by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Mettez‑vous au saule
Language: French (Français)
Mettez-vous au saule, là, au bout du pré ; contre votre épaule vous le sentirez. Prenez la cornemuse, essayez un peu, si la musique intruse peut-être nous émeut. Tant qu'elle nous commande bien, nous danserons parmi la lavande, lui, le forgeron, et moi, la bergère... Ne soufflez pas mot. Si ça vous désespère, vous pleurerez tantôt !
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Poèmes français. Vergers. Les Roses. Les Fenêtres. Carnet de Poche. Poèmes épars, Paris: Paul Hartmann, ed., 1935, page 140.
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Chanson cruelle", appears in Poèmes et Dédicaces [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 Raffaele d'Alessandro (1911 - 1959), "Chanson cruelle", op. 21 (Trois chants) no. 2 (1938) [ alto and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugues Cuénod (1902 - 2010), "Chanson cruelle", c1925 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean Hans August Daetwyler (1907 - 1994), "Chanson Cruelle" [ voice and piano ], from 5 Chansons, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Kox (b. 1930), "Chanson cruelle", 1957, copyright © 1957 [ mixed chorus ], from Chansons cruelles, no. 3, Amsterdam: Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maurice Verheul (b. 1964), "Souvenirs de Muzot, Chanson cruelle", MVWV 388 [ alto and piano ], from 6 songs, no. 6, based on a theme of 10 Somnia for flute No. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joop Voorn (1932 - 2021), "Chanson cruelle", 2011, published 2014, copyright © 2014 [ soprano and clarinet ], from Vues des anges, no. 7, Rijswijk, the Netherlands : Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
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