by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
Tombeau d'un fleuve
Language: French (Français)
Aglaé, sœur d'Ophélie, Prise sans en avoir l'air Par son mal, par sa folie, Va se jeter dans la mer.
Text Authorship:
- by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), "Tombeau d'un fleuve", appears in Poésies 1917-1920, in Tombeaux, no. 4, first published 1920 [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 Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley, Sir (1903 - 1989), "Tombeau d'un fleuve", 1926 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Tombeaux, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2013-02-10
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Word count: 20