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Qu'un jour à la gare Alexandre, Rentrant de Sibérie, La foule la verrait descendre D'un sleeping-car fleuri, Eût-elle rêvé d'aventure Cet accueil amical Durant sa villégiature Aux bords du Baïkal?
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First published in La Nouvelle Revue Française, nouvelle série, February 1, 1920 (7ème année, n°77).
Text Authorship:
- by René Chalupt (1885 - 1957), "La Grand-Mère de la Révolution", written 1916-1917, appears in Onchets, in 29. Les Soirées de Pétrograd, in 2. La Révolution, no. 9, first published 1920 [author's text not yet checked 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 Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "La Grand-Mère de la Révolution", op. 55 no. 7 (1919), published 1920 [ medium voice and piano ], from Les Soirées de Pétrograde, no. 7, Paris, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "The Revolution: The Grandmother of the Revolution", copyright © 2002, (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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Word count: 30
That one day at the Alexander station, returning from Siberia, the crowd would see her get off of a flowered sleeping car - did she dream of this adventure and this friendly welcome in her resort on the shores of Lake Baikal?
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2002 by Faith J. Cormier, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf.
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by René Chalupt (1885 - 1957), "La Grand-Mère de la Révolution", written 1916-1917, appears in Onchets, in 29. Les Soirées de Pétrograd, in 2. La Révolution, no. 9, first published 1920
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 42