Add MS 31677

Vol. II.

French vocal compositions, most of which, if not all, appear to be taken from Operas. Except where the contrary is stated, they are for a single voice without accompaniment, and anonymous; ff. 2b-15 are in the hand of Jean Jacques Rousseau, and the others were probably written at his dictation.

1. 'Tout soupire.' This and nos. 2, 3 have accompaniments for violin and a figured bass, in score. f. 2b. 2. 'Tendre amour.' f. 3b. 3. 'L'Amour est à craindre.' f. 4b. 4. 5. 'Ah! que l' Amour cause d'allarmes' (trio), and 'L'Amour meurt dans mon cœur'; with strings. [From 'Persée,' 1682, by J. B. Lully.] ff. 6b, 8b. 6. 'Il faut que tout seconde'; with strings, ff. 11b-13. 7. 'Sur vos pas'; with figured bass. f. 13b. 8. 'Tendre fruit'; with strings. Different from the setting of the same words in Rousseau's 'Les Consolations des misères de ma vie.' f. 14b. 9. Piece without words, the violin part being in pencil. f. 15b. 10. 'De L'Art seduisant de charmer.' f. 16b. 11. 'M'aimes tu comme je t'aime'; with strings. Apparently by '[Egidio Romoaldo] Duni.' At the beginning is written 'Madame Orgon et Suzon faisant I'echo.' f. 17b. 12. 'Tant qu'a mon Colin j'ay sçu plaire': duet. This and nos. 13-17 are from 'Le Devin du 'Village,' about 1752-1753, and are mostly accompanied by strings. f. 21b. 13. 'A jamais Colin': duet. f. 24b. 14. 'Venés, jeunes Garçons.' f. 28. 15. 'Si des Galans de La Villa j'eusse Ecouté les discours.' f. 29. 16. 'Dans ma cabane obscure.' The lines written at the top and bottom of this page are said (f. 1b) to be in the hand of 'Madame M. M. G. de Fontaine-Dupin, Grandmère de Georges Sand, fille de Samuel Bernard, épouse du Fermier-général [Claude Dupin], amie de J. J. R., qui lui consacre de belles pages dans ses 'Confessions.' ' f. 31b. 17. 'L'art à I'amour est favourables' (sic). f. 82b. 18. 'Régnes avec douceurs' (sic); with strings. ff. 35-38. 19. 'J'ay Bientot quatorz anst' (sic). f. 41b. 20. 'De la philosophic austere.' f. 42b. 21. 'Gente pastoure.' f. 43b. 22. 'Dans ce joly mois de may.' f. 44b. 23. 'Qu'est deuenue (sic) ton chalumeau.' f. 45. 24. 'Non, rien n'est si beau que Temire.' Possibly from 'Thémire' by E. R. Duni, 1770. ff. 45b-46. 25. 'Pour le plus bel empire.' f. 57.

ff. 13, 24, 38b, 56b. Songs with French words. Nos. 1, 2, and 4 have a bass for harpsichord, in score; no. 3 is unaccompanied. 1. 'A confesse m'en suis allé'; written between two songs in the hand of J. J. Rousseau, but in a different hand. f. 13. 2. 'En mariage.' In the same hand. f. 24. 3. 'Romance d'Alix et d' Alexis,' begins 'A sa mere.' f. 38b. 4. 'Sais tu bien ce qu'on a trouvé dans ta Lettre sur la musique.' By Rousseau [1753]. f. 56b.

ff. 46b-55b. Short pieces, without titles and anonymous, for 2 instruments (probably strings), in score. 1. In A. f. 46b. 2. In B flat. f. 47b. 3. In F. f. 48b. 4. In G (in duplicate). ff. 49b, 55b. 5. In A minor. f. 50b. 6. In G. f. 51b. 7. In G. f. 52b. 8. In C. f. 53b. 9. In E. f. 54b.