Tantzen und springen (Tanzen und springen)
0:06 Gagliarda a 5: violins, recorder, harp, 3 viols, tambourine
1:29 The original Lied for 5 voices
2:52 Voices and instruments together
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This German Lied, based on Giovanni Gastoldi's balletti, bears the subheading "Gagliarda" in Hassler's published collection "Lustgarten." The gagliarda (or galliard) was a brisk dance movement in a 3 rhythm that often followed a more stately and ponderous pavane. Like Arbeau explains in the French dance manual "Orchesographie (1589)," the late 16th century musician had the option to perform pieces like this as a song, a dance or both. The "fa la la" is a typical refrain derived from the Northern Italian composers of the 1590s. According to Arbeau, it was not unusual to dance to a song.
This soundtrack was created using the MAIKA voice bank in Vocaloid 4 for the upper 4 voices (countertenor and tenor) and the CYBER SONGMAN in the bass. The instrumental lines were generated from MIDI files posted on the website CPDL.org by Brian Russell.
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Text:
Tanzen und springen,
Singen und klingen,
fa la la...
Lauten und Geigen
Soll’n auch nicht schweigen,
Zu musizieren
Und jubilieren steht mir all mein Sinn.
fa la la...
Schöne Jungfrauen
In grüner Auen,
fa la la...
Mit ihn’n spazieren
Und converzieren,
Freundlich zu scherzen,
Freut mich im Herzen für Silber und Gold.
fa la la la...
Translation:
Dance and jump, ring and ring, fa la la...
Lutes and violins shall not stay silent
To make music and rejoice shall be my desire, fa la la...
Beautiful young women in green meadows, fa la la...
To walk and converse
To joke in a friendly way, make my heart happy
More than silver or gold, fa la la...
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Description of photos:
1. Cantus part of the "Tantzen und springen." Hans Leo Hassler, Lustegarten, Nuremberg, 1601
2. Angel playing violin, Detail from Rest on the Flight to Egypt, Caravaggio, c1597
3. Late Renaissance recorder, Bassano family, Venice, c1600
4. Concert (with details of violin or viola da braccio, flute, spinet and lute), Ludovico Toeput, c1590
5. Pastoral concert, detail from Banquet of the Gods, Hendrick van Balen the Elder, c1600
6. Dancing party, c1610
7. Musicians on the balcony, Gerrit van Honthorst, 1622
8. Concert, Gerrit van Honthorst, 1623
9. Banquet scene, Louis de Caullery, c1625
10. The Nuptials of Thetis and Peleus, Hendrick de Clerck’s, c1606
