L'Eléphant

Song TitleL'Eléphant (Search)
Composer(s):Louis Durey
Author(s):Guillaume Apollinaire
Keyword(s) & Features: Animals; Buying; Death; Elephants; Glory; Ivory; Melodious; Metaphor; Mouths; One Octave or Less; Poetry; Prices; Purple; Singing; Speaking; Words
First LineComme un éléphant son ivoire (Search)
Average Duration1:15 (Search)
Year of composition 1919 (Search)
Larger WorkLe bestiaire (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageFrench (Search)
Score Source https://imslp.org/wiki/Le_bestiaire%2C_Op.17_(Durey%2C_Louis)
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/6FkFZ2qKYhQpeMtEYaRALA
Difficulty LevelCollege; Masters/YA (Search)
Catalog DesignationOp. 17a, no. 11 (Search)
Range: E4 - D5 (Search)
Orchestra and voice?Yes (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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