by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire
Or nous regardions les cygnes
Language: French (Français)
Or nous regardions les cygnes Nager ce soir plein de tiédeur Sur le grand lac où se résignent Les branches des saules pleureurs Et c'était l'heure où le jour meurt.
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Authorship
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, no title, written 1899, appears in Le guetteur mélancolique, in Stavelot, in L'amour, no. 1, Paris, Éd. posthume Gallimard, first published 1952 [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 Jean Apothéloz (1900 - 1965), "Les cygnes", 1952 [voice and piano], from Chansons sur des textes de Guillaume Apollinaire pour chant et piano, no. 2. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Robert Caby (1905 - 1992), "Or, nous regardions les cygnes", 1952, published 1991 [voice and piano], Éd. de l'AARC (Association des Amis de Robert Caby) [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Robert Caby (1905 - 1992), "Or, nous regardions les cygnes", 1952. [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Edward Staempfli (1908 - 2002), "Or nous regardions" [soprano and harp], from Drei Lieder, no. 2. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Researcher for this text: Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2008-08-30
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