A Nocte Temporis

Oh, my beautiful brunette Brunettes, tender, serious, and drinking songs in Paris at the beginning of the 18th century Very popular in France at the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th century, brunettes are short strophic songs with a pastoral and gallant character. Published in particular by the publisher Ballard and widely distributed in salons as well as at court, they underwent numerous instrumental adaptations. Behind their apparent simplicity unfolds a refined art of melody and ornamentation, at the crossroads of the chanson, the air de cour, and chamber music.