by Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)
Le Pinson
Language: French (Français)
Au bout du toit de la grange, un pinson chante. Il répète, par intervalles égaux, sa note héréditaire. À force de le regarder, l’œil trouble ne le distingue plus de la grange massive. Toute la vie de ces pierres, de ce foin, de ces poutres et de ces tuiles s’échappe par un bec d’oiseau. Ou plutôt la grange elle-même siffle un petit air.
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Text Authorship:
- by Jules Renard (1864 - 1910), "Le Pinson", written 1896, appears in Histoires naturelles, Paris, Éd. Arthème Fayard, first published 1909 [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 Rollo Hugh Myers (1892 - 1985), "Le Pinson", 1920, published 1921 [ medium voice and piano ], from Deux Histoires naturelles, no. 2, Éd. de La Sirène (Max Eschig) [sung text not yet checked]
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