Marot set to music
		  
		In the 16th (and part of the 
		17th) century Marot was one of the most popular lyricists when music is 
		concerned. The most famous of course are his chansons: 'Languir me 
		fais', 'Tant que vivray', 'Jouyssance vous donneray', just to name the 
		top three. 16th century composers like Claudin de Sermisy, Clément 
		Janequin, Pierre Regnault (or Sandrin), and Pierre Certon are 
		immediately associated with his texts. They were not only his 
		contemporaries but also his closest colleagues at court. It is quite is 
		easy to find texts by Marot set to music (hundreds of compositions, see 
		the database of French Renaissance chansons, Ricercar:
		
		http://ricercar.cesr.univ-tours.fr/3-programmes/basechanson). And 
		just try youtube for audio/video performances. Almost at the same 
		level of popularity are the musical settings of his Psalm versifactions.  
		So I have prepared three 
		pages on Marot and music: 
		
			- 
			
 The
			secular output [not only his chansons, 
			but also epigrams, rondeaux, some ballads and even (parts of) 
			elegies and epistles]  
			- 
			
 The 
			Psalms [and some other religiously 
			inspired texts, like prandial prayers].  
			- 
			
 The tiny 'Marot revival' 
			in the 20th century (with one 21st 
			century addition) - Ravel, Enescu, Rivier, Françaix.  
		 
		  
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