by Clément Marot (1496 - 1544)
Lorsque je voy en ordre la brunette
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Lorsque je voy en ordre la brunette Jeune, en bon point, de la ligne des Dieux, Et que sa voix, ses doits et l'espinette Meinent ung bruyct doulx et melodieux, J'ay du plaisir, et d'oreilles et d'yeulx Plus que les sainctz en leur gloire immortelle Et autant qu'eulx je devien glorieux Dès que je pense estre ung peu ayme d'elle.
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Note: "Anne" refers to Anne d'Alençon
Text Authorship:
- by Clément Marot (1496 - 1544), "D'Anne", appears in Les Épigrammes, in 2. Livre II, no. 45 [author's text not yet checked 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 Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "D'Anne jouant de l'espinette", M. 21 no. 2 (1896), published 1900, first performed 1900 [ voice and harpsichord or piano ], from Épigrammes de Clément Marot, no. 2, Éd. E. Demets [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Carl Johengen) , "To Anne as she plays the spinet", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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