Composer |
Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre |
|---|---|
Key |
d minor |
Meter |
3/4 |
Length |
30 measures |
French text |
English translation |
|---|---|
Dorine; Arcas |
Dorine; Arcas |
Pour vivre sans chagrin, sans trouble, sans allarmes |
To live without pain, without trouble, without alarm |
Il faut ne s’engager jamais. |
One must never commit. |
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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