Description
A setting of the poem by Paul Verlaine.
Ange Flégier (1846–1925) was born in Marseilles and also died there. He
studied composition with Ambroise Thomas at the Conservatoire in Paris and then became a well-known composer with more than 350 works in his catalogue. Most of his works are concert songs and chamber music pieces. He also worked as a music critic and, later in life, as a painter.
La lune blanche
Luit dans les bois ;
De chaque branche
Part une voix
Sous la ramée ...
Ô bien-aimée.
L'étang reflète,
Profond miroir,
La silhouette
Du saule noir
Où le vent pleure ...
Rêvons, c'est l'heure.
Un vaste et tendre
Apaisement
Semble descendre
Du firmament
Que l'astre irise ..
.
C'est l'heure exquise.