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La mort d'Ophélie
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peer reviewed
by Editorial Board member: Jacquelyn Matava
Song Title
La mort d'Ophélie (
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Composer(s):
Hector Berlioz
Author(s):
Ernest Legouvé
Keyword(s) & Features:
Abysses
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Allusion: Hamlet
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Ballade
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Banks
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Branches
;
Breaking
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Buttercups
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Colors
;
Currents
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Dead
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Death
;
Depression
;
Despair
;
Drowning
;
Fingers
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Floating
;
Flowers
;
Frail
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Garlands
;
Hands
;
Irises
;
Madness
;
Melodies
;
Morning
;
Naiads
;
Opal
;
Ophelia
;
Pale
;
Periwinkles
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Personification: Brooks
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Personification: Clothing
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Pink
;
Robes
;
Sails
;
Shakespeare, William
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Singing
;
Streams
;
Suicide
;
Sweet
;
Tender
;
Torrents
;
Treasures
;
Treble Chorus
;
Water
;
White
;
Willows
First Line
Auprès d'un torrent Ophélie (
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Average Duration
7:00 (
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Year of composition
1848 (
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Larger Work
Tristia (
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Musical Form
Through-composed (
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Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups
Académie française (
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Original Language
French (
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Score Source
https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/e/e8/IMSLP19750-PMLP46302-La_mort_d'Ophélie.pdf
Audio Source
https://open.spotify.com/track/1QCCIJ3awV9P5kZAj5gORZ?si=pu--Du9iT6Cvl2YAQqdHEQ
Link to IPA Source
https://www.ipasource.com/product/la-mort-dophelie/
Catalog Designation
Op. 18 no. 2 (H 92A) (
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Voice part suggested by composer
Soprano or Tenor
Range:
D4 - G5 (
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Original Key
Bb Major (
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Notes
Poem based on Shakespeare's Hamlet (
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Orchestra and voice?
Yes (
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