Hedwige (Gennaro)-Chrétien (15 July 1859 – 1944)[1] was a French composer.
Born in Compiègne, Chrétien was appointed professor at the Paris Conservatoire in 1889 where she had previously been a student from 1874, studying with Ernest Guiraud. In 1881, she won first prize in harmony, counterpoint and fugue. She also won first prize in piano and in composition in other concours, which she entered.[2] She was a prolific composer, yet not much else is known about her life. Her compositions, about 150 in all, consist of pieces for piano, orchestral and chamber works, songs, two ballets [3] and two one-act operas.[1]
One of the most extensive collections of her work in the United States is held in the University of Michigan's Women Composers Collection, which is available on microfilm from there and other libraries.[4]
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(All compositions are for voice and piano unless otherwise noted.)
Que je t'oublie? (1897) For voice and pianoⓘ
Que je t'oublie?
| Comment veux-tu que je t'oublie? | How can you expect me to forget you? |
| Quand sur ta lèvre si jolie | When from those lovely lips, |
| Je pris l'autre jour un baiser? | I received a kiss the other day? |
| J'ai de la joie à m'en griser, | I was intoxicated with joy, |
| Comment veux-tu que je t'oublie? | How can you expect me to forget you? |
| Comment veux-tu que je t'oublie? | How can you expect me to forget you? |
| Quand à genoux je te supplie, | When on bended knee I beg you, |
| Bavard, inquiet, amoureux? | Babbling, worried and enamoured? |
| Après un baiser j'en veux deux! | After one kiss I wanted two! |
| Comment veux-tu que je t'oublie? | How can you expect me to forget you? |
| Comment veux-tu que je t'oublie, | How can you expect me to forget you, |
| Quand tout ce bonheur qui nous lie, | When all this happiness that binds us, |
| Remplit ma vie en un moment? | Filled my life in one moment? |
| Les heures qu'on passe en aimant, | The hours which we spent loving, |
| Comment veux-tu qu'on les oublie? | How can you expect me to forget them? |
| Léo Marcel | (Translation by Mike Hayes) |
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