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Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Poèmes Saturniens, troisième édition, Paris, Léon Vanier, 1894, pages 43-44.

Text Authorship:

• by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Soleils couchants", written 1866, appears in Poèmes saturniens, in 3. Paysages tristes, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866 [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 Max Arham (flourished 1911-1917), "Soleils couchants", <<1911 [ voice and piano ], from Douze mélodies, 2e série, no. 34, Paris, Maurice Senart, B. Roudanez & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
• by Georges Aubanel (1896 - 1978), "Soleils couchants", published 1917 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by William Bastard (1880 - ?), "Soleils couchants", 1920 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jean-Pierre Beugniot (b. 1935), "Soleil couchant", published 1959 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Ch. Dreyer [sung text not yet checked]
• by Charles Bordes (1863 - 1909), "Soleils couchants", 1886, published 1902 [ high voice and piano ], from Paysages tristes, no. 1, Éd. Mergault [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Michel Bosc (b. 1963), "Soleils couchants", op. 187 (2004) [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Nadia Boulanger (1887 - 1979), "Soleils couchants", alternate title: "Une aube affaiblie", subtitle: "Modéré", 1909, published 1909 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Mario Bruschettini (b. 1896), "Soleils couchants", 1925, published 1928 [ voice and piano ], Bologna, U. Pizzi [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jacques Bryckaert , "Soleils couchants" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (1879 - 1957), "Soleils couchants", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], Rouhier [sung text not yet checked]
• by Alfredo Casella (1883 - 1947), "Soleils couchants", op. 9 no. 2 (1905), published 1905 [ voice and piano ], from Trois Lyriques, no. 2, A. Zunz Mathot [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Rosine Suzanne de Cocq (1891 - 1977), "Soleils couchants", published 1919 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Hayet [sung text not yet checked]
• by Charles Cornet (d. 1946), "Soleils couchants", 1921 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Marguerite Debrie , "Soleils couchants", 1906 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Émile-Henri-J.-B. Defosse (1883 - 1956), "Soleils couchants", published 1908 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Rouart Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
• by Marie-Joseph-Alexandre Déodat de Séverac (1872 - 1921), "Paysages tristes", subtitle: "Soleils couchants", 1898, first performed 1901 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Édouard Dreyfus Gonzales du Premio-Real (1876 - 1941), as Jean Dora, "Soleils couchants", published 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Heures grises, no. 10, Paris, Eschig [sung text not yet checked]
• by Camille Erlanger (1863 - 1919), "Soleils couchants", published [1910] [ voice and piano ], from Mélodies, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Léon Grus [sung text not yet checked]
• by Blair Fairchild (1877 - 1933), "Soleils couchants", published c1909 [ voice and piano ], Firenze, Bratti, Lavilla and Co. [sung text not yet checked]
• by Léo Ferré (1916 - 1993), "Soleils couchants", published 1970 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Nouvelles Éditions Méridian [sung text not yet checked]
• by Paul Fiévet (1892 - 1980), "Soleils couchants", 1917, published 1922 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Évette et Schaeffer [sung text not yet checked]
• by Georges Flé , "Soleils couchants", published 1898 [ medium voice and piano ], from Poésies mises en musique, no. 9, Édition du Mercure de France [sung text not yet checked]
• by Antonio Lima Fragoso (1897 - 1918), "Soleils couchants", 1917, published 1972 [ voice and piano ], from Cançoes do sol poente - Poèmes Saturniens, no. 1, Lisbonne, Éd. Valentim de Carvalho  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Lucie-Irma Gagneux , "Soleils couchants", 1948 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Philippe Gaubert (1879 - 1941), "Soleils couchants", published 1926 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Bornemann [sung text not yet checked]
• by Thomas Alexandrovitch de Hartmann (1885 - 1956), "Soleils couchants", op. 69 no. 1, published 1941 [ voice and piano ], from Paysages tristes, no. 1, Paris, Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
• by Henriette Jacoba van Heukelom-van den Brandeler (1884 - 1985), "Soleils couchants", op. 2 no. 1, published 1906 [ voice and piano ], from Paysages tristes, Drie Liederen voor eene Zangstem, no. 1, Breda, P. C. G. Peereboom [sung text not yet checked]
• by Edmond Hippeau (1849 - 1921), "Soleils couchants", op. 78, published [1905] [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. E. Fromont [sung text not yet checked]
• by Maxime Joyeux , "Soleils couchants", published 1954 [ voice and piano ], Paris, M. Joyeux [sung text not yet checked]
• by Grigori Grigorevich Labachev (1883 - 1933), "Soleil couchant", published 1924 [ voice and piano ], Moscow [sung text not yet checked]
• by Roger Lalande , "Soleils couchants", published 1960 [ voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies pour chant et piano, no. 2, [no city given], R. Lalande [sung text not yet checked]
• by Paul-Charles-René Landormy (1869 - 1943), "Soleils couchants", published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Ponscarme [sung text not yet checked]
• by Paul Le Flem (1881 - 1984), "Soleils couchants", published 1906?11 [ soprano and piano ], from Quatre mélodies, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Adela Maddison (1866 - 1929), "Soleils couchants", published c1896 [ chorus or vocal duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano with piano ], J. Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
• by Henry de Marliave , "Soleils couchants" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by John Edward Maryon-Daubly (1867 - 1954), "Soleils couchants", published 1911 [ voice and piano ], from Six mélodies, no. 6, Paris, Delprésente [sung text not yet checked]
• by Lucien Mawet (1875 - 1947), "Soleils couchants", op. 27 no. 2 (1902), published [1921] [ high voice and piano ], from Paysages tristes, no. 2, Bruxelles, Éd. Breitkopf et Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Madeleine Mercier , "Soleils couchants", published [1911] [ voice and piano ], Paris, Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
• by Frédéric Michel , "Soleils couchants", published 1923 [ voice and piano ], from Dix mélodies, no. 10, Paris, Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
• by Paul Michoudet , "Soleils couchants" [ voice and piano ], Paris, P. Michoudet [sung text not yet checked]
• by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Soleils couchants", op. 57 no. 1 (1995), published 2001 [ SATT chorus ], from Sieben Chansons zu vier Stimmen nach Texten von Paul Verlaine, no. 1, Goldbach [sung text not yet checked]
• by Patrick Minette (b. 1962), "Soleils couchants", 2004 [ medium voice, piano, and contrabass ad libitum ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hyppolyte Mirande (b. 1862), "Soleils couchants", published 1901 [ voice and piano ], from Quinze poèmes mis en musique, no. 12, Lyon, Janin frères [sung text not yet checked]
• by Henri Mulet (1878 - 1967), "Soleils couchants", 1904 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Émile Naoumoff (b. 1962), "Soleils couchants ", <<2011 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Émile Nérini (1882 - 1961), "Soleils couchants", 1904, published 1905 [ voice and orchestra ], from Vingt mélodies, no. 18, Paris, DuWast [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jean-Frédéric Perrenoud (b. 1912), "Soleils couchants", published 1958 [ voice and piano ], from Les chants du soir, no. 1, Lausanne, Foetisch [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jean-Frédéric Perrenoud (b. 1912), "Soleils couchants", op. 34 no. 4, published 1970, rev. 1970 [ voice and piano ], from Voyage crépusculaire, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Guy Plettener , "Soleils couchants", published 1966 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from À cœur joie, Paris, Presses de l'Île de France [sung text not yet checked]
• by Joseph-Gaston-Charles, dit André Prévost (1934 - 2001), "Soleils couchants", 1953 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Pierre Revel (b. 1901), "Soleils couchants", published 1927 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Gaudet [sung text not yet checked]
• by Denise Isabelle Roger (b. 1924), "Soleils couchants", 1963, copyright © 1978, first performed 1973 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois Poèmes de Paul Verlaine, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Vladimír Rusó (b. 1946), "Soleils couchants", published 1980 [ women's chorus ], from Západy slunce = Soleils couchants, no. 2, Bratislava, Slovensky Hudobny Fond [sung text not yet checked]
• by Armand Semler , "Soleils couchants", 1935 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859 - 1922), "Crépuscule", op. 32 (Cinq Mélodies pour Chant et Piano) no. 5, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
• by Maurice Thiriet (1906 - 1972), "Soleils couchants", 1929 [ voice, piano, and string quartet ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Maurice Touchard (flourished 1910-1923), "Soleils couchants", 1907, published [1910] [ medium voice and piano ], from 3 Lieder, no. 1, Paris, Éd. G. Ducrotois [sung text not yet checked]
• by Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937), "Soleils couchants", op. 26 no. 1 (1903), published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies, no. 1, Paris, Pégat [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Philip Wilby (b. 1949), "Soleils couchants", copyright © 1988, first performed 1983 [ medium voice and piano ], from Ten songs of Paul Verlaine for medium voice and piano, Cycle II : Paysages Tristes, no. 1, Chester Music [sung text not yet checked]
• by A.-M. Zitomirskij , "Soleils couchants", op. 9 no. 2, published 1924 [ voice and piano ], from Dernière caresse du couchant, no. 2, Moscow [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in English, a translation by Ashmore Kyle Paterson Wingate (1881 - 1926?30) , appears in Poems by Verlaine, first published 1904 ; composed by John B. MacEwen, Sir.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Maria Avgustovna Davidova (1863 - ?) ; composed by Vasily Georgyevich Vrangel.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov (1873 - 1924) , "Закат" ; composed by Emil Cooper, as Эмиль Альбертович Купер, Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CHI Chinese (中文) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (David Wyatt) (Emily Wyatt) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Bergen Weeks Applegate) , "Setting Suns", appears in Poems Saturnine, in 3. Somber Landscapes, no. 1
• GER German (Deutsch) (Pierre Mathé) , "Untergehende Sonnen", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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