Fors seulement
Fors seulement is a French chanson, popular as a basis for variations and as a cantus firmus. An early version, attributed to Johannes Ockeghem, is sometimes called Fors seulement l'attente to distinguish it from his similarly titled Fors seulement contre.
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Brumel wrote a polytextual version, combining a tenor setting of Du tout plongiet with the words and superius from Ockeghem's Fors seulement l'attente for baritone.
Lyrics
Except in waiting for death |
Versions and settings
Many versions of the chanson were produced including those by Johannes Ockeghem, Josquin des Prez, Pierre de La Rue, Matthaeus Pipelare, Johannes Ghiselin, Jacob Obrecht, Antoine Brumel, Jheronimus Vinders and Alexander Agricola.
Mass settings include those by Vinders, Ockeghem, Obrecht, Pipelare, and Carpentras.[3]
References
- George H Black (2003). Matthaeus Pipelare’s Fors Seulement (II) Chanson and its Related Motet and Mass Performance Editions and Commentary. DMA thesis. Louisiana State Univ. (online, PDF, 3,13 MB)
Notes
- Text at the LiederNet Archive
- A full translation to a slightly different version of the French text is to be found in Appendix A of Black (2003) pp. 309 f.
- Black (2003), pp. 48; 65.