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Senow Music Sheet No. 4
セノオ楽譜四番 夜の調べ
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Serenade (Yoru no shirabe)
Senow Music Sheet No. 4
セノオ楽譜四番 夜の調べ
Designer: Sugiura Hisui (Japanese, 1876–1965)
Composer: Charles François Gounod (French, 1818 – 1893)
Lyricist: Victor Hugo (French, 1802–1885)
Translator: Kondō Sakufū (Japanese, 1880 – 1915)
Publisher: Seno'o ongaku shuppansha (Japanese)
Composer: Charles François Gounod (French, 1818 – 1893)
Lyricist: Victor Hugo (French, 1802–1885)
Translator: Kondō Sakufū (Japanese, 1880 – 1915)
Publisher: Seno'o ongaku shuppansha (Japanese)
Japanese
Taishô era
1920 (Taishô 9), April 20, 10th printing; 1st printing, 1915 (Taishô 4), September 25
Medium/Technique
Color lithograph; ink on paper
Dimensions
Height x width (open): 30.8 × 44.8 cm (12 1/8 × 17 5/8 in.)
Height x width (closed): 30.8 × 22.2 cm (12 1/8 × 8 3/4 in.)
Height x width (closed): 30.8 × 22.2 cm (12 1/8 × 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary and Robert Levenson
Accession Number2023.1099.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical scores
DescriptionTranslation of lyrics from Japanese, by Kuniko and Kendall Brown:
“Serenade
When the notes of a poignant melody
From a distant eve resonate in the breast
My heart returns to the happy past
Oh sing, dear, evermore sing
Now, sweet memory, sing
Sing, sing, oh! evermore . . . .
Just like tomorrow’s colorful clouds
When I see you rise up smiling
Shadows of gloom suddenly disappear
Oh smile, dear, once more, once more
Now, sweet memory, smile
Smile, smile, oh! once more . . . .
Your lovely sleeping face at midnight
Joyful to see, like illusions or dreams,
Hinting of your love,
Oh sleep, dear, sleep, sleep
Now, sweet memory, sleep
Sleep, sleep, oh dear one . . . ."
“Serenade
When the notes of a poignant melody
From a distant eve resonate in the breast
My heart returns to the happy past
Oh sing, dear, evermore sing
Now, sweet memory, sing
Sing, sing, oh! evermore . . . .
Just like tomorrow’s colorful clouds
When I see you rise up smiling
Shadows of gloom suddenly disappear
Oh smile, dear, once more, once more
Now, sweet memory, smile
Smile, smile, oh! once more . . . .
Your lovely sleeping face at midnight
Joyful to see, like illusions or dreams,
Hinting of your love,
Oh sleep, dear, sleep, sleep
Now, sweet memory, sleep
Sleep, sleep, oh dear one . . . ."
Marks
"Hisui"
Round mark: "Hi"
Round mark: "Hi"
ProvenanceBy 2019, Mary and Robert Levenson, Belleair, FL; 2023, gift of Mary and Robert Levenson to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 2023)