by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872)
Captive et peut‑être oubliée
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Captive et peut-être oubliée, Je songe à mes jeunes amours, À mes beaux jours, Et par la fenêtre grillée Je regarde l'oiseau joyeux Fendant les cieux. Douce et pâle consolatrice, Espérance, rayon d'en haut, Dans mon cachot Fais-moi, sous ta clarté propice, À ton miroir faux et charmant Voir mon amant ! Auprès de lui, belle Espérance, Porte-moi sur tes ailes d'or, S'il m'aime encor, Et, pour endormir ma souffrance, Suspends mon âme sur son cœur Comme une fleur !
E. Lalo sets stanzas 1, 3
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Note: written for the musician Charles de BoigneAuthorship:
- by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), "L'esclave", written 1840, appears in Poésies diverses, poésies nouvelles et inédites, poésies posthumes, in Poésies diverses 1838-1845 [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 Edmond Berger , "L'esclave", published [1855] [ medium voice and piano ], from 3 Mélodies, no. 3, Paris, G. Flaxland [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles de Boigne , "L'esclave", 1840 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Amédée Cornac , "L'esclave", subtitle: "Cantilène", published 1866, Paris, Ed. Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul-Charles-Marie Curet (1848 - 1917), as Paul Puget, "L'esclave", published 1881 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, Vol. 1, no. 8, Paris, Girod [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jules Laurent Anacharsis Duprato (1827 - 1892), "Plainte d'une captive", published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. "Au Ménestrel" Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by L. Giunti-Bellini , "L'esclave", c1855 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Édouard de Hartog (1829 - 1909), "L'esclave", op. 33 no. 1, published 1862 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Trois Ballades pour voix et orchestre, no. 1, Paris, Bradus et Dufour [sung text not yet checked]
- by Léopold Ketten (1846 - 1932), "La Captive", published 1907 [ voice and piano ], from Dix mélodies, recueil 2, no. 9, Lausanne, Foetisch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edouard Lalo (1823 - 1892), "L'esclave", 1872, published 1887, stanzas 1,3 [ contralto and piano ], Paris, Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by André-L. Le Pas , "L'esclave" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles-Gaston Levadé (1869 - 1948), "Plainte d'une captive", published 1878, Paris [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "L'esclave", op. 12 no. 1 (1868), published 1868 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Laurens [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "L'esclave", op. 41 no. 7 (1993), published 2014 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Lieder nach Texten von Théophile Gautier, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felipe Pedrell (1841 - 1922), "L'esclave", published 1877 [ high voice and piano ], from Consolations - 12 Mélodies sur des poésies de Théophile Gautier, no. 4, Milan: Francesco Lucca [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jules Philipot (1824 - 1897), "L'esclave", op. 128, published 1874 [ soprano and piano ], from Poèmes et Chants, Poésies de Théophile Gautier, no. 9, Paris, L. Grus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolphe Piriou (1878 - 1964), "L'esclave", 1902 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Armand Ruber , "L'esclave", published 1879 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Richault [sung text not yet checked]
- by Auguste J. Schirlé (1895 - 1971), "L'esclave", op. 21 (Onze mélodies) no. 1, published 1930, copyright © 1930 [ soprano and piano ], Montrouge, Éd. M.-A. Schirlé [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edmond Viault (1834 - ?), "L'esclave", op. 1 no. 5, published 1858 [ voice and piano ], from Douze mélodies, no. 5, Paris, Richault [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 80