by André Chénier (1762 - 1794)
Des vallons de Bourgogne, ô toi, fille...
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Des vallons de Bourgogne, ô toi, fille limpide, Qui pares de raisins ton front pur et liquide, Belle Seine, à pas lents, de ton berceau sacré Descends, tandis qu'assise en cet antre azuré, D'un vers syracusain la muse de Mantoue Fait résonner ton onde où le cygne se joue.
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Confirmed with Œuvres poétiques de André Chénier, Nouvelle édition, Paris, E. Dentu, 1885, page 82.
Text Authorship:
- by André Chénier (1762 - 1794), no title, appears in Bucoliques. Idylles et fragments d'idylles [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 André-Marie Cuvelier , "À la Seine", 1950 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons pour Hélène, 13ème recueil, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albéric Magnard (1865 - 1914), "Des vallons de Bourgogne (Bucoliques, fragment XXIII)", op. 22 no. 3 (1913-1914) [ voice and piano ], from Douze poèmes en musique, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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