[Que nous chaut Venizelos Seul Raymond, mettons Duncan trousse encore la défroque grecque]1 Musique aux oreilles végétales Autant qu'éléphantiaques Les poissons crient dans le gulf-stream Bidon juteux plus que figue Et la voix basque du microphone marin Duo de music-hall Sur accompagnement d'auto Gong Le phoque musicien 50 mesures de do-ré do-ré do-ré do-ré do-ré Ça y est ! Et un accord diminué en la bémol mineur Etc.! Quand c'est beau un beau joujou bruiteur danse la sonnette Entr'acte A la rentrée [CHARLOT]2 chef d'orchestre bat le mesure Devant L'européen chapeauté et sa femme en corset [Danse]3 Devant l'européen ahuri et sa femme Aussi [Chante]4 Ce qu'il fallait démontrer
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Giovanni Lista, De Chirico et l'Avant-Garde, Lausanne, L'Age d'Homme, 1983, page 138.
Note for line 17, word 2 ("CHARLOT") - André Charlot (1882-1956) was a famous French producer of revues.
1 omitted by Durey.2 Durey: "Thème: CHARLOT"
3 Durey: "Contrepoint: Danse"
4 Durey: "Coda: Chante"
Text Authorship:
- by Frédéric-Louis Sauser (1887 - 1961), as Blaise Cendrars, "Le Musickissme", subtitle: "À Erik Satie", written 1916, appears in Sonnets dénaturés, no. 3, first published 1916 [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 Louis Durey (1888 - 1979), "Hommage à Erik Satie", 1918 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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