by André Chénier (1762 - 1794)
Salut, aube au teint frais, jeune sœur...
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Salut, aube au teint frais, jeune sœur de Zéphire ! Descends, muse, chantons, apporte-moi ma lyre. L'oiseau, sur son rameau, mélodieux réveil ! De l'abri de son aile, asile du sommeil, A retiré sa tête, et de sa voix légère Va chanter tout le jour. Qu'aurait-il mieux à faire ?
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Confirmed with Oeuvres poétiques de André Chénier, Volume 1, Paris, Charles Unsinger, 1878, page 142.
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 , "L'Aube", 1945 [ high voice and piano ], from Chansons pour Hélène, 13ème recueil, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emanuel Moór (1863 - 1931), "L'Aube", op. 112 no. 3, published 1910 [ medium voice and piano ], from Troisième Recueil de Mélodies, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Littéraires et Musicales A. Z. Mathot [sung text not yet checked]
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