Sieste

Song TitleSieste (Search)
Composer(s):Arthur Honegger
Author(s):Paul Claudel
Keyword(s) & Features: Afternoon; Agonizing; Baskets; Blinds; Books; Cafes; Chocolate; Churches; Closed; Crucifixes; Dogs; Dreams; Emptiness; Eyelashes; Eyes; Faded; Foliage; Fountains; Girls; Hands; Hours; Indifferent; Lilacs; Movement; Napping; Naps; Noise; Notaries; Peace; Police Stations; Rays; Rest; Resting; Rooms; Rosy; Scents; Sensual; Silence; Silent; Sleep; Sleeping; Sun; Terraces; Town Halls; Wax
First LineDeux heures après diner (Search)
Average Duration2:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1939 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=3841
Larger WorkTrois poèmes de Claudel (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsSymbolism; Académie française (Search)
Original LanguageFrench (Search)
Score Source https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/14500
Audio Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sVRMoiETJU
Catalog DesignationH. 138 no. 1 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMedium/High voice
Range: C4 - E5 (Search)
Dedicated ToPierre Bernac (Search)
Recommended Printed SourcePublished in Melodies et Chansons de Honegger, Editions Salabert, Paris, 1989 (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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