Modèles | Qui dois-je imiter dans mes danses ?

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation by Émile Steinilber-Oberlin (b. 1878) and by Hidétaké Iwamura

Modèles

Language: French (Français) after the Japanese (日本語)

Our translations: ENG

Qui dois-je imiter dans mes danses ?
                     le plus gracieux ?
                     le plus habile ?
                     le papillon ?
                  ou la feuille qui tombe ?

Confirmed with Oberlin, Steinilber & Iwamura, Hidetaké, Chansons des Geishas, Aux éditions G. Crès. Paris - 1926 p.64

Text Authorship:

by Émile Steinilber-Oberlin (b. 1878), "Modèles", appears in Chansons des Geishas, in Les Heures légères, Paris, Éd. G. Crès, first published 1926 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
by Hidétaké Iwamura , "Modèles", appears in Chansons des Geishas, in Les Heures légères, Paris, Éd. G. Crès, first published 1926 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Japanese (日本語) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Rodolphe Théophile Cahen d'Anvers, marquis de Torre Alfina , as Armand Bolsène, "Modéles", published 1930 [ voice and piano ], from Chansons des geishas, no. 5, Paris, Maurice Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
by François Morel (b. 1926), "Modèles", 1949, published 2009, first performed 1954 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Quatre chants Japonais, no. 1, Québec, Éd. du Nouveau Théâtre Musical [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-03-24
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Word count: 19