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by André Bellesort (1866 - 1942)

La mort t'ayant surpris en travesti de...
Language: French (Français) 
La mort t'ayant surpris en travesti de bal,
Pauvre Fantasio, de folles jeunes filles
Te firent un linceul de leurs blanches mantilles,
Et tu fus enterré le soir du carnaval.

Sous un léger brouillard du ciel occidental
Le mardi gras folâtre éparpillait ses trilles,
Et ton glas, voltigeant sur de lointains quadrilles,
Détachait dans la nuit ses notes de cristal.

Des coins du corbillard le feu des girandoles
Éclairait tout un chœur d'étranges farandoles.
Nul n'avait pris le temps de revêtir le deuil,

[Ta rieuse maîtresse avait gardé son masque,]1
Et tous faisaient jouer derrière ton cercueil
Une marche funèbre à leurs tambours de basque.

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•   H. Dutilleux 

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Confirmed with André Bellessort, Mythes et Poèmes, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1894, page 74.

1 omitted by Dutilleux.

Text Authorship:

  • by André Bellesort (1866 - 1942), "Fantasio", written 1893, appears in Mythes et Poèmes, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1894 [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 Dutilleux (1916 - 2013), "Fantasio", alternate title: "Les Funérailles de Fantasio", 1941, published 1943 [medium voice and orchestra], from Quatre Mélodies, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Durand [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 106

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