Showing posts with label 16 century. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 16 century. Show all posts

Thursday, 19 December 2013

Vieux Noël Français

From the end of the 16th century (1531-1601) this old cantiques de Noël. Allons gay bergères by Guillaume Costeley

The pronunciation is old French so it can be a bit difficult to catch unless French is your mother tongue. Though is remains beautiful by its simplicity and the beauty of its harmony at a time when Noël was still full of that ancient meaning lost to us today.




Madonna and child with a young St-John the Baptist, by Renaissance painter Santi di Tito C.1541.