Cessez amants de servir Angélique
from Doulce mémoire by Mignarda
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Étienne Moulinié (1599-1669)
Moulinié served as director of music for Gaston d'Orléans, the younger brother of the Louis XIII, and was active in composing both sacred music and airs for the ubiquitous ballets de cour. Among the large collection of published airs de cour for voice and lute, Moulinié is responsible for a handful of volumes dedicated solely to his own music.
"Cessez amants de servir Angélique" is apparently derived from a ballet de cour, and Moulinié's music is in the form of a light-hearted courante. In our arrangement, we have take the liberty of pairing the air with an early courante for solo lute in viel ton by the famous Ennemond Gaultier.
Moulinié served as director of music for Gaston d'Orléans, the younger brother of the Louis XIII, and was active in composing both sacred music and airs for the ubiquitous ballets de cour. Among the large collection of published airs de cour for voice and lute, Moulinié is responsible for a handful of volumes dedicated solely to his own music.
"Cessez amants de servir Angélique" is apparently derived from a ballet de cour, and Moulinié's music is in the form of a light-hearted courante. In our arrangement, we have take the liberty of pairing the air with an early courante for solo lute in viel ton by the famous Ennemond Gaultier.
lyrics
Cessez amants de servir Angélique,
Amarillis se peut dire l'unique,
A qui la cour doit offrir des voeux.
Tous les plus grands appas d'Aminthe, et de Silvie,
Ne valent pas un des cheveux
De celle qui tient ma vie.
Amarillis est un ange visible:
Qui ne la sert a le coeur insensible
A la douceur des plaisirs d'amour
Les divines clairtez que sa beauté nous montre,
Font que le grand flambeau du jour
Est honteux de leur rencontre.
Cease, lovers, from serving Angélique.
Amaryllis is the only one
To whom the court must offer its vows.
All the great charms of Amintas and Sylvia
Do not equal one strand of hair
Of she who possesses my life.
Amarillis is an angel on earth.
He who does not serve her
Has a heart insensitive to
The sweetness and pleasure of love.
The divine radiances her beauty reveals to us,
Puts the great torch of day to shame.
Amarillis se peut dire l'unique,
A qui la cour doit offrir des voeux.
Tous les plus grands appas d'Aminthe, et de Silvie,
Ne valent pas un des cheveux
De celle qui tient ma vie.
Amarillis est un ange visible:
Qui ne la sert a le coeur insensible
A la douceur des plaisirs d'amour
Les divines clairtez que sa beauté nous montre,
Font que le grand flambeau du jour
Est honteux de leur rencontre.
Cease, lovers, from serving Angélique.
Amaryllis is the only one
To whom the court must offer its vows.
All the great charms of Amintas and Sylvia
Do not equal one strand of hair
Of she who possesses my life.
Amarillis is an angel on earth.
He who does not serve her
Has a heart insensitive to
The sweetness and pleasure of love.
The divine radiances her beauty reveals to us,
Puts the great torch of day to shame.
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from Doulce mémoire,
released September 3, 2021
Donna Stewart, voice
Ron Andrico, lute
Recorded at the Lava Room, Beachwood, OH
Engineer, Chris Ebbert
Lute by Nico Van Der Waals, courtesy of Glen Yasharian
Donna Stewart, voice
Ron Andrico, lute
Recorded at the Lava Room, Beachwood, OH
Engineer, Chris Ebbert
Lute by Nico Van Der Waals, courtesy of Glen Yasharian
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Mignarda Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Mignarda specializes in thoughtful programming illuminating the vibrant mingling of renaissance music & poetry. Noted for awakening modern audiences to an appreciation for historical music, their work encompasses concertizing, teaching & recording, with 17 critically-acclaimed CDs, a series of 16 music editions, scholarly articles, reviews and the internationally-popular blog, Unquiet Thoughts. ... more
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