Le serpent (Apollinaire, set by L. Durey, F. Poulenc) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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Le serpent

Language: French


Tu t'acharnes sur la beauté. 
Et quelles femmes ont été 
Victimes de ta cruauté! 
Eve, Eurydice, Cléopâtre ; 
J'en connais encor trois ou quatre.

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Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) [pseudonym]

Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée

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

Louis Durey (1888-1979)

Le Bestiaire

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Deux Mélodies inédites du Bestiaire

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Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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