by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire
L'adieu du cavalier
Language: French (Français)
Ah Dieu! que la guerre est jolie Avec ses chants ses longs loisirs Cette bague je l'ai polie Le vent se mêle à vos soupirs Adieu! voici le boute-selle Il disparut dans un tournant Et mourut là-bas tandis qu'elle Riait au destin surprenant
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "L'adieu du cavalier", appears in Calligrammes - Poèmes de la paix et de la guerre, in 4. Lueurs des tirs, first published 1918 [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 Robert Caby (1905 - 1992), "L'adieu du cavalier", published 1996 [ voice and piano ], Paris : AARC [sung text not yet checked]
- by Germaine Tailleferre (1892 - 1983), "L'adieu du cavalier", op. 154 (1963) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 43