by Jacques de Ranchin (1616 - 1692)
Le premier jour du mois de mai
Language: French (Français)
Le premier jour du mois de mai Fut le plus heureux de ma vie. Le beau dessein que je formai Le premier jour du mois de mai. Je vous vis et je vous aimai. Si ce dessein vous plut, Sylvie, Le premier jour du mois de mai Fut le plus heureux de ma vie.
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Confirmed with Armorial de la Noblesse de Languedoc. Généralité de Montpellier par M. Louis de la Roque, Tome premier, Montpellier, Félix Seguin; Paris, Firmin Didot, Frères and E. Dentu, 1860 page 415. Most anthologies that include this text indicate the author only as "Ranchin" but this source shows his full name and mentions that Ménage referred to the poem as "le roi de triolets" (the king of triolets).
Text Authorship:
- by Jacques de Ranchin (1616 - 1692), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Léon Vercken (1828 - 1892), "Le premier jour du mois de mai" [ high voice and piano ], from Mélodies, no. 7, Paris, Éd. J. Naus [sung text not yet checked]
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