by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891)
Les pierreries
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Les flamboyantes Pierreries Qui parent les glaives des rois Et les mors de leurs palefrois, Brillent dans les rouges tueries. La foule, ivre des féeries, Admire, en ses humbles effrois, Les flamboyantes Pierreries Qui parent les glaives des rois. Et dans les louanges nourries, Les princesses aux regards froids Sèment sur leurs corsages droits Et sur leurs jupes d’or fleuries Les flamboyantes Pierreries.
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Authorship:
- by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "Les pierreries", written 1875, appears in Les Exilés, in Rondels, no. 24, Paris, Édition Charpentier, first published 1878 [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 Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Les pierreries", op. 8 no. 3 (1891-1895), published [1897] [ high voice and piano ], from Rondels 2ème série, no. 3, Éd. E. Baudoux & Cie. [sung text checked 2 times]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The gemstones", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Laura Prichard [Guest Editor] , Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
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