Le Ciel Est Par-Dessus Le Toit (A. Jacques / Verlaine)

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Le Ciel Est Par-Dessus Le Toit (A. Jacques / Verlaine)

The sky over the roof

Composer	Alain Jacques
Year of composition	2002
Lyricist	Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)
Publisher	The Gentle Way
Difficulty	Easy (Grades 1-3)
Duration	2 minutes
Genre	Classical music
Instrumentation	Voice + keyboard
Instrumental parts	Piano and Voice
Related scores	Une Allée Du Luxembourg (A. Jacques / G. de Nerval), Noël Noël - Le Jésus des neiges (A. Jacques / Th. Gautier, Happiness is in the field (A. Jacques / Paul Fort), Les Roses d’Ispahan (A. Jacques / Leconte de Lisle), Les roses d’Ispahan (A. Jacques / Leconte de LIsle), Pourquoi, pourquoi? (A. Jacques / P. Verlaine), Les roses d’Ispahan (Gabriel Fauré / Leconte de Lisle), Il Est Un Air (A. Jacques / Gérard de Nerval), Tant Que Vivrai en âge Florissant (A. Jacques / Marot), L’aube naît (D’Erlanger / Victor Hugo), L’aube naît (Widor / Victor Hugo), L’aube naît (A. Jacques / Victor Hugo), S’il est un charmant gazon (Widor / Victor Hugo)), Le ciel est par-dessus le toit (Delius / Verlaine), Il pleure dans mon coeur (Delius / Verlaine), S’il est un charmant gazon (Liszt / Victor Hugo), Combien j’ai douce souvenance (C. Franck / Chateaubriand), Au bord de l’eau (G. Fauré / Sully-Prudhomme), Si mes vers avaient des ailes (A. Jacques / Victor Hugo), Chanson de Barberine (Delibes / A. de Musset), Le ciel est par-dessus le toit (Reynaldo Hahn / P. Verlaine), Que l’heure est donc brève (Massenet / A. Silvestre), L’invitation au voyage (Duparc / Baudelaire), Le ciel est par-dessus le toit (Prison) (G. Fauré / P. Verlaine), S’il est un charmant gazon (Fauré - Victor Hugo), Il pleure dans mon coeur (Spleen) (G. Fauré / P. Verlaine), Ici-bas (G. Fauré / Sully-Prudhomme), Tout l’univers obéit à l’amour (A. Jacques / La Fontaine), Je Ne Veux Point Mourir Encore (A. Jacques / A. Chénier), Nuit d’étoiles (Debussy / Banville), Tant que vivrai en âge florissant (A. Jacques / C. Marot), Ici-bas (A. Jacques / Sully-Prudhomme), Noël Noël -Le Jésus des neiges (A. Jacques / Th. Gautier), Heureux Qui Comme Ulysse (A. Jacques / J. du Bellay), Chanson de Barberine (A.Jacques / A. de Musset), Il Pleure Dans Mon Coeur (A. Jacques / Verlaine), Pourquoi, pourquoi? (A. Jacques / P. Verlaine), Je ne veux point mourir encore (A. Jacques / A. Chénier), Il pleure dans mon coeur (A. Jacques / Verlaine), Je Ne Songeais Pas à Rose (A. Jacques / Victor Hugo), Il pleure dans mon coeur (C. Debussy / P. Verlaine), Le temps a laissé son manteau (C. Debussy / Ch. d'Orléans), J’écris Ton Nom (A. Jacques / P. Eluard), Puisque Mai tout en fleurs (Gabriel Fauré / Victor Hugo), Sérénade (Charles Gounod / Victor Hugo), Ode à Cassandre (A. Jacques / Ronsard), Sérénade (A. Jacques / Victor Hugo), Tout L’univers Obéit à L’amour (A. Jacques / Lafontaine), Heureux Qui Comme Ulysse (A. Jacques / J. du Bellay), L’invitation Au Voyage (A. Jacques / Baudelaire), Puisque Mai tout en fleurs (A. Jacques / Victor Hugo), Ode à Cassandre (A. Jacques / Ronsard), Combien J’ai Douce Souvenance (A. Jacques / Chateaubriand)), S’il Est Un Charmant Gazon (A. Jacques / Victor Hugo), Sous le Pont Mirabeau (A. Jacques / Apollinaire) and Le temps a laissé son manteau (A. Jacques / Ch. d’Orléans))
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Poem written by Verlaine (1872) while in a prison. This most famous poem has also been set in music by Gabriel Fauré and by Reynaldo Hahn. Translation (AJ):

"The sky is, over the roof, So blue, so calm; A tree, over the roof, Rocks its palm.

The bell in the sky that one sees, Softly rings. A bird on the tree that one sees Sings its lament.

Good Lord, Good Lord, life is there Simple and tranquil. This peaceful hum Comes from the town.

What have you done, Oh you here, Crying constantly, Tell, what have you done, you here, Of your youth?"

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