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Composer(s):Benjamin Britten
Composer Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Author(s):Arthur Rimbaud
Author Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Buildings; Chains; Dancing; Dreaming; Garlands; Gold; Illuminations; Phrases; Ropes; Stars; Steeples; Stretching; Tightropes; Visions; Whimsical; Whimsy; Windows
First LineJ'ai tendu des cordes de clocher à clocher (Search)
Average Duration1:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1939 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=23031
Larger WorkLes illuminations (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsSymbolism (Search)
Original LanguageFrench (Search)
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/3tt5FyaLK34EOExMKPYGlD
Link to IPA Source https://www.ipasource.com/product/phrase-2/
Catalog DesignationOp. 18 no. 3a (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano or Tenor
Range: B4 - Bb5 (Search)
Premiered BySophie Wyss (Search)
Recommended Printed Sourcehttps://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Benjamin-Britten-Les-Illuminations/5558 (Search)
Orchestra and voice?Yes (Search)
Other instrumentation and voiceVoice and strings (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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