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S.3.11 L’obscurité desirée

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View Image(s): Chantilly, 1773, Compare


Image Metadata:

Image Description:

Plate Signature: ” Le Barbier. inv. / D. Née Sculp.”

Artist: “Lebarbier, Jean Jacques François”

Engraver: “Née, François Denis”

Year:

Inscription: “Laißés durer la nuit impatiente Aurore, / Elle m’aide a cacher mes secrettes douleurs.”

Keywords: boulder, Populus (genus), exterior, Coniferophyta (division),nightwear, sky, clouds, countryside, Malva sylvestris, dawn (time of day)

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General Metadata:

Group Page Range: Vol. 3, 62-66

Title Page Inscription: ” L’OBSCURITÉ / DESIRÉE.”

Published Notes:

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View Score(s): 1773

Song 1 recording: Laissés durer la nuit

Song 2 recording: Ma bergere est tendre et fidéle

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: f

Song 1 Time Signature: 2

Song 1 Expression Marks: Largetto

Song 1 Tessitura of Voice: eb1-ab2

Song 1 Tessitura of Instrument: Eb-f3

Song 1 Strophic: Non-strophic

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Song 2 Description:

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

Song 2 Key Signature: F

Song 2 Time Signature: 2

Song 2 Expression Marks: Andante

Song 2 Tessitura of Voice: c1-g2

Song 2 Tessitura of Instrument: G-g2

Song 2 Strophic: Non-strophic

Song 2 Related Compositions:

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Song 1 Transcription:
Laissés durer la Nuit
laissés durer la Nuit
impatiente Aurore
elle m’aide à cacher
à cacher mes secretes douleurs;
et je n’ai pas encore assés versé de pleurs
assés versé de pleurs;
Pour mes regrets
hélas!
est-il des Nuits trop sombres
depuis que mon Berger a quité ce Séjour
je ne sçaurois plus voir le jour
laissés moi donc pleurer
laissés moi donc pleurer
laissés moi donc pleurer
à la faveur des Ombres
laissés moi donc pleurer
à la faveur des Ombres.

Song 2 Transcription:
Ma Bergere est tendre et fidéle
mais hélas! son amour n’égale pas le mien
ma Bergere est tendre et fidéle
mais hélas! son amour n’égale pas le mien
Elle aime son Troupeau sa Houlette et son Chien
et je ne sçaurois aimer qu’elle.
Ma Ber[gere est tendre et fidéle
mais hélas! son amour n’égale pas le mien]


Text Metadata:

Song 1 Text Description:

Song 1 Incipit: Laissés durer la nuit

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

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Song 2 Text Description:

Song 2 Incipit: Ma bergere est tendre et fidéle

Song 2 Author: “Laborde, Jean-Benjamin de”

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Filed Under: Song Set Tagged With: boulder, clouds, Coniferophyta (division), countryside, dawn (time of day), exterior, Malva sylvestris, nightwear, sky

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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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