by Catulle Mendès (1841 - 1909)
Le menuet
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Lents saluts et spirale exquise, Il ondule sans désarroi Avec la majesté d’un roi Offrant le poing à la Marquise. Il soumettait Louis Soleil Suivi d’étoiles favorites Aux gràces graves de ses rites; Et, dans Versaille au grand sommeil, Les arbres le dansent encore Sous la brise, pompeusement! Mais déjà, superbe et charmant, Les dieux qu’enseignait Terpsichore Avaient dansé le Menuet Sur la cime du mont suprême, Lents, augustes, sans clin d’oeil, même Quand le tonnerre éternuait!
Authorship
- by Catulle Mendès (1841 - 1909), "Le menuet", written 1895, appears in La Grive des Vignes, in 4. Dédicaces, Ballet ancien, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Librairie Charpentier, first published 1895 [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 Louis-Charles-Bonaventure-Alfred Bruneau (1857 - 1934), "Le menuet", published [1895] [high voice and piano], from Six chansons à danser, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Choudens [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The minuet", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2019-01-12
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Word count: 77