L’Heure Exquise (Reynaldo Hahn)
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- Contributor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-22). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 181 kbytes Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Edition in B Major. Lyrics in French and English. English version by George Cooper.
General Information
Title: L’Heure Exquise
Composer: Reynaldo Hahn
Lyricist: Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Soprano Solo
Genre: Secular, Art song
Language: French
Instruments: Piano
Published: circa 1917
Description: from Chansons grises, No. 5.
External websites:
- Entry at "Art Song Central" for this song
- Entry at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
- English translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
- Spanish translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
- 2nd Spanish translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
Original text and translations
French text
- La lune blanche
- luit dans les bois.
- De chaque branche
- part une voix
- sous la ramée.
- O bien aimée.
- L’étang reflète,
- profond miroir,
- la silhouette
- du saule noir
- où le vent pleure.
- Rêvons, c’est l’heure.
- Un vaste et tendre
- apaisement
- semble descendre
- du firmament
- que l’astre irise.
- C’est l’heure exquise!
