Plaintive tourterelle - O turtle-dove so mournful

by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872)

Translation by Henry Grafton Chapman (1860 - 1913)

Plaintive tourterelle ‑ O turtle‑dove so mournful

Language: English after the French (Français)

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Authorship:

by Henry Grafton Chapman (1860 - 1913)

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), "Plaintive tourterelle", written 1840, appears in Émaux et Camées, first published 1840

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Ernest Britt (1857 - 1950+), "Plaintive tourterelle - O turtle-dove so mournful", published 1911 [soprano and piano], from Two Songs for a high voice with harp (or piano) accompaniment and violoncello obbligato, poems by Th. Gautier, no. 2, New York, G. Schirmer

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov.

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