Un grand sommeil noir
| Song Title | Un grand sommeil noir (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Arthur Honegger |
| Author(s): | Paul Verlaine |
| Author Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Black; Consuming; Cradles; Death; Deep; Descending; Desire; Ending; Hands; Hope; Hopelessness; Life; Long; Loss; Remembering; Rocking; Sadness; Seeing; Silence; Sleeping; Stories; Vaults |
| First Line | Un grand sommeil noir (Search) |
| Average Duration | 1:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1944 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=34364 |
| Larger Work | Quatre chansons pour voix graves (Search) |
| Musical Form | Modified ternary (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Decadent Movement (Search) |
| Original Language | French (Search) |
| Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpIj10R9KO4 |
| Link to IPA Source | https://www.ipasource.com/product/un-grand-sommeil-noir-3/ |
| Catalog Designation | H. 184, no. 3 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Low voice |
| Range: | G3 - C#5 (Search) |
| Original Key | C# minor (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Eliette Schenneberg (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | Published in Melodies et Chansons de Honegger, Editions Salabert, Paris, 1989 (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM (Search) |