by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949)
Quand l'amant sortit
Language: French (Français)
Quand l'amant sortit (J'entendis la porte) Quand l'amant sortit Elle avait souri... Mais quand il rentra (J'entendis la lampe) Mais quand il rentra Une autre était là... Et j'ai vu la mort (J'entendis son âme) Et j'ai vu la mort Qui l'attend encore...
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First published in the review Pan, June-July 1895, Berlin.
Text Authorship:
- by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949), no title, written 1895, appears in Quinze Chansons, no. 10, first published 1895 [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 Henri Stierlin-Vallon (1887 - 1952), "Quand l'amant sortit", published 1919 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons tristes, 7 poèmes de Maurice Maeterlinck, no. 3, Genève, Ad. Henn [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Friedrich von Oppeln-Bronikowski (1873 - 1936) , Jena, E. Diederichs, first published 1906 ; composed by Alexander Zemlinsky.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Olga Nikolayevna Chyumina (1864 - 1909) ; composed by Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky.
- Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky.
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