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Viens ! - une flūte invisible - (2015)
Victor Hugo
for soprano and piano
Viens ! - une flūte invisible
Soupire dans les vergers. -
La chanson la plus paisible
Est la chanson des bergers.
Le vent ride, sous l'yeuse,
Le sombre miroir des eaux. -
La chanson la plus joyeuse
Est la chanson des oiseaux.
Que nul soin ne te tourmente.
Aimons-nous! aimons toujours ! -
La chanson la plus charmante
Est la chanson des amours.3 pages, circa 2' 45"
Victor Hugo
Come! An flute not seen
Murmurs throughout the groves.
A song most peaceful
Is that song of the shepherds.
The wind ripples, beneath holly oak,
The water's shadowed mirror.
The song most joyous
Is the sing-song of birds.
Let nothing torment you.
Let us love! Let us love always !
The song most charming
Is the song of lovers.
paraphrase by the composer
The setting spans the piano range, while the vocal line is only more than an octave. Polytonal colors, arpeggios and blurred gestures in the accompaniment flavor the musical imagery.
The text is from a set, L'āme en fleur, no. 13, published in 1846.
The score is available as a free PDF download, though any major commercial performance or recording of the work is prohibited without prior arrangement with the composer. Click on the graphic below for this piano-vocal score.
