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- , a witty and learned poet
First part of an essay by Dick Wursten, ' Clément Marot, the Learned Poet. If interested in the full text (focussing in particular on his Ps…
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- About
Website initiated by the IMF ( International Marot Fanclub ), of which I —Dick Wursten— am the founder, chairman, and secretary ad hoc (and … - About me
When publishing articles in International Journals or in books, the result of one's research is 'published' but not necessarily made 'public… - Articles
For the scholarly (and/or otherwise) interested: At this page I gathered digital versions of the some of my academic publications. I took th… - Avantnaissance
This poem is a welcoming song for the third child of Renée de France, written before the child is born (Avant-naissance). We know two versio… - Avantnaissance
Variantes Ms. 2370 (based on Guiffrey II + Mayer's critical apparatus) - Avantnaissance intro
Composition probably summer 1535, three manuscript versions available, posthumously published in 1547. - Avantnaissance text
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- Benediction devant menger.
Nostre bon pere tout puissant, qui gouvernes ta creature; Ouvre ta main nous benissant, Pour sobrement prendre pasture. Donne nous par ton e… - Biography
Clément Marot was born in Cahors (probably in 1496 and perhaps on 23rd of November (because the patron saint of that day is Clemens)); he di… - Biography 2
Oxford Companion to French Literature [1st edition 1959, revised/reprinted many times; in 1995 replaced by the New Oxford Companion to Frenc…
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- Chansons dutch
Geen vreugde heb ik meer, maar ik leef zonder troost, - Charles De Moulin: Preface Oeuvres de Clément Marot (ed. Lyon, 1549, Jean de Tournes)
Two very instructive paratexts: prefaces preceding the edition of Marot's Oeuvres by resp. Jean de Tournes (editor: Charles Du Moulin) and G… - Chronologie - leven en werk van Marot
Cahors en Quercy, geboorte van Clément Marot, zoon van Jean des Mare(t)s (Jean Marot); wrsch. op 23/11 (St. Clemens) 1506 Jean Marot wordt h… - Chronology marot
- Contemporaries (or almost) about
Some quotes from contemporaries of Marot about the poet. I tried to find the originals & offer an English translation - Curious
For curious people, students and scholarly interested,
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- Devenize intro
Here you find a short introduction; the text of the two different versions - juxtaposed - are on a separate page (for layout reasons) - Double speech
Because of the religious troubles of the times, Marot himself got into trouble several times (see the short biography ). During his exile he…
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- Eclogeiv
Orchards and humble tamarisks don't give delight to all, - Editions of Clément Marot: A Guide to What Survives
Clément Marot died in 1544, leaving behind poems that had circulated in remarkably varied forms: in manuscript, in collections, in anthologi… - Editions of Clément Marot: A Guide to What Survives
Clément Marot died in 1544, leaving poems that had circulated in very different forms: some printed under his own supervision, some pirated,… - Empty
- Epigrams
Marot first published his poems as epigrams in 1538, in two books (section of his Oeuvres , Gryphius, Lyon) . Some had appeared earlier (e.g… - Epistle from Venice
This Epistle Marot sent to Renée, duchess of Ferrara, from Venice (hence the title: envoyée de Venize ) . Mid 1536 Marot had left Ferrara, i… - Epistlebouchart
- original text from 1534 - for background information and analysis, follow this link - Epistledevenize
This Epistle Marot sent to Renée, duchess of Ferrara, from Venice (hence the title: envoyée de Venize ) . Mid 1536 Marot had left Ferrara, i… - Epistles
- Epistre au Roy, du temps de son exil à Ferrare
compositions, summer 1535 – Ferrara first publication - clandestine: 1536 J. Steels – Antwerpen text: Edition Dolet 1543 - Epistre envoyée par Clement Marot à Monseigneur le Daulphin, pour retourner en France. Pour visiter ses Marotteaux
composition, summer 1535 [before 10 August - sudden death of the Dauphin] at Ferrara first publication - anonymous and undated [but by F. Ju…
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- Favorite
- Feedback
Tell me what you think about my web site. I welcome all of your comments and suggestions... and if this feedback function does not work prop… - Frerethibault
This is one of the most famous epigrams Marot ever wrote. Not only because of the bawdy text (we often label vulgar and rude, but in the 16t… - From Pious Poems to Protestant Hymns
Calvinist churches and congregational psalm-singing are so closely bound together that it is hard to imagine the one without the other, and …
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- Histoiredefrance marot
In the memorable Larousse edition L'Histoire de France en bandes dessin�es, first published between 1976-1978 and republished in 2008, the l…
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- Introduction
The French poet Clément Marot (1496–1544) was a privileged witness to the events that shaped France in the first part of the sixteenth centu… - Introduction des enfans
Seigneur Dieu, qui as créé l'homme pour labourer, donne: nous au commencement la grace de ton sainct esperit: et nous ayde en poursuyvant no…
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- Januspoems
Two poems by Marot, both dating from the time of his exile and both addressed to Renée de France (Duchess of Ferrara, and famous/notorious f… - Jean Visagier (Vulteius)
Visagier's volumes of verse are as follows: Epigrammatum libri duo (Lyons: S. Gryphius, 1536); Epigrammatum libri IV (Lyons: J. Barbou, 1537… - Jean Visagier defending Marot during his exile
1534 Marot had to flee France (after the " A ffaire des placards ", protestant extremists posting pamphlets denunciating the Mass in shockin… - Jouyssance
Om een indruk te krijgen hoe een gedicht gereciteerd / een chanson gezongen / werd, kijk eens naar deze opname. U hoort eerst een chanson da…
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- Key texts
To make a start: some poems from the mid 1530s deserve special attention, because they have survived in different versions, thus allowing th…
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- Le bonheur de ce monde
[imitating Martialis , of course -- translated by Richard Fanshaw & inspiring Christophe Plantin to a French sonnet, translated into Dutch b… - L'Enfer
Marot's poem about his imprisonment in 1526, famous/notorious for the highly critical satyre of the corruption of magistrates, judges and la… - Les oraisons
summary. For a 'scholarly - with footnotes - and more complete version', click here - Les premiers psaumes de Marot mis en musique, les psaumes 137 et 130
Les musiciens de France n'attendirent pas que des mélodies soient proposées pour les psaumes par les Psautiers (processus abordé partielleme… - Liminary texts to the Psalms (two epistles, one epigram)
Two dedicatory epistles (and an epigram) accompany Marot’s Psalm poems. The two large poems are of course meant as captationes benevolentiae… - Links
A not exhaustive list of websites that might interest Marot readers. - Lucasdeheere
About Lucas de Heere (or d'Heere) and his anthology of 1565 ("Den hof en boomgaerd der poësien") I quote the specialists in this matter, W. …
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- Mamignonne
In his erudite, amusing and instructive book, Le Ton Beau de Marot , Douglas Hofstadter uses several poems by Marot to illustrate and discus… - Marot and the cultural (literary) link between Lyon and Northern Italy (Turin)
Summary from Gianni Mombello, "Lingua e cultura francese durante l'occupazione," in Storia di Torino , vol. III, Dalla dominazione francese … - 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 ar… - Marot set to music , mainly in 20th century
In the 16th (and part of the 17th) century Marot was one of the most popular lyricists when music is concerned. In the 18th century I can't … - Marot set to music : secular music
or: Why was Marot’s so popular with musicians ? [part of the C.A. Mayer Memorial lecture (11/11/11), London, see: the website ] [deadlink, o… - Marot speaks Dutch (translations)
In Holland, as everywhere else in Europe, Marot has remained a very popular author, way into the 17th century. His poems (the epigrams in pa… - Marot's Broadsheet against the Theologians
In 1533 Noel B édier ( Beda - syndic of the Faculty of Theology, the Sorbonne ) launched an attack against Marguerite de Navarre, because sh… - Marot's table prayers, set to music
Marot's two 'prandial prayers' (click here for the texts ) belong to the favorites of composers, esp. among 'Flemish' composers (6 in the li… - – Melanchthon, « praeceptor Europae »
two articles (from the website of the Melanchthon academy ) - 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 ar… - Musical settings of Marots Psalms
For recordings, scores and images, click here || en français
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- New light on the location of Clément Marot’s tomb and epitaph in Turin
Article published in Studi Francesi n. 161/2010 [anno LIV - fascicolo II - maggio-agosto 2010], 293-303 - Note on the ‘liturgical extras’ (French poems by Clément Marot)
In 1533 (a kind of Evangelical Wonder Year in France with the King’s Sister Marguerite in charge in Paris and the Lenten sermons of Gérard R…
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- Other poems
Fragment from l'Enfer , in which Marot describes his roots... Some Rondeaux (also popular with musicians, often with 'rearranged' texts. Tan…
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- Penthesilea , Amazon Queen, to Marguerite, Q ueen of Navarra
Not familiar with the legend of the Amazon empire, click here - Penthesilea: Daughter of War
Penthesilea was the daughter of Ares , the god of war and Otrera (or Orithyia), an Amazon queen. - Pere eternel, te rendons grace...
Text not by Marot, but very popular because integrated in several 'Abecedariums'. There it is part of the 'instruction of the child' to lear… - Petite Epistre au Roi
The Young Marot (ca. 1519) shows his (h)ability as a 'rimailleur'. Probably not a gratuitous demonstration, but a sollicitation for a job at… - Poems
There is a special subdivision with poems by Marot translated into Dutch in the Golden Age of the Dutch Republic [ Nederlandse vertalingen ]… - Portrait Gallery
Surprise ! This quite unknown portrait - in the Hermitage St Petersburg- might very well picture Marot how he really looked like, ca. 1540. … - Psalm 137
Just to be able to appreciate how one can perform a simple Psalm — ès maisons , at home (not in the ecclesial liturgy according to Calvin, b… - Psalms accompanied by Lute
"In mid-16th-century France the pious middle classes and even on occasion the worldly courtiers were wont to sing psalms in elegant French t…
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- Rabelaisian Satire in Antwerp (ca. 1550)
In DE GULDEN PASSER (publication of the Plantin Moretus Museum in Antwerp), 43 (1965), p. 129- 134 Maurits de Meyer wrote a nice essay about…
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- Shakespeare blason
Sonnet 13 My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are d… - Some Psalms of Marot in different versions
Since of many of his poetic paraphrases there exist more than one version (Marot revised his firstlings on several occasions, sometimes only… - Summary and chronology of Marot ' s Psalm project
For more information, see chapter 2: "Tracing Marot's Psalm paraphrases", in D. Wursten, Clément Marot and religion (Brill: Leiden, 2010). T…
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- Ten Commandments : Lève le coeur
This "prayer" is only present in the Geneva edition of the Cinquante Pseaumes , replacing the earlier version of the Decalogue, present in S… - Th é odore de Bèze, de Vézelay en Bourgogne (1519-1605)
Beza's family originated from 'Bèze' (Burgundy). He himself lived in Vézelay for a while (you can still see his house there). The young Théo… - The 42 chansons of
The full text of all chansons in French below , some with English translations (long-term project...) and some with music (don't forget to "… - The coq-à-l'âne
Sauter du coq à l'âne is a French expression to characterise that one switches subjects and topics without making any connection. Marot used… - The first musical settings of Marot's Psalm poems
Background about the first polyphonic settings of Psalms [ et ici en français ]. - The Psalm poems of
* For more background information read the introduction or consult the chronological summary . - The Psalm poems of
* For more background information read the introduction or consult the chronological summary . - The Psalm poems of Cl é ment Marot
Marot's poetical transpositions of the biblical Psalms are a crucial but often neglected part of his poetic output. He was not the first to … - Thesis
Clément Marot and Religion A reassessment in view of his Psalm paraphrases - This is the page
Recent research questions this attribution: clothing suggests second half 1540s. - This is the page
Louvre Museum. Generally accepted that it is Marot. He was in Lyon at the right time (prob. 1536-1537) and frequented the same people as Cor… - Tracing the Psalms Summary and chronology of Marot's Psalm project
parts of chapter 2: "Tracing Marot's Psalm paraphrases", from D. Wursten, Clément Marot and religion (Brill: Leiden, 2010) - a shorter versi…
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- Villemadon
Article published in Renaissance Studies , Volume 22 Issue 2, Pages 240 - 250. [content the same, text slightly altered: minor corrections a… - Virgil eclogueiv
Virgil (Vergilius Maro) ecloga IV (and translation taken from http://rainybluedawn.com/translations/latin/ but slightly adapted to better fi… - Vrieselhof
23 October 2011 - Vrieselhof - Schilde (Belgium) Recording made by . Recording of two Psalms: Abel & Gentian