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C'est l'extase
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peer reviewed
by Editorial Board member: Jacquelyn Matava
Song Title
C'est l'extase (
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Composer(s):
Claude Debussy
Author(s):
Paul Verlaine
Author Underrepresented Group
LGBTQ+ (
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Keyword(s) & Features:
Anthem
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Babbling
;
Branches
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Breezes
;
Choirs
;
Connection to Nature
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Connections
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Contentment
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Couples
;
Cries
;
Ecstasy
;
Embracing
;
Enjoyment
;
Evening
;
Exhaling
;
Fatigue
;
Forests
;
Frail
;
Fresh
;
Fulfillment
;
Grass
;
Happiness
;
Humble
;
Intimacy
;
Lamenting
;
Laments
;
Landscapes
;
Languor
;
Listening
;
Love
;
Murmuring
;
Nature
;
Noises
;
Part of a Song Cycle
;
Pebbles
;
Quiet
;
Relaxation
;
Resemblance
;
Rest
;
Sex
;
Shivers
;
Soft
;
Souls
;
Sounds
;
Swirling
;
Together
;
Tremors
;
Voices
;
Wards
;
Water
;
Waving
;
Whispering
;
Woods
First Line
C'est l'extase langoureuse (
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Average Duration
3:15 (
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Year of composition
1885 - 1887
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Link to English Text Online
http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=16335
Larger Work
Ariettes Oubliées (
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Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups
Decadent Movement (
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Original Language
French (
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Score Source
https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/a/ab/IMSLP83969-PMLP36001-Debussy_Ariettes_Oubliees_Fromont_1422_filter.pdf
Audio Source
https://open.spotify.com/track/6hoeZrcIKkykK0dg5bry1h
Link to IPA Source
https://www.ipasource.com/product/cest-lextase-2/
Catalog Designation
L 60 no. 1 (
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Range:
C#4 - A5 (
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Original Key
E Major (
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Dedicated To
Mary Garden (
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Premiered By
Maurice Bagès (
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Recommended Printed Source
Hal Leonard (ed. Briscoe) H.; International. (
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