| Love, I Know Beyond A Doubt (1997, 2007) |
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| Motet including text and melodies from traditional & Occitans chants and a monophonic chanson roial from the Rémède de Fortune by Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300-1365), in memory of Professor Peter Gram Swing (1923-1996). Revised for Essentially Choral 2007, choral composition contest funded by Jerome Foundation and administered by American Composers Forum. Winner of reading by VocalEssence, director Philip Brunelle, Minneapolis, May 2007.
Recorded May 2007, Plymouth Congregational Chruch, Minneapolis, MN |
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| MOTET TENOR: The text and melody sung by the rest of the choir and
soloist 2 are from the Marian plainchant Ave maris stella: |
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| Ave maris stella Dei Mater alma, Atque semper Virgo Felix caeli porta. |
Hail star of the sea Gentle Mother of God Forever the Virgin and The fertile gate of heaven. |
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| The text and melody sung by the alto and tenor duo are from an 11th c. Provençal monks' hymn which was based on the popular Ave maris stella: | |||
| O Maria Deu Maire Deu, t'es e fils e paire Domna preia per nos To fil lo glorio |
O Mary Mother of God God to thee is son and father Lady pray for us For the glory of thy son. |
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MOTET DUPLUM: The text and melody (sung by the sopranos, soloist 1 and later, the group) are from a “chanson roial,” a monophonic forme fixe, by Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377), included in his epic musical poem, Le Rémède de Fortune (ca. 1342): |
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Joie, plaisence et douce nourriture,
Car vraie Amour en cuer d'amant figure
Dont cils qui vit de si douce pasture
Mais ceaus qui sont en tristece, en ardure,
Qu'Amours, qui est de si noble nature
L'Envoy Amours, je say sans doubtance |
Joy, pleasure, sweet nourishment,
For true Love in the heart of the loving draws
Thus those who live in this sweet meadow
But those who are sad and overwrought,
For Love is of such noble nature
Envoi Love, I know beyond a doubt,
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| MOTET TRIPLUM My vernacular translation sung by soloist 3 (first two stanzas) and the choir (Envoi): Some lovers get sad
For Love who is noble
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