by François Coppée (1842 - 1908)
Marquise, vous souvenez‑vous
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Marquise, vous souvenez-vous Du menuet que nous dansâmes? Il était discret, noble et doux Comme l'accord de nos deux âmes. Aux bocages le chalumeau A ces notes pures et lentes ; C'était un air du grand Rameau, Un vieil air des Indes galantes. Triomphante, vous surpreniez Tous les coeurs et tous les hommages, Dans votre robe à grands paniers, Dans votre robe à grands ramages. Vous leviez, de vos doigts gantés Et selon la cadence douce, Votre jupe des deux côtés Prise entre l'index et le pouce. Plus d'une belle, à Trianon, Enviait, parmi vos émules, Le manège exquis et mignon De vos deux petits pieds à mules. Et, distraite par le bonheur De leur causer cette souffrance, A la reprise en la mineur, Vous manquâtes la révérence.
C. Saint-Saëns sets stanzas 1, 3-6 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
C. Saint-Saëns sets stanzas 1, 3-6 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
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- by François Coppée (1842 - 1908), "Menuet", written 1874, appears in Le cahier rouge, no. 8, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1874 [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 Antoine Banès (1856 - 1924), "Menuet", published [1881] [ voice and piano ], from 12 Mélodies, no. 10, Paris, Félix Mackar [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Diémer (1843 - 1919), "Menuet", published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Vingt Mélodies, no. 6, Paris : Henri Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (François-Clément) Théodore Dubois (1837 - 1924), "Menuet", published 1920 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq Mélodies, no. 2, from Trois mélodies (1920), no. 2, Éd. "Au Ménestrel" Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabriel-Laurent Frontin (1878 - 1946), "Marquise", <<1901 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Demets [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stanisław Niewiadomski (1857 - 1936), "Menuet", <<1895, published [1895] [ tenor and piano ], from Deux mélodies pour ténor, no. 1, Paris, Richault [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cornélie van Oosterzee (1863 - 1943), "Menuet", op. 25 no. 1 [ voice and piano ], from Vieux airs de la marquise, no. 1, Mayence B. Schott's Söhne [sung text not yet checked]
- by Émile Pessard (1843 - 1917), "Vous souvenez-vous, Marquise", <<1889 [ voice and piano ], Paris, L. Bathlot & Veuve Héraud [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "Marquise, vous souvenez-vous?", 1869, published 1870, stanzas 1,3-6 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "Menuet", published >>1870, stanzas 1,3-6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by François Luc Joseph Thomé (1850 - 1909), as Francis Thomé, "Menuet", published 1910 [ reciter, violin, and piano ], Paris, Henry Lemoine [sung text not yet checked]
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