Se la face ay pale

Evening Music | May 6, 2010
While many early music composers made their living through the church, they found fame with their secular songs. A common practice was to recycle these popular tunes in their sacred output; if the public didn't understand liturgical Latin, they could enjoy the familiar melodies (and it certainly didn't hurt church attendance, either). "Se la face ay pale" translates to "If my face is pale (it's because of love)"; we hear the sacred version tonight from David Munrow and the Early Music Consort of London.

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