Ex. 4-4: O ma belle rebelle
Charles Gounod
Key: B♭/GmTime: 2/46 Mélodies (ICG 101)
A mélodie by Charles Gounod, published in 1842 as part of his 6 Mélodies. The poem is by Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532–1589), a French Renaissance poet and a member of La Pléiade.
The title "belle rebelle" is a wordplay typical of Renaissance poetry.