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28 Jun 03 - 10:42 AM (#973814) Subject: Lyr Req: Chanson de la Mariee From: GUEST,michaela Kia ora, I've just listened to Margaret Davis singing Chanson de la Mariee, supposedly a 15th C song sung to celebrate the marriage of Anne of Britanny to King Louis of france in 1499. It's on her CD Princess of FLowers, but I cannot find the lyrics anywhere. It's also listed as Chanson a la mariee elsewhere. I've tried searching ofr the lyrics but to no avail. It may take someone with a cd insert or knowelege of the song to know the words. |
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28 Jun 03 - 01:06 PM (#973862) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Chanson de la Mariee From: GUEST,Q Lyrics at Chanson |
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28 Jun 03 - 01:35 PM (#973874) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Chanson de la Mariee From: Malcolm Douglas The song is included in Henri Davenson, Le Livre des Chansons, Cahiers du Rhône, 3rd edn., 1955. He includes a penultimate verse omitted (perhaps as insufficiently romantic) at the website mentioned: Recevez ce gâteau Que ma main vous présente, Il est fait de façon A vous faire comprendre Qu'il faut pur se nourrir Travailler et souffrir. Receive this cake That my hand offers to you, It is made in such a way As to make you understand That one must, in order to eat, Work and suffer. Davenson describes it as "A wedding song, popular especially in the West". There are many such. He also mentions that Balzac quotes it at the beginning of his Pierette, and that Coirault attributes its composition (or at least collation in its present form) to an abbé Gusteau. Whether there is any evidence that it was sung for Anne of Britanny I wouldn't know, but it seems rather unlikely on the face of it to be anything like that old. Perhaps someone who has the CD will tell us if any source or background information is given. |
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28 Jun 03 - 01:54 PM (#973886) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Chanson de la Mariee From: GUEST,Q Popular in the "west," often called a Breton song, there is no mention of any particular marriage. It also was sung in Quebec. Its attachment to a royal marriage is probably incorrect, as intimated by Malcolm Douglas. |
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28 Jun 03 - 05:28 PM (#973990) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Chanson de la Mariee From: Laurent The song Chanson de la mariée (guest Q's link) seems to have nothing to do with Anne of Britanny. It's just a song used to make the bride cry (Chanson pour faire pleurer la mariée) as you can find in many parts of France. The only song I know about Anne of Britanny start like this : C'etait Anne de Bretagne, Duchesse en sabots. |