Ta bonne grace (Cornelius Canis)
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CPDL #15707:
Sibelius 5
- Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (added 2007-12-23). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 39 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: From "A General History of Music" by Charles Burney, Volume 2 page 248 in the Dover edition. Burney comments that he has added all the accidentals.
General Information
Title: Ta bonne grace
Composer: Cornelius Canis
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SAAAT
Genre: Secular, Chansons
Language: French
Instruments: None, a cappella
Published: 1544
Description: According to Charles Burney this work was included in the "fifth book" by the composer published in 1544. The whereabouts of any copy of this original source is unclear.
External websites:
Performance: Egidius Kwartet, directed by Maria Luz Alvarez, have recorded this chanson. A one minute clip of the recording can be accessed on the German Amazon. It is sung there very slowly.
Original text and translations
French text
Ta bonne grace et maintien gracieux
Et le regard de tes deux riants yeux
M’ont transporté le coeur de telle sorte,
Que contraint suis de crier à la porte
«Miséricorde au pauvre langoureux!»
English translation
Your good grace and gracious bearing
And the look of your two laughing eyes
Have invaded my heart so much,
That I am forced to shout at the door
“Have pity on the poor languishing one!”