Songs
Nuit d'Etoiles
(1880)
L4
Nuit d'Etoiles
Nuit d’étoiles,Sous tes voiles, Sous ta brise et tes parfums, Triste lyreQui soupire,Je rêve aux amours défunts.La sereine mélancolieVient éclore au fond de mon cœur,Et j’entends l’âme de ma mie Tressaillir dans le bois rêveur.Nuit d’étoiles …Je revois à notre fontaine Tes regards bleus comme les cieux;Cette rose, c’est ton haleine, Et ces étoiles sont tes yeux.Nuit d’étoiles …
Night of stars
Night of stars,Beneath your veils,beneath yoru breeze and fragrance,Sad lyreThat sighs,I dream of bygone loves.Serene melancholy Now blooms deep in my heart,And I hear the soul of my loveQuiver in the dreaming woods. Night of stars...Once more at our fountain I seeYour eyes as blue as the sky;This rose is your breathAnd these stars are your eyes.Night of stars...
Translation © Richard Stokes, from A French Song Companion (Oxford, 2000)
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Composer
(Achille) Claude Debussy was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Previously performed at:
- 14 Oct 2019: 19. Magical Mysteries: Katharina Ruckgaber, Ashley Riches & Sholto Kynoch
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- 13 Oct 2018: Debussy: A Life in Song
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- 08 May 2018: Bethan Langford, Ashley Riches & Sholto Kynoch
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Nuit d'Etoiles
Nuit d’étoiles,
Sous tes voiles,
Sous ta brise et tes parfums,
Triste lyre
Qui soupire,
Je rêve aux amours défunts.
La sereine mélancolie
Vient éclore au fond de mon cœur,
Et j’entends l’âme de ma mie
Tressaillir dans le bois rêveur.
Nuit d’étoiles …
Je revois à notre fontaine
Tes regards bleus comme les cieux;
Cette rose, c’est ton haleine,
Et ces étoiles sont tes yeux.
Nuit d’étoiles …
Night of stars
Night of stars,
Beneath your veils,
beneath yoru breeze and fragrance,
Sad lyre
That sighs,
I dream of bygone loves.
Serene melancholy
Now blooms deep in my heart,
And I hear the soul of my love
Quiver in the dreaming woods.
Night of stars...
Once more at our fountain I see
Your eyes as blue as the sky;
This rose is your breath
And these stars are your eyes.
Night of stars...
If you would like to use our texts and translations, please click here for more information.
Composer
(Achille) Claude Debussy was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Please click here for the full Wikipedia article.
See Full Entry
Sorry, no further description available.
Previously performed at:
- 14 Oct 2019: 19. Magical Mysteries: Katharina Ruckgaber, Ashley Riches & Sholto Kynoch
- 13 Oct 2018: Debussy: A Life in Song
- 08 May 2018: Bethan Langford, Ashley Riches & Sholto Kynoch
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