Music & lyrics by Guillaume de Machaut, background artwork by Jehan Foucquet vocals & arrangement by Farya Faraji. This is a 14th century French song and one of my favourite songs of all time, from one of my favourite composers of all time: Guillaume de Machaut, a monument of not only French but Medieval music as a whole. As a leading figure of the Ars Nova, the emergent style of polyphony in France of the 1300's, he would secure his place as one of the most important musicians of the era. My goal with this arrangement was to provide a bridge to the gap between Renaissance and earlier medieval music. When comparing historically informed renditions of French music of the early modern era to that of the 1200's and prior, the difference is obvious; one can sense the shift from modality to tonality. However, the 1300's and 1400's mark a more subtle liminal state between both eras. Modality is slowly giving way to the emergent fundamentals of what would become tonality, aka what we now recognise as Western music. My goal was to create a mostly monophonic rendition of this song, as pure monophony was still very much the norm of medieval music and of the virelai genre such as this song's; but the monophonic style here is ostensibly less modal than that of earlier songs like "E Dame de Montpellier," or "Chevaliers Mult Estez Guariz." The vocal style here is less florid and free with pitch inflection; microtonal inflections are gone, the entire attitude towards with pitch is far more strict and closer to our familiar idea of more recent Western music. As the Middle-Ages draw to an end, Western European music has changed into a different paradigm that becomes the recognisable proto-template for tonal music, which is what I wanted to illustrate here, by showing that even when dealing with monophony and a general lack of polyphony and verticality, the broader psychological-musical framework of Western European music has changed from earlier era's. Contrasting this piece with my Renaissance performances and earlier French piece should yield a fuller picture of the gradual shift from a fully modal tradition to the one we now know as Western music. The instruments used are the harp, the hammered dulcimer, and the vielle. Lyrics in Middle-French: Je vivroie liement, Douce creature, Se vous saviés vraiement, Qu′en vous fust parfaitement ma cure. Dame de meintieng joli, Plaisant, nette et pure, Souvent me fait dire 'ai mi!′ Li maus que j'endure Pur vous servir loyaument. Et soié seüre Que je ne puis nullement Vivre einssi, se longuement Me dure. Je vivroie liement, Douce creature, Se vous saviés vraiement, Qu'en vous fust parfaitement ma cure. Je vivroie liement, Douce creature, Se vous saviés vraiement, Qu′en vous fust parfaitement ma cure. Car vous m′estes sans mercy Et sans pité dure. et s'avés le cuer de mi Mis en tel ardure Qu′il morra certeinnement De mort trop obscure, Se pour son aligement Merci n'est procheinnement Meüre. Je vivroie liement, Douce creature, Se vous saviés vraiement, Qu′en vous fust parfaitement ma cure. English translation: I should lead a happy life, sweet creature, if only you truly realized that you where the cause of all my concern. Lady of cheerful bearing, pleasing, bright and pure, often the woe I suffer to serve you loyally makes me say 'alas!' And you may be sure that I can in no way go on living like this, if it lasts any longer. For you are merciless to me and pitilessly obdurate, and have put such longing into my heart, that it will certainly die a most dismal death, unless for its relief your mercy is soon ready.
@BurgermanForever-nh2vp4 ай бұрын
Many thanks for the lyrics and translation!
@natheriver89104 ай бұрын
Thank you very much
@Adventeuan4 ай бұрын
Can you make a symphony on the Myrioi of Xenophon? It'd be cool, I think, but good music as always.
@raychat28164 ай бұрын
Music and food often go hand in hand, especially when it comes to historical events and cultural gatherings, and since you’re using your research to depict historical music in it’s context as accurately as possible, perhaps a collab with Tasting History With Max Miller channel is not a bad idea (in my opinion), since in his channel he tried to depict historical dishes as accurately (and legally today) as possible with a complementary side dish of history 😊. I did mention the idea of a collab with you on his latest video as well ☺️
@kevincurrie51254 ай бұрын
@@faryafaraji just wanted to take a moment to say thanks for your contribution to the history of music. Your page is my favorite on KZbin and I must listen to Belisarius 5x a day. Keep up the outstanding work!
@quietcat4 ай бұрын
At this rate with the costumes, you'll soon be able to make a full-length film about a guy time travelling into the past, in all kinds of places and eras. Great music, as always.
@Eugene-tm8fm4 ай бұрын
Aristoxenos’ Ostentatious Adventure: coming soon to a theater near you
@vasilijestevanovic51424 ай бұрын
@@Eugene-tm8fm I'd watch that. XD
@quietcat4 ай бұрын
@@Eugene-tm8fm A film with a deep message: stop and snort the olives.
@quietcat4 ай бұрын
@Eugene-tm8fm And yes, I, too, would watch that.
@HangrySaturn4 ай бұрын
@@Eugene-tm8fm I want to see this film XD
@craigthebrute60324 ай бұрын
Modern audiences taking the time out of their busy lives to cover your music 700 years later has to be the greatest compliment a composer could ever dream of.
@guillaumeixdaquitaine82884 ай бұрын
Merci pour cette belle interprétation de cette magnifique chanson de Guillaume de Machaut, une de mes chansons médiévales préférées. Merci.
@BurgermanForever-nh2vp4 ай бұрын
THIS SONG HAS BEEN GETTING STUCK IN MY HEAD FOR YEARS AND I NEVER KNEW WHAT IT WAS THANK YOU SO MUCH
@Hirosjimma4 ай бұрын
@@BurgermanForever-nh2vp how long has this song been stuck in your head for?!
@BurgermanForever-nh2vp4 ай бұрын
@@Hirosjimma wow at least 14 years! I only speak english and didn't know how to look it up lol
@thames37204 ай бұрын
you can also check out Apocalypse Orchestra's cover of it - The garden of earthly delights
@GeoCrusader4 ай бұрын
Lol can totally relate, although only like for half a year or so… 14 years is crazy man… I would’ve gone mad
@GeoCrusader4 ай бұрын
…or learned French in that time to search this song😂
@chlodweg80644 ай бұрын
Un classique, mais sublimé à la perfection, je suis plus conquis que l'Angleterre après le passage de Guillaume!🤩 Merci beaucoup pour ce délice auditif!
@tylerbrubaker66424 ай бұрын
Right in time for my birthday! As always, thank you Farya ☺️
@faryafaraji4 ай бұрын
Happy birthday my man!
@psyops_meows4 ай бұрын
Happy birthday man
@Eugene-tm8fm4 ай бұрын
Happy birthday my guy
@symphonyoforder4 ай бұрын
Happy birthday, dude!
@Orthodox_people4 ай бұрын
Happy birthday
@IoanCenturion4 ай бұрын
One song every three to four days is a crazy pace, keep these coming!
@vincentiusrex4 ай бұрын
Je n'ai pas été aussi tôt depuis que Notre-Dame était le plus haut bâtiment de Paris ! Merci d'avoir interprété ce qui est aussi une de mes chansons préférées 😊
@septimus75244 ай бұрын
I swear man you are solidifying your place even as my NIECE'S favorite musician, and snd shes not even old enough to comprehend words yet! I've never seen a baby genuinely enjoy music more than when I told my sister to start playing your music, especially Medieval. You're bringing the greatest positive energy in song now to a brand new generation, and I die of surprise if the next several never hear your sounds.
@angry-indian-goddess4 ай бұрын
😮 I didn't expect those notes in French music!!!!! Another instance of Farya teaching us how /truly/ universal music can be ❤❤❤
@raychat28164 ай бұрын
Thank you for providing the world with such a rendition of De Machaut’s song 😊, and in fact for generally providing a more true to History palette of musical view and understanding, for someone like me who’s not really delved enough to know, but was at least aware that something is a miss, your musical body of work is very much appreciated, thank you Farya
@Lardenoy3 ай бұрын
Merci beaucoup ! Je suis Rémois ( ville de Reims, en Champagne, où Guillaume de Machaut, fut chanoine de la cathédrale)...La belle enluminure représentée ici est une œuvre du peintre Jehan Fouquet, représentation fidèle, vers 1450, de l'île de la Cité à Paris, de la tour de l'évêché, du Petit Pont et de Notre Dame tels que les virent François Villon ou Charles d'Orléans. Vita brevis , ars longa ! ❤
@emza85304 ай бұрын
Comme toujours, réfléchi, fidèle et plein d'âme !!!!
@HistorywithCy4 ай бұрын
Love it... and as always, thanks for providing the translation!
@gabriellebel18704 ай бұрын
C’est assez spécial que même 700 ans plus tard que cela est encore joué : ) Salutations depuis le Québec ❤
@secretarchivesofthevatican4 ай бұрын
This is great and it's really interesting understanding where it fits in what you have been sharing about the change from modal music to modern harmony-based music.
@mitraxxgaming96594 ай бұрын
Incroyable chanson de mon beau pays ❤️🇫🇷
@jackmargiotta50124 ай бұрын
Yes!!! More Guillaume de Machaut!! Beautiful!
@luthfilofianda39994 ай бұрын
Your medieval songs are always be my favorite! Waiting for more medieval songs!
@LilyLewis7714 ай бұрын
This is one of my absolute favorites!! I’ve been hoping you would cover Guillaume de Machaut and this did not disappoint :D
@AnneBeggs4 ай бұрын
Another jewel of excellent music, history and the magic of combining the two - TY =---->
@Matchupitchu69Ай бұрын
Hello. Very good version of this beautiful music! Great job and many thanks.
@rhosi14714 ай бұрын
Hey bro, I don’t know if you’ll see this, but this song came at a good time for me. Your work is beautiful man. Keep going
@Cocoriknives4 ай бұрын
🇫🇷⚜️ Bravo et merci. From France.
@raychat28164 ай бұрын
J’apprécie vivement le texte en forme originale, je ne suis pas français, mais Levantin, et j’aime bien les petites aperçues de la langue française et son évolution à travers le temps
@alexanderfo38864 ай бұрын
Thank you for this wonderful interpretation of one of the most beautiful pieces of music written in middle French.
@ЯнГладир4 ай бұрын
I’ve been CRAVING for medieval songs
@PiRljn4 ай бұрын
Fantastique ! Merci beaucoup pour cette superbe production 🙏🏻!
@MeowtroidPrime4 ай бұрын
You've really got me interested in studying medieval history more closely as an adult! It always interested me but i always felt like whatever I learned in school was incomplete or lacking - even just learning that there's a whole history of European medieval music I wasn't aware has been really refreshing. Your video descriptions and pinned comments are almost as entertaining as the videos themselves. Thank you for your hard work and research!
@Emma-gk3kn4 ай бұрын
J'ai toujours été une brèle pas possible en musique, mais j'ai un plaisir immense à parcourir les vidéos de cette chaîne. Tellement de choses que j'ignore ! Merci pour ton travail, merci pour ta passion, et merci de les partager comme tu le fais :)
@nur_byeol4 ай бұрын
That’s exactly what I needed for a mood while sewing a clothing with historical elements🤩🤌🏼Thank you!!
@psyops_meows4 ай бұрын
I’m glad I didn’t fall asleep to miss another banger
@Clarys3894 ай бұрын
Merci Farya ! Cette chanson est merveilleuse et tu l'as vraiment bien interprétée et arrangée !
@mariekolify4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much - you bring the music of this time to life again.
@z.l.burington11834 ай бұрын
I would love to hear a medieval English folk song done in the same sort of modal performance, or even earlier styling.
@britandveg4 ай бұрын
Your channel should be required music history watching for music students cause you really are the best out there ❤
@Marlène-StP4 ай бұрын
EXTRAORDINAIRE! 🌟
@FlyingNazgul-wm1dv4 ай бұрын
I really respect your talent to make all these great songs in the spirit of old
@Ziel-22k4 ай бұрын
I just love that background illutration 😍
@pontifeofastora97524 ай бұрын
this is Paris
@Ziel-22k4 ай бұрын
@@pontifeofastora9752 I know! Which other city could it be? There's literally NOTRE DAME in the background lol
@Ziel-22k4 ай бұрын
@@pontifeofastora9752 I hoped someone would tell me the name or at least artist. But I found this illustration now. It's called: The Right Hand of God Protecting the Faithful against the Demons. Jean Fouquet.
@fieracarmen47134 ай бұрын
Vocea ta este poezie este hrană pentru suflet!
@SirBolsón4 ай бұрын
Guillaume de Machau was mentioned in Hildegard von Blingen's bardcore version of "We didn't start the fire."; quite the coincidence!
@jasminv86534 ай бұрын
Soooo pretty to listen to, and like you say, very interesting to compare the singing style to your other pieces! Thanks again Farya, you keep onnputting out amazing stuff!
@pogmonke52174 ай бұрын
I have heard this song before, great job covering it.
@djuengst20004 ай бұрын
Nice Farya, I got a weird American blues vibe from the intro. I liked the track as a whole. Thanks😊
@Bleustar3344 ай бұрын
Wow, it's truly mind-blowing how they managed to record this video and music in the 14th century. After 700 years, we’re still here, watching it 😮😮
@lemonZzzzs4 ай бұрын
Not European enough: where's the duduk and the stepdance shoes acting as the percussion?
@hugodesrosiers-plaisance31564 ай бұрын
C'est tjrs cool de voir popper des pièces en français sur ton channel. Très beau vocal sur celle-là. ✌️
@MasterEhsan3694 ай бұрын
Keep it up Farya 🔥
@sauceru994 ай бұрын
One of the better renditions of the song i have heard, very well done sir!
@SieurBrabantio4 ай бұрын
merci ! très belle version!
@beatles194714 ай бұрын
Cool Machaut ! belle version ! Allo de Montréal !
@samuelberteferreira4 ай бұрын
Someone told me that Perrotin really liked it.
@iberius99374 ай бұрын
Vraiment une tres belle chanson, monsieur ! Je peut ouvir pourquoi c'est une des ton préférés. Excellent travail !!!
@giuartcinesong4 ай бұрын
Bonjour, je travaille également avec d'anciennes muses françaises. Vous pouvez visiter ma chaîne pour plus de chansons de ce type. merci
@svacar4 ай бұрын
Guillame de Machaut , the secretary of bohemian king John of Luxembourg, ( Jan Lucemburský - czech) what a lovely person he must have been to create such wonders which make the heart tremble, to wet your vision with tears and make your soul feel so helpless in love once again...
@DoctorKalkyl4 ай бұрын
Oh, right, so this is the song Apocalypse Orchestra got the melody for The Garden of Earthly Delights from! Neat!
@memduhakat4 ай бұрын
I was waiting for that for 1 year. Perfectttt!
@turnipsociety7064 ай бұрын
une tuerie, cestuy son
@lanaincenz4 ай бұрын
Special thanks to you from a group of Dungeons &Dragons players, Farya! Your songs inspire us to create fantasy worlds and bard songs!
@seamusogdonn-gaidhligarain27454 ай бұрын
There could have been no more fitting day for you to release this to me, Farya :(
@RavieVillvanathan25 күн бұрын
Sending love from Ravie Dios marvellous from Australia Queensland Brisbane ❤❤❤❤❤
@noctecordivesalus4 ай бұрын
Yaaaasss I was hoping for such a recording!!!
@jach994 ай бұрын
Great work as always Farya!
@mariana.makasjian4 ай бұрын
Awesome farya! Keep going 👊🏻
@chrystale8884 ай бұрын
Beautiful.
@pedroferreira41344 ай бұрын
I heard it first, then I had to click the "like". It is so unsurprising that anytime I hear anything from you "I have to click like". Can you not make any "lousy music"? Very nice and pleasurable video/music. Keep on!
@gatomu99084 ай бұрын
thank you again and again
@daniel16234d4 ай бұрын
Melody of this song sounded so familiar to me, and then I remembered that 6 years ago I was a fan of a bardcore doom metal band "Apocalypse Orchestra" that had a song based on this melody called "The Garden Of Earthly Delights". And now I heard the "original" for the first time. Thank you, Farya, for making these authentic renditions of medieval songs! P. S. In your older Epic Talking videos you recommend to watch a video "Microtones: The Lost Art of Western Music" that now is missing from this channel. Is it because of technical issues or did you hide it because other new videos cover this topic better?
@Tai-q4l5 күн бұрын
I heard that this was the melody of the bagpipes in the song the garden of earthly delights, and it sure is
@SjI-w2o4 ай бұрын
Nice tune
@BrogimarusFranciscus4 ай бұрын
Belle chanson!
@Historia_Invictus4 ай бұрын
WAKE UP MEN, A NEW SONG DROPPED 🗣
@HolyApplebutter4 ай бұрын
Reminds me of Garden of Earthly Delights by Apocalypse Orchestra. Not sure if they just interpreted the tune of this song, or if there's is just a modern english version of this, but the melody instantly stood out to me.
@armurazor04 ай бұрын
Incontournable
@KuquisHere4 ай бұрын
Yey, the tiptotis guy just uploaded a new video 😊
@StaubAufDenKnochen4 ай бұрын
I love this
@Allaan694 ай бұрын
Mercii
@gothmarilyne4 ай бұрын
beautiful
@ThinkForYourself20254 ай бұрын
Sir, has anyone told you you look like a living version of a Persian prince? For example, when you go to a museum and look at the ancient artifacts and see the carvings of ancient Mesopotamian kings. Very handsome. ;)
@torontal86824 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@scaldcrowe4 ай бұрын
'tis a banger, my liege
@Adventeuan4 ай бұрын
Can you make a symphony on the Myrioi of Xenophon? It'd be cool.
@glthemusicenjoyer68094 ай бұрын
I'm practically hungering for more medieval stuff and this is great, tho I'd love to hear more of thar older, more melismatic style. Still love it though!
@probaddie4564 ай бұрын
He can't keep getting away with it (he always gets away with it)
@Ortwin-n4e4 ай бұрын
You kind of look like “Vlad Drăculea” 😂 That’s actually really cool!
@putthecotdown4 ай бұрын
Really nice song! (really good arrangement & vocals too) The melismas sound really lively beautiful and the dulcimer and harp are groovy as well. Was it supposed to be dance song?
@Yoyërcompany4 ай бұрын
The only thing that can sweeten the Mondays
@ohlavash5434 ай бұрын
Merci! Sur le point de me coucher après une panagerie, ça attendra!
@hamster3mpire4 ай бұрын
Goes hard
@tomgreenleaf19184 ай бұрын
I had no idea western Europe in the middle ages used such modal interchange as we still hear in the middle east today. What tuning system did they have back then that allowed for this? I had always assumed their music must have been quite diatonic before the advent of the 12TET system.
@faryafaraji4 ай бұрын
Their octave division was the same one as today's Western music: a chromatic 12 part division of the octave, which allowed them to do modal interchange you've noticed. The temperament is what changed; their 12 part octave division was tempered to Pythagorean and therefore wasn't equally spaced as 12TET is, but apart from that minute difference in tuning, it's pretty much the exact same octave division.
@paulspl25812 ай бұрын
Dope
@Gutanreiki4714 ай бұрын
Nice .
@goldrinn124 ай бұрын
이 양반은 못하는 언어가 없네. 😮 영어와 페르시아어는 물론이고 라틴어, 그리스어, 프랑스어, 불가리아어, 아르메니아어 등등.. 가사 중세 프랑스어여서 그렇지 순간 페르시아의 산투르(양금)과 헷갈릴뻔함.
@itsx3non4 ай бұрын
Farya, I genuinely appreciate your work. Maybe you saw my work too. Sorry, I didn't inform you when I started to remix your songs, I thought those remixes wouldn't blow up this much so I didn't want to interrupt you with a mail. I just want to say great work as always man. By the way, those chants (that are probably sang in minor chords) such as "Sons of Mars" or "Psalm 135" really help me with my channel's content too. I don't want to be seen as someone who steals your work, but as a young music producer from Turkey, I only want to help my family with the earnings I get from the remixes I make. Love from Turkey!
@omaralbutmeh31454 ай бұрын
Guillaume de machute would be impressed
@Eugene-tm8fm4 ай бұрын
More superb hon hon hon oui oui baguette music to add to my collection
@yami_11644 ай бұрын
nice
@Historia_Invictus4 ай бұрын
⚜⚜⚜
@ManfredTheFirst4 ай бұрын
hon hon hon hon. Gonna eat Creme Brulee with this.