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La vie est vaine : Un peu d'amour, Un peu de haine... Et puis - bonjour ! La vie est brève : Un peu d'espoir, un peu de rêve... Et puis - bonsoir !
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Confirmed with Parnasse de la jeune Belgique, sous la direction littéraire de MM. Iwan Gilkin, Albert Giraud et Max Waller, Paris: Léon Vanier, 1887, page 223.
Text Authorship:
- by Léon Montenaeken (1859 - 1950), "Peu de chose", first published 1887 [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 Emile Desportes (1878 - 1944), "La Vie est vaine", published 1907 [ voice and piano ], Paris, B. Roudanez [sung text not yet checked]
- by Napoleon Lambelet (1864 - 1932), "La Vie", published 1897 [ voice and piano ], London, Francis, Day & Hunter [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pietro Lanciani (1857 - 1912), "Peu de chose", <<1890 [ voice and piano ], Paris, P. Schott & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin (1862 - 1901), "La Vie", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], G. Schirmer, jr (The Boston Music Company) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reid-Taylor , "La Vie est vaine", published 1931 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Maurice Senart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Teresa Clotilde del Riego (1876 - 1968), "La Vie est vaine", published 1902 [ voice and piano ], London, Chappell & Co Ltd [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ellen Riley (1859 - 1904), as Ellen Wright, "La vie est vaine" [ voice and piano ], New York : Boosey & Co, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Edward Frederick Lockton (1876 - 1940) ; composed by Ellen Riley, as Ellen Wright.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2022-11-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 28
Life is futile: a little love, a little hate... and then - good day! Life is brief: a little hope, a little dreaming... and then - good night!
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Léon Montenaeken (1859 - 1950), "Peu de chose", first published 1887
This text was added to the website: 2023-05-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 26