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by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465)

Trop entré en la haulte game
Language: Middle French 
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Trop entré en la haulte game,
Mon cueur, d’ut, ré, mi, fa, sol, la,
Fut jà pieçà, quant l’afola
Le trait du regart de ma Dame.

Fors lui, on n’en doit blasmer ame,
Puis qu’ainsi fait, comme fol’ l’a.
Trop entré en la haulte game,
Mon cueur, d’ut, ré, mi, fa, sol, la.

Mieulx l’eust valu estre soubz lame,
Car sottement s’en afola ;
Si, lui dis je : mon cueur, hola !
Mais conte n’en tint, sur mon ame,
Trop entré en la haulte game.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Poésies Complètes de Charles d'Orléans. Revues sur les manuscrits avec préface, notes et glossaire par Charles d'Héricault, Paris, Flammarion, 1915, page 32.

Note: Laparra's setting uses a modernized form of the text beginning "Trop entré dans la haute gamme Mon cœur, d'ut, ré, mi, fa, sol, la."


Text Authorship:

  • by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465), "Chanson LI" [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 Raoul Laparra (1876 - 1943), "Trop entré dans la haute gamme", subtitle: "Rondel", published 1924 [ voice and piano ], from Le Missel Chantant, Suite de mélodies sur de vieilles poésies françaises" - 4ème volume, no. 3, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2026-09-23
Line count: 13
Word count: 83

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