by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire
Admirez le pouvoir insigne
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Admirez le pouvoir insigne Et la noblesse de la ligne: Elle est la voix que la lumière fit entendre Et dont parle Hermès Trismégiste en son Pimandre.
About the headline (FAQ)
First published in the revue La Phalange, no. 24, June 15, 1908 as number 1 of "La Marchande des quatre saisons ou le bestiaire mondain" (a collection of 18 poems), and later in Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d'Orphée (1911).
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Orphée", appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 1, first published 1908 [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 Claude Ballif (1924 - 2004), "Orphée", op. 1b no. 1 (1945-48), published 1994 [ voice and piano ], from Le Cortège d’Orphée, no. 1, Édition Durand & Fils [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Carbon (b. 1951), "Orphée", op. 22 no. 1 (2002), copyright © 2008 [ soprano, horn, cello, and piano ], from Le Bestiare, no. 1, Édition du compositeur (JC. Collections) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Cornman (1924 - 2008), "Orphée (2)", 1972 [ medium voice and piano ], from Le Bestiaire (bêta) ou cortège d'Orphée, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Durey (1888 - 1979), "Orphée", op. 17a no. 1 (1919), from Le Bestiaire, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Orpheus", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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