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by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891)

L'eau
Language: French (Français) 
Jeanne en riant marchait dans l’Eau,
Baignant au flot sa jambe nue.
Sur cette blancheur inconnue
Frissonait l’ombre d’un bouleau.

L’alouette, par un solo,
Vint célébrer sa bienvenue ;
Jeanne en riant marchait dans l’Eau,
Baignant au flot sa jambe nue.

Lorsque sur le front d’Apollo 
[Se déchirait soudain la nue,
Elle folâtrait, l’ingénue,
O gracieux et clair tableau !]1
Jeanne en riant marchait dans l’Eau.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Koechlin 

View original text (without footnotes)
1 Koechlin:
Soudain se déchirait la nue,
O clair et riant tableau
Elle folâtrait, l’ingenue

Text Authorship:

  • by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "L'eau", written 1875, appears in Les Exilés, in Rondels, no. 7, Paris, Édition Charpentier, first published 1878 [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 A. Delacroix , "L'Eau", published [1919] [ high voice and piano ], from Mélodies, no. 7, Paris, Éd. Durdilly, Ch. Hayet, successeur [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Amédée Dutacq (1848 - 1929), "L'Eau" [ high voice and piano ], from 6 Rondels de Théodore de Banville, no. 1, Édition Fromont [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "L'eau", op. 14 no. 3, published 1905? [ high voice and piano ], from Rondels 3ème série, no. 3, Éd. L. Philippo [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Laura Prichard [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2016-08-31
Line count: 13
Word count: 66

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