Chanson de Marie Antoinette
| Song Title | Chanson de Marie Antoinette (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Myron Jacobson (arr.) |
| Author(s): | Marie Antoinette |
| Author Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Antoinette, Marie; Beautiful; Believing; Chatting; Day; Dear; Evening; Feasts; Flowers; Gardeners; Kings; Love; Loving; Marriage; Nobility; Picking; Proud; Queens; Royalty; Social Class; Sorrows; Telling; True Love; Watering |
| First Line | On dit que le plus fier c'est moi (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:30 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1927 (Search) Circa |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=285579 |
| Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
| Original Language | French (Search) |
| Score Source | https://www.worldcat.org/title/marie-antoinettes-song-song-with-piano-accompaniment-chanson-de-marie-antoinette/oclc/181328766?referer=di&ht=edition |
| Audio Source | https://youtu.be/6_VgPmQELoY |
| Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
| Range: | D#4 - G#5 (Search) |
| Original Key | E Major (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Berthe Poncy Dow (Search) |
| Notes | Also set in English with a text by Alice Mattullath, published in 1934. The melody of this song is reputed to be by Marie Antoinette and was given to the composer by Prince Felix Youssoupoff. The song's dedicatee is the composer's wife. (Search) |
| Orchestra and voice? | No (Search) |
| More Than One Voice? | Version for SSA (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM (Search) |