by Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
L'amour ne peut pas donner une idée de...
Language: French (Français)
L'amour ne peut pas donner une idée de la musique, la musique peut en donner une de l'amour... Pourquoi séparer l'un de l'autre ? Ce sont les deux ailes de l'âme.
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Confirmed with Hector Berlioz, Mémoires de Hector Berlioz, Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1870, page 504.
Excerpt from chapter 59, section title “Voyage en Dauphiné”, subheading “Convulsions de cœur.” Note: this is a prose selection and line breaks have been added arbitrarily.Authorship:
- by Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869), no title, first published 1965 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Alistair Hinton.
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Word count: 31
Love can give no idea of Music
Language: English  after the French (Français)
Love can give no idea of Music Music can give an idea of Love Why separate them? They are the two wings of the soul.
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Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869), no title, first published 1965
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Alistair Hinton (b. 1950), "Love can give no idea of Music", op. 13 no. 5o (1969-1977) [ high voice and string quintet ], from String Quintet, no. 5o [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-08-21
Line count: 4
Word count: 25