by Albert Rudhardt (1894 - 1944)
Image de Noël
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
L'enfant Jesus des images Le beau bébé rose et blanc Tend ses deux poings vers les mages Ou vers un berger tremblant Le boeuf sans cérémonie Rumine en grondant un peu Et la Vierge en manteau bleu Sourit à la compagnie
Text Authorship:
- by Albert Rudhardt (1894 - 1944) [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 Frank Martin (1890 - 1974), "Image de Noël", 1947 [ flute, voice and piano ], from Trois Chants de Noël, no. 2, Universal Edition [ sung text checked 2 times]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Geneviève Usher) , "A picture of Christmas", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Fumiko Kanda
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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