As the moon's soft splendor
Language: English
As the moon's soft splendor
O'er the faint, cold starlight of heaven
Is thrown,
So thy voice most tender
To the strings without soul has given
Its own.
The stars will awaken,
Though the moon sleep a full hour later
Tonight:
No leaf will be shaken
Whilst the dews of thy melody scatter
Delight.
Though the sound overpowers,
Sing again, with thy sweet voice revealing
A tone
Of some world far from ours,
Where music and moonlight and feeling
Are one.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• E. Elgar E. Elgar sets stanzas 1, 3
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Juriaan Andriessen (1925 - 1996), "Ariette", published 1960 [ tenor and piano ], from 4 English songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "As the moon's soft splendor", 1921 [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Shelley, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "Ariette", op. 1 (Four Songs) no. 4, published 1885 [ medium voice and piano ], Boston, Arthur P. Schmidt [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gilbert Richard Betjemann (1864 - 1896), "As the moon's soft splendour", 1887?, published 1891 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Herman Brearly , "As the moon's soft splendour", published 1922 [ SATB chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 - 1912), "As the moon's soft splendor", op. 37 (Six songs) no. 5 (1898), published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Novello [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Elgar, Sir (1857 - 1934), "In Moonlight", stanzas 1,3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Set in a modified version by George John Bennett, Richard Bruce Faith, Roger Quilter, Ned Rorem.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , title 1: "Arie pro hudbu", title 2: "Paní, jež zpívala při průvodu kytary", Prague, J. Otto, first published 1901
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 81
正当月之华丽/ 射向弱、冷的发光星辰
Language: Chinese (中文) after the English
正当月之华丽
射向弱、冷的发光星辰
在天，
你的声音柔极
赋予那没有自己灵魂
之弦。
星星将会苏醒，
虽今夜月亮晚睡一个
小时：
没有叶子摇动
你那旋律的露珠散落
欢喜。
虽然声音无双，
再咏，甜美的声音显现
音调
隶属我们远方，
那边音乐、月光和情感
协调。
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Translations of title(s):
"An Ariette for Music. To a Lady singing to her Accompaniment on the Guitar" = "音乐的小咏叹调：献给一位用吉他伴奏唱歌的女士"
"Ariette" = "小咏叹调"
"As the moon's soft splendor" = "正当月之华丽"
"As the moon's soft splendour" = "正当月之华丽"
"In Moonlight" = "月光下"
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation from English to Chinese (中文) copyright © 2024 by Dr Huaixing Wang, (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. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), "An Ariette for Music. To a Lady singing to her Accompaniment on the Guitar", first published 1832
This text was added to the website: 2024-02-20
Line count: 18
Word count: 19
