Castelloza's Song for unison choir and piano
B.E. Boykin
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Castelloza's Song SA/TB Unison Part qd = 65
Voice
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la - dy to plead
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own cause
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ses me
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ser
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mon all the
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know
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I want to pray be - fore I
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let my - self die
But who -
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how to dis- cern well at all
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ev - er says that does - n't know
how to dis - cern well at
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all
I want to pray be - fore I
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let
U
my - self
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die
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heal
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ing
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in
prayer
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I pray to the
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one
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much
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when
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prayer
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since
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in
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find
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from whom I
much
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sweet
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sweet
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get
great
care
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j œ
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n ˙˙ .. ˙. ˙.
68
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Historical and Performance Notes: Castelloza’s Song was commissioned in conjunction with a research presentation, (re)Consider the Canon - bringing the past into the present, for the ACDA National Conference in 2021. In addition to uncovering approachable works by well-known composers from the Renaissance and Baroque eras, the session also highlighted voices that have often been excluded from choral history. In our research, we learned about Na Castelloza, a 13th-century trobairitz from Occitan. Based on her depictions in the Chansonnier Provençale Codex, she is thought to have been a woman of color. Only some of her poetry survives - none of her music survives. Given the parameters of our session, we thought another way to “bring the past to the present,” would be to commission a work that featured one of Castelloza’s poems and used early music conventions. Like much of the repertoire from our session, Castelloza’s Song can be adapted to fit your ensemble needs. Flexible voicing options: - SATB unaccompanied (click here for youtube link) - SATB with keyboard instrument (opt. cello on the bass line) - Unison melody with guitar accompaniment (click here for youtube link) - Unison melody with keyboard instrument (opt. cello on the bass line) Other adaptations: - Feature a soloist at the beginning of each section, then add voices at each repeat (vocal solo or obbligato instrument) - Flexible tempo marking
Text and Translations: Eu sai ben qu'a mi esta gen, Si ben dison tuig que mout descove Que dompna prec ja cavalier de se, Ni que tenga totz terns tarn lone pressic. Mas cil c'o diz non sap gez ben chausir. Qu'ieu vueil preiar ennanz que m lais morir, Qu 'el preiar ai maing douz revenimen, Can prec sellui don ai gran pessamen.
I know well that it pleases me, even though everyone says that it's very improper for a lady to plead her own cause with a knight, and make him so long a sermon all the time. But whoever says that doesn't know how to discern well at all. I want to pray before I let myself die, since in prayer I find much sweet healing, when I pray to the one from whom I get great care.
Text 1: Amics, s’ie us trobes avinen (P-C 109, 1) III of VI by Na Castelloza
Text and Translation Source: Paden, William. "The Poems of the 'Trobairitz' Na Castelloza." Romance Philology 35, No. 1 (1981).
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