Pierre Passereau was a French composer who lied in the mid-sixteenth century. He favored popular, rustic and often bawdy texts. His best-known chanson is the four-voiced "Il est bel et bon, commère, mon mari." He is handsome and fine, my husband is, There were two gossiping women in the village,...
A 16th-century secular madrigal in the dorian mode that depicts a dialog between two women who are poking fun at one of the women’s cuckolded husband. It is superbly crafted with an onomatopoeic depiction of clucking chickens. Part 1- Trumpet in B♭ (alt. C part provided) Part 2- Trumpet in...
