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Duration: 7 minutes

Program Note:

Commissioned by the Music at Maple Mount Festival

Threnody is a parody, in the respectful sense of a composition based on an earlier composition, of Mille Regretz, a hauntingly beautiful chanson by Josquin des Préz (1440-1521). Josquin's chanson provides the framework for this short lament. Around this frame, I have created my own musical statement using interruption, layering, contrast, repetition and variation. Though composed in the summer of 1987, in May of 1993 I made a few slight revisions to the work and also wrote a version for string orchestra. (David Dzubay)

Recordings:

	innova 588   dancesing in a green bay Chamber Music of David Dzubay Just Released! (6/03). Voices of Change  Available from CDEMusic: (888) 749-9998 / (518) 434-4110, Tower Records (1-800-275-8693) and Amazon
	Innova 111   Sur Pointe Alexander String Quartet (out of print)
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The text of the chanson is as follows:

Mille regretz de vous habandonner   Et d'eslonger vostre fache amoureuse, Jay si grand dueil et paine douloureuse, Quon me verra brief mes jours definer.

A thousand regrets at deserting you and leaving behind your loving face, I feel so much sadness and such painful distress, that it seems to me my days will soon dwindle away.

Score Samples from the quartet version (pages 1, 7, 9):

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