Villanelle rythmique

Quand viendra la saison nouvelle,
Quand auront disparu les froids,
Tous les deux, nous irons, ma belle,
Pour cueillir le muguet aux bois;
Sous nos pieds égrénant les perles
Que l'on voit, au matin trembler,
Nous irons écouter les merles 
     Siffler.

Le printemps est venu, ma belle;
C'est le mois des amants béni;
Et l'oiseau, satinant son aile,
Dit [des]1 vers au rebord du nid.
Oh ! viens donc sur [le]2 banc de mousse
Pour parler de nos beaux amours,
Et dis-moi de ta voix si douce: 
    «Toujours !»

Loin, bien loin égarant nos courses,
Faisons fuir le lapin caché,
Et le daim au miroir des sources
Admirant son grand bois penché ;
Puis chez nous tout [joyeux]3, tout aises,
En paniers, enlaçant nos doigts,
Revenons rapportant des fraises
    Des bois.

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¹ Berlioz: "ses"
² Berlioz, Lavigne: "ce"
³ Berlioz, Lavigne: "heureux"

Authorship

by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811-1872) , "Villanelle rythmique", from La Comédie de la Mort, published 1838

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

by Joseph Archainbaud (1866-1941) , "Villanelle", published 1894 [high voice and piano], Paris, L. Bathlot-Joubert
by Casimir Baille , "Villanelle", 1911. [high voice and piano]
by J. Baudot , "Villanelle"
by Ludwig Benedictus , "Villanelle", published 1889 [high voice and piano], Paris, G. Hartmann
by Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) , "Villanelle", op. 7 no. 1 (1840) [voice and piano or orchestra], from Les Nuits d'Été, no. 1, also set in German
by Julie Bernard , "Villanelle", op. 25, published 1869 [soprano or tenor and piano], Paris, Choudens
by Honoré Bizalion , "Villanelle", published 1874 [high voice and piano], Lyon, Adrien Rey
by Xavier Boisselot (1811-1893) , "Villanella", 1837, published 1837 [medium voice and piano], Paris, Maurice Schlesinger
by Charles Bovy-Lysberg (1821-1873) , "Chanson de mai", subtitle: "Villanelle", published 1850-6 [voice and piano], Paris, J. Meissonnier Fils
by Georges Brun (-1961) , "Villanelle", published 1904 [high voice and piano], Paris, A. Leduc
by J.-F. Édouard van Buggenhout (1818-1877) , "Villanelle", published 1865 [high voice and piano], Paris, Schott
by Allyre Bureau (1810-1859) , "La saison nouvelle - Villanelle", published 1852 [voice and English horn or cello], from Trois mélodies, no. 2, Paris, Alex. Brullé
by Marc Burty (-1903) , "Quand viendra la saison nouvelle - Villanelle", published 1874 [voice and piano], Lyon, Adrien Rey
by Anatol Canivet , "La saison nouvelle - Villanelle", 1867, published 1870. [high voice and piano]
by Georges Charton (18??-1929) , "Villanelle rythmique", published 1896 [voice and piano], Paris, Ed. Léon Grus
by Auguste Cœdès (1835-1884) , "Villanelle rythmique", op. 12, published 1897 [voice and piano], Paris, Gambogi
by Georges Costa , "Villanelle", published 1882 [high voice and piano], Paris, Enoch
by Jules Laurent Anacharsis Duprato (1827-1892) , "Villanelle", published 1878 [high voice and piano], Paris, Au Ménestrel, Heugel
by Émile Durand (1830-1903) , "La saison nouvelle - Villanelle", published 1879 [high voice and piano], from Trois mélodies, no. 2, Paris, Théodore Michaelis
by Lucien Durand , "Villanelle rythmique", published 1886 [voice and piano], Paris, Colombier
by Georges Fragerolle (1855-1920) , "Saison nouvelle" [voice and piano], Paris, J.-B. katto
by Edouard Garnier (1840-1903) , "Villanelle rythmique", published 1854 [vocal duet with piano], from Larmes et Sourires - 24 Morceaux de chant, no. 20, Paris, J. Benacci-Peschier
by Eugène Gautier (1822-1878) , "Villanelle", published 1869. [voice and piano]
by André Gédalge (1856-1926) , "Villanelle", 1878, unpublished
by Louis Gouin , "Villanelle" [voice and piano], Paris, Brandus
by Fernand-Gustave Halphen (1872-1917) , "Villanelle rythmique", 1902, published 1906 [high voice and piano], from Dix mélodies, no. 2, Éd. Société Musicale G. Astruc
by Guy de Kervéguen, Vicomte (1857-1896) , "Villanelle", published 1879 [vocal duet for soprano and tenor with piano?], from Trois duos, no. 1, Paris, J. Hamelle
by Eugène Lacheurié (1831-19??) , "Villanelle", published 1897, stanzas 1-2 [vocal duet for 2 sopranos and piano], in the supplement to Annales politiques et littéraires
by Louis (Brouillon) Lacombe (1818-1884) , "Villanelle", published 1863 [voice and piano], Paris, Ed. F. Bachmann, also set in German
by Ernest Lavigne (1851-1909) , "Villanelle" [medium voice and piano]
by Charles Lefebvre (1843-1917) , "Villanelle", published 1872 [voice and piano], from Six poésies mises en musique, no. 1, Paris, Renaud
by Michaël Levinas (1949-) , "Villanelle rythmique", published 1984 [soprano or tenor and small orchestra], from Nuits d'été daraus, no. 1, a re-orchestration of the melody by Berlioz ; Paris, München : Salabert
by Adrien Lévy , "Villanelle" [voice and piano], Paris, J. & H. Pitault
by Victor Loret (1859-1946) , "Villanelle", op. 102 (1885), published 1886 [voice and piano], Paris, Colombier
by Émile Louis (-1890) , "Villanelle", published 1878. [voice and piano]
by Carlo Luigi , "Villanelle" [high voice and piano]
by Édouard Moullé (1845-1923) , "Villanelle", c1900. [voice and piano]
by Paul Paray (1886-1979) , "Villanelle", 1912 by Ernest Dupré. [medium voice and piano], orchestrated 1944.
by Édouard Pascal , "Villanelle", published 1845 [high voice and piano], Paris, Pacini ; four settings
by Charles Poisot (1822-1904) , "Villanelle rythmique"
by Jean Theodore Radoux (1835-1911) , "Villanelle rythmique", published 1874, stanzas 1-3 [voice and piano], Paris, L. Gregh
by Ferdinand Raynal , "Tous les deux", subtitle: "Villanelle rythmique", published 1880 [voice and piano], Bordeaux, Emile Marchand
by Henri Reber (1807-1880) , "Villanelle", published 1880 [high voice and piano], from Vingt mélodies pour chant et piano - 2^ième receuil, no. 1, Paris, Richault
by J. de Rin , "Villanelle rythmique"
by Émile Selmer , "Villanelle", op. 8, published 1914 [voice and piano], Paris, self-published
by Gabriel Sizes (1872-1946) , "Villanelle", published 1890 [voice and piano], Toulouse, Martin & Cie.
by Étienne Soubre (1813-1871) , "Villanelle rythmique" [soprano and piano], from Quatre mélodies, no. 2, Bruxelles, Schott
by R. Toinet , "Villanelle"
by Edoardo Vera (1821-1889) , "Quand viendra la saison nouvelle - Villanelle" [high voice and piano], Leander & Cock
by Edoardo Vera (1821-1889) , "Quand viendra la saison nouvelle - Villanelle", published 1856 [vocal duet for soprano and contralto with piano], from Rose e spine, no. 8, Milano, Giovanni Canti; London
by Paul Viardot (1857-1941) , "Villanelle", published 1887 [high voice and piano], from Six mélodies, poésies de T. Gautier, M. Carré, Sully Prudhomme et M. Bouchor, no. 6, Paris, Henri Heugel
by Paul Vidal (1863-1931) , "Villanelle", published 1898 [medium voice and piano], from Dix mélodies, no. 1, Paris, A. Leduc
by Anselm Vinée (1847-1921) , "Villanelle" [vocal duet for 2 sopranos with piano]
by Jean-Baptiste Théodore Weckerlin (1821-1910) , "Saison nouvelle", published 1877 [voice and piano], Paris, Heugel
by Jacques-Michel Zoubaloff (1876-1941) , "Villanelle rythmique", copyright © 1925 [soprano and piano], from Quatre poésies de Théophile Gautier, no. 2, Paris, L. Grus

by Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) , "Ländliches Lied", op. 7 no. 1, published 1894 [voice and orchestra], from Die Sommernächte. Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Orchester, no. 1, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann, also set in French

by Louis (Brouillon) Lacombe (1818-1884) , "Villanelle", published 1863 [voice and piano], Paris, Ed. F. Bachmann, also set in French

ENG English [singable] (Samuel Byrne) , "Villanelle"
GER German (Nele Gramss) , "Villanelle", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Contadinella", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Villanelle", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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