by Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695)
Translation by Marc Constantin (1810 - 1888)

Le Chêne et le Roseau
Language: French (Français)  after the French (Français) 
Sur le bord d'un clair ruisseau/ Croissait un jeune roseau
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Auguste Marquerie (1815 - 1864), "Le Chêne et le Roseau", subtitle: "Fable imitée de Lafontaine sur l'Air : Ah! vous dirai-je Maman", published [1846] [ medium voice and guitar ], Paris, Édition 'Au Ménestrel', Maison A. Meissonnier & Heugel

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