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by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891)

La Guerre
Language: French (Français) 
La Guerre, ivre de sa colère,
Embouche ses clairons sonores ;
Terre, déjà tu te colores
De ce sang fumant qu’elle flaire.

L’incendie effrayant l’éclaire,
Comme de rouges météores ;
La Guerre, ivre de sa colère,
Embouche ses clairons sonores.

Et pour réclamer leur salaire,
Ô Dieu ! dans les cieux que tu dores,
Les vautours, sous l’œil des Aurores,
Suivent de leur vol circulaire
La Guerre, ivre de sa colère !

Text Authorship:

  • by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "La Guerre", written 1875, appears in Les Exilés, in Rondels, no. 22, 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 Amédée Dutacq (1848 - 1929), "La Guerre" [ high voice and piano ], from 6 Rondels de Théodore de Banville, no. 6, Édition Fromont [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "La Guerre", op. 14 no. 9, published c1905 [ voice and piano ], from Rondels 3ème série, no. 9, Éd. L. Philippo [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Laura Prichard [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2016-08-31
Line count: 13
Word count: 68

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