Chants d'Auvergne (Songs from the Auvergne) is a compilation of folk songs collected and arranged by the composer Joseph Canteloube between 1923-1930, They are scored for soprano voice and orchestra, and are sung in the Occitan language. Netania Davrath (1931-1987) was born in the Ukraine, then emigrated to Israel. Although she wasn't the first to sing these songs (Madeleine Grey did in the 1930s), and she is not the last, I find her voice uniquely suited for these pieces, La delaïssádo (The Abandoned) from Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne OCCITAN LYRICS: provided by AnPrionsaBeag Una pastorèla espèra al cap del boès Lo galant d'aquela, mès ne ven pas! "Ai! soi delaissada! Qué n'ai pas vist lo mon galantièr? Cresiái que m'aimava, e tant l'aime ieu!" Lusiguèt l'estela, que marca la nuèit, E la paura pastoreleta Demorèt a plorar... THE ABANDONED A shepherdess is waiting for her lover, over in the grove on the hill. But, sad to say, he doesn't show up. "Ah, he has left me, I ddon't see my sweetheart. I was certain he loved me, for I love him so. Now only the evening star keeps the young shepherdess company.
