Sur l'eau musicale qui passe Une rose se berce au courant du flot, Une rose que j'ai jetée de ma terrasse Sur l'eau. Sur l'eau du fleuve qui coule et court Mon amoureux chante dans son bateau Une chanson mélancolique d'amour Sur l'eau. Sur l'eau qui emporte au loin ma peine Il n'y a plus d'autre bateau Qu'un fin croissant de lune qui remue à peine Sur l'eau ...
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Authorship:
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Sur l'eau", appears in Schéhérazade, first published 1903 [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 Jean Absil (1893 - 1974), "Sur l'eau", 1927-37, published 1957 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Cinq mélodies, no. 5, Bruxelles, Éd. CéBeDeM [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georges Adolphe Hüe (1858 - 1948), "Sur l'eau", published 1904 [ medium voice and piano ], from Croquis d'Orient, no. 5, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
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