by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)
Translation © by François Cheng (b. 1929)
Pensée nocturne
Language: French (Français) after the Chinese (中文)
Devant mon lit clarté transparente
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Text Authorship:
- by François Cheng (b. 1929), "Pensée nocturne", appears in L'écriture poétique chinoise, first published 1977, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "静夜思"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Bruno Gousset (b. 1958), "Pensée nocturne", op. 80 no. 6 (2004) [ high voice and piano ], from Encres de chine, no. 6
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Launcelot Alfred Cranmer-Byng (1872 - 1945) , "Thoughts in a tranquil night", appears in A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China, first published 1909 [an adaptation] ; composed by Gena Branscombe.
- Also set in Finnish (Suomi), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Seppo Nummi.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Jean-Robert Blanc.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Dorel Handman.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Heilmann (1859 - 1930) , "In der Herberge" ; composed by Othmar Schoeck.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Otto Hauser (1876 - 1944) , "In stiller Nacht", first published 1906 ; composed by Josef Eduard Ploner.
- Also set in Slovenian (Slovenščina), a translation by Oton Župančič (1878 - 1949) , copyright © ; composed by Anton Lajovic.
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