by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926)
Le cadavre est lourd
Language: French (Français)
Le cadavre est lourd Qu'en mes bras je porte, Car ma pauvre amour Est morte. Loin, bien loin d'ici Que la mer m'emporte! Qu'elle emporte aussi La morte ! Loin ! il faut m'enfuir. Au diable ! n'importe ! Je veux enfouir Ma morte.
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Text Authorship:
- by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926), "Le cadavre est lourd ", written 1877, appears in Les Caresses, in 3. Brumaire, no. 31, Paris, Éd. M. Dreyfous, first published 1882 [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 Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Le cadavre est lourd", published 1900 [ high voice and piano ], from Chansons tristes, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859 - 1922), "Le cadavre", op. 31 (Sept Mélodies pour Chant et Piano) no. 1, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
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