by Maurice Bouchor (1855 - 1929)
On entend un chant sur l'eau
Language: French (Français)
On entend un chant sur l'eau Dans la brune : Ce doit être un matelot Qui veut se jeter à l'eau Pour la lune. La lune entr'ouvre le flot Qui sanglote, Le matelot tombe à l'eau... On entend traîner sur l'eau Quelques notes.
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Text Authorship:
- by Maurice Bouchor (1855 - 1929), no title, appears in Les poëmes de l'amour et de la mer, in 1. La fleur des eaux, no. 3d, first published 1876 [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 Pierre (Onfroy) de Bréville (1861 - 1949), "Chanson triste", 1883, published 1913, first performed 1888 [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Rouart Lerolle & Cie (Salabert) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Chanson triste", subtitle: "Le Matelot qui tombe à l'eau", L. 24/(47) (1881) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-02-01
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