by Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695)
Un Baudet, chargé de Reliques
Language: French (Français)
Un Baudet, chargé de Reliques, S'imagina qu'on l'adoroit. Dans ce penser il se quarroit, Recevant comme siens l'Encens et les Cantiques. Quelqu'un vit l'erreur, & lui dit : Maistre Baudet, ostez-vous de l'esprit Une vanité si folle : Ce n'est pas vous, c'est l'Idole A qui cet honneur se rend, Et que la gloire en est deuë. D'un Magistrat ignorant C'est la Robe qu'on saluë.
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Text Authorship:
- by Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695), "L'Asne portant des Reliques", 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 Philippe Mazé (b. 1954), "L'âne portant des reliques", 2009, published 2016 [ medium voice and piano ], from 9 Fables de Jean de La Fontaine pour une voix et piano, no. 1, Clichy, Éd. Musicales Artchipel [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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