ARNOLD VON BRUCK – German Renaissance Music

German Secular Songs and Instrumental Music from the time of Luther. CONVIVIUM MUSICUM. ENSEMBLE VILLANELLA. SVEN BERGER.

ARNOLD VON BRUCK
Arnold von Bruck (also Arnold de Pruck, Arnoldus Brugensis, indicating his origin) (c. 1500 – February 6, 1554) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in several Habsburg courts. He was one of the most famous and influential composers in German-speaking areas during the first half of the 16th century, the period of the Protestant Reformation; however he seems to have remained a Roman Catholic.

LYRICS

“A soldier walked over the field,
as so many times before;
he had neither possessions, nor money.
He passed by a tavern,
as so many times before.
The ale-wife looked out of the window,
and then a little bit more,
as so many times before.
(Here follows a list of herbs,
all of aphrodisiac properties)

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