Les chevaux de bois

Song TitleLes chevaux de bois (Search)
Composer(s):Gustave Charpentier
Author(s):Paul Verlaine
Author Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Carnivals; Celebrating; Children; Circuses; Crowds; Dancing; Doves; Drunk; Ending; Endless; Evening; Galloping; Games; Gold; Hearts; Horses; Instruments; Lovers; Merry-go-rounds; Music; Night; Oboes; Pigeons; Playing; Sky; Soldiers; Stars; Stomachs; Sunday; Tricksters; Turning; Velvet; Vignette; Wood
First LineTournez, tournez, bons chevaux de bois (Search)
Year of composition 1894 - 1895 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=16240
Larger WorkPoèms Chantés (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsDecadent Movement (Search)
Original LanguageFrench (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/d/de/IMSLP106098-PMLP216342-Charpentier_-_Les_chevaux_de_bois_MV.pdf
Link to IPA Source https://www.ipasource.com/product/les-chevaux-de-bois/
Difficulty LevelHS (Search)
Catalog DesignationNo. 15 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMedium voice
Range: E4 - A5 (Search)
Original KeyE Major (Search)
Dedicated ToHenri Gauthier- Viillars (Search)
Orchestra and voice?Yes (Search)
ContributorJC (Search)
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