by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)
Translation Singable translation by Gertrude Hall Brownell (1863 - 1961), as G. Hall
La lune blanche
Language: French (Français)
La lune blanche Luit dans les bois ; De chaque branche Part une voix Sous la ramée... Ô bien aimée. L'étang reflète, Profond miroir, La silhouette Du saule noir Où le vent pleure... Rêvons, c'est l'heure. Un vaste et tendre Apaisement Semble descendre Du firmament Que l'astre irise... C'est l'heure exquise.
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in La bonne chanson, no. 6, first published 1870 [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 Julián Aguirre (1868 - 1924), "La lune", 1914 [ voice and piano ], from Jardins..., no. 7, note: may be wrong text for this title [sung text not yet checked]
- by Raffaele d'Alessandro (1911 - 1959), "La lune blanche", [1940] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jos van Amelsvoort (1910 - 2003), "La lune blanche", 1993, published 1996, copyright © 1995 [ chorus ], from Sept poèmes de Paul Verlaine, no. 1, Amsterdam : Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jan van Amerongen (b. 1938), "Mathilde ... et Élisa", 1998, published 1999 [ alto and piano ], from Vier liederen, no. 2, Amsterdam, Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christophe Arfan (b. 1987), "Lune blanche", 2013 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Arham (flourished 1911-1917), "L'heure exquise", <<1911 [ voice and piano ], from Douze mélodies, 2e série, no. 33, Paris, Maurice Senart, B. Roudanez & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Aubert (1877 - 1968), "Nocturne", published 1902 [ vocal duet for mezzo-soprano and bass (or tenor) with piano ], Paris, Durand [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacky-Antoine-Joseph Azzopardi , "Apaisement", published 1950 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Ste Lagriffoul [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marc-Gustave Bacon (b. 1913), "La lune blanche", [1944] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Baraquin (b. 1968), "La lune blanche", 1998, published 1998 [ baritone and piano ], Éditions musicales Regia [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georges Bariel , "Clair de lune", published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Paris, A. Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Bayer (1852 - 1913), "Heure exquise" [ voice and piano ], Paris, A. Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Beaufre , "Heure exquise" [ voice and piano ], Paris, Pégat [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Bertuccio , "La lune blanche" [ voice and piano ], Bruxelles, Société d'Éditions musicales [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolphe Biarent (1871 - 1916), "La lune blanche" [ medium voice and piano ], from Huit mélodies, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean-Robert Blanc (b. 1907), "La lune blanche", 1929, published 1935 [ voice and piano ], from Six mélodies pour chant et piano, no. 4, Bordeaux [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philippe Bodin , "La lune blanche", 2012, copyright © 2012 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willem Frederik Bon (1940 - 1983), "La lune blanche", op. 10 no. 2 (1967), published 1967 [ mezzo-soprano, flute, violoncello, and piano ], from Trois poèmes de Verlaine, no. 2, Amsterdam, Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Suzanne Bonis-Charancle (d. 1940), "La lune blanche", 1970 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (1892 - 1971), "La lune blanche", published 1930 [ voice and piano ], from Trois chansons françaises, no. 2, Amsterdam, Kruseman [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kees Bornewasser (b. 1925), "La lune blanche", 1964 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Serge Bortkiewicz (1877 - 1952), "La lune blanche", op. 23 no. 1, published 1925 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sept Poésies de Paul Verlaine = Sieben Gedichte von Paul Verlaine, no. 1, Leipzig, Milan: Éd. Elite No. 205 Edition D. Rahter (4408), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michel Bosc (b. 1963), "La lune blanche", op. 230 (2007) [ vocal duet for 2 sopranos with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vincent Bouchot (b. 1966), "La lune blanche luit dans les bois", 2013, first performed 2013 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Émile von Brucken-Fock (1857 - 1944), "La lune blanche", published c1888 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by René-Désiré Buérick , "La lune blanche", [1946] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Patrick Burgan (b. 1960), "La lune blanche", 2013, first performed 2013 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Canteloube (1879 - 1957), "Clair de lune", published 1902 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Landy [sung text not yet checked]
- by M. Capilonch , "La lune blanche", op. 10 no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacques Chailley (1910 - 1999), "La lune blanche", published 1947 [ voice and piano ], from Cinquante-huit canons : Farandoles, Paris, Rouart Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855 - 1899), "Apaisement", op. 13 (Quatre mélodies) no. 1 (1885), published 1885-7 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Georges Chenard-Huché (1864 - 1937), "La lune blanche", published <<1928 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Maurice Senart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Léopold-Charles Cluytens (1876 - 1943), "Heure exquise", published [1919] [ voice and piano ], Katto, J. B. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rosine Suzanne de Cocq (1891 - 1977), "La lune blanche", published 1914 [ voice and piano ], La Haye: Van Eck [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Cornet (d. 1946), as Charles Tenroc, "La lune blanche", published 1909 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Sénart ; Paris, Roudanez [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Cornu , "La lune blanche", published [1948] [ voice and piano ], Paris, R. Cornu [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Cozanet (1870 - 1938), as Jean d'Udine, "Apaisement", 1900 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lucien Darras (b. 1922), "La lune blanche", published [1945] [ voice and piano ], Paris, J. Rousselot [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vincenzo Davico (1889 - 1969), "L'heure exquise", 1916, published 1923 [ voice and piano ], from Trois chants d'amour, no. 1, Nice, Delrieu [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Heinrich David (1884 - 1951), "La lune blanche", op. 79 no. 1, published 1942-1944 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Quatre chants, d'après des poésies de Paul Verlaine, no. 1, Zurich et Leipzig: Hug Frères & Cie. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Abel Decaux (1869 - 1943), "La lune blanche", subtitle: "Paysage", 1899, published 1913 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Sénart ; in the anthology La Musique contemporaine [sung text not yet checked]
- by Émile-Henri-J.-B. Defosse (1883 - 1956), "La lune blanche", published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Mélodies, no. 1, Paris, Rouart Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
- by René Defossez (1905 - 1988), "Nocturne", published 1951 [ voice and piano ], Bruxelles, Cousins [sung text not yet checked]
- by Enrico De Leva (1867 - 1955), "Rêvons, c'est l'heure", [1900] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934), "La lune blanche", 1895, published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Songs to poems by Paul Verlaine, no. 3, Cöln am Rhein, Tischer und Jagenberg [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Marc Delmas (1885 - 1931), "L'heure exquise", published 1905 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Zunz / Mathot [sung text not yet checked]
- by Édouard-Léon-Stéphen Detraux (d. 1911), "L'heure exquise", published [1907] [ medium voice and piano ], from Deux mélodies, no. 2, Paris, Hachette [sung text not yet checked]
- by Patrice Devanchy (1876 - 1942), as Louis Charles, "C'est l'heure exquise" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Mikhailovich Dianov (1882 - 1939), "La calme rivage", op. 6 no. 2, published [1914] [ voice and piano ], also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alphons Diepenbrock (1862 - 1921), "La lune blanche ", 1898, published 2001 [ medium voice and piano ], Amsterdam, Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Doyen (1882 - 1935), "C'est l'heure exquise", published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Sur des poèmes de Paul Verlaine, no. 1, Paris, LeDuc Bertrand [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marthe Ducourau , "Nocturne", published [1899] [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. E.Baudoux [sung text not yet checked]
- by André Dulaurens (1873 - 1932), "La lune blanche", op. 16 no. 2, published 1912? [ voice and piano ], from Quatre Mélodies sur des Poésies de Paul Verlaine, no. 2, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle &é Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "La lune blanche", op. 61 no. 3, published 1892-3 [ voice and piano ], from La bonne chanson, no. 3, Paris, Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert de Faÿ , "L'heure exquise", published 1902 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Pfister frères [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edmond Filipucci (1869 - 1948), "C'est l'heure exquise", op. 31, published [1896] [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Rouhier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Édouard-Ernest Fillacier (d. 1935), "La lune blanche", [1918] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Graciane Finzi (b. 1945), "C'est l'heure exquise", 2013, published 2013 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Hapax [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ange Flégier (1846 - 1927), "Apaisement", 1896, published 1908 [ voice, piano, and violin ], Paris, Grus; confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduardo García Mansilla (1871 - 1930), "Sous la ramée", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], from Chansons pour chant et piano, no. 8, Paris, Choudens [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philippe Gaubert (1879 - 1941), "La lune blanche", 1920, published 1920 [ medium voice and piano ], from Six mélodies, no. 1, Paris, Durand [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Gentil (1883 - 1964), "Heure exquise", [1920] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Simon Gokkes (1897 - 1943), "La lune blanche luit dans les bois", 1928 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Raoul Gradis (1861 - 1943), "Soir", published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Delanchy [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabriel Grovlez (1879 - 1944), "Rêvons, c'est l'heure", 1902 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "L'heure exquise", 1892, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], from Chansons grises, no. 5, Paris, Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edgar Hamelle (1868 - 1940), "L'heure exquise", published 1942 [ voice and piano ], Paris, J. Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Swan Hennessy (1866 - 1929), "La lune", published c1932 [ soprano and piano ], from Deux mélodies pour une voix de soprano, no. 1, Paris, Eschig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Herrmann (1896 - 1967), "La lune blanche", 1954 [ voice and piano ], from Sérénata, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henriette Jacoba van Heukelom-van den Brandeler (1884 - 1985), "La lune blanche", op. 2 no. 3 (1906) [ voice and piano ], from Paysages tristes, Drie Liederen voor eene Zangstem, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Allen van Höveln , "La lune blanche", op. 46 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Chenard Huche , "La lune blanche" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georges Itasse , "Apaisement", published 1902 [ voice and piano ], from Dix mélodies, no. 6, Paris, Noël [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Jelmoli (1877 - 1936), "La lune blanche" [ soprano and piano ], from La bonne chanson, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Werner (Erich) Josten (1885 - 1963), "L'heure exquise", published 1914 [ voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies de Paul Verlaine, no. 1, Paris, Delanchy [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jeanne Joulain , "La lune blanche", [1944] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Jumel (1877 - 1898), "La lune blanche", [1899], published 1907 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Hachette [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gaston Knosp (1874 - 1942), "La lune blanche" [ voice and piano ], from Musardises, no. 6, Bruxelles, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Léo Kok (1893 - 1992), "La lune blanche", published 1935 [ voice and piano ], from Sept mélodies retrouvées, no. 4, Paris, Éditions G. L. M. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jan Maarten Komter (1905 - 1984), "La lune blanche", 1945 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jan Maarten Komter (1905 - 1984), "La lune blanche", published 1945 [ mezzo-soprano and flute ], Amsterdam, Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lou Koster (1889 - 1973), "La lune blanche" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lou Koster (1889 - 1973), "O bien Aimée" [ medium voice and piano ], from 5 Mélodies [later 6 mélodies], no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred André Simon Kullmann (1875 - 1963), "L'heure exquise", published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Sept mélodies, 2ème série, no. 3, Paris, Grus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marguerite Labori (1864 - 1952), "Sous la Ramée", published 1900 [ high voice and piano ], from 10 Mélodies, 2ème recueil, no. 1, Paris, Éd. L. Grus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugène-Émile Lacroix , "C'est l'heure exquise", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Gounin-Ghidoué [sung text not yet checked]
- by Raoul Laparra (1876 - 1943), "La lune blanche" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jules-Honoré Lasaïgues (1851 - 1935), "C'est l'heure exquise", [1900] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sylvio Lazzari (1857 - 1944), "Apaisement", 1892 [ voice and piano ], from À l'Absente, no. 1, Paris, Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fernand Le Borne (1862 - 1929), "La lune blanche" [ voice and piano ], Paris, Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jan Remmert Le Cosquino de Bussy (1889 - 1974), "La lune blanche" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Madeleine Lemariey (flourished c1900-1915), "L'heure exquise", published 1913 [ voice and piano ], from Six mélodies, no. 6, Paris, Édition Maurice Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michel Maurice Lévy, dit Betove (1883 - 1965), "L'heure exquise", [1906] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Martin Tornov Loeffler (1861 - 1935), "La lune blanche" [ voice, viola, and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Harvey Worthington Loomis (1865 - 1930), "La lune blanche", op. 70 no. 4, published 1902 [ reciter, high voice, piano, and cello ], from Monologues with music, no. 4, Newton Centre (Massachusetts), Wa-Wan Press , also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fernand-Jacques Luga (d. 1934), "L'heure exquise", 1936 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Damien Luy (b. 1980), "La lune blanche" [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Saint-Maurice (Suisse), Éd. Labatiaz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gaja Maffezzoli (b. 1971), "La Lune blanche", 2012, published 2012, first performed 2013 [ counter-tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Marchand-Savières , "Mélodie", published 1956 [ voice and piano ], Paris-Vendôme, in Initiation à la littérature et à la science françaises, p. 227 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Rêvons, c'est l'heure", 1871 [ vocal duet for soprano and tenor ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by René-Jean Matter , "La lune blanche", op. 8966 no. 3 ([1952]) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Augustin Maurage, dit A. Guerama (1875 - 1925), "Heure exquise", [1926] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lucien Mawet (1875 - 1947), "Rêvons", op. 36 no. 1, published 1921 [ voice and piano ], from La bonne chanson, no. 1, Bruxelles, L. Mawet [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philippe Mazé (b. 1954), "La Bonne Chanson", 2004, published 2005 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Cinq Mélodies sur des textes de Paul Verlaine for Soprano or Tenor and piano, no. 1, United Music Publishers Ltd [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erkki Gustaf Melartin (1875 - 1937), "La lune blanche", op. 19 (Drei Lieder = Kolme laulua = Three songs) no. 2, published 1906 [ high voice and piano ], Helsinki, Finland: Fazer [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Armand Merck , "La lune blanche", [1916] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maria Mérina , "La lune blanche", [1905] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by René Mertzig (1911 - 1986), "L'heure exquise" [ bass and orchestra ], from Trois mélodies pour basse et orchestre, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Michoudet , "Heure exquise", [1923] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "La lune blanche", op. 57 no. 7 (1995), published 2001 [ SATT chorus ], from Sieben Chansons zu vier Stimmen nach Texten von Paul Verlaine, no. 7, Goldbach [sung text not yet checked]
- by Miloje Milojević (1884 - 1946), "Heure exquise", published 1921 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Rouart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Léon Moreau (1870 - 1946), "La lune blanche", published 1896 [ voice and piano ], from Deux mélodies, no. 1, Paris, Dupont ; Paris, Eschig [sung text not yet checked]
- by René Mottart , "La lune blanche", [1900] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jules-Ernest Georges Mouquet (1867 - 1946), "L'heure exquise", 1900 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Willem Mulder (1898 - 1959), "La lune blanche", 1936, published 1936 [ voice and piano ], from La bonne chanson, no. 3, Amsterdam, Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franco Michele Napolitano (1887 - 1960), "Nocturne", 1912, published 1913 [ voice and piano ], from Deux poèmes pour chant, no. 2, Paris, LeDuc [sung text not yet checked]
- by Émile Nérini (1882 - 1961), "L'heure exquise", 1902, published 1903 [ voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, no. 19, Paris, Du Wast [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marta Nervi (1894 - 1980), "La lune blanche", published 1924 [ high voice and piano ], Milan, Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin (1862 - 1901), "La lune blanche", op. 28 no. 6, published 1906 [ voice and piano ], from Songs from Vineacre, no. 6, New York, Church, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Frits Noske (b. 1920), "La lune blanche", published 1944 [ voice and piano ], from Trois poèmes de Verlaine, no. 1, Amsterdam, Alsbach [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henryk Opieński (1870 - 1942), "La lune blanche", op. 8 (6 Pieśni) no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernard Panouillot , "La lune blanche", [1952] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maria Teresa Pelegrí i Marimón (1907 - 1996), "L'heure exquise" [ voice and piano ], from Quatre chansons sentimentales, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Achille Philip, dit Paul Camyl's (1878 - 1959), "C'est l'heure exquise", published 1906 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Roudanez [sung text not yet checked]
- by Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli (1882 - 1949), "C'est l'heure exquise", published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Quatre chansons, no. 2, Vienna, Universal Edition [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Pierné (1874 - 1952), "La lune blanche", published 1941 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Société des Éditions Musicales, Paris-Monde [sung text not yet checked]
- by Irena Regina Poldowski (1880 - 1932), "L'heure exquise", published 1913 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Rœder [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Radoux Rogier (1877 - 1952), "Apaisement" [ medium voice and piano ], from Douze Mélodies, no. 9, Bruxelles, Éd. Schott Frères [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Rettich (1892 - 1988), "L'heure exquise", op. 60 no. 2 (1920) [ voice and orchestra or piano trio ], from Paul Verlaine chante. Cinq poésies pour une voix et orchestre, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Rettich (1892 - 1988), "La lune blanche", op. 60a no. 2 [ voice and string trio ], from Paul Verlaine chante. Quatre poésies pour une voix et trio à cordes, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Léon-Ambroise Riffaud, dit Duaffir (1888 - 1937), "La lune blanche", published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Mélodies, no. 2, Paris, Costallat [sung text not yet checked]
- by Clément Robert (1886 - 1941), "L'heure exquise", 1906 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean Robert (1874 - 1943), "Nocturne", 1906, published 1925 [ high voice and piano ], from Huit Mélodies, no. 3, Paris, Aire-sur-l'Adour [sung text not yet checked]
- by Madeleine Roman-Lauvière , "La lune blanche", <<1923 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Maurice Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Amédée Rosier , "Nocturne", published 1903 [ voice and piano or harp ], Paris, Gallet [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean-Lucien Roudière (1875 - 1938), "La lune blanche", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Gallet [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daniel Ruyneman (1886 - 1963), "La lune blanche", 1915 [ voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies, no. 3, Amsterdam, Alsbach [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Ryelandt (1870 - 1965), "Clair de lune", op. 19 (Six mélodies) no. 1 (1897), published 1914 [ voice and piano ], Liège, Éd. Veuve Leopold Muraille [sung text not yet checked]
- by Léo Sachs (1856 - 1930), "L'Heure exquise", 1901, published [1902] [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Durand [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolfo Salazar (1890 - 1958), "L'heure exquise", 1916, published 1920 [ voice and piano ], from Trois chansons de Paul Verlaine, no. 3, London, J. & W. Chester [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger (1837 - 1917), "L'heure exquise", op. 74 no. 6, ISS 8 (1901?), published 1901 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Quinzard [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cecile Paul Simon (1881 - 1970), "L'heure exquise", published 1907 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Hayet [sung text not yet checked]
- by James Martin Simon (1880 - 1944), "La lune blanche", 1935 [ voice and piano ], from Deux Mélodies de Paul Verlaine, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by René Simon , "Parallèle", [1954] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859 - 1922), "La lune blanche", op. 31 (Sept Mélodies pour Chant et Piano) no. 5, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859 - 1922), "Nocturne", op. 32 (Cinq Mélodies pour Chant et Piano) no. 1, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kaikhosru Sorabji (1892 - 1988), "L'heure exquise", op. 2 no. 2, KSS 4 (1916), published 1992, first performed 1999 [ high voice and piano ], Bath, The Sorabji Archive; new edition ; confirmed with Hamelin's 1992 edition [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Roger Guy Steptoe (b. 1953), "La lune blanche", 2009, published 2009, first performed 2010 [ high voice, piano, viola ], from Three Paul Verlaine Songs, no. 1, Vuarmarens (Switzerland), Édition BIM [sung text not yet checked]
- by Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971), "La lune blanche", op. 9 no. 1 (1910), published 1911, orchestrated 1951 [ bass and orchestra ], from Dva stikhotvorenija Verlena, no. 1, Moscow, P. Jurgenson, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Heinrich Samuel "Marcel" Sulzberger (1876 - 1941), "L'heure exquise", published 1910-1 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder nach Texten von Samain und Verlaine, no. 2, Paris, Mathot [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jósef-Zygmunt Szulc (1875 - 1956), "La lune blanche ", op. 83 (Dix mélodies sur des poésies de Verlaine) no. 8, published 1907 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Rouart Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. Tarbouriech , "La lune blanche", published 1930 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Tortelier (1914 - 1990), "La lune blanche", [1944] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maurice Touchard (1879 - 1956), "La lune blanche", 1909, published [1910] [ medium voice and piano ], from 3 Lieder, no. 3, Paris, Éd. G. Ducrotois [sung text not yet checked]
- by Claude Tricot (b. 1926), "La lune blanche" [ soprano and piano ], from Mathilde, 6 poèmes de P. Verlaine. , no. 2, from Mélodies, recueil 1, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Choudens [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cayetano Troiani (1873 - 1942), "La lune blanche", published 1923 [ medium voice and piano ], from Douze Mélodies, no. 12, G. Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lajos Vass (b. 1927), "Nocturne", published 1969 [ eight-part chorus ], Budapest, EMB Editio Musica [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Villatte , "La lune blanche", published 1933 [ voice and piano ], from Livre à chanter pour la jeunesse, no. 81, Paris, Lemoine [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles-Adrien Vincent , "La lune blanche", [1917] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernard Wagenaar (1894 - 1971), "La lune", 1916, published 1919? [ voice and piano ], Amsterdam : De Nieuwe Muziekhandel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacques-Michel Zoubaloff (1876 - 1941), "La lune blanche", 1926, published 1926 [ voice and piano ], from Trois poésies de Paul Verlaine, no. 3, from Mélodies, no. 13, Paris, Léon Grus (TPdPV) ; and Éd. Maurice Senart (M) [sung text not yet checked]
- by José Gonzalo Zulaika Arregui (1886 - 1956), "La lune blanche", 1914 [ high voice and piano ], Lecaroz (Navarra), Édition Archivo Padre Donostia [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lex Zwaap (1919 - 1988), as Lex van Delden, "La lune blanche", op. 5 no. 3 (1940), published 2000, copyright © 1999 [ low voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies, no. 3, Amsterdam, Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Emil Axman.
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- Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Fr. Hrúbin ; composed by Svatopluk Havelka.
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- Also set in English, a translation (J. R. M. ) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin.
- Also set in English, a translation by Gertrude Hall Brownell (1863 - 1961) , "O'er the wood's brow" ; composed by Harvey Worthington Loomis.
- Also set in English, a translation by Ashmore Kyle Paterson Wingate (1881 - 1926?30) , appears in Poems by Verlaine, first published 1904 ; composed by John B. MacEwen, Sir.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920) , "Helle Nacht", appears in Weib und Welt [an adaptation] ; composed by Conrad Ansorge, Maria Bach, as Emilie Maria von Bach, Willy Czernik, Paul Dessau, Grzegorz Fitelberg, Clemens von Franckenstein, Friedrich Karl Grimm, Arthur Grüber, Hans Hermann, Lili Hutterstrasser-Scheidl, as Hans Lio, Artur Immisch, Fritz Kappel, Józef Koffler, Max Kowalski, Rudolf Mengelberg, Franz Mittler, Vítězslav Augustín Rudolf Novák, Max Reger, August Wilhelm Julius Rietz, Paul Scheinpflug, Richard Trunk, Anton von Webern, Erich Zeisl, Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Emil Axman.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Oswald Lutz.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by E. Domazlicka ; composed by Svatopluk Havelka.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Rubin Goldmark.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Serge Bortkiewicz (1877 - 1952) , "Über dem Walde leuchtet der Mond " ; composed by Serge Bortkiewicz.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Josef Ziwutschka ; composed by Vilma von Webenau.
- Also set in Hungarian (Magyar), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Jenő Gaal.
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- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Gino Contilli.
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov (1873 - 1924) , no title ; composed by Reinhold Moritzevich Glière, Ivan Ivanovich Kryzhanovsky, Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Stepan Nikolayevich Mitusov (1878 - 1942) ; composed by Igor Stravinsky.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Anton Mikhailovich Dianov.
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Fyodor Kuzmych Teternikov (1863 - 1927) , "Белая луна" ; composed by Aleksandr Matveyevich Zhitomirsky.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by S. K. Sintsova ; composed by Georgi Lvovitch Catoire.
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- Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by Grigory Porfirovich Kochur (1908 - 1994) , "В промінні білім", copyright © ; composed by Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky.
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Píseň"
- ENG English (Grant A. Lewis) , "The white moon", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Charles Hopkins) , "The Moment of Ecstasy", written 2002, first published 2002, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Charles Hopkins) , written c2005, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kalpea kuu ", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Pierre Mathé) , "Der weiße Mond", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi) , no title
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Λευκή σελήνη", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Árpád Tóth) , "La lune blanche"
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Dezső Kosztolányi) , "Fehér hold"
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "La luna bianca", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , "La hora exquisita", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alberto Bonati) , "La luna blanca", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 50
O'er the wood's brow
Language: English after the French (Français)
O'er the wood's brow, Pale, the moon stares; In every bough Wandering airs Faintly suspire... O heart's desire! Two willow-trees Waver and weep. One in the breeze, One in the deep Glass of the stream... Dream we our dream! An infinite Resignedness Rains where the white Mists opalesce In the moon-shower... Stay, perfect hour!
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Note: in the Loomis setting, the stanzas with five lines are recited, and the stanzas with just one line are sung.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Gertrude Hall Brownell (1863 - 1961), as G. Hall, "O'er the wood's brow" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in La bonne chanson, no. 6, first published 1870
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Harvey Worthington Loomis (1865 - 1930), "In the moonshower", op. 70 no. 4, published 1902 [ voice, piano, and violin ], from Monologues with music, no. 4, Newton Centre (Massachusetts), Wa-Wan Press , also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-08-04
Line count: 18
Word count: 54