by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)
Faisait‑il beau quand elle est morte,...
Language: French (Français)
Faisait-il beau quand elle est morte, votre amie ? Oh !... Je voudrais savoir si c'était le matin... Avant de s'en aller vous a-t-elle souri ? Donnez-lui l'edelweiss que vous ne voulez point...
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Authorship:
- by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), no title, appears in Clairières dans le ciel, in Tristesses, no. 14, first published 1906 [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):
- by Michel Bosc (b. 1963), "Faisait-il beau", 1999 [ high voice, flute, and piano ], from Tristesses, no. 14 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "Faisait-il beau quand elle est morte, votre amie ?", op. 355 no. 14 (1956), published 1957 [ baritone and piano ], from Tristesses, no. 14, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
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