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Du Caurroy composed for Charles the Ninth. The well-known air, f Charmante Gabrielle,' was also a Christmas hymn. In 'Recueil de Poetes Gascons, premiere partie, contenant les ceuvres de Pierre Goudelin de Toulouse,' Amsterdam, 1700, are some carols. There are upwards of twenty different collections in the patois. In 1699, was a collection by Le Sieur Nicolas Saboly. In 1701, one was published at Dijon, in the dialect of the province, which at first gave some offence, from the freedom of the compositions; but the naivete of the patois, which also prevented their being perfectly understood, saved them. There were subsequent editions of these. In 1720, the fourth edition of 'Noel Bourgignon de Gui Barozai,' was published, containing thirty-four noels, and two chansons, with the music to each, and an ample glossary; and there was a subsequent edition in 1736. There is also a recent edition by Fertiault, at Paris, in 1842. Many of these are written in a vein of burlesque humour, quite out of character with the subject, and in a very free and irreverent style. In the seventh noel, the salutation of the Virgin by the angel, is quite in the manner of a petit maitre.
" Po lai fenetre el antri, Et pea de queique distance, Ai li fi lai reverance, Car el etd ben epri. Dei vo gar, mai chere aimie, Dit-i d' ene douce voi, &c."
The effect of the salutation reminds one of the old lines,
" Gaude Virgo, Mater Christi, Quae per aurem concepisti."
and of a similar conceit in Moliere's 'Ecole des Maris,' |
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