by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)
Le piano que baise une main frêle
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Le piano que baise une main frêle, Luit dans le soir rose et gris vaguement, Tandis qu'avec un très léger bruit d'aile, Un air bien vieux, bien faible et bien charmant, Rôde discret, épeuré quasiment, Par le boudoir longtemps parfumé d'Elle. Qu'est-ce que c'est que ce berceau soudain Qui lentement dorlote mon pauvre être ? Que voudrais-tu de moi, doux Chant badin ? Qu'as-tu voulu, fin refrain incertain Qui vas tantôt mourir vers la fenêtre Ouverte un peu sur le petit jardin ?
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, written 1872, appears in Romances sans paroles, in Ariettes oubliées, no. 5 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Charles Bordes (1863 - 1909), "Sur un vieil air", 1895, published 1902 [ voice and orchestra or piano ], Paris, Mergault [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Serge Bortkiewicz (1877 - 1952), "Le piano que baise une main frêle", op. 23 no. 4, published 1925 [ high voice and piano ], from Sept Poésies de Paul Verlaine = Sieben Gedichte von Paul Verlaine, no. 4, Leipzig, Milan: Éd. Elite No. 205 Edition D. Rahter (4408), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marie-Rose Bresson , "Ariette oubliée", 1921 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Émile-Henri-J.-B. Defosse (1883 - 1956), "Romance sans paroles", published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Mélodies, no. 2, Paris, Rouart Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernard Foccroulle (b. 1953), "Le piano que baise une main frêle" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roger Guyonnet , "Le piano que baise une main frêle", [1948] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rodolphe-Adolphe-Joseph Herrmann (1875 - 1964), "Le piano que baise une main frêle", published 1938 [ voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, no. 12, Paris, Lemoine [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lou Koster (1889 - 1973), "Le piano que baise une main frêle", 1935, published [1955] [ voice and piano ], from 5 Mélodies [later 6 mélodies], no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Pavel Ivanovich Kovalev (1889 - 1951), "Le piano que baise une main frêle", op. 19 no. 2, published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Six chansons sur des poésies de Paul Verlaine, no. 2, Moscow [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dinu Lipatti (1917 - 1950), "Le piano que baise une main frêle", op. 9 no. 4, published 1941 [ voice and piano ], from Cinq Mélodies sur des Poèmes de Paul Verlaine, no. 4, note: published in Romania as Cinci Lieduri pe Versuri de Verlaine, Bucarest, Editura muzicala [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Vincent Lourié (1891 - 1966), "Le piano que baise une main frêle", alternate title: "Le piano qui baise", op. 5 no. 1 (1912), first performed 1914 [ voice and piano ], from Deux poèmes nach Paul Verlaine, no. 1, St. Petersburg, Tabiti, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Arthur Vincent Lourié (1891 - 1966), "Le piano qui baise", 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Verlaine, no. 1, Petrograd / Moscow, Государственное музыкальное издательство (Gosudarstvennoe muzykal’noe izdatel’stvo ) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Guillemette Marrannes (b. 1954), "Le piano que baise une main frêle", 1999 [ high voice and piano ], from Sensation, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frédéric Michel , "Le piano que baise une main frêle", published 1923 [ voice and piano ], from Dix mélodies, no. 9, Paris, Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli (1882 - 1949), "Ariette oubliée", op. 40 no. 2, published 1929 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quattro liriche, no. 2, Milan, Carisch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Ryelandt (1870 - 1965), "Ariette oubliée", op. 88 (5 mélodies) no. 4 (1924) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Ryelandt (1870 - 1965), "Ariette oubliée", 1924 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lazare Saminsky (1882 - 1959), "Ariette oubliée", op. 5 no. 1 (1914), published 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Cycle Verlaine, no. 1, Paris, Sénart ; also set in Russian and German [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Josef Bohuslav Foerster.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Serge Bortkiewicz (1877 - 1952) , "Das Klavier liebkost von dem Händchen" ; composed by Serge Bortkiewicz.
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Viktor Gavrilovich Pergament.
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov (1873 - 1924) ; composed by Arthur Vincent Lourié.
- Also set in Slovak (Slovenčina), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Vladimír Rusó.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2019
- GER German (Deutsch) ( Wolf von Kalckreuth, Graf) , no title
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