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by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor

Nuit d'autrefois
Language: French (Français) 
Te la rappelles-tu, cette nuit parfumée,
L'inoubliable nuit où je t'ai tant aimée,
Où le silence était en nous, autour de nous,
Mystérieusement, ineffablement doux,
Profond comme il n'est pas de musique profonde?
Le rêve fait par nous était si loin du monde!
Le jardin clair s'ouvrait comme un parc enchanté;
Sous l'orbe jaune et chaud de la lune d'été,
Parmi les grands lys blancs, les touffes d'azalées,
Lentement nous suivons la courbe des allées
Et nous taisions, et seuls nos coeurs se répondaient
Et, mourants, dans la nuit immense se fondaient.

Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, "Nuit d'autrefois", appears in L'Illusion, in 1. Chants de l'Amour et de la Mort, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre [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 René-Emmanuel Baton (1879 - 1940), as Rhené-Baton, "Nuit d'autrefois", op. 16 no. 1 (1911), published 1912 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq mélodies sur des poèmes de Jean Lahor, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Paul Lacombe (1837 - 1927), "Nuit d'autrefois", published [1909] [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Heinrich Samuel "Marcel" Sulzberger (1876 - 1941), "Nuit d'autrefois", 1910 [ voice and piano ], Zentralbibliothek Zürich, MS [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2009-09-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 92

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