La Chevelure (Claude Debussy)

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Editor: David Newman (added 2008-07-18).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 200 kbytes       Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Cross posting by Art Song Central - File Sizes: PDF: 200 KB.


General Information

Title: La Chevelure
Composer: Claude Debussy
Lyricist: Pierre Louÿscreate page (1870-1925)


Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Soprano Solo
Genre: Secular, Art song

Language: French
Instruments: Piano


Published: Music: Claude Achille Debussy (1862-1918) , "La chevelure", from Chansons de Bilitis, No. 2. (1898) - Lyrics: by Pierre Louys (1870-1925)


Description: English translation by Charles Fonteyn Manney, Original key was E flat Major.


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Original text and translations

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L’ombre des arbres dans la rivière embrumée
Meurt comme de la fumée,
Tandis qu’en l’air, parmi les ramures réelles,
Se plaignent les tourterelles.


Combien ô voyageur, ce paysage blême
Te mira blême toi-même,
Et que tristes pleuraient dans les hautes feuillées,
Tes espérances noyées.



Lyrics: Paul Verlaine (1844-1896), "L’ombre des arbres"