by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
Quand ma maitresse au monde print...
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Quand ma maitresse au monde print naissance, Honneur, Vertu, Grace, Savoir, Beauté Eurent debat avec la Chasteté Qui plus auroit sus elle de puissance. L'une vouloit en avoir joüyssance, L'autre vouloit l'avoir de son costé, Et le debat immortel eust esté Sans Jupiter, qui leur posa silence. Filles, dit-il, ce n'est pas la raison Que l'une seule ait si belle maison, Pour-ce je veus qu'apointement on face: L'accord fut fait: et plus soudainement Qu'il ne l'eut dit, toutes également En son beau cors pour jamais prindrent place.
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View text with all available footnotesText Authorship:
- by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title, appears in Continuation des Amours, no. 34, first published 1555 [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 Anthoine de Bertrand (1540? - 1581?), "Quand ma maistresse au monde print naissance", published 1578, first performed 1576 [ vocal quartet a cappella ], from Les Amours de Pierre de Ronsard à 4 parties, Livre 2, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jean de Maletty (flourished 16th century), "Quand ma maitresse au monde print naissance" [ vocal quartet ], note: only one voice-part currently exists [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Philippe de Monte (1521 - 1603), "Quand ma maitresse au monde print naissance" [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "When my mistress was born into the world", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: David Wyatt
This text was added to the website: 2010-10-28
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