La Belle Dame Sans Merci lyrics
- La Belle Dame sans Merci:
"La Belle Dame sans Merci" ("The Beautiful Lady Without Mercy") is a ballad produced by the English poet John Keats in 1819. The title was derived from the title of a 15th-century poem by Alain Chartier called La Belle Dame sans Mercy.
Loreena McKennitt's note on the song:
"Struck by the imagery of this poem, the longing and the mystery, I sought to put it to music in 2006 while working on An Ancient Muse."
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Belle_Dame_sans_Merci https://loreenamckennitt.com
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BELLE DAME SANS MERCI IN MUSIC
The first to play the ballad was Charlse Villiers Stanford in the nineteenth century with a very dramatic arrangement for piano but a bit dated today, although popular in his day.
The ballad was put into music by different artists in the 21st century.
The Weeknd Alternative, Pop, R&B/ | |
Patrick Watson Singer-songwriter | |
Céline Dion Pop, Pop-Rock | |
Leonard Cohen Folk, Poetry, Rock, | |
Lara Fabian Pop | |
Ruth B. Pop | |
Farya Faraji Folk, Neofolk |
In 1819 the English poet John Keats reworked the figure of the "Queen of Faerie" of Scottish ballads (starting with Tam Lin and True Thomas) in turn writes the ballad "La Belle Dame sans Merci", giving rise to a theme that has become very popular among the Pre-Raphaelite painters, that of the vamp woman who has however already a consideration in the beliefs of folklore: the
Lennan or leman shee - Shide Leannan (literally fairy child) that is the fairy who seeks love between humans. The fairy, who is both a male and a female being, after having seduced a mortal abandons him to return to his world. The lover is tormented by the love lost until death.
https://terreceltiche.altervista.org/belle-dame-sans-merci/