Le chant des poètes, arcadelt ou l'antiquité en musique

Featuring

Benoit Damant
Ensemble Entheos
Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder
Miscellaneous
Pierre Clereau
Jacques Arcadelt

Pierre de Ronsard
Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger

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Compositional Technique

Arcadelt's three-voice works often feature a simple, predominantly homophonic style with voices in close position, similar to the Italian villanella, and were used for both love poems and Horatian odes.

Composer Biography

Jacques Arcadelt, a prolific composer of French chansons, had his "Primo libro di madrigali" (c. 1538) become the most reprinted collection of madrigals of the 16th century.

Historical Context

Charles de Lorraine, a powerful figure in 16th-century France, was designated Archbishop of Reims at age seven and became a cardinal at twenty-two.

Interpretation

The performers aimed to recreate the musical forces present at Charles de Lorraine's court, using four singers, four viols, a lute, and a harp.

Historical Context

Charles de Lorraine, an undoubted humanist, augmented his collection of antique sculptures during his travels to Italy, shipping 25 cases of statuary back to France in 1550.

Album & Artwork

The album's program was inspired by an article by Jeanice Brooks, which discussed Ronsard's "Hymn of Charles Cardinal of Lorraine" and works based on texts by Horace.

Performer Biography

Ensemble Enthéos, founded in 2005, explores Renaissance musical repertoire and aims to revive the creative ardor of Renaissance artists by connecting music, literature, art, and history.