by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938)
Le laurier blessé
Language: French (Français)
CHŒUR SYRIACUS Ah ! Ah ! hélas... hélas... Pleurez, ô femmes de Syrie, Criez : « Hélas ! ma Seigneurie !» Toutes les fleurs se sont flétries, Criez, pleurez... Eros ! Pleurez ! Il descend vers les noires portes. Pleurez ! Tout ce qui est beau, l’Hadès morne L’emporte. Renversez les torches, Eros, pleurez !
Authorship:
- by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938), written 1911 [author's text not yet checked 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 Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Le laurier blessé", L. 130 (124) no. 4 (1910-11), from the [a play]
incidental music Le Martyre de saint Sébastien, no. 4. [
text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2014-11-29
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