Klarinet Archive - Posting 000042.txt from 2008/03

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Renaissance Migraine (warning: off-topic)
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:54:33 -0500

Harold Smith wrote:
> Mark,
>
> You might want to pass this on to those who were interested in the translation of this Renaissance French song.
>
> Regards.
> Harold
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vito Brugliera
> Sent: Friday, March 7, 2008 8:57 PM
> To: Harold Smith
> Subject: Re: [kl] Renaissance Migraine (warning: off-topic)
>
> Qui veut chasser une migraine
> N'a quoi boire toujours du bon
> Et maintenir sa table pleine
> De cervelas et de jambons.
>
> Google translates it as:
>
> Who wants to drive a migraine
> Has something to drink always good
> And maintain its full table
> From cervelat and ham.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Harold Smith" <s3856lpa@-----.net>
> To: <v.brugliera@-----.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 3:31 PM
> Subject: Fw: [kl] Renaissance Migraine (warning: off-topic)
>
>
>
>> Vito,
>>
>> The forwarded message is self-explanatory.
>> With your interest in ancient music, might you have an answer for the
>>
> meaning of that title?
>
>> Regards.
>> Harold
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Karl Krelove
>> Sent: Friday, March 7, 2008 1:17 PM
>> To: klarinet@-----.org
>> Subject: [kl] Renaissance Migraine (warning: off-topic)
>>
>> I'm cataloguing a bookcase full of old LPs. I've just run across a track
>> called Qui veut chasser une migraine (1615) by Gabriel Bataille on an
>>
> album
>
>> of Renaissance dances. Does anyone know what the title would have meant in
>> modern English? With my rudimentary French (unused in 45 years) I'm not
>>
> sure
>
>> if it has something to do (sarcastically) with chasing after (hunting for)
>>
> a
>
>> headache or getting rid of one (driving one out). And would a migraine
>>
> have
>
>> meant the same thing 400 years ago that it means today?
>>
>> Just curious.
>>
>> Karl
>>
>
>
>
>

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