Psalms of the French Reformation
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Composer: Claude GoudimelComposer: Paschal de L'Estocart
Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Conductor: Christine Morel
Performer: Ensemble Claude Goudimel
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1995-08-22
Music Label: Naxos
Soundtracks:
- Psaume 128 : Bienheureux est quiconque
- Psaume 13 : Jusques as quand as establi
- Psaume 104 : Sus, sus mon ame il te faut dire bien
- Psaume 163 : Seigneur Dieu, oy l'oraison mienne
- Psaume115 : Non point a nous
- Psaume 114 : Quand Israel hors d'Egypte sortit
- Psaume 137 : Estans assis aux rives aquatiques
- Psaume 130 : Du fond de ma pensee
- Psaume 128 : Bienheureux est quiconque
- Psaume 104 : Sus, sus mon ame il te faux dire bien: 1 partie
- Psaume 104 : Sus, sus mon ame il te faux dire bien: 2 partie
- Psaume 104 : Sus, sus mon ame il te faux dire bien: 3 partie
- Psaume 104 : Sus, sus mon ame il te faux dire bien: 4 partie
- Psaume 104 : Sus, sus mon ame il te faux dire bien: 5 partie
- Psaume : A toy mon Dieu mon coeur monte
- Psaume 33 : Resvillez-vous chacun fidele
- Psaume 107 : Donnez au Seigneur gloyre
- Par le desert de mers peines
- Cantique de Simon
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Music Review: Of Historical Interest...
Rating: 4 Stars
...but not very artful, these 19 settings of the Psalms in French translation were plainly intended fro congregational singing, and since the congregations were Calvinist, the settings are plain indeed, strictly strophic, note-for-note syllabic harmonizations, with just a few cadential melismata (decorations of a syllable with extended runs of notes). If you grew up Protestant, you will recognize the genre, and if you have sung New England shape-note music, you'll be surprised at the resemblance.
Seventeen of the Psalms were set by Claude Goudimel, who was slaughtered in the St. Batholomew Day Massacre in Paris in August, 1572, an act of religious cleansing that may have been instigated by the Queen Mother but that was plotted and executed by common Catholic Parisians, neighbor against neighbor. Goudimel's fault was that he had accepted the Calvinist Huguenot faith. Before we get too judgmental, however, it's best to remember that Jean Calvin himself supervised the torture and burning alive of scientist Michael Servetus, whose fault was that he was a unitarian. The St. Bartholomew Massacre was the worst act of inter-faith rioting in its era, with at least 5000 dead, but it pales in comparison to the centuries-earlier slaughter of the Cathars in Languedoc. One might want to remember such events in the current climate of religious extremism in the USA.
It's interesting to compare these Protestant hymns, with their mood of pious contrition, with the troped Gregorian chants of medieval Catholicism, with their affect of rapture and mystery. The former ring out the appeal of the individual for redemption, the latter acclaim the glory of God. Really, both offer some intense emotion despite their rudimentary musical structures. If I were searching for a personal faith to adhere to, I'm fairly sure which I'd choose.
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