Solage
Solage (or Soulage), possibly Jean So(u)lage (fl. late 14th century) was a French composer, and probably also a poet. He composed the most pieces in the Chantilly Codex, the principal source of music of the ars subtilior, the manneristic compositional school centered on Avignon at the end of the century.
Life
Nothing is known about Solage's life, beyond what can be inferred from the texts to his music. Even his name is a puzzle. One possibility is that the single name "Solage" is a nickname or pseudonym, similar to others known from the period, such as Grimace or Hasprois (Leach 2007, 106). "Solage" and "soulage" are variant spellings of Old French solaz, solace, meaning "consolation", "joy", or "entertainment" (Greimas 1968, 602). In the refrain to the text of Calextone qui fut dame, the composer refers to himself with such a double meaning, using the spelling "soulage" (Plumley 2004, 13). However, the possibility that it is a genuine name cannot be ruled out. One of the attributions in the Chantilly Codex includes the initial J wrapped into the name, so it is possible his first name was Je(h)an. There are many references from that time to people called Jean Soulas (a name still found in modern times), and the surname Soulage or Soulages also existed (for example, Guillaume de Soulages, count of Canillac, documented from a wedding in 1392), though there are no clear candidates for the composer (Plumley 2003, 128). Gilbert Reaney's suggestion that the composer's first name might have been Charles rested on a speculative identification of Solage with another composer found in the Chantilly Codex, Goscalch, "a rather German-sounding name" that might be an anagram of "Ch. Solag(e)" (Reaney 1954, 70). However, Reaney's claim that the name occurs nowhere apart from the Chantilly Codex has been proven wrong, as several other identifications have been found, and the possible identity of the two composers has been rejected (Günther 2001).
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Solage
ALBUMS
- The Unknown Lover: Songs by Solage and Machaut released: 2006
The Unknown Lover: Songs by Solage and Machaut
Released 2006- Le Basile
- Mors sui, se je ne vous voy
- En l'amoureux vergier
- Quant je sui mis au retour
- Tres gentil cuer
- Fumeux fume par fumee
- Joieux de cuer
- Dame se vous m'estes lonteinne
- Adieu vous di
- Plus dure que un dyamant
- Corps feminin
- S'aincy estoit
- Pluseurs gens
- Douce dame, tant com vivray
- Le mont Aön de Trace
- Se je souspir parfondement
- Calextone, qui fut dame
- Dieus, Biaute, Douceur, Nature
- Helas! je voy mon cuer
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Giggle
by: SilageI'm so darn giddy
With my pretty one and only
Down with my band, we hate the "monkey"
I'm gonna pinch everyone around me
And then I'll giggle 'cause I'm really stinking happy
YUP, today I'm gonna pick a couple daisies
Put'em in my hair and act all crazy
I'm gonna tickle everyone around me
And make'em giggle till they're really stinking happy
I'm just a farce
You can't believe me
The look on all your faces shows to my
You're not happy
You need Christ
[Repeat 1st Verse]
I'm still a farce
You still can't belive me
The look on all your faces shows to my
You're not happy
You need Christ
I'm so darn giddy
With my pretty one and only
Down with my band, we hate the "monkey"
I'm gonna pinch everyone around me