by Émile Nelligan (1879 - 1941)
La belle morte
Language: French (Français)
Ah ! la belle morte, elle repose... En Eden blanc son ange la pose. Elle sommeille emmi les pervenches, Comme en une chapelle aux dimanches. Les cheveux sont couleur de la cendre, Son cercueil, on vient de le descendre. Et ses beaux yeux verts que la mort fausse Feront un clair de lune en sa fosse.
Text Authorship:
- by Émile Nelligan (1879 - 1941), "La belle morte", appears in Amours d'élite, appears in Motifs poétiques, in 7. Vespérales funèbres, no. 3 [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 Jacques Hétu, OC (1938 - 2010), "La belle morte", op. 20 no. 3 (1972), published 1986, first performed 1973 [ medium voice and piano ], from Les Clartés de la nuit, no. 3, Québec, Éd. Yppan [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-12-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 55