by Gilbert Lévy
La vie, l’amour
Language: French (Français)
Dans l'ombre assouplie Le ciel se replie. Le léger nuage monte, flotte et nage Il avance, il foule ce chaos qui roule. L'espace étincelle, la flamme ruisselle. Les flots éclairés des monts colorés. [...]
Note: this text is made up of lines from several poems by Alphone de Lamartine, adapted by Gilbert Lévy. The text above is from the first two pages of the song, which continues for a few more pages. See Lamartine's poem "Hymn du matin"
Text Authorship:
- by Gilbert Lévy , copyright status unknown [author's text not yet checked 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 Graciane Finzi (b. 1945), "La vie, l’amour", 2004, first performed 2004 [ voice and piano ], from Trois Mélodies, no. 3, Éditions Billaudot [sung text not yet checked]
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-09-20
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Word count: 34