by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)
A mes pas le plus doux chemin
Language: French (Français)
A mes pas le plus doux chemin Mène à la porte de ma belle, -- Et, [malgré qu'elle]1 soit rebelle, J'y veux encor passer demain. Il est tout fleuri de jasmin Au temps de la saison nouvelle. -- Et [malgré qu'elle soit rebelle]2, J'y passe, des fleurs à la main. Pour toucher son cœur inhumain Je chante ma peine cruelle, Et, [malgré qu'elle]1 soit rebelle, C'est pour moi le plus doux chemin !
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Poésies de Armand Silvestre, 1872-1878. La Chanson des Heures, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1887, page 187.
1 Fauré: "bien qu'elle me"2 Faure: "bien qu'elle me soit cruelle"
Text Authorship:
- by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Pour une voix", written 1878, appears in La chanson des heures, poésies nouvelles 1874-1878, in 6. Vers pour être chantés, in 12. Madrigaux dans le goût ancien, no. 10, Paris, Éd. G. Charpentier, first published 1878 [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 Paul Bougnon , "Le plus doux chemin", subtitle: "Madrigal dans le style ancien", published 1877-1878 [ medium voice and piano ], in the Journal de Musique, no. 87 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Édouard Cazaneuve (d. 1903), "Le plus doux chemin", published [1879] [ high voice and piano ], from Douze Mélodies, no. 1, Paris, Éd. H. Tellier [sung text not yet checked]
- by (François-Clément) Théodore Dubois (1837 - 1924), "Madrigal", published [1883] [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Le plus doux chemin", op. 87 no. 1 (1904), published 1907 [ medium voice and piano ], Éditions J. Hamelle (Alphonse Leduc) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Camille Fournier (d. 1944), "Le plus doux chemin", published 1911 [ voice and piano ], from Chansons de jeunesse, no. 2, Paris, Éd. F. Durdilly, Ch. Hayet [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul-Jean-Jacques Lacôme d'Estalenx (1838 - 1920), "Le plus doux chemin" [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger (1837 - 1917), "Le plus doux chemin", op. 78 no. 1 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, A. Quinzard [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cayetano Troiani (1873 - 1942), "Le plus doux chemin", published 1923 [ high voice and piano ], from Douze Mélodies, no. 9, G. Ricordi e C. [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , no title, copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "The sweetest pathway", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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