by Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695)
Le renard et les raisins
Language: French (Français)
Certain renard gascon, d'autres disent normand,
Mourant presque de faim, vit au haut d'une treille
Des raisins, mûrs apparemment,
Et couverts d'une peau vermeille.
Le galant en eût fait volontiers un repas ;
Mais comme il n'y pouvait atteindre :
Ils sont trop verts, dit-il, et bons pour des goujats.
Fit-il pas mieux que de se plaindre ?
See also this poem of the same title, inspired by the fable.
Text Authorship:
- by Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695), "Le Renard et les Raisins", 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 Marie-Madeleine Duruflé-Chevalier (1921 - 1999), "Le Renard et les raisins", published 1962 [ women's chorus ], from Six Fables de La Fontaine pour chœur à deux ou trois voix de femmes sans accompagnement, no. 3, Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benjamin Louis Paul Godard (1849 - 1895), "Le renard et les raisins", op. 17 no. 5 (1872-1879) [ medium voice and piano ], from Six Fables de La Fontaine, no. 5, Paris, Éd. G. Hartmann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Alexandre) Charles Lecocq (1832 - 1918), "Le renard et les raisins", 1885 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Étienne Rey (1832 - 1923), "Le Renard et les Raisins", subtitle: "Fable de La Fontaine", published [1876] [ high voice and piano ], from Six Fables, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Léon Escudier [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in French (Français), adapted by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [an adaptation] ; composed by Gustave Delsarte.
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