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by Bernardino de Sahagún (1499 - 1590)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

How to sing in ancient Mexico
Language: English  after the Nahuatl 
The good singer of sound voice. Good sound his voice; well rounded his
words. Of good, sharp memory, keeping the songs in mind; retentive,
not forgetful. He sings, cries out, enunciates clearly; with well
rounded voice, in full voice, falsetto. Softly; he tempers his voice,
accompanies judiciously, gives the pitch, lowers, raises it. He
reduces it to medium; he uses it moderately. He practices; he improves
his voice. He composes, sets to music, originates. He sings songs,
sings others' songs, provides music for others, instructs others. The
bad singer hoarse, husky, coarse voiced; crude, dull, heartless,
unintelligent. He revolts me; he is fraudulent, vainglorious,
arrogant. Haughty, foolish, obstinate, avaricious, indigent, envious,
absconding. He grunts, sounds husky, makes one's ears ring; he is
restless, forgetful, violent, indigent; he absconds, he brags; he is
presumptuous, vain.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, appears in The Florentine Codex [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Nahuatl by Bernardino de Sahagún (1499 - 1590), appears in La Historia General de las Cosas de Nueva Espana [text unavailable]
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Edward Rushton , "How to sing in ancient Mexico", 1999. [tenor and piano] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Edward Rushton

This text was added to the website: 2012-03-31
Line count: 14
Word count: 134

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