O Rosa Bella
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O Rosa Bella is a popular 15th century chanson, originally attributed to John Dunstable, but now to John Bedingham (see say the article by David Fallows, [1]). It is based on a poem written by Leonardo Giustiniani (1388-1446)
The text of the first verse is:
- O rosa bella,
- O dolce anima mia
- Non mi lassar morire
- In cortesia, in cortesia.
Stanley Sadie in the Cambridge Music Guide gives as translation:
- O lovely rose
- My sweet soul
- Let me not die
- In courtly love
The chanson was used as a basis for several other works, including that by Ockeghem, and masses attributed to Gilles Joye; however, Johannes Ciconia's early version shares the words but not the tune (see e.g. [2])
[edit] References
See midi and nwc2 versions with text on the ChoralWiki site [3].
[edit] External links
- Enzyklopædia super O rosa bella by composer Karlheinz Essl (1995)
[edit] CD
- O rosa bella: English and Continental Music from the Late Gothic Period: Clemencic Consort / René Clemencic
(Arte Nova 59210)
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