Spleen

Song TitleSpleen (Search)
Composer(s):Gabriel Fauré
Author(s):Paul Verlaine
Author Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Ambiguity; Cities; Grief; Hearts; Knowing; Languor; Metaphor; Not Knowing; Pain; Rain; Reasons; Sadness; Songs; Towns; Weary; Weeping; Wonder
First LineIl pleure dans mon cœur (Search)
Average Duration2:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1888 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=34611
Larger Work4 Songs, Op. 51 (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsDecadent Movement (Search)
Original LanguageFrench (Search)
Score Source https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/24123
Audio Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3OHIZhSzt0
Link to IPA Source https://www.ipasource.com/product/spleen-9/
Catalog DesignationOp. 51 no. 3 (Search)
Range: D4 - E5 (Search)
Original KeyD minor (Search)
Dedicated ToMme Henri Cochin (Search)
Recommended Printed SourcePeters, Vol. 2. (H/M) (Search)
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