by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire
Voyage à Paris
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Ah ! la charmante chose Quitter un pays morose Pour Paris Paris joli Qu'un jour dût créer l'Amour.
Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Voyage à Paris", written 1906 [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 Robert Caby (1905 - 1992), "Voyage à Paris", 1944 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Voyage à Paris", FP 107 no. 4 (1940), published 1941 [ medium voice and piano ], from Banalités, no. 4, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "Going to Paris", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 18