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S.4.14 La bagatelle

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View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare


Image Metadata:

Image Description:

Plate Signature: “St. Quentin. / Masquelier Sc”

Artist: “Saint-Quentin, Jacques Philippe Joseph de”

Engraver: “Masquelier, Louis Joseph, I”

Year:

Inscription: “Aimerés vous toujours la bagatelle?”

Keywords: acanthus (motif) arbours armchairs bed coverings bed hangings bedrooms beds (furniture) bergères en cabriolet birds (animals) chairs (furniture forms) conflict (general sense) couples cup and saucer set day (time of day) dogs (species) doors doorways draperies (curtains) Felis domesticus (species) interior nightcaps nightwear putti (children) seating furniture shelves sparrows tables (support furniture) teacups teapots trees trellises upper class urns vases

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General Metadata:

Group Page Range: Vol. 4, 80-84

Title Page Inscription: “LA / BAGATELLE”

Published Notes:

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View Score(s): 1773

Song 1 recording: Auprès d’un vieil epoux

Song 2 recording: Maman me dit que quand on aime

Credit: Paul McMahon, tenor
Amy Moore, soprano
Erin Helyard, harpsichord (French double by Carey Beebe after Blanchet, 1991)
Temperament: Jean-Henri Lambert, 1774, A:392

Song 1 diction recording:

Song 2 diction recording:

Credit: Eighteenth-century diction prepared and declaimed by Linda Barcan with the assistance of Erin Helyard and Veronique Duche


Music Metadata:

Song 1 Description:

Song 1 Composer: [Laborde, Jean-Benjamin de]

Song 1 Key Signature: d

Song 1 Time Signature: 6^8

Song 1 Expression Marks: Allegretto

Song 1 Tessitura of Voice: c1-a2

Song 1 Tessitura of Instrument: E-c3

Song 1 Strophic: Non-strophic

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Song 2 Description:

Song 2 Composer: [Laborde, Jean-Benjamin de]

Song 2 Key Signature: d

Song 2 Time Signature: 6^8

Song 2 Expression Marks: Allegretto

Song 2 Tessitura of Voice: c#1-a2

Song 2 Tessitura of Instrument: d-g2

Song 2 Strophic: Strophic

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Song 1 Transcription:
Auprès d’un vieil Epoux au lever de l’aurore,
la jeune Iris apperçut un moineau
caresser sa moitié sur un tapis de flore;
et pour recommencer encore voler,
au sommet d’un berceau,
et pour recommencer encore voler
au sommet d’un berceau.

Pour voir le tendre amour de ce couple fidelle
Iris en soupirant, en soupirant Eveille son Epoux
mais au lieu d’écouter les desirs de la Belle,
laissez là vos moineaux
lui dit-il en courroux,
lui dit-il en courroux,
aimerez vous toujours toujours
aimerez vous toujours la bagatelle,
aimerez vous toujours toujours,
aimerez vous toujours la bagatelle.

Song 2 Transcription:
I
Maman me dit que quand on aime
la peine passe le plaisir
lorsque plein d’une ardeur extrême
Colin à mes yeux vient s’offrir,
je sens dans mon cœur quelque gêne
mon embarras me fait rougir
mais le plaisir passe la peine
mais le plaisir passe la peine
II
Lors que je veux être sévére
La peine passe le plaisir:
Pour peu que je sois en colére
Mon amant dit qu’il va mourir,
Je me repens d’être Inhumaine
Je l’appraise par un soupir;
Et le plaisir passe la peine.
III
Sans lui quand je danse au Village
La peine passe le plaisir.
L’autre jour je fus au Boccage,
Il m’aperçut, je voulus fuir
Il me devança dans la plaine:
Ses soins sçurent me retenir
Et le plaisir passa la peine.


Text Metadata:

Song 1 Text Description:

Song 1 Incipit: Auprès d’un vieil epoux

Song 1 Author: “Laborde, Jean-Benjamin de”

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Song 2 Text Description:

Song 2 Incipit: Maman me dit que quand on aime

Song 2 Author: Ménilglaise

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Filed Under: Song Set Tagged With: acanthus (motif), arbours, armchairs, bed coverings, bed hangings, bedrooms, beds (furniture), bergères en cabriolet, birds (animals), chairs (furniture forms), conflict (general sense), couples, cup and saucer set, day (time of day), dogs (species), doors, doorways, draperies (curtains), Felis domesticus (species), interior, nightcaps, nightwear, putti (children), seating furniture, shelves, sparrows, tables (support furniture), teacups, teapots, trees, trellises, upper class, urns, vases

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DOI: 10.25911/5fb2475a57401

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This research was supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council’s Discovery Projects funding scheme (Performing Transdisciplinarity DP170102666).

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