by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire
Jamais les crépuscules ne vaincront les...
Language: French (Français)
Jamais les crépuscules ne vaincront les aurores
Etonnons-nous des soirs mais vivons les matins
Méprisons l'immuable comme la pierre ou l'or
Sources qui tariront Que je trempe mes mains
En l'onde heureuse
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Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, no title, written 1899, appears in Le Guetteur mélancolique, in Stavelot, no. 16, Paris, Éd Gallimard, first published 1952 [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 Luigi Cortese (1899 - 1976), "Jamais", op. 36 no. 1 (1956), published 1959 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from 5 Poesie di Apollinaire da Le Guetteur Mélancolique, no. 1, Milan, Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
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