For medium or low voice and piano; various works transposed from their original key. Introduction by Edmond Lemaître in French and English. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Guitare = The guitar ; Rêverie = Reverie ; L'attente = Waiting / poème de = poem by Victor Hugo -- Le lever de la lune = The rising of the moon / poème imité = poem imitated from d'Ossian -- Le sommeil des fleurs = The flowers' slumber / poème de = poem by Gustav de Penmarch -- La mort d'Ophélie = The death of Ophelia / poème de = poem by Ernest Legouvé -- Souvenances = Memories / poème de = poem by Ferdinand Lemaire -- Canzonetta Toscana = Little Tuscan song / poème anonyme = anonymous poem -- Le matin = Morning / poème de = poem by Victor Hugo -- Clair de lune = Moonlight / poème de = poem by Catulle Mendès -- À quoi bon entendre les oiseaux des bois? = What's the point of listening to the birds in the woods? ; Chant de ceux qui s'en vont sur mer = Song of those who go out to sea ; La coccinelle = The ladybird / poème de = poem by Victor Hugo -- Maria-Lucrezia / poème de = poem by Ernest Legouvé -- Tristesse / poème de = poem by Ferdinand Lemaire -- Marquise, vous souvenez-vous = Marquise, can you remember / poème de = poem by François Coppée -- Si vous n'avez rien à me dire = If you have nothing to say to me / poème de = poem by Victor Hugo -- Désir de l'orient = Dreams of the East / poème du compositeur = poem by the composer -- Chanson triste = A sad song ; Danse macabre = The dance of death : opus 40 / poème de = poem by Henri Cazalis -- Chanson à boire du vieux temps = An old-fashioned drinking song / poème de = poem by Nicolas Boileua-Despréaux -- Guitares et mandonlines = Guitars and mandolins / poème du compositeur = poem by the composer -- Aimons-nous = Let us love one another ; Le rossignol = The nightingale / poème de = poem by Théodore de Banville -- La sérénité = Serenity / poème de = poem by Marie Barbier -- Peut-être = Could it be / poème de = poem by Jean-Louis Croze -- Si je l'osais = If I dared / poème d'Alfred Tranchant -- Sonnet / poème original de Lord Byron inclus dans Le corsaire, adaptation française attribuée à Camille Saint-Saëns = original poem by Lord Byron included in The corsair, French adaptation attributed to Camille Saint-Saëns -- Thème varié = Theme and variations / poème du compositeur -- Elle / poème de = poem by Charles Lecocq -- Le vents dans la plaine = The wind in the plains / poème de = poem by Paul Verlaine -- Les sapins = The pines / poème de = poem by paul Martin -- Ne l'oubliez pas = Never forget / poème de = poem by Félix Regnault -- S'il est un charmant gazon = If there be a charming green : (première édition) ; S'il est un charmant gazon = If there be a charming green : (manuscrit) / poème de = poem by Victor Hugo.
Summary:
"A collection of 35 songs composed by Saint-Saens throughout his career. Also available in an edition for high voice"--Publisher's description.
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