Les Cloches (Claude Debussy)

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CPDL #17549:   Network.png  
Editor: David Newman (added 2008-07-18).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 200 kbytes       Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Cross posting by Art Song Central - File Sizes: PDF: 200 KB. - Editions in A Minor and C sharp Minor.


General Information

Title: Les Cloches
Composer: Claude Debussy
Lyricist: Paul Bourgetcreate page (1852-1935)


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

Language: French
Instruments: Piano


Published: Music: Claude Achille Debussy (1862-1918), "Les Cloches", Deux Romances, No. 1 - 1891, - Lyrics: Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867)


Description: English translation by Isabella G. Parker, Original key was G flat Major.


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Original text and translations

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Les feuilles s’ouvraient sur le bord des branches,
délicatement.
Les cloches tintaient, légères et franches,
dans le ciel clément.


Rhythmique et fervent comme une antienne,
ce lointain appel
me remémorait la blancheur chrétienne
des fleurs de l’autel.


Ce cloches parlaient d’heureuses années,
et, dans le grand bois,
semblaient reverdir les feuilles fanées,
des jours d’autrefois.


Lyrics: Paul Bourget - (1852-1935)