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sometimes misattributed to Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585) and by Jacques Grévin (flourished c1560)

Vivons, mignarde, en noz amours
Language: French (Français) 
Vivons, mignarde, en noz amours 
Aimons nous et vivons, mignarde,
Ne laissons sans y prendre garde
Si [vainement]1 couler noz jours.

Noz jours helas! sont si trescours
Et tousjours [vous estes]2 fuiarde:
Vivons et nous aymons, mignarde.

Aymons nous et vivons tousjours
Et en aymant passons noz jours.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Bertrand 

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1 Bertrand: "vivement"
2 Bertrand: "vous m’estes"

Text Authorship:

  • sometimes misattributed to Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
  • by Jacques Grévin (flourished c1560), no title, appears in Olympe, no. 19, first published 1560 [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 Anthoine de Bertrand (1540? - 1581?), "Vivons, mignarde, en noz amours", published 1578 [ vocal quartet a cappella ], from 25 Chansons à 4 parties, Livre 3, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2019-10-30
Line count: 9
Word count: 50

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