Alix à deux vieilles disait (Nicole Regnes)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2023-04-03). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 201 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
- Edition notes: This edition is offered at original pitch for SATB or transposed down a fourth for ATTB. Modernized French underlay
General Information
Title: Alix à deux vieilles disait
Composer: Nicole Regnes
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicings: SATB or ATTB
Genre: Secular, Chanson
Language: French
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1549 in Livre 34: 20 chansons a 4 (Pierre Attaingnant), no. 18
Description: This piece should be interpreted as a parody (in the comedic sense; an inversion and subversion) of Guillaume Guéroult's over-lugubrious text to Susanne un jour, the first setting of which (Didier Lupi's) had been published the previous year.
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Original text and translations
French text
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French text (modernized) |
English translation
(trans. Timmi O'Danaos & Donna Ferrentes) |