by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor
Au jardin des noyers j'allais en...
Language: French (Français)
Au jardin des noyers j'allais en promenade, Pour voir le torrent verdir, Pour voir la vigne fleurir, Et bourgeonner la grenade : Et j'avais aussi le dessein De t'offrir les fleurs de mon sein... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — Danse, ô ma belle Sulamite, Tourne encor, tourne, dresse-toi, Un moment danse devant moi La danse Mahanaïmite.
Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor, En Orient, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1907, Pages 207-208.
Text Authorship:
- by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, "Au jardin des noyers j'allais en promenade", subtitle: "(Ch. VI. 11. — VII. 1)", appears in En Orient, in 3. Le Cantique des Cantiques, no. 11, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1885 [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 Pierre-E.-L. Rousseau (1889 - 1939), as Pierre Vellones, "Au jardin des noyers j'allais en promenade", op. 18 no. 4 (1925), published 1925, first performed 1926 [ vocal duet for soprano and tenor with piano or flute and bassoon ], from Cantique des cantiques, no. 4, H. Lemoine [sung text not yet checked]
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