by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926)
Te souviens‑tu d'une étoile
Language: French (Français)
Te souviens-tu d'une étoile Qui nous regardait un soir, Ainsi qu'un oeil sous un voile, Dans le ciel noir ? Nous avons fait la grimace A cet astre curieux, Cachant à demi sa face Pour nous voir mieux. Elle est toujours dans l'espace. Mais c'est l'étoile aujourd'hui Qui là-haut fait la grimace A mon ennui.
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Confirmed with Les caresses, Nouvelle Édition, Paris, G. Charpentier, [no date], page 275.
Text Authorship:
- by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926), "Te souviens-tu d'une étoile ?", written 1877, appears in Les Caresses, in 4. Nivôse, no. 29, Paris, Éd. M. Dreyfous, first published 1882 [author's text checked 1 time 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 César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Te souviens-tu d'une étoile?", op. 44 no. 7 (1890) [ voice and piano ], from Vingt Poèmes de Jean Richepin, no. 7, Éd. "Au Menestrel" Henri Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Te souviens-tu d'une étoile ?", 1892, published 1900 [ high voice and piano ], from Chansons tristes, no. 8, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859 - 1922), "La grimace", op. 31 (Sept Mélodies pour Chant et Piano) no. 2 (1898), published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation (M. A. ) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov.
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