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Claude Debussy

Pantomime, from Quatre chansons de jeunesse  Play

Leah Partridge Soprano
Anne Breeden Piano

Recorded on 01/31/2006, uploaded on 01/11/2009

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Pantomime, from Quatre chansons de jeunesse       Claude Debussy

Pantomime (Paul Verlaine)

Pierrot, who is nothing like Clitandre,

Empties a flask without further ado,

And, practical fellow, cuts into a paté.

Pierrot, who is nothing like Clitandre,

Empties a flask without further ado.

Cassandre, at the end of the path,

Sheds a concealed tear

Over her disinherited nephew.

That rascal Harlequin schemes

The kidnap of Columbine

And whirls about four times,

And whirls about four times.

Columbine is dreaming, surprised

At sensing a heart caught on the breeze

And at hearing voices in her heart,

And at hearing voices in her heart.