Does naming a piece after a fit sailor (at least in the 19th century
there seems to be mention in literature of female sailors/fishermen
(fisherwomen?), eg: Dickens), sailor/merchant wife (or daughter) seem
all that far fetched? Surely music was all about sex, drugs and rolled
chords already back
On 11.03.2017 07:10, jslute wrote:
There's an English country dance from around the same time called "The Female
Sailor," and Vallet seems to have some English connections.
Jim Stimson
I have "discovered" this already - this dance was written by Marais in 1706 :(
Rainer
There is another
There's an English country dance from around the same time called "The
Female Sailor," and Vallet seems to have some English connections.
Jim Stimson
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Original message
From: Jean-Marie Poirier
You can download a 17th century French dictionary here:
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k50614b
I think 'La marinière' could also be translated as the 'sailor's wife'.
You might be interested to know that there is a composition by François
Couperin (obviously much later) called 'Les
On 10.03.2017 20:30, Jean-Marie Poirier wrote:
Rainer you should get the facsimile from the Dutch Lute society ! Excellent
edition to spare you poor old CNRS book ;-) !
I have both facsimile editions.
A "marinière" would be a sailor girl... No idea why Vallet uses this term for
his piece.
..and "un marinier" (masculine) means a man who skips a boat but rather on
rivers, not on the sea. "Marinière" would be the feminine form of that.
There is a song by by Guillaume Tessier, a Breton musician, published in 1582
(4 parts) with the text incipit :
"Les mariniers adorent un beau jour
Rainer you should get the facsimile from the Dutch Lute society ! Excellent
edition to spare you poor old CNRS book ;-) !
A "marinière" would be a sailor girl... No idea why Vallet uses this term for
his piece.
Best,
Jean-Marie
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