Plaisir d'amour (Jean-Paul-Égide Martini)
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- Contributor: Paolo Pandolfo (submitted 2016-11-20). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 800 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: scan from an unidentified anthology, in E flat
- CPDL #07012: ws-mart-pl2.xml
- Editor: Christopher Moore (submitted 2004-05-14). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 240 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:Attributed to Giovanni Battista Martini. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format. in G
- Editor: Anne Dubrofsky (submitted 2003-05-14). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 280 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: in G
General Information
Title: Plaisir d'amour
Composer: Jean-Paul-Égide Martini
Lyricist: Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Solo high
Genre: Secular, Chanson, Art song
Language: French
Instruments: Piano
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Description: Martini occasionally used the Italian "Giovanni" for "Jean", leading to latter confusion with Giovanni Battista Martini. "Plaisir d'amour" is of course the tune sung as "Can't Help Falling in Love" in Elvis Presley's film Blue Hawaii" (1961).
External websites: Wikipedia Link
Original text and translations
French text
Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment,
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.
J'ai tout quitté pour l'ingrate Sylvie
Elle me quitte et prend un autre amant.
Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.
« Tant que cette eau coulera doucement
Vers ce ruisseau qui borde la prairie,
Je t'aimerai », me répétait Sylvie.
L'eau coule encore, elle a changé pourtant.
Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment,
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.