Les craquements des bambous m'apprennent qu'il neige.
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Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Nuit d'hiver", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Pe-Yu-Ki (1621 - 1693) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Armande de Polignac (1876 - 1962), "Nuit d'hiver", published 1922 [ medium voice and piano ], from La flûte de jade, no. 4, Genève, Éd. A. Henn, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Armande de Polignac.
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-02-19
Line count: 2
Word count: 7
The bamboos rustle and creak. They tell me it's snowing.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Nuit d'hiver", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Pe-Yu-Ki (1621 - 1693) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Armande de Polignac (1876 - 1962), "Winter night", published 1922 [ medium voice and piano ], from La flûte de jade, no. 4, Genève, Éd. A. Henn, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-02-19
Line count: 2
Word count: 10