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by Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695)

Jean s'en alla comme il était venu
Language: French (Français) 
Jean s'en alla comme il [était]1 venu,
Mangea le fonds avec le revenu,
Tint les trésors chose peu nécessaire.
Quant à son temps, bien le [sut]2 dispenser :
Deux parts en fit, dont il [soulait]3 passer
L'une à dormir et l'autre à ne rien faire.

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•   F. Couperin 

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1 older spelling used in Couperin score: "étoit"
2 older spelling used in Couperin score: "sçût"
3 older spelling used in Couperin score: "souloit"

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695), "Épitaphe d'un paresseux" [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 René Camille Henri Berthelot (1903 - 1999), "Epitaphe de La Fontaine", published 1968 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq poésies du grand siècle, no. 2, Nice, Éd. Georges Delrieu [sung text not yet checked]
  • by François Couperin (1668 - 1733), "Épitaphe d'un paresseux", subtitle: "Air à boire", 1706 [ duet for 2 voices with basso continuo ], below the title: "Les Paroles sont de feu Monsieur de la Fontaine" [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-04-30
Line count: 6
Word count: 47

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