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by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900)

Frêle comme un harmonica
Language: French (Français) 
Frêle comme un harmonica. 
L'eau pure des vasques soupire; 
La même étoile en feu se mire 
Dans nos verres de vieux muscat. 

Ton col superbe et délicat 
De Clorinde ou de Lindamire 
Sort tout entier, pour qu'on l'admire, 
D'un brocart de pontificat. 

Dans le soir de magnificence, 
Les richesses de ta présence 
Evoquent l'âge Florentin; 

Et vers le ciel fin de turquoise 
Monte des coupes du festin, 
Suave, un songe de framboise.

Text Authorship:

  • by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), written 1893, appears in Au jardin de l'Infante, in 1. Les Heures d'été, no. 2, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1897 [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 René-Emmanuel Baton (1879 - 1940), as Rhené-Baton, "Frêle comme un harmonica", op. 14 no. 2 (1907), published 1908-1910 [ high voice and piano ], from Les heures d'été, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jacques Guillaume de Sauville de la Presle (1888 - 1969), "Frêle comme un harmonica", published 1922 [ voice and piano ], from Heures d'été, no. 2, Éd. Rouart Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jacques Vaucamps , "Frêle comme un harmonica", published 1919 [ medium voice and piano ], from Les Heures d'été, no. 2, Éd. Albert Zunz Mathot [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Adolf Waterman (1886 - 1966), "Frêle comme un harmonica", copyright © 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Heures d'été, no. 3, Paris : Costallat [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-01-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 72

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