 | Mariano Speranza, "Si mes vers avaient des ailes." Lorenzo Arruga ospita Mariano Speranza. Aria di Reinhaldo Hahn, versi di Victor Hugo. |
 | Bidú Sayão sings Hahn: "Si mes vers avaient des ailes" Music by Reynaldo Hahn, lyrics by Victor Hugo Mes vers fuiraient, doux et frêles, Vers votre jardin si beau, Si mes vers avaient des ailes, Comme l'oiseau. Ils voleraient, étincelles, Vers votre foyer qui rit, Si mes vers avaient des ailes, Comme l'esprit. Près de vous, purs et fidèles, Ils accourraient, nuit et jour, Si mes vers avaient des ailes, Comme l'amour! My verses would flee, sweet and frail, To your garden so fair, If my verses had wings, Like a bird. They would fly, like sparks, To your smiling hearth, If my verses had wings, Like the mind. Pure and faithful, to your side They'd hasten night and day, If my verses had wings, Like love! Translation from French to English copyright © by Richard Stokes Composer: Reynaldo Hahn Lyricist: Victor Hugo (1802-1885) Published: Music: 1920 - Lyrics: 1856, from "Les contemplations" Dedicated to Maria Hahn. |
 | Si mes vers avaient des ailes ♪ Hahn - Donalda (1907) Si mes vers avaient des ailes! (Victor Hugo), for voice & piano (from "Melodies, Book I")Hahn. Vedette d'interprète: Pauline Donalda, 1882-1970 The Gramophone and Typewriter Ltd., and sister companies., [S.I.] Registré: [1907], London, England, Gramophone Company. disque son. : 78 r/min,monophonique ; 10 po ___________________________________________ If my songs had wings! My songs would float, soft and frail, To your beautiful garden If my songs had wings like a bird! They would fly, sparkling, To your laughing hearth If my songs had wings like the spirit. Near to you, pure and faithful, They would rush, night and day, If my songs had wings like love! _____________________________________ REYNALDO HAHN is often considered an archetypal French composer, a product of effective French music education coupled with the cosmopolitan atmosphere of Paris. The fact that Hahn was not actually French (he was born in Caracas, Venezuela) has never deterred this notion, even among the nationalistic French -- since he made Paris his home for nearly his entire life. Today, as he was during his life, he is best known for his vocal works, ranging from serious opera and operetta to solo songs. His affinity for both the stage and the human voice eventually led to his appointment in 1945 as director of the Paris Opéra. Hahn's parents were of German and Venezuelan extraction; when he was three years old the family relocated to Paris, where Hahn entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1886. He studied harmony with Théodore DUBOIS, piano with DECOMBES and composition with Jules MASSENET. Massenet's influence is clear in one of Hahn's earliest, and most famous, songs, Si mes vers avaient des ailes (If my verses had wings); written when the composer was only 13, it is a charming setting of verses by Victor Hugo. The combined forces of Massenet's advocacy on his behalf (enough to have his cycle of songs on the poetry of Paul VERLAINE, Chansons grises, published in 1893) and Hahn's own fine singing voice (enabling him to accompany himself in salons and concert halls) helped to establish his reputation in the city. Early in his career, Hahn made the acquaintance of Sarah BERNHARDT and Marcel PROUST; Proust, especially, would instill in Hahn a deep appreciation and understanding of poetry, which had a profound effect on Hahn's approach to vocal composition. Hahn once wrote, "The genuine beauty of singing consists in a perfect unison, an amalgam, a mysterious alloy of the singing and the speaking voice, or to put it better, the melody and the spoken word." Hahn found himself seduced by the poetry of VICTOR HUGO, Théophile GAUTIER, and Paul VERLAINE; he put his efforts toward creating musical phrasing and rhythmic gestures that would allow the words to speak for themselves. Hahn believed that " Only form can give a piece a chance of lasting...." This perhaps explains his predilection for the older, repetitive formal structures evident in some of his songs, such as "L'automne" (Autumn), "Le printemps" (Spring), and "Quand je fus pris au pavillion" (When I was Lured to her Pavilion). Hahn's first stage composition was incidental music for Daudet's L'obstacle in 1890; his first opera to reach the stage was the three-act L'île du rêve, performed in Paris at the Opéra-Comique in 1898; a more successful serious opera appeared in 1935 (Le marchand de Venise, in three acts, with a libretto by Zamacoïs, after Shakespeare). Notably, with LE MARCHAND DE VENISE, Hahn deliberately returned to the "old-fashioned" division between musical numbers and recitatives and returned the orchestra to a purely accompanimental role. Hahn's most important ballet, LE DIEU BLUE, was composed in 1912 for DIAGHILEV's company (to a scenario by Cocteau and Madrazo). By far, Hahn's most successful theater piece is his operetta CIBOULETTE; it premiered to instant acclaim in Paris in 1923, and has received innumerable performances since. As a conductor and impresario at the Paris Opéra, Hahn favored the operas of Mozart; he found the earlier composer so fascinating, in fact, that he composed a musical comedy on his life (MOZART, 1925), in which he included pastiches of Mozart's own music. |
 | R. HAHN.Si me vers avaient des ailes. Susan Graham http://xavisuescun.blogspot.com/ Canción de Reynaldo Hahn con texto de Victor Hugo. Mes vers fuiraient, doux et frêles, Vers votre jardin si beau, Si mes vers avaient des ailes, Des ailes comme l'oiseau. Ils voleraient, étincelles, Vers votre foyer qui rit, Si mes vers avaient des ailes, Des ailes comme l'esprit. Près de vous, purs et fidèles, Ils accourraient, nuit et jour, Si mes vers avaient des ailes, Des ailes comme l'amour! Mis versos huirían dulces y frágiles, Sobre tu hermoso jardín, Si mis versos tuvieran alas, Alas como el pájaro. Volarían, fulgurantes, Hacia tu alma que ríe, Si mis versos tuvieran alas, Alas como el espíritu. Cerca de ti, puros y fieles, Acudirían, noche y día, Si mis versos tuvieran alas, ¡Alas como el amor! |
 | Hugo Largo - Fancy (4, live 1988) From "Intruders in the Palace", broadcast August 1988. |
 | Hugo Largo - Turtle Song (2, live 1988) From "Intruders in the Palace", broadcast August 1988 |
 | Hugo Largo - Scream Tall (1, live 1988) Taken from "Intruders in the Palace" broadcast on BBC2, August 1988 |
 | Hugo Largo - Eureka (3, live 1988) From "Intruders at the Palace", broadcast August 1988 |
 | Nadie me dira como quererte Martin Hahn Nº1 La aparacion de muchos actores actrices de la gran obra IFIGENIA de la maestra Teresa de la Parra por el GRAN ESCRITOR MARTIN HAHN: Dora Mazzone Marianela Gonzalez Hugo Vazquez Guyillermo Davila Hilda A. Falta="Kiara"para completar las divas de Martin H.Juan Carlos Alarcon Hector Peña Yelena Maciel si son estos algunos de los personajes de nadie me dira como quererte VIVA LA PRODUCCION NACIONAL DIOS BENDIGA A TODO EL ELENCO Y A RCTV......... |
 | Nadie me dira como quererte Martin Hahn De la pluma de Martin H. inspirada en la obra literaria IFIGENIA de Teresa de la Parra llega una superproduccion Marianela Hugo Javier Dora Hector sera Hector nuestro apreciado animador de Aji Picante el que tiene una raqueta y golpea algo, dejenme decirle si es Hector Peña ya comenzo a ganar puntos porque mientras yo como televidente bailaba la cancion de Mariana Vega imite a ese actor haciendo ese movimiento fue lo primero que me gusto de esta propaganda MUCHOS ABRAZOS A TODO EL ELENCO NACIONAL ¡FELICITACIONES! Y QUE VIVAN LAS PRODUCCIONES NACIONALES QUE GRAN PROPAGANDA ME GUSTO MUCHO |
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