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by Jean Racine (1639 - 1699)

Chœur d'Esther
 (Sung text for setting by E. de Polignac)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
 ... 

Tout le Chœur
Ô rives du Jourdain ! ô champs aimés des cieux !
Sacrés monts, fertiles vallées,	
Par cent miracles signalées !	
Du doux pays de nos aïeux	
Serons-nous toujours exilées ?	

Composition:

    Set to music by Edmond de Polignac, prince (1834 - 1901), "Chœur d'Esther", <<1884, stanza 2 [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies et pièces diverses pour chant, no. 6, Paris, Édition Heugel

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Racine (1639 - 1699), no title, written 1689, appears in Esther, Act I, Scene 2, lines 132-154

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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2021-11-30
Line count: 27
Word count: 137

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