Ôte ton voile ce soir sur la terrasse en fleurs, Pour que je voie briller tes yeux de velours, Tes yeux ensorceleurs, Comme des étoiles dans ton visage adorable, Pendant que je chanterai ma chanson d'amour Douce et triste, sur un air de flûte arabe.
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Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Chanson de flûte", written 1903, appears in Schéhérazade, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1903 [author's text not yet checked 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 François Berthet (1873 - 1956), "Chanson de flûte", op. 13 no. 10 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Rouart-Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andrée Marie Clémence Bonhomme (1905 - 1982), "Chanson de flûte", op. 89 no. 1b (1944) [ voice and piano ], from Shéhérazade, no. 1b, note: this song replaced 'Paysage' in the cycle, so we have given it the designation '1b' [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philippe Gaubert (1879 - 1941), "Chanson de flûte", published 1919 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois orientales, paroles de Tristan Klingsor, no. 1, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel', Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Chanson de flûte", op. 84 no. 5 (1922-1923) [ mezzo-soprano or soprano and piano ], from Huit Mélodies sur des poésies de T. Klingsor (Shéhérazade) (2d recueil), no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Ôte ton voile", published 1908 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, 2ème volume, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
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