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by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)

Allons voir sur le lac d'argent
Language: French (Français) 
Ensemble
 Allons voir sur le lac d'argent
 Descendre la lune endormie.

Lui
 Le miroir des eaux est changeant
 Moins que votre âme, ô mon amie.

Elle
 Rayon de lune est moins furtif
 Que paine d'amant n'est légère.

Lui
 Ainsi mon chant doux et plaintif
 Ne te saurait toucher, bergère ?

Elle
 Amour d'homme est trop exigeant.

Lui
 Pitié de femme est toujours brève.

Ensemble
 Allons voir sur le lac d'argent
 Descendre la lune en son rêve.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Armand Silvestre, La chanson des heures: poésies nouvelles (1874-1878) , Paris, G. Charpentier, 1878, pages 206-207.


Text Authorship:

  • by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Pour deux voix", written 1878, appears in La chanson des heures, poésies nouvelles 1874-1878, in 6. Vers pour être chantés, in 12. Madrigaux dans le goût ancien, no. 4, Paris, Éd. 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 Nadia Boulanger (1887 - 1979), "Allons voir sur le lac d'argent", 1905 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (François-Clément) Théodore Dubois (1837 - 1924), "Sur le lac d'argent", published 1910 [ vocal duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830 - 1914), "Sur le lac d'argent", published [1879] [ vocal duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Allons voir", 1885 [ vocal duet for soprano and tenor with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-05-17
Line count: 19
Word count: 75

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