Ex. 2-13: Chanson d'amour

No. 2 from Chausson's Trois Chansons de Shakespeare (Op. 28), composed in 1890. The French text by Maurice Bouchor is a free adaptation of "Take, o take those lips away" from Shakespeare's Measure for Measure (Act 4, Scene 1).

In the play, a boy sings this song beside Mariana, who has been abandoned by the corrupt deputy Angelo.

Fauré's "Chanson d'amour" — a different poem, by Silvestre — is also in this app. (Ex. 2-11: Chanson d'amour by Gabriel Fauré) Another song from the same set, "Chanson d'Ophélie," is also in this app. (Ex. 3-9: Chanson d'ophélia by Ernest Chausson)

Track 8 from the album Shakespeare Songs by Isabelle Druet and Anne Le Bozec (2016)
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