Minuit pile et face

Song TitleMinuit pile et face (Search)
Composer(s):Olivier Messiaen
Author(s):Olivier Messiaen
Keyword(s) & Features: Air; Alone; Anguish; Beasts; Beds; Bells; Blankets; Blue; Bodies; Bones; Carnivals; Chests; Chiming; Circles; Cities; Comfort; Comforting; Composer is Poet; Dancing; Dark; Deceitful; Dementia; Distress; Dying; Ears; Eating; Eleven; Errors; Eyes; Falling Asleep; Fathers; Fear; Fearing; Gifts; Heads; Jesus; Knots; Lambs; Laughing; Lord; Love; Midnight; Mountains; Nails; Night; Nine; Oblivion; Passage of Time; Pride; Rotting; Ruins; Rust; Singing; Sinning; Spirits; Streets; Sweat; Ten; Time; Torches; Twelve; Vibrating
First LineVille, oeil puant (Search)
Average Duration4:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1938 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.atmaclassique.com/pdf/Livret/6381d017-b456-4771-9730-40a090fc729d_2564_livret_FF.pdf
Larger WorkChants de terre et de ciel (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageFrench (Search)
Score Source https://www.worldcat.org/title/chants-de-terre-et-de-ciel-soprano-et-piano/oclc/25345914
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/5NdjLh9Qrhat1Q2LyKr4Ie?si=fdAY7UUPRDmwLv8zIJ98tg
Difficulty LevelMasters/YA; Professional (Search)
Catalog DesignationChants de terre et de ciel, no. 5 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano
Range: C4 - A#5 (Search)
Dedicated ToDeath (Search)
Premiered ByMarcelle Bunlet, soprano & Olivier Messiaen, piano; January 23, 1939 (Search)
Recommended Printed Sourcehttps://www.prestomusic.com/sheet-music/products/7580111--olivier-messiaen-oeuvres-pour-soprano-et-piano (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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