Copyright: CC BY SA
- Edition notes: At original pitch. Original note values retained in Superius part only; note values halved in other parts (see Editorial Notes in score). Transcribed and edited from the Attaingnant's 1534 publication and three other earlier hand-copied sources as acknowledged in the Editorial Notes. Text of Hayne's chanson Mon souvenir, whose Tenor line is used as the Superius line here, is included for historical context only.
General Information
Title: Sufficiebat nobis paupertas nostra
Composer: Jean Richafort
Lyricist: Tobit 5:24–26 and 10:4create page
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: ATBB
Genre: Sacred, Responsory
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: Many sources of this work pre-date Attaingnant's 1534 collection, suggesting that Richafort might have composed it while serving in the French Royal Chapel in the 1510s. The marking Mon souvenir in Attaingnant's Superius partbook acknowledges Richafort's having employed the Tenor line of Mon souvenir me fait mourir by Hayne van Ghizeghem, a prolific chanson composer of the late 15th century. The text (from from the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit) is a Responsory for Ember Friday of September. The only other known setting, by Jacquet of Mantua (1483–1559), also appears in the Rusconi Codex [1518] and is based on the same chanson.
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Original text and translations
Latin text Sufficiébat nobis paupértas nostra, ut divítiæ computaréntur: |
English translation Our poverty was enough for us, that it might have been accounted riches. |