© by Jean-Marie Legrand (1900 - 1981), as Jean Nohain or Jaboune
Monsieur Sans‑Souci
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Quand les gens [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Jean-Marie Legrand (1900 - 1981), as Jean Nohain or Jaboune, 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), "Monsieur Sans-Souci", subtitle: "Il fait tout lui-même", FP 75 no. 4 (1934), published 1937 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quatre Chansons pour Enfants, no. 4, Éd. Enoch [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Il fait tout lui-même) (Happy-Go-Lucky (He does everything himself)", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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