by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud
L'Alphabet
Language: French (Français)
Un alphabet bariolé, Dont chaque lettre était un masque, Fut l’abécédaire fantasque Qu’en mon enfance j’épelai. Très longtemps je me rappelai, Mieux que mes sabres et mon casque, Un alphabet bariolé Dont chaque lettre était un masque. Aujourd’hui, mon cœur enjôlé, Vibrant comme un tambour de basque, Rêve un Arlequin bergamasque, Traçant d’un corps arc-en-ciellé Un alphabet bariolé.
Confirmed with Albert Giraud, Héros et Pierrots, Librairie Fischbacher (Collection des poètes français de l’étranger), 1898, pages 153-154.
Text Authorship:
- by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "L'Alphabet", written 1884, appears in Pierrot lunaire, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1884 [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 Georgina Derbez (b. 1968), "L'Alphabet", 2023 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905) , "Das Alphabet", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893 ; composed by Otto Vrieslander.
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This text was added to the website: 2023-04-08
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Word count: 59