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Edition de Gerald Hoekstra In 1597 the Antwerp printer Pierre Phal? issued what was to be his last new anthology of chansons, Le Rossignol musical des chansons for the enjoyment of those who delight in singing in the French tongue. Like his great madrigal anthologies of the 1580s, this collection for four, five, and six voices exhibits a wide variety of secular song styles of the time. Texts range from the conservative and somewhat moralistic to the risqu?nd playful, and musical styles from the homophonic, rhythmic manner associated with the Parisian chanson to the more polyphonic and expressive style of the Italian madrigal. Composers include local Antwerp musicians such as Pevernage and Cornet, Netherlanders working abroad such as Rogier and Monte, and Frenchmen such as Le Jeune and Caignet. Although a few of the pieces had been published previously, most are unique to this print. Table des mati?s :Dedication to the 1597 Edition, by Pierre Phal?The Four-Part Chansons 1. Si dessus voz levres de roses, Andr?evernage 2. Tes beaux yeux causent mon amour, Jan Peterszoon Sweelinck 3. Il estoit un clerc qui aymer vouloit, Mitou [Thomas Champion] 4. Le feu couvert dont l'ardeur et la force, Corneille Verdonck 5. Le seul espoir de mieux avoir m'amie, No?aignient 6. Rose, vostre beau teint et voz douces odeurs, Eustache Du Caurroy 7. La peine dure que tant j'endure, S?rin Cornet 8. Le tien espoir de mieux avoir t'abuse, No?aignient 9. Tu ne l'enten pas, Claude Le Jeune 10. Ma mignonne debonnaire, Andr?evernage 11. Pour estr' aym?ar grande loyaut?Andr?evernage 12. Hault et bas la chemin? Denis Caignet 13. En m'oyant chanter quelque fois, Claude Le JeuneThe Five-Part Chansons 14. Mignonne, allons veoir si la rose, Rinalde del Melle 15. Rossignol mon mignon, qui dans ceste asaulaye, Claude Le Jeune 16. Mais voyez, mon cher esmoy, George de La H? 17. L'arbre d'amour un fruit d'amaritude, Etienne Bernard 18. Mon coeur se recommand' ?ous, Rinalde del Melle 19. Tout le plaisir qu'un amant peut avoir, Philippe Rogier 20. Rossignollet qui chante, Rinalde del Melle 21. Sur la rous?mi fault aller la matin? Rinalde del Melle 22. Pour gaige de ma foy, Etienne Bernard 23. Je me plaignoy des beaux yeux de madame, Corneille Verdonck 24. Las, il n'a nul mal, Claude Le Jeune 25. Jupiter, ?es grand Roy, No?aignient 26. Je file quand Dieu me donne de quoy, Philip Van Wilder 27. Que me servent mes vers, Philippe de Monte 28. Si doncque tu me veus secourir, Rinalde del Melle 29. Mon fils, ma vie, amour, Rinalde del Melle 30. Le Rossignol plaisant et gratieux, Alfonso Ferrabosco 31. Amour et la beaut?Philippe Rogier 32. Sur toute fleur deslite, Jean de Macque 33. Tu as tout seul, Jan Jan, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck 34. Ayant fait de mes pleurs, [Raimond] de la CassaigneThe Six-Part Chansons 35. Veu que de vostr' amour, Philippe Rogier 36. Elle n'eust sceu la chaleur ÂŽprouver, Claude Le Jeune 37. Pour vous aymer je veux mal, ?on coeur, Denis Caignet 38. De moins que riens, Hubert Naich 39. Rossignollet du bois, Denis Caignet 40. Bon jour mon coeur, Philippe de Monte 41. Leal amour ne veut estre pos?Philippe Rogier 42. Le Printemps se couvre de fleurs, Corneille Verdonck 43. Quand je pense mesjouir, Denis Caignet

Shortly after the Second World War a combative movement of Danish Belgian and Dutch artists chose the cobra snake - extremely dangerous yet considered sacred - as a symbol of their resistance to strict guideliness of form. The name 'Cobra' also happens to contain the first letters of the cities Copenhagen Brussels ans Amsterdam from where most of the movement's members came. The Cobra movement which existed from November 1948 until November 1951 can with some justicication be called the last major avant-garde movement of the 20th century.The source of inspiration for the composition Cobra comes from four paintings: 'Obhobning' by the Dane Egill Jacobsen; 'La jeune fille et lamort' by the Belgian Pierre Alechinsky; 'Orgeldraaier' and 'Le rythme joyeux de la ville' by the Dutch artists Karel Appel and Corneille. Obhobning means 'pile-up' which is represented musically in the first part by a melodic and harmonic pilling up of perfect fourth's. The first part is also characterized by a rhythmic feeling which the painting gives through its use of numerous black stripes. In the painting La jeune fille et la mort Pierre Alechinsky places a young girl opposite Death. The second part features the constantly pulsating motion of live while a creeping dark melodic line develops. The tension between life and death is tangible as a battle reveals itself. In part three one hears the Orgeldraaier by Karel Appel as cheerful and playful as an organ grinder's music. The painting Le rythme joyeux de la ville by Corneille is busy and extremely dynamic a perfect source of inspiration for a powerful rhythmic ending to this composition.