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Amelette Ronsardelette

Language: French (Français)

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Amelette Ronsardelette,
Mignonnelette doucelette,
Treschere hostesse de mon corps,
Tu descens là bas foiblelette,
Pasle, maigrelette, seulette,
Dans le froid Royaume des mors :
Toutesfois simple, sans remors
De meurtre, poison, [ou]¹ rancune,
Mesprisant faveurs et tresors
Tant enviez par la commune.

Passant, j'ay dit, suy ta fortune
Ne trouble mon repos, je dors.

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• W. Hawley • M. Ravel

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¹ Hawley: "et"

Text as set by Ravel:

Amelette Ronsardelette,
Mignonnelette, doucelette,
Trés chére hostesse de mon corps,
Tu descens là-bas, faiblelette,
Pasle, maigrelette, seulette,
Dans le froid royaume des mors;
Toutesfois simple, sans remors
De meurtre, poison, et raucune,
Méprisant faveurs et trésors,
Tant enviez par la commune.

Passant, j'ay dit: suy ta fortune,
Ne trouble mon repos, je dors.

Text Authorship:

by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "À son âme", appears in Pièces posthumes, Les derniers vers, first published 1586 [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 Rolande Falcinelli (1920 - 2006), "Ronsard à son âme", op. 55 no. 2 (1974) [ high voice and organ ], from 3 Chants profanes, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by William Hawley (b. 1950), "Envoy: À son âme", first performed 1997 [ SATB chorus and piano ], from Chansons de Ronsard, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Raymond Moulaert (1875 - 1962), "Ronsard à son âme", 1939 [ medium voice unaccompanied ], from Poèmes de la Vieille France (4e recueil), no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "Ronsard à son âme", M. 75 (1923-1924) [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Denise Isabelle Roger (1924 - 2005), "A son âme", 1963, copyright © 1980, first performed 1965 [ medium voice and flute ], from Cinq Mélodies sur des poèmes de Ronsard, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-10-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 54