by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud
Spleen
Language: French (Français)
Pierrot de Bergame s’ennuie : Il renonce aux charmes du vol ; Son étrange gaîté de fol Comme un oiseau blanc s’est enfuie. Le spleen, à l’horizon de suie, Fermente ainsi qu’un noir alcool. Pierrot de Bergame s’ennuie : Il renonce aux charmes du vol. La Lune sympathique essuie Ses larmes de lumière au vol Des nuages, et sur le sol Claque la chanson de la pluie : Pierrot de Bergame s’ennuie.
Confirmed with Albert Giraud, Héros et Pierrots, Librairie Fischbacher (Collection des poètes français de l’étranger), 1898, pages 105-106.
Text Authorship:
- by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Spleen", written 1884, appears in Pierrot lunaire, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre [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 Géza Vilmos Zagon (1889 - 1918), "Spleen", 1908-1909, first performed 1911 [ medium voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, poésies de Albert Giraud, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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