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La Gloire, Op. 131
Staff Notation • Sacred, Cantatas
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La Gloire, Op. 131 by Camille Saint-Saëns — Lyrics
R. : O gloire, écho sonore
Des chants victorieux,
Gloire, éternelle aurore
À l’éclat radieux,
En la nuit qui s’efface
Sous tes rayons vainqueurs
Fais sonner ta fanfare,
Claironne dans nos cœurs !
Semeuse de lumière
Et d’immortalité,
L’injustice première
S’épure à ta clarté.
Fais germer sur les tombes
Les lauriers toujours verts,
Et sur nos hécatombes
Les pardons grands ouverts !
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About La Gloire, Op. 131
This powerful setting by Camille Saint-Saëns, La Gloire, Op. 131, is scored for two-part male voices. The French text sings of Glory, described as a resounding echo of victorious songs, an eternal dawn of radiant light that dispels darkness. It speaks of Glory as a sower of light and immortality, whose clarity purifies injustice and whose rays bring forth laurels over graves and open forgiveness over sorrows. The text poetically describes Glory healing wounds of insulting forgetfulness, its voice rising to proclaim that nothing great dies, and urging that the fanfare of Glory resound within our hearts.
