Messe rouge

Pour la cruelle Eucharistie,
Sous l'éclair des ors aveuglants
Et des cierges aux feux troublants,
Pierrot sort de la sacristie.

Sa main, de la Grâce investie,
Déchire ses ornements blancs,
Pour la cruelle Eucharistie,
Sous l'éclair des ors aveuglants,

Et d'un grand geste d'amnistie
Il montre aux fidèles tremblants
Son coeur entre ses doigts sanglants,
-- Comme une horrible et rouge hostie
Pour la cruelle Eucharistie.

by Albert Giraud (1860-1929) , "Messe rouge"

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

[ None yet in the database ]

by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874-1951) , "Rote Messe", op. 21 no. 11 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 11.

Date added to the website: 2003-11-16.

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Rote Messe

Zu grausem Abendmahle,
Beim Blendeglanz des Goldes,
Beim Flackerschein der Kerzen,
Naht dem Altar - Pierrot!

Die Hand, die gottgeweihte,
Zerreißt die Priesterkleider
Zu grausem Abendmahle,
Beim Blendeglanz des Goldes

Mit segnender [Geberde]1
Zeigt er den bangen Seelen
Die triefend rote Hostie:
Sein Herz - in blutgen Fingern -
Zu grausem Abendmahle!

by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864-1905)

a text in French by Albert Giraud (1860-1929) , "Messe rouge"

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

by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874-1951) , "Rote Messe", op. 21 no. 11 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 11.

NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt)
ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt)
ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani)

Date added to the website: 2003-11-16.