La Dromadaire

Song TitleLa Dromadaire (Search)
Composer(s):Francis Poulenc
Composer Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (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 LineAvec ses quatres dromadaires (Search)
Average Duration1:15 (Search)
Year of composition 1919 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=111173
Larger WorkLe Bestiare (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsCubism; Surrealism (Search)
Original LanguageFrench (Search)
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/7fHXLMTcTQKwE3Z00fRCdX?si=BbQX4LITSrGuWklfDatQxg
Catalog DesignationNo. 1 (Search)
Range: D4 - C5 (Search)
Original KeyE Major (Search)
Dedicated ToLouis Durey (Search)
NotesFull 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 SourceSalabert. "Intégral", Vol. 1; Durand. High/Medium (Piano reduction by Poulend of the original chamber version.) (Search)
Other instrumentation and voice2 violins, viola, cello, flute, Bb clarinet, bassoon (Search)
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