by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891)
Oh ! quand la mort, que rien ne saurait...
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Oh ! quand la mort, que rien ne saurait apaiser, Nous prendra tous les deux dans un dernier baiser Et jettera sur nous le manteau de ses ailes, Puissions-nous réposer sous deux pierres jumelles ! Puissent les fleurs de rose aux parfums embaumés Sortir de nos deux corps qui se sont tant aimés, Et nos âmes fleurir ensemble, et, sur nos tombes Se becqueter longtemps d'amoureuses colombes !
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- by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "Oh ! quand la mort", written 1845, appears in Les Stalactites, no. 5, first published 1846 [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 Max Arham (flourished 1911-1917), "Dernier vœu", <<1911 [ medium voice and piano ], from Douze mélodies, 2e série, no. 25, Paris, Maurice Senart, B. Roudanez & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by René-Emmanuel Baton (1879 - 1940), as Rhené-Baton, "Ultima verba", op. 15 (Trois mélodies) no. 3 (1901), published 1912 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Durand & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Souhait", L. 18/(11) (1881) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "Dernier vœu", 1891, published 1894 [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies - 1er volume, no. 17, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Émile Naoumoff (b. 1962), "Oh! quand la mort ", <<2011 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pierre Nau , "Dernier Vœu" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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