French Court Aires with their Ditties Englished (Various)

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Arranger Gabriel Bataille (1575–1639), lute intabulation of some airs
Publisher. Info. London: William Stansby, 1629.
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Work Title French Court Aires with their Ditties Englished
Alternative. Title French Court-Aires, With their Ditties Englished, Of foure and five Parts, Together with that of the Lute. Si propius fiet, te capient magis, & decies repetita placebunt. Collected, Translated, Published By Ed: Filmer, Gent: Dedicated to the Queene. Gratia Regum Pierris tentata medis ; ne forte pudori Sit mihi Musa lyra solers, & cantor Apollo
Composer Various
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's see below:
  1. Pierre Guédron: Bright Abstract of us seaven / Adorable princesse
  2. Pierre Guédron: At length, heere Shee is / Enfin, la voyci
  3. Pierre Guédron: Why have Thoughts conspired
  4. Pierre Guédron: O what muster of glances (Cupids troupe of Lances!)
  5. Pierre Guédron: With what wings can I fly
  6. Pierre Guédron: What spell holds thee, my Sunne, from rising?
  7. Pierre Guédron: How was Amyntas blest
  8. Pierre Guédron: Why, alas! cri'd-out my Mother
  9. Pierre Guédron: Sylvia, not long since, halfe-affrighted
  10. Pierre Guédron: Willt thou, untam'd alas! still flie, for fear of charming
  11. Pierre Guédron: If key of Speach, or locke of Silence
  12. Pierre Guédron: Too much wee range the waves
  13. Pierre Guédron: That same little great King of harts
  14. Antoine Boesset: Reason! arme thy wrong'd hands
  15. Pierre Guédron: Thou, whoe Fortune, now turn'd tender
  16. Pierre Guédron: Since our round Yeare hath but one Spring
  17. Pierre Guédron: Say then! my hard Jewell (Pierre Guédron)
  18. Antoine Boesset: Know, my dear Idoll Cloris!
  19. Pierre Guédron: To your sportstand delights, yee blith lasses!
Librettist Edward Filmer (ca.1654–1703), English Translation
Language English (original French texts also included)
Dedication Henrietta Maria, Queen of England
Piece Style Renaissance
Instrumentation 4-5 voices, lute
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