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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.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Faure 

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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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