Vivre ne puis content
General information
Quatrain used as the text for several chansons. In publications, this piece almost invariably follows Content désir as its ripost, although they are never formally attached. Missa Vivre ne puis content (Johannes de Cleve) is a parody mass based upon the chanson Vivre ne puis of Sermisy, listed below. Other chansons, with the same incipit but longer and dissimilar texts include Vivre ne puis (Pierre Certon). Also see Vivre ne puis sur terre.
Settings by composers (automatically updated)
- Jacob Buus — Vivre ne puis content French SATTBB
- Thomas Crecquillon — Vivre ne puis French SSA,AAT
- Antonio Gardano — Vivre ne puis French ST,TB
- Claudin de Sermisy — Vivre ne puis French SATB,STTB,ATTB
- Tielman Susato — Vivre ne puis French STT
Original text and translations
French text
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French text modernised |
English translation
(trans Timmi O'Danaos & Donna Ferrentes) |
French text
English translation