by François Coppée (1842 - 1908)
Translation Singable translation by Ellen Riley (1859 - 1904), as Ellen Wright
Fidelity
Language: English  after the French (Français)
You need not tell me what I MAY NOT DO!
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Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Ellen Riley (1859 - 1904), as Ellen Wright
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by François Coppée (1842 - 1908), "Obstination", appears in Les Récits et les Élégies, in Élégies, in 2. L'Exilée, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1877
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ellen Riley (1859 - 1904), as Ellen Wright, "Fidelity", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], New York : Boosey & Co, also set in French (Français)
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