by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857)
Promenade
Language: French (Français)
Dans ces bois qu’un nuage dore, Que l’ombre est lente à s’endormir ! Ce n’est pas le soir, c’est l’aurore, Qui gaîment nous semble s’enfuir ; Car nous savons qu’elle va revenir. — Ainsi, laissant l’espoir éclore, Meurt doucement le souvenir.
Text Authorship:
- by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857), "Promenade", written 1856, appears in Poésies posthumes, first published 1888 [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 Otto Bouwens van der Boijen (1872 - 1922), "Promenade", op. 7, published 1905? [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies, no. 4, Éd. O. Bouwens van der Boijen & Cie [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2015-03-31
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Word count: 39