by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud
Mendiante de têtes
Language: French (Français)
Un panier rouge empli de son Balance dans ta main crispée, Folle Guillotine échappée, Qui rôdes devant la prison ! Ta voix qui mendie a le son Du billot qu’entaille l’épée : Un panier rouge empli de son Balance dans ta main crispée ! Bourrèle ! qui veux pour rançon Le sang, le meurtre, l’épopée, Tu tends à la tête coupée, Crachant sa dernière chanson, Un panier rouge empli de son !
Confirmed with Albert Giraud, Héros et Pierrots, Librairie Fischbacher (Collection des poètes français de l’étranger), 1898, p.121
Text Authorship:
- by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Mendiante de Têtes", appears in Pierrot lunaire [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 Ying Wang (b. 1976), "Mendiante de têtes", 2010, first performed 2010 [ soprano, alto and instrumental ensemble ], from Pie-R-Rot, no. 2
Score: Pie-R-Rot [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
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