by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872)
Le ciel est noir, la terre est blanche
Language: French (Français)
Le ciel est noir, la terre est blanche. Cloches, carillonnez gaîment! Jésus est né; la Vierge penche Sur lui son visage charmant. Pas de courtines festonnées Pour préserver l'enfant du froid; Rien que les toiles d'araignées Qui Pendent des poutres du toit. Il tremble sur la paille fraîche, Ce cher petit enfant Jésus, Et pour l'échauffer dans sa crèche L'âne et le bœuf soufflent dessus. La neige au chaume pend ses franges, Mais sur le toit s'ouvre le Ciel, Et, tout en blanc, le chœur des anges Chante aux bergers: "Noël! Noël!"
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First published in the journal "Le Papillon" (January 10, 1861) under the title "Le Jésus des Neiges"; later published in 1863 in Émaux et Camées under the title "Noël"
Text Authorship:
- by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), title 1: "Noël", title 2: "Le Jésus des Neiges", written 1861, appears in Émaux et Camées, first published 1863 [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 Paul Amiet (1883 - 1942), "Noël", published 1926 [ voice and piano ], from Quatre mélodies, no. 3, Paris, Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Bachelet (1864 - 1944), "Noël", published 1918 [ vocal duet or 2-part chorus with piano ], Paris, Éd. "Au Ménestrel" Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean-Albert Barès , "Noël" [ soprano or tenor and piano or organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by René-Emmanuel Baton (1879 - 1940), as Rhené-Baton, "Noël", op. 26 no. 3 (1922), published 1922 [ high voice and piano ], from Quatre chansons pour le jour de Noël, no. 3, Paris, Durand [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Baudot , "Jésus des neiges", subtitle: "Chant de Noël", published 1862 [ four-part men's chorus ], Paris, G. Gambogi [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Bernard (1900 - 1971), "Noël", 1935 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by François Berthet (1873 - 1956), "Noël", op. 10 no. 4 [ women's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frédéric Binet (1862 - 1918), "Noël", published [1902] [ voice and piano ], Paris, Lemoine [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean Boucher , "Noël", published 1928 [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Musicales Évette [sung text not yet checked]
- by Brian Boydell (1917 - 2000), "Noël", op. 41 (1956) [ unison chorus and piano and instrumental ensemble ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pierre (Onfroy) de Bréville (1861 - 1949), "Noël", <<1942 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Brisset (1872 - 1939), "Noël", published 1907 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Hachette [sung text not yet checked]
- by L. Brocquier , "Le ciel est noir" [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Bulot , "Noël", published 1897 [ medium voice and piano ], Amiens, Lith. Imp. Jounet [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gaston Carraud (1864 - 1920), "Noël", published 1892 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. "Au Ménestrel" Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexandre Cellier (1883 - 1968), "Chœur de Noël", published 1912 [ four-part mixed chorus and organ ], Paris, Bigeard [sung text not yet checked]
- by René Chansarel (1864 - 1945), "Noël" [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Grus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emmanuel Chaze , "Noël ! Noël !", published 1879 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lucien Chevaillier (1883 - 1932), "Noël", op. 37 no. 2, published 1913 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Senart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri Classens (1896 - 1975), "Noël", published 1957 [ voice and piano ], from Collection de noëls célèbres, Paris, L. Philippo [sung text not yet checked]
- by Auguste Charles Cœdès (1840 - 1884), "L'enfant Jésus", published 1876 [ soprano and piano ], from Soirées d'automne, no. 7, Paris, A. Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
- by Édouard Condette (1874 - 1942), "Noël", published 1904 [ baritone or mezzo-soprano, piano or organ, oboe or violin ad libitum ], Paris, C. France [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Coquard (1846 - 1910), "Noël", op. 66 no. 2, published 1904 [ 2-part children's chorus and piano ], Paris, Costellat [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Cosson (1868 - 1950), "Noël", published 1905 [ medium voice and piano ], Nîmes, P. Colin [sung text not yet checked]
- by R. Cottier , "Noël", published 1876 [ vocal duet for soprano and baritone with piano ], Paris, E. Minier [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. Crevelliez , "Petit Noël", published 1889/90 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Chabal [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Diot (1867 - 1911), "Noël", published 1898 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, A. Quinzard [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gaston Doin (1878 - 1962), "Noël", published 1951 [ voice and piano ], from Quelques émaux et camées, no. 1, Paris, A. Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
- by (François-Clément) Théodore Dubois (1837 - 1924), "Noël", published 1910 [ vocal duet for female voices or 2-part women's chorus with piano ], from Trois Duetti pour voix de femmes soli ou chœurs avec accompagnement de piano, no. 1, Paris, Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacques Ehrhart (1857 - 1949), "La crêche", op. 26 no. 1 (1895) [ three-part women's chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rolande Falcinelli (1920 - 2006), "Noël", op. 5 no. 2 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Trois mélodies, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Février (1875 - 1957), "Noël", published 1922 [ soprano and piano ], Paris, Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugénie-Emilie Julliette Folville (1870 - 1946), "Noël" [ voice and piano ], from Chants printaniers (II), no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Camille Fournier (d. 1944), "Noël", subtitle: "Cantique", published 1911 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons de jeunesse, no. 3, Paris, Éd. F. Durdilly, Ch. Hayet [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean-Baptiste Ganaye (1870 - 1946), "Noël", op. 6, published 1921 [ high voice and piano ], from 4 Mélodies, no. 1, Paris, Éd. F. Durdilly, Ch. Hayet [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philippe Gaubert (1879 - 1941), "Noël", published 1905 [ voice and piano ], Paris, A. Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacques Gerber (1890 - 1964), "Noël" [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. L. Philippo [sung text not yet checked]
- by François-Auguste Gevaert (1828 - 1908), "Les cloches de Noël" [ soprano or tenor and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John (Francis) Gilfedder (1925 - 2015), "Noël", 1948 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Jean Baptiste Grisart (1837 - 1904), "Noël", published 1899 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. "Au Ménestrel" Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean-Marie Hamonic (1898 - 1966), "Noël" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Yvonne Hédoux (b. 1890), "Noël", published 1919 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Maurice Senart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lucien Hillemacher (1860 - 1909) and by Paul Hillemacher (1852 - 1933), "Noël !" [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, 1er volume, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Lafontaine , "Noël" [ four-part mixed chorus and harmonium ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Alexandre) Charles Lecocq (1832 - 1918), "Noël", published 1888 [ voice or vocal duet with piano and organ or harmonium ad libitum ], Paris, Maquet & Cie., anc. Brandus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean Eugène Gaston Lemaire (1864 - 1928), "Noël", published 1893 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, E. Gallet [sung text not yet checked]
- by Émile Louis (d. 1890), "Petit Noël", published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Durand [sung text not yet checked]
- by Damien Luy (b. 1980), "Cloches, carillonez, gaiement !", copyright © 2004 [ mixed chorus ], Saint-Maurice, Editions Labatiaz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victoire Lyon , "Noël" [ voice and piano ], from Quatre romances, no. 1, Berlin, Otto Wernthal, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Mahy (1883 - 1964), "Noël" [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pierrette Mari (b. 1929), "Noël", 1956 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Massé (1822 - 1884), "Noël" [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Troisième recueil de mélodies de V. Massé, no. 9, Paris, Léon Grus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georges Mathias (1826 - 1910), "Noël", published 1889 [ high voice and piano ], from Six mélodies, no. 4, Paris, Durand & Schoenewerck [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pierre, Baron de Maurice (1868 - 1936), "Noël", op. 44 (1933), published 1937 [ three-part women's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georges Meugé (d. 1916), "Noël", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Paris, P. Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rollo Hugh Myers (1892 - 1985), "Noël", published 1923 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Senart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Camille O'Méara Dubois (1828 - 1907), "Noël", published 1889 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Laloue [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georges-Louis Pantillon (1896 - 1992), "Noël", 1982 [ voice and piano ], from 8 mélodies (1922-1982), no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Noël", op. 331 (1951) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Teresa del Riego (c1876 - 1968), "Noël", published 1916 [ voice and organ ], London, Chappell [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean-Baptiste de Rongé (1825 - 1882), "Noël", published 1873-4 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Enoch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jules Rousseau , "Noël", published [1908] [ voice and piano ], London, Weekes & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by M. Schloss , "Noël", published 1899 [ voice, piano or organ, violin ad libitum ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859 - 1922), "Noël", op. 39 (Trois mélodies pour chant et piano) no. 3, published 1899, Leipzig, M. P. Belaïeff, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacques Soulacroix (1863 - 1937), "Noël", published 1932 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Hayet [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georges Spetz (1844 - 1914), "Noël", op. 28, published 1880 [ high voice and piano ], Éd. O. Legouix [sung text not yet checked]
- by Halsey Stevens (1908 - 1989), "Pour Noël", published <<1959 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georges Taconet (1889 - 1962), "Noël", op. 20 (1924) [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marcel Trémois (1891 - 1974), "Noël" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Vincent , "Noël", published c1887 [ voice and piano ], from Mélodies et Duos pour le chant avec accompagnement de piano, no. 13, Paris, Éd. Loret Fils [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anselm Vinée (1847 - 1921), "Premier Noël", op. 11 no. 1, published 1897 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, G. Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anselm Vinée (1847 - 1921), "Deuxième Noël", op. 11 no. 2, published 1897 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, G. Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
- by José Gonzalo Zulaika Arregui (1886 - 1956), "Noël", 1919 [ soprano and piano ], Lecaroz (Navarra), Édition Archivo Padre Donostia [sung text not yet checked]
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