Ludwig Senfl 'Es hett ein Biedermann ein Weib'

Ludwig Senfl (born around 1486, died between 1542/43) was a Swiss composer of the Renaissance, active in Germany. Was music director to the court of Maximilian I, and was an influential figure in the development of the Franco-Flemish polyphonic style in Germany.
Senfl was the most significant representative of Netherlands-German motet and lied composition in German-speaking regions during the Reformation. His music, which includes seven masses, eight Magnificats, numerous Latin motets and German lieder, four-voice Latin odes and a few instrumental pieces, forms both the climax to the old German music and a highpoint of the new styles at the beginning of the Reformation. His motet style is based on that of Isaac and Josquin. He developed a wide range of techniques, above all in his polyphonic settings of the Proper, using as structural bases archaic patterns (such as isorhythm), ostinatos, canon and cantus firmus techniques. His textures are rich in sonority, with much movement in parallel 3rds and 6ths. His lieder, which range from courtly love-songs, through the folksong to the comic or satirical song, use techniques that originated in the German Tenorlied of the early 16th century. His Latin odes, with the tune in the descant set in a simple homophonic manner, were later taken up in German Protestant hymn settings.



Images: Albrecht Altdorfer, Hans Baldung, Lucas Cranach, Albrecht Dürer, Hans Holbein, Martin Schaffner

[salemsokiredor]

Ein schöner und unerwarteter Fund, vielen Dank!

[carrioncrow]

ICH SUCHE DIESES VERDAMMTE LIED SCHON SEIT EWIGKEITEN!!! Endlich habe ich es gefunden! =w=

[classicalandmore]

One of the best songs ever written by a Renaissance composer!
Like it very much! I think you have a new subscriber here!

[claudiaabibulajewa]

Schönes lustiges Lied und toll gesungen, Auch die Bilder super dazu!

[roselynearab]

Ludwig Senfl compositeur a la cour de mon cher maximilian ... j, adore ...

[kenbutler]

Aron Raszkiewicz The group is "I Ciarlantani".  You can get this particular song on "Renaissance Music at the Court in Heidelberg"  I liked it well enough that I hunted through half a dozen Biedermanns on iTunes.  Stimmwerck is also worth a listen.

[Angel-dves]

Moderne Deutsche Musik ist Scheisse
Aber das ist Gold.

[JacobSprenger]

In der Populärmusik des 16. Jhdt. geht's letztlich auch nur ums Vögeln. :D Gerade bei Senfl (siehe auch "Im Maien", "Es Taget vor dem Walde"), dem Bohlen seiner Zeit. ;)

[Lia_Evergreen]

Kto od historii muzyki na cieszyńskim uniwerku??🎻🎻🎻

[ronar_pol]

Anyone knows the performer's name? His voice is incredible! And what dialect of German is this? Sounds like a non-existing now Schlesische Deutsch!

[Zal]

Does anybody know which painting is it at 0:39?

[YeOldeTune]

@Cucarachabalear Of course there is a difference, there are meny centuries between them. The same amount of centuries that there are between Senfl times and nowadays.

[the_late_buddyryan]

Hey, everybody! I want to post this on Facebook with an English translation of the lyrics. I don’t quite get the second and third lines—“ihr Tück’ wollt’ sie nit lahn/Das schafft ihr grader, stolzer Leib….” Can anybody tell me what “lahn” and “grad” would be in modern German? Thanx!

[chrisarchard]

Yo holmes where the fuck is the composition date, at least the proposed one for this piece?