Mélisande's Song

Song TitleMélisande's Song (Search)
Composer(s):Gabriel Fauré
Author(s):John William, after Maurice Maeterlinck Mackail
Keyword(s) & Features: Blind; Blindness; 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 LineThe King's three blind daughters (Search)
Average Duration3:30 (Search)
Year of composition 1898 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=24909
Larger WorkPelléas et Mélisande Suite (Search)
Musical FormModified ternary (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
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 DesignationOp. 80 (Search)
Range: D4 - F5 (Search)
Original KeyD minor (Search)
Recommended Printed SourcePeters, Vol. 2. (H/M) (Search)
Orchestra and voice?Yes (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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