Noëls de France, arrangement et accompagnement de piano de Willem Pijper

by Willem Pijper (1894 - 1947)

1. La Messe de minuit

Language: French (Français) 
Minuit sonne au clocher blanc
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2. Dans les ombres de la nuit

Language: French (Français) 
Dans les ombres de la nuit
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3. Noël des Rois‑mages

Language: French (Français) 
Nous sommes trois souverains
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4. Noël des Bourgeois de Châtre

Language: French (Français) 
Tous les bourgeois de Châtre
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5. Noël pour l'amour de Marie

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Noël pour l'amour de Marie
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6. Chantons, je vous en prie

Language: French (Français) 
Chantons, je vous en prie,/ Par exaltation,/ En l'honneur de Marie
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7. L'appel des Bergers

Language: French (Français) 
Vite il faut nous rendre
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8. Entre le bœuf et l'âne gris  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
Entre le bœuf et l’âne gris
Dort, dort, dort le petit fils
Mille anges divins, mille séraphins
Volent à l’entour de [ce grand dieu]1 d’amour.

Entre les deux bras de Marie
Dort, dort, dort le fruit de vie
Mille anges divins, mille séraphins
Volent à l’entour de [ce grand dieu]1 d’amour.

Entre les roses et les lys
Dort, dort, dort le petit fils
Mille anges divins, mille séraphins
Volent à l’entour de [ce grand dieu]1 d’amour.

Entre les pastoureaux jolis
Dort, dort, Jésus qui sourit
Mille anges divins, mille séraphins
Volent à l’entour de [ce grand dieu]1 d’amour.

En ce beau jour si solennel
Dort, dort, dort l’Emmanuel
Mille anges divins, mille séraphins
Volent à l’entour de [ce grand dieu]1 d’amour.

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Alexandra Glynn) , "Between the ox and the grey donkey", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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1 Ayres: "ce dieu"

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 121