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Zanetto, chantant dans le lointain Mignonne, voici l'Avril ! Le soleil revient d'exil ; Tous le nids sont en querelles; L'air est pur, le ciel léger, Et partout on voit neiger Des plumes de tourterelles. Prends, pour que nous nous trouvions, Le chemin des papillons Et des frêles demoiselles; Viens, car tu sais qu'on t'attend Sous le bois, près de l'étang Où vont boire les gazelles !
J. Massenet sets stanza 1 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
J. Massenet sets stanza 2 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
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Text Authorship:
- by François Coppée (1842 - 1908), no title, appears in Le Passant, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1870 [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 Artus (1815 - 1892), "Le passant", published [1870] [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Le Bailly [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Bonnet , "Sérénade du passant", published c1880 [ medium voice and piano ], from Douze Mélodies pour chant et piano, 1er volume, no. 2, Éd. E. et A. Girod [sung text not yet checked]
- by Émile Bourgeois (1849 - 1922), "Voici l'Avril" [ high voice and piano and violin or mandolin ad libitum ], from Six mélodies, no. 2, Éd. H. Tellier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "Chanson d'avril", subtitle: "Sérénade du passant", CG 357 (1872), published [1872] [ voice and piano ], Paris, Henry Lemoine, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Władysław Edward Kronenberg (1848 - 1892), as Ladislas Wieniec, "Sérénade", op. 34 (<<1879) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. M. de Lalanne , "Sérénade du passant", published [1869] [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Le Corbeiller (1821 - 1894), "Voici l'Avril !", published [1870] [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. A. Choudens [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Sérénade du Passant", alternate title: "Sérénade de Zanetto", 1869, published 1869 [ voice and piano ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Horace Smith [an adaptation] ; composed by Charles Gounod.
- Also set in English, a translation by J. A. Middleton ; composed by Teresa del Riego.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 64
Zanetto Sweetheart, April is here! The sun returns from exile; All of the nests are in squabbles; The air is pure, the sky light, And everywhere one sees snowing [down] The feathers of turtle doves. Take, so that we may find each other, The path of the butterflies And of the frail maidens; Come, for you know that someone is waiting for you In the woods, near the pond Where the gazelles come to drink!
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Translations of title(s):
"Sérénade de Zanetto" = "Zanetto's serenade"
"Voici l'Avril" = "April is here"
"Sérénade du passant" = "Serenade of the passerby"
"Chanson d'avril" = "Song of April"
"Le passant" = "The passerby"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2019 by Garrett Medlock, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by François Coppée (1842 - 1908), no title, appears in Le Passant, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1870
This text was added to the website: 2019-08-30
Line count: 13
Word count: 75