Le Chevalier malheur

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Song TitleLe Chevalier malheur (Search)
Composer(s):Ernest Chausson
Author(s):Paul Verlaine
Author Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Aging; Animals; Beating; Becoming; Blinding; Blood; Breasts; Changing; Contact; Crying; Dead; Depression; Drunk; Entering; Evaporating; Eyes; Fierce; Fingers; Flowers; Gloves; God; Good; Ground; Harsh; Hearts; Horsemen; Horses; Icy; Identity; Iron; Knights; Lances; Laws; Masks; Misfortune; Mouths; Old; Pain; Piercing; Proud; Pure; Reborn; Red; Religion; Riding; Shadows; Shuddering; Silence; Souls; Sun; Touching; Transfiguration; Trembling; Visions; Voices; Wounds; Young; Youth
First LineBon chevalier masqué qui chevauche en silence (Search)
Average Duration3:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1898 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/get_text.html?TextId=121076
Larger Work2 Poèmes, Op. 34 (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsDecadent Movement (Search)
Original LanguageFrench (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/3/3d/IMSLP27762-PMLP59625-Chausson_-_Le_Chevalier_Malheur_(voice_and_piano).pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/1hnCvuwynW9RirADcKPTzN?si=otlq1q1nS06w-bdLsYiFfw
Link to IPA Source https://www.ipasource.com/product/le-chevalier-malheur-2/
Difficulty LevelCollege (Search)
Catalog DesignationOp. 34 no. 2 (Search)
Range: C#4 - D# 5
Original KeyC# Minor (Search)
ContributorJC (Search)
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