David Solomons

singer, one-man choir, guitarist and composer

Up I arose in verno tempore for flute and guitar

SM-000242048
Composer
Unknown (works before 1850)
Arranger
David W Solomons
Publisher
David W Solomons
Genre
Classical / Instrumental
Instrumentation
Flute, Classical guitar
Scored for
Duo
Type of score
Full score, Parts
Duration
2'40"
Difficulty
Medium
Year of composition
2016

Description
Instrumental duo based on an anonymous 15th century macaronic song about a girl who was made pregnant, and then abandoned, by a cleric.
The melody is taken by the guitar in with variations in the middle, while the melody instrument has a countermelody, and then, in the final section, the melody instruments provides a few divisions.

The sound sample is an electronic preview

For interest here are the words of the original song with my translation of the Latin bits:

Up I arose in verno tempore [in springtime]
and found a maiden sub quadam arbore [under some tree]
that did complain in suo pectore [in her bosom]
saying "I feel puerum movere [the little boy moving]

Adieu pleasures antiquo tempore, [in times gone by]
full oft with you solebam ludere. [I used to play]
but for my sins mihi deridere [they hold me in derision]
with right good cause incipio flere [I start to weep]

Now what shall I say meis parentibus, [to my parents]
because I lay with quidam clericus [some man of the cloth]
They will beat me cum virgis et fustibus [with sticks and clubs]
and me sore chaste coram omnibus [in front of everybody]
With the said child quid faciam [what shall I do]
shall I it keep vel interficiam [or kill it]
If I slay it quo loco fugiam [where shall I flee to]
I shall lose God et vitam eternam [and eternal life]

Upload date
20 Mar 2016

Price

Sheet music file
6.00 USD
PDF, 265.3 Kb (7 p.)

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