by Stéphane Mallarmé (1842 - 1898)
Fermé, je suis le sceptre aux doigts
Language: French (Français)
Fermé, je suis le sceptre aux doigts Et, contente de cet empire, Ne m’ouvrez, aile, si je dois Dissimuler votre sourire.
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Authorship:
- by Stéphane Mallarmé (1842 - 1898), no title, written 1896?, appears in Vers de circonstance, in Éventails, no. 16 [author's text not yet checked 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 Louis Durey (1888 - 1979), "Éventail I", op. 22 no. 4 (1920) [ voice and piano, with optional flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon ], from Six Madrigaux de Mallarmé, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
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