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by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900)

Musique
Language: French (Français) 
Puisqu'il n'est point de mots qui puissent contenir, 
Ce soir, mon âme triste en vouloir de se taire, 
Qu'un archet pur s'élève et chante, solitaire, 
Pour mon rêve jaloux de ne se définir.

Ô coupe de cristal pleine de souvenir ; 
Musique, c'est ton eau seule qui désaltère ; 
Et l'âme va d'instinct se fondre en ton mystère, 
Comme la lèvre vient à la lèvre s'unir.

Sanglot d'or !... Oh ! voici le divin sortilège ! 
Un vent d'aile a couru sur la chair qui s'allège ; 
Des mains d'anges sur nous promènent leur douceur.

Harmonie, et c'est toi, la Vierge secourable,
Qui, comme un pauvre enfant, berces contre ton cœur 
Notre cœur infini, notre cœur misérable.

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•   P. Bellenot 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), "Musique", written 1893, appears in Au jardin de l'Infante, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1897 [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 Philippe Bellenot (1860 - 1928), "Musique", published 1907 [ voice, violin, and piano or harp ], Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Marguerite Canal (1890 - 1978), "Musique", 1921, published 1923 [ high voice and piano ], from Cent mélodies, no. 16, Paris, Éd. Maxime Jamin [sung text not yet checked]
  • by André-Marie Cuvelier , "Musique", 1943 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons pour Hélène, 9ème recueil, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Irène Fuerison (1875 - 1931), "Musique", op. 70 (1919-1921) [ voice, piano and violin ], one page of the score is missing [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul Le Flem (1881 - 1984), "Musique", 1902 [ voice and piano ], Partition inédite [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-06-09
Line count: 14
Word count: 112

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