by Jules Laforgue (1860 - 1887)
Petite chapelle
Language: French (Français)
Peuple du Christ, j'expose en un ostensoir lourd Ce coeur meurtri d'amour qu'un sang unique arrose Ardente apothéose, mille cierges autour Palpitent nuit et jour dans une brume rose, Ainsi que nuit et jour se lamentent vers lui, Comme vers leur idole les coeurs crevés venus Pour ces maux inconnus dont rien, rien ne console.
Text Authorship:
- by Jules Laforgue (1860 - 1887), "Petite chapelle", appears in Poésies, in Le sanglot de la terre, no. 20 [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 Albert Febvre-Longeray (1886 - 1942), "Petite Chapelle", 1924 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois Poèmes de Jules Laforgue, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955), "Petite chapelle", H. 7 no. 2 (1916), published 1921 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quatre poèmes, no. 2, J & W Chester [sung text checked 1 time]
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