Psaumes De La Reforme

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Cat No: 8553025

Release Date: 12 January 1999

Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics

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Barcode: 730099402521

Genres: Classical

Composer/Series: Psaumes de la Reforme

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Claude Goudimel (1520 - 1572)Psalms of the French Reformed Church translated by Clement Marot The French Reformed PsalterThe French Reformed Psalter consists of paraphrases of thePsalms of David made by Clement Marot and Theodore de B?¿ze in the sixteenth century andset to Gregorian melodies and to melodies secular or unpublished, adapted or harmonized.More than a purely functional collection, the Huguenot Psalter is a powerful vehicle ofthe Protestant faith. It clarified theological, musical and aesthetic questions of theRenaissance and exercised an undeniable influence on the music of the period. Claude Goudimel (1520-1572), who harmonized the Psalter, wasthe composer of a monumental work which contains several levels of composition. First thenote against note psalm, easy to perform and intended to be sung by everyone, then a morecontrapuntal psalm, more ornamented, and finally the psalm in the form of a motet, full ofsymbolism (Psalms XIII, CXXVIII and CIV) and treating each verse of the complete text. Thejuxtaposition of these three types of setting demonstrates the great art of this Frenchmaster, whose life was dramatically cut short at the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. Paschalde l'Estoquart and Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck contributed to the development of the genreinto the seventeenth century, with an ornate contrapuntal musical language more clearlyinstrumental (Psalm XXV) and making a more spectacular use of voices (Psalm CIV).Meditative prayers of petition, penitential appeals to God indistress, are found in Psalms XIII, CLXIII and CXXX. The argument of Psalm CXXX istranslated by Clement Marot: Deeply felt prayer of onewho, through his sin, is in great adversity and nevertheless, through his firm hope, seeksto obtain from God remission of his sins and deliverance from evil.Psalms of praise, acknowledgement of the creation, Psalms XXV,XXXIII, CIV, CVII and CXXVIII, rely on stirring melodies and are recognisable from theirgreat number: It is a fine hymn in which the prophet invites praise of the Almighty...(PsalmXXXIII); The deliverance of Israel out of Egypt...;Canticle of the priests, Levites and singers of Jerusalem, captive in Babylon. Thethird category of this group of psalms, Psalms CXIV and CXXXVII, tell the story of Israelin captivity and delivered. The Song of Simeon concludesthe vingt psalmes derniers, traduitz par Clement Marot(Twenty Last Psalms, translated by Clement Marot). This is the only extractfrom the New Testament included in the Psalms of David.The canticle is an exhortation to the chosen people. Par le desert de mes peines, mon ?óme vahaletant (Through the desert of my suffering, my souls pants forbreath), the first words of the last chansonspirituelle composed by Goudimel, were written by his contemporary Antoine dela Roche-Chandieu. This new form marks, with the magnificent Octonaires de la Vanite du Monde and the Cantiques Spirituels, the development of religioussong in French, later to become a part of worship; after
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