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by Stéphan Bordèse (1847 - 1919)

Or Jésus sommeillait
Language: French (Français) 
Or Jésus sommeillait
Étendu sur un lange,
La Vierge le veillait
Et de son aile un ange
Lui faisait un rideau
Qui planait sur sa tête.
A ses pieds un agneau
Douce et timide bête,
Attendait confidant
Que son maître s’éveille.
Et Jésus souriant
De sa lèvre vermeille,
Ouvrit enfin le yeux
Qu’il tourna vers sa mère,
Et la nuit dans les cieux
Fit place à la lumière.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Stéphan Bordèse (1847 - 1919) [author's text not yet checked 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 Léon Boëllmann (1862 - 1897), "Le réveil de Jésus", subtitle: "Scène de Noël", published 1905 [ medium voice and piano ], from 2 Mélodies pour une voix avec accompagnement de piano, no. 2, Édition J. Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Divin sommeil !", VWV 1128 (1889) [ medium voice and piano ], from Six mélodies suivies d'un duo pour 2 voix égales, no. 2, Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-03-14
Line count: 16
Word count: 68

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