L’Absent
| Song Title | L’Absent (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Gabriel Fauré |
| Author(s): | Victor Hugo |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Absence; Absent; Absentees; Allegory; Children; Coffins; Crying; Death; Despair; Dogs; Empty; Fathers; Flowers; Forests; Futility; Gardens; Grass; Grief; Groaning; Hills; Houses; Leafy; Loss; Masters; Metaphor; No Longer; Past; Paths; Rocks; Shadows; Silence; Swaying; Valleys; Waves; Weeping; Windows; Women; Woods |
| First Line | Sentiers où l'herbe se balance (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:30 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1871 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=32369 |
| Larger Work | 3 Songs, Op. 5 (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Romanticism; Académie française (Search) |
| Original Language | French (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/0/0f/IMSLP24037-PMLP54587-Fauré_-_L'absent,_Op._5,_No._3_(a).pdf |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/2aotBeQzGTfOl6WjaGXwmj |
| Link to IPA Source | https://www.ipasource.com/product/labsent-2/ |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 5 no. 3 (Search) |
| Range: | A4 - Eb5 (Search) |
| Original Key | A minor (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | Peters Urtext Vol. 1 (High/Medium) (Search) |