by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud
L'Escalier
Language: French (Français)
Sur le marbre de l’escalier, Un léger froufrou de lumière S’irise en bleuâtre poussière, Au tournant de chaque palier. La Lune, d’un pas familier, Fait, dans sa ronde coutumière, Sur le marbre de l’escalier, Un léger froufrou de lumière. Et Pierrot, pour s’humilier Devant sa pâle Emperière, Prosterne la blanche prière De son grand corps en espalier Sur le marbre de l’escalier.
Text Authorship:
- by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "L'Escalier", appears in Pierrot lunaire [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 Carl Prohaska (1869 - 1927), "L'Escalier", op. 14 no. 1 [ high voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, no. 1, Zürich, Éd. Musikhaus Üni Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Géza Vilmos Zagon (1889 - 1918), "L'Escalier", 1908-1909, first performed 1911 [ medium voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, poésies de Albert Giraud, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905) , "Die Estrade", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893 ; composed by Max Kowalski, Otto Vrieslander.
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This text was added to the website: 2015-10-20
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Word count: 62