Villanelle
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Jacquelyn Matava| Song Title | Villanelle (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Hector Berlioz |
| Author(s): | Théophile Gautier |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Banks; Birds; Blackbirds; Blessed; Change; Changing Seasons; Cold; Content; Couples; Deer; Feet; Fingers; Home; Lilies-of-the-valley; Love; Lovers; Morning; Moss; Nature; Nests; Night; Passage of Time; Pearls; Rabbits; Returning; Singing; Spring; Springs; Strawberries; Summer; Together; Trembling; Vanishing; Villanella; Voices; Walking; Woods |
| First Line | Quand viendra, la saison nouvelle (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1840 - 1841 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=108828 |
| Larger Work | Les nuits d'été (Search) |
| Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Parnassianism; Romanticism (Search) |
| Original Language | French (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/4/4e/IMSLP25058-PMLP56273-Berlioz_-_Les_nuits_d’été_(voice_and_piano).pdf |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/0a7eJGW7gWY7F5f7RjB3sw |
| Link to IPA Source | https://www.ipasource.com/product/villanelle-9/ |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 7 no. 1 (H 82) (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Mezzo-soprano or Tenor |
| Range: | E4 - F#5 (Search) |
| Original Key | A Major (Search) |
| Orchestra and voice? | Yes (Search) |