Le déclin (The waning)

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Song TitleLe déclin (The waning) (Search)
Composer(s):Ernest Bloch
Composer Underrepresented GroupJewish (Search)
Author(s):Béatrix Rodès
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Acid; Affected; Aging; Air; Anguish; Autumn; Beautiful; Beauty; Blue; Bodies; Bordering; Breath; Chrysanthemums; Colliding; Copper; Crumbling; Crying; Darkened; Death; Divine; Dresses; Evening; Faces; Faded; Fall; Feet; Fire; Flowers; Following; Forests; Forgotten; Fraying; Fruit; Full; Gleaming; Golden; Grass; Growing Old; Hair; Hands; Highlights; Holding; Illness; Leaves; Leaving; Lips; Melancholy; Nature; Necks; Obscured; Odors; Old; Orchards; Peaceful; Petals; Playing; Poplars; Red; Remembering; Rotting; Rough; Saving; Scattering; Seeing; Sensitive; Shivering; Shoulders; Sickness; Smells; Sparing; Stems; Stenches; Stopping; Throats; Tomorrow; Tormenting; Touching; Trees; Tunics; Twigs; Veiling; Walking; Wandering; Waning; Warm; Wind; Women
First LineDans le verger paisible (Search)
Average Duration5:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1906 (Search)
Larger WorkPoèmes d'Automne (Search)
Original LanguageFrench (Search)
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/22Ail7qmiTHiH9WoEPC03c
Catalog DesignationNo. 3 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMezzo-soprano
Range: C4 - Eb5 (Search)
Original KeyBb minor (Search)
Orchestra and voice?Yes (Search)
Other instrumentation and voiceString quartet (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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