Plaisir D’Amour (arr. Simon James) Sheet Music | Jean-Paul-Égide Martini, lyrics Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian | Instrumental Duet
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Plaisir D’Amour (arr. Simon James) Digital Sheet Music
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Plaisir D’Amour (arr. Simon James)by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini, lyrics Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian Instrumental Duet - Digital Sheet Music

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This became one of the best known tunes of the 20th century. The original version was published in 1785 and was an immediate success, a classical French love song written in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini (17411816) taking its text from a poem by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (17551794), which appears in his novel Célestine. The most famous version of the 20th century is undoubtedly that of Elvis Presley. He changed the words and only used the tune of the chorus Plaisir DAmour adding in a second section to what became Cant Help Falling In Love. Joan Baez in 1966, The Seekers with Judith Durham in 2009 at their reunion concert, Nana Mouskouri, Mary Hopkins in Welsh have all recorded the song though they used different English lyrics as the basis for their versions while keeping the French Plaisir DAmour. This arrangement uses the French lyrics and follows Martinis original harmonies but is arranged to better suit the guitar. It is a more comprehensive song with two other sections which always return to the original Plaisir DAmour so you might consider it a chorus. I have added a translation of the French text into English which can be sung to the Martini melody.

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