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Pierrot qui n'a rien d'un Clitandre Vide un flacon sans plus attendre, Et, pratique, entame un pâté. Cassandre, au fond de l'avenue, Verse une larme méconnue Sur son neveu déshérité. Ce faquin d'Arlequin combine L'enlèvement de Colombine Et pirouette quatre fois. Colombine rêve, surprise De sentir un cœur dans la brise Et d'entendre en son cœur des voix.
Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Fêtes galantes, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1869, pages 3-4.
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Pantomime", appears in Fêtes galantes, no. 2, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1869 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Gérard Condé (b. 1947), "Pantomime", 1973, published 2001 [ reciter and piano ], from Fêtes galantes, récitation accompagnée au piano, no. 5, Éd. Henry Lemoine [sung text not yet checked]
- by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Pantomime", L. 47/(31) (1881-2) [ voice and piano ], from Quatre chansons de jeunesse, no. 1, in Revue musicale, May 1926 ; later published Jobert, 1970 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jacques Durand (1865 - 1928), "Pantomime", published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Durand [sung text not yet checked]
- by T. Jousselin , "Pantomime", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Grus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lou Koster (1889 - 1973), "Pantomime", 1935 [ voice and piano ], from 5 Mélodies [later 6 mélodies], no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Raoul Laparra (1876 - 1943), "Pantomime", published 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Pastels, suite de mélodies sur des Fétes galantes , no. 1, Paris, Gallet [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fausto Magnani (b. 1899), "Pantomime", <<1931 [ high voice and piano ], from Quatre pièces impressionnistes, no. 2, Paris, Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fernand Ochsé (1879 - 1944), "Pantomime", 1908, published 1913 [ voice and piano ], from Le Parc, no. 1, Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli (1882 - 1949), "Pantomime", published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Fêtes galantes, no. 4, Milan, Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willem Pijper (1894 - 1947), "Pantomime", 1916, published 1947 [ mezzo-soprano and piano or orchestra ], from Fêtes galantes, no. 1, Amsterdam, Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adrien Remacle (1849 - 1916), "Pantomime", published [1907] [ voice and piano ], from Les fêtes galantes. Esquisses mélodiques sur les poèmes de Paul Verlaine, no. 3, Paris, Hachette [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kaikhosru Sorabji (1892 - 1988), "Pantomime", KSS 21 no. 3 (1919), published 1921, copyright © 1921, first performed 1921 [ voice and piano ], from Trois poèmes pour chant et piano, no. 3, London, London & Continental Music [sung text checked 2 times]
- by Jósef-Zygmunt Szulc (1875 - 1956), "Pantomime", published 1907 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945) , "Pantomime" ; composed by William Spencer Johnson.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wolf von Kaickreuth, Graf (1887 - 1906) , "Pantomime" ; composed by Max Kowalski.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "啞劇", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Claycomb) (Peter Grunberg) , "Pantomime", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Charles Hopkins) , "Pantomime", written 2002, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Charles Hopkins) , "Pantomime", written c2005, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Ingrid Schmithüsen) , "Pantomime", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 58
Pierrot[,] who has nothing about him of a Clitander[,] Empties a bottle without a second thought, And opens up and makes a start on a pâté. Cassandra, at the bottom of the road, sheds a quiet tear for her dispossessed nephew. This creature of Harlequin contrives In the abduction of Columbine And pirouettes four times. Columbine dreams, surprised To sense a heart breaking And to hear voices in her own heart.
Confirmed with an original Microsoft Word Document provided by Alistair Hinton.
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Hopkins (1952 - 2007), "Pantomime", written c2005, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Pantomime", appears in Fêtes galantes, no. 2, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1869
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Another version of this text exists in the database.
Researcher for this page: Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-08-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 71