© by Jacques Prévert (1900 - 1977)
À l'enterrement d'une feuille morte
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
À l'enterrement d'une feuille morte [ ... ]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Text Authorship:
- by Jacques Prévert (1900 - 1977), "Chanson des escargots qui vont à l'enterrement", written 1941?, appears in Paroles, first published 1946, copyright © [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Chanson des escargots qui vont à l'enterrement", 2003 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Henriëtte Bosmans (1895 - 1952), "Chanson des escargots qui vont à l'enterrement", 1950, published 1954 [ medium voice and piano ], from 4 liederen op Franse tekst, no. 4, Amsterdam, Donemus [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph Kosma (1905 - 1969), "Deux escargots s'en vont à l'enterrement", 1941?, published 1956 [ voice and piano ], from 21 Chansons de Jacques Prévert et Joseph Kosma, no. 1, Éd. Enoch [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Song of the snails on their way to a funeral", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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