La Dromadaire
Song Title | La Dromadaire (Search) |
Composer(s): | Francis Poulenc |
Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
Author(s): | Guillaume Apollinaire |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Admiring; Animals; Camels; Contentment; de Alfarrobeira, Don Pedro; Dromedaries; Four; Observing; One Octave or Less; Pedro; Roaming; Traveling; Wishing; World |
First Line | Avec ses quatres dromadaires (Search) |
Average Duration | 1:15 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1919 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=111173 |
Larger Work | Le Bestiare (Search) |
Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Cubism; Surrealism (Search) |
Original Language | French (Search) |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/7fHXLMTcTQKwE3Z00fRCdX?si=BbQX4LITSrGuWklfDatQxg |
Catalog Designation | No. 1 (Search) |
Range: | D4 - C5 (Search) |
Original Key | E Major (Search) |
Dedicated To | Louis Durey (Search) |
Notes | Full score for the chamber orchestra version can be found on IMSLP; The chamber full score and parts is also published by LudwigMasters Publications. (Search) |
Recommended Printed Source | Salabert. "Intégral", Vol. 1; Durand. High/Medium (Piano reduction by Poulend of the original chamber version.) (Search) |
Other instrumentation and voice | 2 violins, viola, cello, flute, Bb clarinet, bassoon (Search) |