© by Maurice Alphonse Jacques Fombeure (1906 - 1981)
Jean Martin prit sa besace
Language: French (Français)
Jean Martin prit sa besace [ ... ]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Text Authorship:
- by Maurice Alphonse Jacques Fombeure (1906 - 1981), "Complainte de Jean Martin", written 1942, appears in Chansons de la grande hune, in 2. Chansons de la petite terre, no. 10, Paris, Éd. René Debresse, first published 1942, copyright © [author's text not yet checked 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 Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Le mendiant", FP 117 no. 4 (1942), first performed 1943 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons villageoises, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
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