by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
Il dort. Quoique le sort fut pour lui...
Language: French (Français)
Il dort. Quoique le sort fut pour lui bien étrange, Il vivait. Il mourut quand il n’eut plus son ange. La chose simplement d’elle-même arriva. Comme la nuit se fait lorsque le jour s’en va.
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Authorship:
- by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Épitaphe de Jean Valjean", appears in Les Misérables, Bruxelles, A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Ce., éditeurs, first published 1862 [author's text not yet checked 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 Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880 - 1968), "Épitaphe" [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
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