Chanson perpétuelle
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Jacquelyn MatavaSong Title | Chanson perpétuelle (Search) |
Composer(s): | Ernest Chausson |
Author(s): | Charles Cros |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Abandoning; Absent; Arms; Awaiting; Away; Beloved; Caresses; Charming; Death; Desolate; Devotion; Dreams; Drowning; Dying; Embracing; Entangling; Evening; Flowers; Glances; Golden; Green; Hair; Heartbreak; Hearts; Hopelessness; Kissing; Leaving; Longing; Love; Lovers; Loving; Memory; Mercy; Missing; Names; Nature; Nightingales; Pools; Pride; Recounting; Reeds; Relationships; Shores; Shrouds; Sky; Sleeping; Songs; Souls; Starlight; Suicide; Trembling; Waiting; Water; Wind; Woods |
First Line | Bois frissonnants, ciel étoilé (Search) |
Average Duration | 7:30 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1898 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=18166 |
Larger Work | Op. 37 (Search) |
Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Monologues (Search) |
Original Language | French (Search) |
Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/9/99/IMSLP26888-PMLP59629-Chausson_-_Chanson_perpétuelle,_Op._37_(trans._soprano_and_piano).pdf |
Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaDlo7rapvg |
Link to IPA Source | https://www.ipasource.com/chanson-de-clown-8547.html |
Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
Catalog Designation | Op. 37 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Soprano |
Range: | C#4 - G#5 (Search) |
Original Key | C minor (Search) |
Notes | IMSLP score is the piano reduction. The full piano quintet score is also available on IMSLP (Search) |
Other instrumentation and voice | Voice and piano quintet (Search) |
Contributor | JC (Search) |