sometimes misattributed to Michel Carré (1822 - 1872) and by François Coppée (1842 - 1908)
Aubade
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
L'aube est bien tardive à naître, Il a [gelé]1 cette nuit ; [Et]2 déjà sous ta fenêtre Mon fol amour m'a conduit. Je tremble, mais moins encore Du froid que de ma langueur ; Le frisson du luth sonore Se communique à mon cœur. Ému comme un petit page, J'attends le moment plus sûr Où j'entendrai le tapage De tes volets [sur le]3 mur ; Et la minute me dure Où m'apparaîtra soudain, Dans son cadre de verdure, Ton sourire du matin.
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2 Viardot: "Mais"
3 Viardot: "contre ton"
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Confirmed with Œuvres complètes de François Coppée. Poésie - Tome II. Le cahier rouge, Paris, L. Hébert, 1886, pages 68-69.
Misattributed to Michel Carré on Paul Viardot's score, Paris, 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel, 1887.
1 Viardot: "neigé"2 Viardot: "Mais"
3 Viardot: "contre ton"
Text Authorship:
- sometimes misattributed to Michel Carré (1822 - 1872)
- by François Coppée (1842 - 1908), "Aubade", appears in Le cahier rouge, no. 27, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1874 [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 Michel Bosc (b. 1963), "Aubade", 2018 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles de Champmoynat , "Aubade" [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Heugel et Cie [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri Dupont , "Aubade", published [1888] [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Colombier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lucien Lambert (1858 - 1945), "Aubade", published 1886 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Conrard [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cornélie van Oosterzee (1863 - 1943), "Aubade", op. 54 no. 1, published 1905 [ voice and piano ], from Chansons sentimentales, no. 1, Middelburg : Noske [sung text not yet checked]
- by Émile Paladilhe (1844 - 1926), "Aubade", 1887 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ika Peyron (1845 - 1922), "Aubade" [ voice and piano ], from Quatre poèmes lyriques de François Coppé, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Viardot (1857 - 1941), "Aubade", published 1887 [ high voice and piano ], from Six mélodies, poésies de T. Gautier, M. Carré, Sully Prudhomme et M. Bouchor, no. 2, Paris, Henri Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "Dawn serenade", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2017-01-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 82