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The first printed songbook with songs primarily in German was printed in July 1512 by the Augsburg printer Erhard Oeglin (ca.1470-1520). The songbook consists of four partbooks – it is also the first German song collection with four voices throughout - and contains 49 songs with a mixture of spiritual and secular content, 43 of which are in German and 6 in Latin. Oeglin was an innovative printer, credited as one of the first printers to print musical notation using movable type and as one of the first printers of “Zeitungen” – news-sheets. Oeglin does not attribute any of the songs to particular composers but some of these songs do appear in other songbooks of this period where they are attributed to various composers active at the Imperial court, including Ludwig Senfl, Paul Hofhaimer and Heinrich Isaac. These songs are collectively known as tenor lieder, as the melody is usually carried by the tenor line. This was the prototypical song type in Germany at the turn of the sixteenth century and enjoyed particular prominence at the court of the Emperor Maximilian (1459-1519).

Digitized copies of these partbooks from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich are available online here: https://stimmbuecher.digitale-sammlungen.de//view?id=bsb00082229

Saunders, Steven. “Music in Early Modern Germany.” Early Modern German Literature 1350-1700, edited by Max Reinhart, Camden House, 2007, pp. 653-698.

Keyl, Stephen. “Tenorlied, Discantlied, Polyphonic lied: Voices and instruments in German secular polyphony of the Renaissance.” Early Music, vol. 20, no. 3, 1992, pp. 434–445.

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München 00082229 Rar.27 Stimme T f.43r

"Zucht er und lob ir wonet bey" "Grace, honor and praise are her domain"

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Zucht er und lob ir wonet bey / Grace, honor and praise are her domain; gantz frey on alle rey / To my free will, will no regret, bin ich verphlicht zw dienen ir / I am bound to serve her. Sy hat fürwar das feinst geperd / Truly, she has the finest bearing; beschwert und höchlich mert / sich hertzlich klag und sentlich gir / a heartful lament and yearning desire have afflicted me and grown immensely seyd ich nu waiß zůkünnftig nat / Since I found out there was trouble ahead, kayn rat / auff erd mich hellfen mag / no earthly counsel can help me. es ist am tag / The days is here; er hör mein klag / hear my lament die ich stätz trag / which I must always bear; thů gnad mein glück ee ich verzag. have mercy, oh, my fortune, before I abandon hope.

Recht als ayn wild kayn vernunft hab / Just as a wild animal has no reason, gar ab / just as if mein schatz und hab durch schaydens gwalt verlassen wirt / I were bereaved of my treasure and wealth by the power of separation. dardurch mein kranks und schwyrigs heetz / Because of this, my sick and wounded heart fell, on scherrtz / unsäglich schmertz / in unspeakable anguish mit seüfftzen vil im ellendt fyrt / and with a groan, into misery, I kid you not! ich glaub kain frewd sey mir beschert / I don’t think I’ll be granted any joy, verkert / sich nicht mein schmertzlich wee / unless my anguished torment changes course; wie ichs nů dee / however I turn, gee oder stee / walk or stand, gleych wye der schnee / ich armer bůb im layd vergee. I, poor lad, will vanish with sorrow, just like the snow.

Ich laß in reden was er will / I’ll let him say what he wants; in still / secretly mich trübt so vill / sein hertzlich layd mer dan ich klag / his heartfelt pain saddens me, more than I express: mir was vornye mein hertz so wunnd / My heart has never felt so wounded. die stund / ist mir wol kund / I’m well aware of what the bell tolls for; mein schwere peyn dye ich stätz trag / of the great pain which I must always endure. glück durch dein hillff not wurd gewend / behend / Fortune, with your help, trouble could be deftly averted, so ver er selber wult / insofar as he wants it. mein gross unschult / durch mein gedult / wenden in hult / hyllff schyr mein glück Help me, oh my fortune to turn, with my patience my great innocence into favor; thue was ich sult. to do what I ought to do.

Schaffen nit vil ir süsse wort / Her sweet words don’t achieve much; zů hort und ser betort / ist in mir mein hertz můt und syn / my heart, spirit and mind are too hardened and have been played the fool; ir gunst tet sich offt verkeren / her favor often changed; eren / alpot meren / will ich ir pryß wo ich nur bin / her favor often changed; I will honor and keep praising her, wherever I am and wherever I go; und far dahyn ellendiklich / schayd ich / in disem jamerstall / I walk away miserably when I leave her in this vale of tears; anxiety brings misfortune. dy wellt ist hol / The world is hollow und untrew vol / and full of betrayal ich wayß nit wie ichs versten sol. I don’t know how I’m supposed to understand it.

Thüe was ich wil so ist mein gunst / Whatever I do, my favor is in vain; umb sunst / dye grosse prünst / der trewen lieb myet mich schwerlich / the great ardor of faithful love torments me grievously; mir gschicht unrecht bey meinem aydt / I’m being wronged, I swear! mein zeyt / on alle freyt / I have to pass the time with no joy; vertreiben můß den lon hab ich / that’s my reward. mein allte trew bedenck gsell pass / Sweetheart, think hard about how faithful I have always been, und lass mich bleyben ewig dein / and let me remain yours forevermore; in güet erschein / come to me in good cheer, vertreib mein peyn / take away my pain und laß mich sein / and let me be bevolhen dyr erbarmb dich mein. bound to you: have mercy on me!

Ja fraw dein red mein hertz vast yebt / Yes, my lady, your words move my heart deeply; nw liebt / und unmass tryebt / dein tugend groß mich armen brůder / now your virtue beguiles and [at the same time] saddens, me, poor brother that I am, without measure. du waist das ich an argen won / lieb hon / You know that I love you and trust you, dich hösten kron / und stätz bewar dein zucht und er / my dearest treasure, and always maintain your favor and grace: dan all mein frewd in ewr giet / For all my joy lies in your goodness. ich pitt / I ask verstet mich ewen recht / and understand me right: ich bin gantz schlecht / I'm being completely honest; darum an secht / so look at me, getrewen knecht / your faithful servant, und uns bayde nit weitter schwecht. and don’t weaken us both anymore.

Nicht lass mich gen dir verhetzen / letzen / auch nit setzen / Don’t let me defy you or stand in your way, kan mich von dir kayns menschen list / no human deception can take me away from you. ach werden glück erbarmb dich mein / Oh, dear fortune, have mercy on me; vereyn solch schwere pein / alleviate this grievous pain durch deine gůt als frumb du bist / with your goodness, for you are gracious. o mein hertz aller liebster gsell / Oh, my heart’s dearest companion, ich stell / I place mein trost und hayl in dich / my comfort and salvation in your hands; ich mayns treylich \ mein lieb an sich \ bit hertziklich \ I mean it in good faith; I ask you from the bottom of my heart, see my devotion: deyn aygen bin glaub sicherlich. I am yours for sure, believe me.

Ach gsell nit glaub ir trew sich an / Oh, my lad, don’t believe [the slanderer], ob schon / sein gwonlich lon / traurige lieb erzaygen thůt / see her faithfulness, in case sorrowful love should give its usual reward, rumb laß nit ab deyn gmůt hyn lenck / don’t give up, set your mind to it, bedenck / think about it, on not nicht krenck / dich selber han ayn gůten můt / don’t hurt yourself unnecessarily: Be in good cheer. der gleychen dw zart schöne fraw / Likewise, you, gentle, beautiful lady, an schaw / sein klag und schmertzlich peyn / see his sorrow and grievous pain. den hertz verzeyn / Lock your heart kein frömbden scheyn / nit lass darein / and don't let any strange pretence enter it. trew ist seltzam drumb hallt dich sein. Loyalty is rare: therefore, stay with him.