Paul Hofhaimer: Zucht eer und lob ir wonet bey with Synthesizer V (1500)

Zucht eer und lob ir wonet bey (Zucht, Ehr und Lob ihr wohnet bei)

0:06 Original Lieder for AATB
2:20 Arrangement for Stadtpfeifer band (2 shawms, 2 trombones)

Paul Hofhaimer, a native Austrian composer of the Renaissance, was a colleague of Heinrich Isaac and organist-composer at the Viennese court of Emperor Maximilian I. Much of his vocal output consisted of German Lieder with lyrical melodies and relatively simple harmonies. This song however, with its more complex interplay between the upper voices, is more akin to the works of his Franco-Flemish contemporaries. The theme is one of courtly love and the worship by a lonely young gallant for a noble lady.

The original MIDI file was compiled by Allen Garvin and uploaded to CPDL.org. I used the Kevin voice bank in Synthesizer V to generate the vocal simulation. The instrumental sounds were generated with an iPhone app Music Studio 2. Reverb and echo were added using Audacity.

Text (and translation)

Zucht eer und lob ir wonet bey, (Nobility, honor and praise are with you)
gantz frey on alle reuw (completely free of all remorse)
bin ich verpflicht zu dienen ir; (I am obliged to serve you)
Sy hat fürwar das feinst gepert (You indeed have the finest bearing)
beschwert und höchlich mert (But burdened and great increased)
sich herzlich klag und sehnlich gir. (heartfelt sorrow and longing desire)

Seid ich nun weiß. zukünfftig not (Since I now know future trouble)
kein rhat auff erdt mich helffen mag (No advice on earth may help me)
es leit am tag erhör mein klag (I comes out in the day hear my shout)
die ich stets trag (that I always carry.)
sendt gnad mein glück ce ich verzag. (Send grace, O Fortune, as I despair)

Description of the the photos:

1. "Zucht eer und lob," Discantus part, Paul Hofhaimer, Liederbuch zu 4 stimmen, Augsburg, 1512
2. Young lady, Anonymous German, c1520?
3. Lady on Horseback and Landknecht, Albrecht Dürer, c1497
4. Blind Love (Cupid) firing arrows of passion, cover page of Liederbuch zu 4 stimmen, 1512
5. Gallery musicians playing loud wind instruments, Hans Holbein the Younger, c1524
6. Gallery musicians, Nuremberg, c1525
7. Triumphal Procession of Maximilian with horse-mounted shawm and trombone players, Hans Burgkmair, c1517
8. View of Innsbruck, the hometown of Paul Hofhaimer, Albrecht Dürer, c1497