Christian's letter | Sir,/ We were both delighted with the two pretty toys which

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by Christian Daniel-Lesur

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Lettre de Christian

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

   Le 8 mars 1953

Monsieur,
Nous avons été ravis tous les deux des jolis jouets que
vous avez donnés à Papa et à Maman pour nous, et
vous en remercions beaucoup.

Mon motocycliste prend des virages formidables
route la journée, cela m'amuse énormément. Veuillez
croire, Monsieur, ainsi que Madame,

à mes sentiments respectueux,
  Christian Daniel Lesur.

Note: the author is the son of the composer Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur.

Text Authorship:

by Christian Daniel-Lesur [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 Jacques de Menasce (1905 - 1960), "Lettre de Christian", 1953, published 1954 [ high voice and piano ], from Deux lettres d'Enfants (pour remercier d'un envoi de jouets), no. 2, Paris, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Christian's letter", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 57

Christian's letter

Language: English after the French (Français)

  8 March 1953

Sir,
We were both delighted with the two pretty toys which
you gave to Papa and to Mama for us, and
[we] thank you very much.

My motocyclist takes fantastic turns
all day, it amuses me enormously. Please
accept, Sir, [and] in the [same] way Madam,

my respectful sentiments,
  Christian Daniel Lesur.

Translator's note for line 3: "for us" : "us" refers to Christian and Béatrice, children of the composer Daniel-Lesur

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a text in French (Français) by Christian Daniel-Lesur
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This text was added to the website: 2016-02-09
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Word count: 56