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​OU PEUT-ON ÊTRE MIEUX QU'AU SEIN DE SA FAMILLE? 'Where can one be better than in the bosom of one's family?' A quartet[1] in Grétry's 'Lucile' (1769), which has become historical from its having been sung on several occasions—as for instance at Versailles, July 15, 1789; at Carlton House at the first visit of George III. and Queen Charlotte to the Prince of Wales, Feb. 3, 1795; and at Korythnia, on the retreat from Moscow, Nov. 15, 1812.[2] The air is as follows:—

{ \time 4/4 \override Score.Rest #'style = #'classical \key g \major \relative b' { \autoBeamOff b2 b8[ c] c[ d] | d4. c16[^( b)] a4 r | c2 c8[ d] e[ fis] | g4. fis16[^( e)] d4 d | e d c b | b2 a4 a, | d fis a d | e cis d a, | d fis a d | e cis d d | b c a d | b c a8 c e c | b4 a g d' | b c a d | b c a8 c e c | b4 a g8 c e c | b2( a4.) a8 g2 r \bar "||" } \addlyrics { Où peut -- on ê -- tre mieux, Où peut -- on ê -- tre mieux, qu'au sein de sa fa -- mil -- le? Tout est con -- tent, tout est con -- tent, Le cœur, les yeux, le cœur, les yeux. Vi -- vons, al -- mons, vi -- vons, al -- mons com -- me nos bons a - ïeux. Vi -- vons, al -- mons, vi -- vons, al -- mons, com -- me nos bons aï -- eux, com -- me nos bons aï -- eux! } }


It was adopted by the Bourbons after the Restoration as a loyal air.
[ G. ]


  1. ↑ Not a duet, as stated under Grétry, vol. i. 628a.
  2. ↑ See Veillons au salut [App. p.737 "in Appendix"].
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