Rondel XXXVIII | Quant j'ai ouy la tabourin

Quant j'ai ouy la tabourin

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG ENG FIN

Quant j'ai ouy la tabourin
Sonner, pour s'en aler au may,
En mon lit n'en ay fait effray
Ne levé mon chief du coissin ;

En disant : il est trop matin,
Ung peu je me rendormiray :
Quant j'ay ouy le tabourin
Sonner, pour s'en aler au may.

Jeunes gens partent leur butin ;
De Nonchaloir m'accointeray :
A lui je m'abutineray,
Trouvé l'ay plus prouchain voisin :
Quant j'ay ouy le tabourin.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Aimé Champollion-Figeac, ed., Les Poésies du Duc Charles d'Orléans, Paris, J. Belin-Leprieur fils, 1842, Page 290.

Text Authorship:

by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465), "Rondel XXXVIII" [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 Charles Colas , "Quand j'ai ouï le tambourin", published 1927 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons et rondeaux choisis de Charles d'Orléans 2ème cahier, no. 3, Paris, Édition B. Roudanez [sung text not yet checked]
by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Quant j'ai ouy le tabourin", L. 99/(92) no. 2 (1898-1908) [ four-part mixed chorus ], from Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orléans, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Bart Visman (b. 1962), "Tabourin", 1999? [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

Research team for this page: Auditorium du Louvre , Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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