by Jacques de Cailly (1604 - 1673)
Alfana vient d'equus sans doute
Language: French (Français)
Alfana vient d'equus sans doute, Mais il faut avouer aussi, Qu'en venant de là jusqu'icy, Il a bien changé sur la route.
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Text Authorship:
- by Jacques de Cailly (1604 - 1673), "Sur l’étymologie du mot italien “alfana” qu’on soutenait venir du latin “equus”", appears in Diverses petites Poesies du chevallier d'Aceilly, Paris, André Cramoisy, first published 1667 [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 Gilbert Biberian (b. 1944), "Les dérivations", published 1976 [soprano and guitar], from Epigrams, no. 4, Ancona (Italy), Édizioni Musicali Bèrben [text not verified]
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