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by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891)

Fête galante
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Voilà Sylvandre et Lycas et Myrtil
[C'est aujourd'hui]1 fête chez Cydalise.
[Enchantant l'air de son]2 parfum subtil,
[Au clair de lune]3 où tout s'idéalise
Avec la rose Aminthe rivalise.
Philis, Eglé, qui suivent leurs amants,
Cherchent l'ombrage [et les abris]4 charmants.
Dans le soleil qui s'irrite et qui joue,
Luttant d'orgueil avec les diamants,
Sur le chemin, le Paon blanc fait la roue.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Debussy 

View original text (without footnotes)
1 Debussy: "Car c'est ce soir"
2 Debussy: "Partout dans l'air court un"
3 Debussy: "Dans le grand parc"
4 Debussy: "en mille endroits"

Text Authorship:

  • by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "Fête galante", appears in Les Cariatides, in Les Caprices - en dizains à la manière de Clément Marot, no. 3, first published 1842 [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 Georges Auric (1899 - 1983), "Fête galante", 1927, published 1928 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois Caprices, no. 1, Paris, Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Fête galante", L. 31/(23) (1882) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , "Fête galante", copyright © 2025, (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: 10
Word count: 67

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