It is the hour when from the boughs
Language: English
It is the hour when from the boughs
The nightingale's high note is heard --
It is the hour -- when lovers' vows
Seem sweet in every whisper'd word --
And gentle winds and waters near
Make music to the lonely ear.
Each flower the dews have lightly wet,
And in the sky the stars are met:
And on the wave is deeper blue,
And on the leaf a browner hue --
And in the Heaven, that clear obscure
So softly dark -- and darkly pure,
That follows the decline of day
As twilight melts beneath the moon away.
Translation(s): FRE
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Submitted by Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "It is the hour", published 181? [medium voice and piano] [
text not verified ]
- by J. C. Beuthin , "It is the hour", published 1857 [three-part chorus of equal voice with piano], from Six Rounds for three equal voices [
text not verified ]
- by George Frederick Broadhead (1883 - ?), "Music of a summer night", published 1937 [ TTBB chorus a cappella], partson [
text not verified ]
- by Mary Grant Carmichael (1851 - 1935), "It is the hour", published 1892. [duet with piano] [
text not verified ]
- by Mary Grant Carmichael (1851 - 1935), "It is the hour", published 1892 [vocal duet], London: R. Cocks & Co. [
text not verified ]
- by James Munro Coward (1824 - 1880), "It is the hour", published 1871? [four-part chorus and piano], from Ten Glees and a Madrigal for Four and Five Voices, glee [
text not verified ]
- by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927), "It is the hour", published 1909 [medium voice and piano], from Second Album of Lyrics [
text not verified ]
- by Charles Harry Fogg , "It is the hour", published 1899 [ SATB chorus a cappella], partson [
text not verified ]
- by Hélène Heale (1855 - ?), "It is the hour", published 1890 [SSA chorus and piano ad libitum], from 24 Rounds [
text not verified ]
- by Isaac Nathan (1790 - 1864), "It is the hour", published 1815, from A Selection of Hebrew Melodies No. I, no. 12. [
text verified 1 time ]
- by John Wright (b. 1911), "It is the hour", 1974 [alto and orchestra or piano], from The Hesperus Songs [
text not verified ]
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Text added to the website: 2004-05-08.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:06
Line count: 14
Word count: 94
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C'est l'heure
Language: French (Français) after the English
C'est l'heure où les accens élevés du rossignol
s'échappent des bosquets touffus;
c'est l'heure où les vœux des amans semblent plus tendres
dans des paroles murmurées tout bas.
D'aimables zéphirs, des eaux qui serpentent
sont une harmonie mélodieuse pour l'oreille solitaire.
Les gouttes de rosée humectent légèrement chaque fleur,
et les étoiles apparaissent dans les cieux,
et la vague qui les réfléchit semble d'un bleu plus azuré,
et la feuille d'une teinte plus foncée.
Le firmament présente ce clair-obscur,
si doucement sombre, si sombrement pur,
qui suit le déclin du jour,
lorsque le crépuscule se fond sous les rayons de la lune
Submitted by Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
Authorship
Based on- a text in English by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "It is the hour", appears in Hebrew Melodies, no. 12, first published 1815
- This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Anonymous/Unidentified Artist, J. C. Beuthin, George Frederick Broadhead, Mary Grant Carmichael, James Munro Coward, Adolph Martin Foerster, Charles Harry Fogg, Hélène Heale, Isaac Nathan, John Wright. Go to the text.
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive) [ None yet in the database ]
Text added to the website: 2012-01-15.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:04:45
Line count: 14
Word count: 102
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