La Chevelure (Claude Debussy)
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CPDL #17547:
- 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.
External websites:
- Entry at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page".
- English translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page".
- German translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page".
- Italian translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page".
Original text and translations
French text
- 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"