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Mélisande's Song
Song Title
Mélisande's Song (
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Composer(s):
Gabriel Fauré
Author(s):
John William, after Maurice Maeterlinck Mackail
Keyword(s) & Features:
Blind
;
Blindness
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Burning
;
Captivity
;
Darkness
;
Daughters
;
Despair
;
Dying
;
Extinguishing
;
Fire
;
Flames
;
Flares
;
Footsteps
;
Glimmers
;
Gold
;
Holds
;
Holy
;
Hope
;
Hopeless
;
Kings
;
Lamps
;
Light and Darkness
;
Locked
;
Princes
;
Prisons
;
Sisters
;
Stairs
;
Turrets
;
Waiting
First Line
The King's three blind daughters (
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Average Duration
3:30 (
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Year of composition
1898 (
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Link to English Text Online
http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=24909
Larger Work
Pelléas et Mélisande Suite (
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Musical Form
Modified ternary (
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Original Language
English (
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Score Source
https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/6/65/IMSLP27201-PMLP52649-Faur%C3%A9_-_Melisande's_Song_(voice_and_piano).pdf
Audio Source
https://open.spotify.com/track/2gnsNM5b8HUTaXGkxGRuvG
Catalog Designation
Op. 80 (
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Range:
D4 - F5 (
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Original Key
D minor (
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Recommended Printed Source
Peters, Vol. 2. (H/M) (
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Orchestra and voice?
Yes (
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Contributor
GTM (
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