by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
Tombeau de Narcisse Matches base text
Language: French (Français)
Celui qui dans cette eau séjourne Démasqué, vécut s'intriguant. La mort, pour rire, le retourne À l'envers, comme un doigt de gant.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley, Sir (1903 - 1989), "Tombeau de Narcisse", 1926 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Tombeaux, no. 4
Text Authorship:
- by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), "Tombeau de Narcisse", appears in Poésies 1917-1920, in Tombeaux, no. 3, first published 1920
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This text was added to the website: 2013-02-10
Line count: 4
Word count: 22