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by Charles Hubert Millevoye (1782 - 1816)

Heure du soir, heure paisible et sombre
Language: French (Français) 
Heure du soir, heure paisible et sombre,
Descends des airs sur ton char nébuleux !
[Du jour trop lent viens éteindre les feux]1,
Et verse-nous les bienfaits de ton ombre.
Pour qui d’absence a gémi tout le jour,
Heure du soir est aurore d’amour.

Dès qu’entr’ouvrant la porte orientale,
L’aube vermeille a réjoui les cieux,
De nos forêts l’hôte mélodieux
Vient saluer l’étoile matinale ;
Mais, pour deux cœurs séparés tout le jour.
Heure du soir est aurore d’amour.

L’astre éclatant, sur son trône de flamme,
Des nuits en vain bannit l’obscurité :
Quand sur le monde il répand sa clarté,
L’ombre des nuits est encor dans mon âme.
Pour un amant qui languit tout le jour,
Heue du soir est aurore d’amour.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   P. Garat •   H. Van Synghel 

H. Van Synghel sets stanzas 1-3

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1 Garat: "Étiens du jour le disque lumineux"; Van Synghel: "Étiens du jour le flambeau lumineux"

Text Authorship:

  • by Charles Hubert Millevoye (1782 - 1816), "Emma et Eginard", written 1800, appears in Poésies diverses, Éd. Firmin Didot, first published 1814 [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 Edmond Cottin , "Heure du soir", 1855?, published 1877 [ vocal duet for mezzo-soprano and tenor with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joseph Dominique Fabry-Garat (1774 - 1833), "L'Heure du soir", published [1807] [ medium voice and piano ], from Quatre Romances, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Auguste Le Duc & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Pierre-Jean Garat (1764 - 1823), "L'heure du soir" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Henry-Alexandre Van Synghel (1800? - 1856), "L'heure du soir", stanzas 1-3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Edoardo Vera (1821 - 1889), "Heure du soir" [ high voice and piano ], London, Leader & Cock [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Laura Prichard [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2017-06-01
Line count: 18
Word count: 122

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