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Mignonne allons voir si la rose
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from the CD Divine Amarillis , by the Mignarda lute song duo (Donna Stewart Ron Andrico) • Mignonne allons voir si la rose, a song of seduction from the poetry of Pierre Ronsard, is found only as a single melody line in its original setting (Jehan Chardavoine, Recueil de chansons en forme de voix de ville, 1576). In reconstructing a plausible rendition, we discovered that the tune works perfectly with minor adjustments to Adrian Le Roy's Passemeze harmonization. Since LeRoy set several other poems by Ronsard in a similar manner, we feel our setting is historically justifiable and we trust it is eminently listenable. • Translation (by Donna Stewart) • Let’s go, my dear, and see whether the rose • Which this morning uncovered • its purple garment to the sun • has now at evening • lost any of the folds of that garment, • or any of its color that resembles your own. • But see, alas! How in so brief a time, • My dear, the rose has let fall • Its beauties upon the ground. • Nature is truly a wicked stepmother • If such a flower lasts only • From morning till night. • So then, my dear, if you believe me: • While your time of life is in bloom • In its freshest green, • Go and harvest your youth; • For as with this flower, old age • Will wither your beauty. • More information at http://www.mignarda.com
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