Si vous voulez savoir le nom de celle que j'ai le plus aimée, cherchez à vous rappeler le nom de celle qui m'a fait le plus souffrir. Si votre mémoire vous trahit ou si vous n'avez pas connu cette femme, disposez vos lèvres comme pour donner un baiser : son nom se prononce ainsi.
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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, Le jardin des caresses, L'édition d'Art H. Piazza, p.136
Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Son nom", appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 140, Paris, Éd. Piazza [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Arabic (العربية) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Irène Fuerison (1875 - 1931), "Son nom?", op. 93 no. 3 (1926), published 2020 [ voice and piano ], from Le jardin des caresses, no. 3, Höflich, München [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maurice Perez , "Son nom", published 1925 [ high voice and piano ], from Dix Mélodies Arabes, no. 1, Éd. Rouart-Lerolle (Salabert) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustave Samazeuilh (1877 - 1967), "Son nom", 1933, published 1933, first performed 1934 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Le cercle des heures, no. 2, Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]
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