Départ | Assez vu. La vision s'est rencontrée à tous les airs

Départ

Language: French (Français)

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Assez vu. La vision s'est rencontrée à tous les airs.
Assez eu. Rumeurs des Villes, le soir, et au soleil, et toujours.
Assez connu. Les arrêts de la vie. Ô Rumeurs et Visions!
Départ dans l'affection et le bruit neufs!

Text Authorship:

by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891), "Départ", written 1873-5, appears in Les Illuminations [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 (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Départ", op. 18 no. 9 (1939), published 1940 [ high voice and strings ], from Les Illuminations, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Philippe Hersant (b. 1948), "Départ", 1998 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from Allegories, no. 3, Éditions Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
by Judith Lang Zaimont , "Départ", 1974, first performed 1975 [ high voice and piano ], from Chansons nobles et sentimentales, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
by Pascal Zavaro (b. 1959), "Départ", published 2006 [ medium voice and guitar ], from Sensation, sur un texte d'Arthur Rimbaud, pour soprano et guitare, no. 4, Éd. Gérard Billaudot [sung text not yet checked]

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 40