Composer |
Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre |
|---|---|
Key |
d minor |
Meter |
2/2 |
Length |
12 measures |
French text |
English translation |
|---|---|
Arcas |
Arcas |
Seras-tu toujours inflexible ? |
Will you forever be unyielding? |
Je languis pour toi vainement. |
I languish for you in vain. |
Les pleurs d’un malheureux amant |
The cries of a miserable lover |
N’ont pu rendre ton cœur sensible. |
Have not been able to render your heart sensitive. |
Veronika Anissimova |
“Jacquet de La Guerre’s original score was most likely written in five parts, after the tradition established by Lully. As only Ballard’s partition reduite survives, however, only the upper two instrumental parts and the basse continue are extant.” IMSLP
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