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 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 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".

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):

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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