by Alfred Erik Leslie Satie (1866 - 1925)
Suis chauve de naissance
Language: French (Français)
Suis chauve de naissance, Par pure bienséance Je n'ai plus confiance En ma jeune vaillance. Pourquoi cette arrogance. De la si belle Hortence? Très chauve de naissance, Le suis par bienséance.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Alfred Erik Leslie Satie (1866 - 1925), "Suis chauve de naissance", subtitle: "The poet expresses here all his devotion, all his concentration. He doubts his personal capacities and displays enormous anguish", 1914, published 1916 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois Poèmes d'Amour, no. 2, Éd Rouard Lerolle [sung text checked 1 time]
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