Songs
Chanson d'amour
Op. 27 no.1
Chanson d'amour
J'aime tes yeux, j'aime ton front,Ô ma rebelle, ô ma farouche,J'aime tex yeux, j'aime ta boucheOù mes baisers s'épuiseront.J'aime ta voix, j'aime l'étrangeGrâce de tout ce que tu dis,Ô ma rebelle, ô mon cher ange,Mon enfer et mon paradis!J'aime tout ce qui te fait belle,De tes pieds jusqu'à tes cheveux,Ô toi vers qui montent mes vœux,Ô ma farouche, ô ma rebelle!
Love song
I love your eyes, I love your brow,O my rebel, O my wild one,I love your eyes, I love your mouthWhere my kisses shall dissolve.I love your voice, I love the strangeCharm of all you say,O my rebel, O my dear angel,My inferno and my paradise.I love your eyes, I love your brow,O my rebel, O my wild one,I love your eyes, I love your mouthWhere my kisses shall dissolve.I love all that makes you beautiful From your feet to your hair,O you the object of all my vows,O my wild one, O my rebel.I love your eyes, I love your brow,O my rebel, O my wild one,I love your eyes, I love your mouthWhere my kisses shall dissolve.
Translation © Richard Stokes, from A French Song Companion (Oxford, 2000)
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Composer
"Gabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. Among his best-known works are his Pavane, Requiem, nocturnes for piano and the songs "Après un rêve" and "Clair de lune". Although his best-known and most accessible compositions are generally his earlier ones, Fauré composed many of his most highly regarded works in his later years, in a more harmonically and melodically complex style." (Wikipedia)
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Poet
Paul-Armand Silvestre, French poet and conteur, was born in Paris.
He studied at the École polytechnique with the intention of entering the army, but in 1870 he entered the department of finance. He had a successful official career, was decorated with the Legion of Honour in 1886, and in 1892 was made inspector of fine arts. Armand Silvestre made his entry into literature as a poet, and was reckoned among the Parnassians.
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Chanson d'amour
Love song
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Composer
"Gabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. Among his best-known works are his Pavane, Requiem, nocturnes for piano and the songs "Après un rêve" and "Clair de lune". Although his best-known and most accessible compositions are generally his earlier ones, Fauré composed many of his most highly regarded works in his later years, in a more harmonically and melodically complex style." (Wikipedia)
For more information about the life and work of Gabriel Fauré please see the Wikipedia article here.
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Poet
Paul-Armand Silvestre, French poet and conteur, was born in Paris.
He studied at the École polytechnique with the intention of entering the army, but in 1870 he entered the department of finance. He had a successful official career, was decorated with the Legion of Honour in 1886, and in 1892 was made inspector of fine arts. Armand Silvestre made his entry into literature as a poet, and was reckoned among the Parnassians.
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