Composer |
Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre |
|---|---|
Key |
d minor |
Meter |
3/4 |
Length |
15 measures |
French text |
English translation |
|---|---|
Dorine |
Dorine |
Tâche à vaincre un amour qui te rend misérable |
Try to vanquish a love that makes you miserable |
Je veux, pour t’épargner des soupirs superflus, |
I want to save you from unnecessary sighs, |
Prêter à ton dépit un secours favorable, |
To offer you a favorable release from your pain, |
Arcas, je ne te verrai plus. |
Arcas, I will see you no more. |
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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