by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud
Translation by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905)
Pantomime
Language: French (Français)
Absurde et doux comme un mensonge, Le bleu décor italien Aux mimes du drame ancien S’ouvre avec le vague d’un songe. Dans les lointains vaporeux plonge, Coiffé de tulle aérien, Absurde et doux comme un mensonge, Le bleu décor aérien. Pierrot assomme à coups de longe Cassandre académicien, Et le rouge magicien Sur le fond du tableau s’allonge, Absurde et doux comme un mensonge.
Confirmed with Albert Giraud, Héros et Pierrots, Librairie Fischbacher (Collection des poètes français de l’étranger), 1898, pages 149-150.
Text Authorship:
- by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Pantomime", 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) , "Pantomime", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893 ; composed by Otto Vrieslander.
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Word count: 64
Pantomime
Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)
Leuchtend glüht Italiens blauer Himmel, Einem bunten Lügenzelt vergleichbar: Spannt sich über eine seltne Bühne, Duftig — wie ein wunderliches Traumbild! Er verschwimmt in unbestimmte Fernen, Wie verhüllt von luftgewobenen Gazen. Leuchtend glüht Italiens blauer Himmel, Einem bunten Lügenzelt vergleichbar. Colombinchen trippelt auf die Bühne, Horcht bald rechts, bald links in die Coulissen: Irgendwo, versteckt in Lorbeerbüschen, Singt Pierrot sein schwermutreiches Locklied . . . Leuchtend glüht Italiens blauer Himmel.
Text Authorship:
- by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Pantomime", 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, "Pantomime", 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), "Pantomime", 1905?, published 1905 [ medium voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, Dichtungen von A. Giraud ins deutstche übertragen von O. E. Hartleben, no. 26, München, Heinrich Lewy [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2023-04-08
Line count: 13
Word count: 70