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by (Jean) Louis de Cahusac (1706 - 1759)

Je ne sais quel ennui me presse
Language: French (Français) 
Je ne sais quel ennui me presse:  
Est-ce une peine?  est-ce un plaisir?  

Je ne vois plus sans rougir 
Un berger qui me suit sans cesse.  
Il m'inquiète, et m'intéresse; 
Je le crains, je soupire, 
Et je ne puis le fuire: 

Dites-moi d'où nait ma faiblesse; 
Mais gardez-vous de m'en guérir. 

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Naïs, opéra pour la paix, Paris: la veuve Delormel et fils, 1749, page 45. Appears in Acte Second, in Scène VI, in a 'Ballet Figuré'.


Text Authorship:

  • by (Jean) Louis de Cahusac (1706 - 1759), no title [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 Friedrich Ludwig Æmelius Kunzen (1761 - 1817), "Je ne sais quel ennui me presse", published [1786] [ voice and piano or organ or harpsichord ], from Viser og lyriske Sange, satte i musik af Federik Ludevig Æmilius Kunzen, no. 49, from Weisen und lyrische Gesänge, no. 46, Kjøbenhavn: August Friderich Stein (Viser og lyriske Sänge) ; and Flensburg und Leipzig: Korten'sche Buchhandlung (Weisen und lyrische Gesänge) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Jean Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764), "Je ne sais quel ennui me presse", RCT 49, published 1749, from opera Naïs. Opéra pour la paix [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778), "Je ne sais quel ennui me presse", published 1793 [ voice, unaccompanied ], in Recueil des œuvres de musique de J. J. Rousseau, tome première, Poinçot, pages 274 - 275 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2020-10-29
Line count: 9
Word count: 51

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