Voyelles de Rimbaud (David Solomons)

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CPDL #11705:

Editor: David Solomons (submitted 2006-05-17). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 163 kbytes Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: May be freely performed, but as a matter of courtesy, the composer would like to be informed of public performances

General Information

Title: Voyelles de Rimbaud
Composer: David Solomons

Number of voices: 7vv Voicing: AAATBarBB
Genre: Secular, Chansons

Language: French
Instruments: 2 solo altos and chorus of men's voices
Published: 2006

Description: Setting of the poem "Voyelles" by Arthur Rimbaud.

External websites: The first performance (by the composer) can be heard here:

http://www.toptempo.com/song/song_0000353.html
or here (as slideshow video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCWS-Qho9ec

Original text and translations

French text
A noir, E blanc, I rouge, U vert, O bleu: voyelles,
Je dirai quelque jour vos naissances latentes:
A, noir corset velu des mouches éclatantes
Qui bombinent autour des puanteurs cruelles,
Golfes d`ombre; E, candeurs des vapeurs et des tentes,
Lances des glaciers, rois blancs, frissons d`ombelles;
I, pourpres, sang craché, rire des lèvres belles
Dans la colère ou les ivresses pénitentes;
U, cycles, vibrements divins des mers virides,
Paix des pâtis semés d`animaux,
paix des rides Que l`alchimie imprime aux grands fronts studieux;
O, suprême clairon plein des strideurs étranges,
Silences traversés des Mondes et des Anges:
- O, l`Oméga, rayon violet de Ses Yeux!