Fantoches | Scaramouche et Pulcinella

Fantoches

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG FIN GER GER

Scaramouche et Pulcinella
Qu'un mauvais dessein rassembla
Gesticulent, noirs [sur]¹ la lune.

Cependant l'excellent docteur
Bolonais cueille avec lenteur
Des simples parmi l'herbe brune.

Lors sa fille, piquant minois,
Sous la charmille, en tapinois,
Se glisse demi-nue, en quête

De son beau pirate espagnol
Dont un [langoureux]² rossignol
Clame la détresse à tue-tête.

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• C. Debussy • C. Debussy

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Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Fêtes galantes, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1869, pages 25-26.

Note: All ampersands (&) as appear in the first publication are changed to "et".

¹ Debussy: "sous"
² Debussy: "amoureux"

Text Authorship:

by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Fantoches", appears in Fêtes galantes, no. 11, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1869 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Charles Colas , "Fantoches", c1937 [ voice and piano or orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Gérard Condé (b. 1947), "Fantoches", 1973, published 2001 [ reciter and piano ], from Fêtes galantes, récitation accompagnée au piano, no. 1, Éd. Henry Lemoine [sung text not yet checked]
by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Fantoches", L. 26/(21) (1881-2) [ voice and piano ], one of two settings [sung text checked 1 time]
by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Fantoches", L. 86/(80) no. 2, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Fêtes Galantes I, no. 2, Paris, Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]
by Raoul Laparra (1876 - 1943), "Fantoches", published 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Pastels, suite de mélodies sur des Fétes galantes , no. 5, Paris, Gallet [sung text not yet checked]
by Fernand Ochsé (1879 - 1944), "Fantoches", 1908, published 1913 [ voice and piano ], from Le Parc, no. 8, Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]
by Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli (1882 - 1949), "Fantoches", op. 40 no. 3, published 1929 [ voice and piano ], from Quattro liriche, no. 3, Milan, Carisch [sung text not yet checked]
by Irena Regina Poldowski (1880 - 1932), "Fantoches", 1912, published 1913 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Rœder [sung text not yet checked]
by Adrien Remacle (1849 - 1916), "Fantoches", published [1907] [ voice and piano ], from Les fêtes galantes. Esquisses mélodiques sur les poèmes de Paul Verlaine, no. 5, Paris, Hachette [sung text not yet checked]
by Marcel Trémois (1891 - 1974), "Fantoches", published 1921 [ voice and piano ], from Mélodies, 1er recueil, no. 5, Paris, Sénart [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, a translation by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945) , "Fantoches" ; composed by William Spencer Johnson.
Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Valentino Bucchi.

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

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 53