by (Pierre Martin) Victor (Richard) de Laprade (1812 - 1883)
Les épis du pauvre
Language: French (Français)
Moissonneurs, sans plaindre vos peines, Coupez le blé mûr dans les plaines, Le blé, notre bien le plus cher, Ce grain d'or, sous sa pale écorce, C'est le germe de notre force, C'est notre sang, c'est notre chair !
Authorship:
- by (Pierre Martin) Victor (Richard) de Laprade (1812 - 1883), written 1858, appears in Idylles héroïques, in 1. Frantz, in 2. Moissons, Paris, Éd. Michel Lévy frères, first published 1858 [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 Camille Fournier (d. 1944), "Les épis du pauvre", published 1911 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons de jeunesse, no. 4, Paris, Éd. F. Durdilly, Ch. Hayet [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
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