The Canon Recupero | The Canon Recupero was acting as confessor to a

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by Nicolas-Sébastien Roch (1740 - 1794), as Nicolas Chamfort

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Le chanoine Récupéro

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Le chanoine Récupéro confessait une 
jeune et jolie fille qui s'accusait d'avoir estimé 
un jeune homme. 
"Estimé," dit le Père 
"Estimé, combien de fois?"

Text Authorship:

by Nicolas-Sébastien Roch (1740 - 1794), as Nicolas Chamfort [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 Jean Françaix (1912 - 1997), "Le chanoine Récupéro", 1948, published 1951 [ baritone and piano ], from Huit anecdotes de Chamfort, no. 8, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The Canon Recupero", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 24

The Canon Recupero

Language: English after the French (Français)

The Canon Recupero was acting as confessor to a
young and pretty girl who accused herself of holding in high esteem 
a young man. 
"Esteemed,” said the Father,
"Esteemed, how many times?”

Translator's note: Giuseppe Recupero (1720-1778) was a Sicilian mineralogist, who was paid by the French government to conduct research on the Mt. Etna volcano.

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a text in French (Français) by Nicolas-Sébastien Roch (1740 - 1794), as Nicolas Chamfort
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This text was added to the website: 2016-04-19
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Word count: 32