"De tous biens plaine" is a French

chanson A (, , french: chanson française, link=no, ; ) is generally any lyric-driven French song, though it most often refers to the secular polyphonic French songs of late medieval and Renaissance music. The genre had origins in the monophonic s ...

, usually credited to

Hayne van Ghizeghem Hayne van Ghizeghem ( 1445 – 1476 to 1497) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the early Renaissance Burgundian School. While many of his works have survived, little is known about his life. He was probably born in Gijzegem (near Aalst, in modern ...

, who wrote a 3-part version, published by

Ottaviano Petrucci Ottaviano Petrucci (born in Fossombrone on 18 June 1466 – died on 7 May 1539 in Venice) was an Italian printer. His ''Harmonice Musices Odhecaton'', a collection of chansons printed in 1501, is commonly misidentified as the first book of sheet mu ...

in 1501. Amongst other reworkings are a four-part version by

Josquin Josquin Lebloitte dit des Prez ( – 27 August 1521) was a composer of High Renaissance music, who is variously described as French or Franco-Flemish. Considered one of the greatest composers of the Renaissance, he was a central figure of the ...

and two 3-part versions by

Alexander Agricola Alexander Agricola (; born Alexander Ackerman; – 15 August 1506) was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance writing in the Franco-Flemish style. A prominent member of the ''Grande chapelle'', the Habsburg musical establishment, he wa ...

. Full words and music are her

and of an Agricola version at the Choral Wiki her

A version of the first verse and its translation are given by

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as :De tous biens plaine est ma maistresse :Chascun lui doit tribut d'onneur; :Car assouvye est en valeur :Autant que jamais fut deesse. :My mistress possesses every virtue. :Everybody pays her homage, :for she is as full of worth :as ever any goddess was.

Loyset Compere Loyset is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Loyset Compère Loyset Compère ( – 16 August 1518) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. Of the same generation as Josquin des Prez, he was one of the most signifi ...

used the tune as a basis for a

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setting, and the Credo survives of a setting by

. Some sources have claimed this to be the most famous chanson of the ag

References

{{reflist Renaissance chansons