by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor
Ta vigne de Baal‑Hamon
Language: French (Français)
Ta vigne de Baal-Hamon, Tu la peux garder, Salomon. Je sais bien l'or qu'elle rapporte A tous tes fermiers comme à toi : Mais quand je regarde, ô grand Roi, La vigne que j'ai devant moi, Crois-tu que la tienne m'importe ?
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor, En Orient, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1907, Page 218.
Text Authorship:
- by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, "Ta vigne de Baal-Hamon", subtitle: "(Ch. VIII. 11. 12)", appears in En Orient, in 3. Le Cantique des Cantiques, no. 16, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1885 [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 Pierre-E.-L. Rousseau (1889 - 1939), as Pierre Vellones, "Ta vigne de Bâal-Hamon Tu peux la garder, Salomon", op. 18 no. 3 (1925), published 1925, first performed 1926 [ bass and piano or flute and bassoon ], from Cantique des cantiques, no. 3, H. Lemoine [sung text not yet checked]
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