by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud
Translation by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905)
Décor
Language: French (Français)
Les grands oiseaux de pourpre et d’or, Ces voletantes pierreries, Breughel les pose, en ses féeries, Sur les arbres bleus du décor. Ils vibrent, et leur large essor Jette une ombre au ras des prairies, Les grands oiseaux de pourpre et d’or, Ces voletantes pierreries. Le soleil perce avec effort De ses jaunes orfèvreries L’azur vert des branches fleuries, Et sa lumière avive encor Les grands oiseaux de pourpre et d’or.
Confirmed with Albert Giraud, Héros et Pierrots, Librairie Fischbacher (Collection des poètes français de l’étranger), 1898, pages 79-80.
Text Authorship:
- by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Décor", written 1884, appears in Pierrot lunaire, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1884 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905) , "Feerie", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893 ; composed by Otto Vrieslander.
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Feerie
Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)
Gewaltge, goldne Purpurvögel, Geflügelten Juwelen gleich, Ruhn auf gigantischen Oliven In Breughels prunkenden Feerien. Sie flattern auf — und breite Schatten Streun sie auf brütende Prairien — Gewaltge, goldne Purpurvögel, Geflügelten Juwelen gleich. Mit starken Pfeilen, heiss und gleissend. Durch üppig wucherndes Gerank Bahnt ihre Pfade sich die Sonne . . . Und tiefer glühn in ihrem Strahl Gewaltge, goldne Purpurvögel.
Text Authorship:
- by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Feerie", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Décor", written 1884, appears in Pierrot lunaire, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1884
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Feerie", 1905?, published 1905 [ high voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, Dichtungen von A. Giraud ins deutstche übertragen von O. E. Hartleben, no. 14, München, Heinrich Lewy [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2023-04-08
Line count: 13
Word count: 61