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by Fernand Gregh (1873 - 1960)

Le silence musicien
Language: French (Français) 
Au chant silencieux d’une flûte de marbre
Qui murmure sous les doigts prestes d’un Satyre, 
La bouche ouverte en un cri muet de délire, 
Dansaient les Aygypans et les Nymphes de marbre. 
Et le soleil glissait dans les branches d’un arbre, 
Doré comme un murmure aux cordes d’une lyre ; 
Et, dans l’air calme où la flûte du vent soupire,
Un Faune vaguement riait au pied d’un arbre.
Des gazons sombres jaillissait le cri des roses,
Une harmonie était éparse au coeur des choses.
Le silence semblait un chant à bouches closes;
Le rayon était hymne et les voix étaient flammes,
Et tout était silencieux comme nos âmes,
Et tout était musicien comme nos âmes.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Fernand Gregh (1873 - 1960), "Le silence musicien", written 1896, appears in La Maison de l'Enfance, in 9. Musique, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Calmann-Lévy, first published 1897 [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 George Enescu (1881 - 1955), "Le silence musicien", op. 19 no. 2 (1915), published 1967 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quatre Mélodies de Fernand Gregh (formerly Trois Mélodies), no. 2, Éd. Musicale des compositeurs de Roumanie [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-08-10
Line count: 14
Word count: 114

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