by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936)
Odelette
Language: French (Français)
Auprès de toute fontaine Souvenez-vous qu'on entend Chanter sa joie ou sa peine En son flot intermittent, Car son onde, qui sans cesse Fuit, mire tour à tour Votre reg-ard, ô Tristesse Et votre visage, Amour !
Confirmed with Henri de Régnier, Vestigia Flammæ, Paris, Mercure de France, 1921, page 122.
Text Authorship:
- by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936), "Odelette", written 1921, appears in Vestigia Flammae, in 3. Odelettes et un poème, no. 9, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1921 [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 Alexander Voormolen (1895 - 1980), "Odelette", 1947 [ high voice and piano ], from 3 poèmes de Henri de Régnier, no. 2, Amsterdam, Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
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