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by Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695)

Le coq et la perle
Language: French (Français) 
Un jour un coq détourna
Une perle, qu'il donna
Au beau premier lapidaire.
Je la crois fine, dit-il ;
Mais le moindre grain de mil
Serait bien mieux mon affaire.

Un ignorant hérita
D'un manuscrit qu'il porta
Chez son voisin le libraire.
Je crois, dit-il, qu'il est bon ;
Mais le moindre ducaton
Serait bien mieux mon affaire.

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695), "Le coq et la perle", written 1668, appears in Fables [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 Melchior Alexandre Bruneau (1823 - 1898), "Le coq et la perle", op. 377 no. 17 (1879) [ medium voice and piano or harmonium ], from 25 fables de La Fontaine, no. 17 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Marie-Madeleine Duruflé-Chevalier (1921 - 1999), "Le Coq et la perle", published 1962 [ women's chorus ], from Six Fables de La Fontaine pour chœur à deux ou trois voix de femmes sans accompagnement, no. 2, Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Noël Gallon (1891 - 1966), "Le coq et la perle", published 1933 [ vocal trio or chorus a cappella ], Paris, Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Philippe Mazé (b. 1954), "Le coq et la perle", 2009, published 2016 [ medium voice and piano ], from 9 Fables de Jean de La Fontaine pour une voix et piano, no. 5, Clichy, Éd. Musicales Artchipel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Tiarko Richepin (1884 - 1973), "Le Coq et la perle", 1939, published 1939 [ baritone and piano ], from Fables de La Fontaine, no. 2, Éd. Choudens [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2015-04-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 56

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