by Stéphane Mallarmé (1842 - 1898)
Sainte
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
À la fenêtre recélant Le santal vieux qui se dédore De la viole étincelant Jadis avec flûte ou mandore Est la sainte pâle, étalant Le livre vieux qui se déplie Du Magnificat ruisselant Jadis selon vêpre et complie: À ce vitrage d'ostensoir Que frôle une harpe par l'Ange Formée avec son vol du soir Pour la délicate phalange Du doigt que, sans le vieux santal Ni le vieux livre, elle balance Sur le plumage instrumental, Musicienne du silence.
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First published in Les Poètes maudits, in "Lutèce", November 24-30, 1883, and later published in Poésies, Paris, Éd. de la Revue indépendante, 1887.
Text Authorship:
- by Stéphane Mallarmé (1842 - 1898), "Sainte", written 1865, appears in Poésies, first published 1883 [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 Pierre (Onfroy) de Bréville (1861 - 1949), "Sainte", 1922, published 1923, first performed 1924 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Rouart- Lerolle & Cie [sung text not yet checked]
- by René Chansarel (1864 - 1945), "Sainte", published 1921 [ medium voice and piano ], from Douze poëmes chantés, no. 8, Éd. E. Demets (Max Eschig) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Sainte", 1944, published 1999 [ voice and piano ], Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "Sainte", 1896, published 1907 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Pierre-E.-L. Rousseau (1889 - 1939), as Pierre Vellones, "Sainte", op. 24 no. 4 (1929) [ voice and piano ], from Cinq poèmes de Mallarmé, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
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- ENG English (Stephen Jackson) , "Sainte", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 80