La lune blanche

La lune blanche 
luit dans les bois.
De chaque branche 
part une voix 
sous la ramée.
O bien aimé[e]....

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!

by Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) , no title, from La bonne chanson, no. 6, published 1870

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by J. R. Blanc , "La lune blanche"
by Willem Frederik Bon (1940-1983) , "La lune blanche", op. 10 no. 2 (1967), from Trois poèmes de Verlaine, no. 2.
by M. Capilonch , "La lune blanche", op. 10 no. 5.
by Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855-1899) , "Apaisement", op. 13 no. 1.
by Vincenzo Davico (1889-1969) , "L'heure exquise", published 1924.
by Frederick Delius (1862-1934) , "La lune blanche", 1895, from Songs to poems by Paul Verlaine, no. 3.
by Alphons Diepenbrock (1862-1921) , "La lune blanche", unfinished
by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) , "La lune blanche", op. 61 no. 3, from La bonne chanson, no. 3.
by Ange Flégier (1846-1927) , "Apaisement"
by Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947) , "L'heure exquise", from Chansons grises, no. 5.
by Allen van Höveln , "La lune blanche", op. 46.
by Chenard Huche , "La lune blanche"
by Hans Jelmoli (1877-1936) , "La lune blanche" [soprano and piano], from La bonne chanson, no. 1.
by Werner (Erich) Josten (1885-1963) , "La lune blanche"
by Jan Maarten Komter , "La lune blanche", 1945.
by (Joseph) Sylvio Lazzari (1857-1944) , "Apaisement", 1982, from À l'Absente, no. 1.
by Charles Martin Tornov Loeffler (1861-1935) , "La lune blanche" [voice, viola, and piano]
by Jules Massenet (1842-1912) , "Rêvons, c'est l'heure", 1871.
by Ernest Willem Mulder , "La lune blanche", 1936, from La bonne chanson, no. 3.
by Ethelbert Nevin (1862-1901) , "La lune blanche", op. 28 no. 6, published 1906, from Songs from Vineacre, no. 6, also set in English
by Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli (1882-1949) , "La lune blanche"
by Irena Regina Poldowski, née Wieniawski (1880-1932) , "L'heure exquise", published 1913.
by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger (1837-1917) , "La lune blanche"
by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859-1922) , "La lune blanche", op. 31 no. 5.
by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859-1922) , "La lune blanche", op. 32 no. 1.
by Kaikhosru Sorabji, born Leon Dudley Sorabji (1892-1988) , "L'heure exquise", op. 2 no. 2 (1916).
by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) , "La lune blanche", op. 9 no. 1 (1910), orchestrated 1951, from Dva stikhotvorenija Verlena, no. 1, also set in Russian
by Jósef Szulc (1875-1956) , "La lune blanche", op. 83 (Dix mélodies sur des poésies de Verlaine) no. 8.

by Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (1875-1956) , "Iz Polja Verlena", op. 58 (Lieder) no. 1 (1912).

by Ethelbert Nevin (1862-1901) , "The silver moon", op. 28 no. 6, published 1906, from Songs from Vineacre, no. 6, also set in French

by Conrad (Eduard Reinhold) Ansorge (1862-1930) , "Helle Nacht", op. 10 no. 1, published 1895-6.
by Clemens Erwein Heinrich Karl Bonaventura Freiherr von und zu Franckenstein (1875-1942) , "Helle Nacht", op. 34 no. 1, published 1913.
by Friedrich Karl Grimm (1902-) , "Helle Nacht", op. 67 no. 5, published 1956 [voice and piano], from Lieder der Empfindsamkeit, no. 5.
by Hans Hermann (1870-1931) , "Helle Nacht", op. 11 (Fünf Lieder und Gesänge) no. 1. [voice and piano]
by Vitězslav Augustín Rudolf Novák (1870-1949) , "Helle Nacht", op. 39 no. 5 [voice and orchestra], from Acht Notturnos, no. 5.
by Max Reger (1873-1916) , "Helle Nacht", op. 37 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 1 (1899).
by Anton von Webern (1883-1945) , "Helle Nacht", 1906-8, from Fünf Lieder, no. 5.

by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) , "Gde v lunnom svete", op. 9 no. 1 (1910), orchestrated 1951, from Dva stikhotvorenija Verlena, no. 1, also set in French

ENG English (Grant A. Lewis)
SPA Spanish (Elisa Rapado)
SPA Spanish (Alberto Bonati)
ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

Gentle Reminder

This project is not funded. If you found the information here useful, please consider making a donation. Your gift is greatly appreciated!      - Emily I also have a wishlist at Amazon.ca.

Helle Nacht

Weich küßt die Zweige
der weiße Mond.
Ein Flüstern wohnt
im Laub, als neige,
als schweige sich der Hain zur Ruh:
Geliebte du -

Der Weiher [ruht]1, und
die Weide schimmert.
Ihr Schatten flimmert
in seiner Flut, und
der Wind weint in den Bäumen:
wir träumen - [träumen]2 -

Die [Weiten]3 leuchten
Beruhigung.
Die Niederung
hebt bleich den feuchten
Schleier hin zum Himmelssaum:
o hin - o Traum - -

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863-1920) , "Helle Nacht", from Weib und Welt

a text in French by Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) , no title, from La bonne chanson, no. 6, published 1870 RUS ENG ITA SPA

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Conrad (Eduard Reinhold) Ansorge (1862-1930) , "Helle Nacht", op. 10 no. 1, published 1895-6.
by Clemens Erwein Heinrich Karl Bonaventura Freiherr von und zu Franckenstein (1875-1942) , "Helle Nacht", op. 34 no. 1, published 1913.
by Friedrich Karl Grimm (1902-) , "Helle Nacht", op. 67 no. 5, published 1956 [voice and piano], from Lieder der Empfindsamkeit, no. 5.
by Hans Hermann (1870-1931) , "Helle Nacht", op. 11 (Fünf Lieder und Gesänge) no. 1. [voice and piano]
by Vitězslav Augustín Rudolf Novák (1870-1949) , "Helle Nacht", op. 39 no. 5 [voice and orchestra], from Acht Notturnos, no. 5.
by Max Reger (1873-1916) , "Helle Nacht", op. 37 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 1 (1899).
by Anton von Webern (1883-1945) , "Helle Nacht", 1906-8, from Fünf Lieder, no. 5.

ENG English [singable] (Friedrich Karl Grimm)

Date added to the website: 2003-11-09.