by Paul Jean Toulet (1867 - 1920)
La mer étincelait ainsi qu'une gitane
Language: French (Français)
La mer étincelait ainsi qu'une gitane Sous ses volants d'azur où scintille le fer ; Et tu m'as dit : « Que je suis lasse de la mer. Venez : l'heure est plus douce à l'ombre du platane. »
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Authorship:
- by Paul Jean Toulet (1867 - 1920), no title, appears in Les Contrerimes, in Coples, no. 41, Paris, Éd. Le Divan, first published 1921 [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 Jean Apothéloz (1900 - 1965), "La mer étincelait", 1930-31 [high voice and piano], from Neuf Quatrains de P. J. Toulet, no. 8, MS [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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