Le spectre de la rose

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Song TitleLe spectre de la rose (Search)
Composer(s):Hector Berlioz
Author(s):Théophile Gautier
Keyword(s) & Features: Admiring; Alabaster; Balls; Beauty; Breasts; Causes; Dancing; Death; Destiny; Dreams; Dying; Envy; Evening; Eyelids; Fate; Flowers; Ghosts; Jealous; Kisses; Love; Nature; Night; Paradise; Parties; Perfumes; Personification: Roses; Poets; Roses; Silver; Souls; Specters; Starry; Summer; Tombs; Wearing
First LineSoulève ta paupière close (Search)
Average Duration7:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1840 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=5958
Larger WorkLes nuits d'été (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsParnassianism; Romanticism (Search)
Original LanguageFrench (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/4/4e/IMSLP25058-PMLP56273-Berlioz_-_Les_nuits_d’été_(voice_and_piano).pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/18XiK7b0pbaVlFtvKVuh7F?si=1f2APav2TsaK3AlxgN8Jew
Link to IPA Source https://www.ipasource.com/product/le-spectre-de-la-rose-2/
Catalog DesignationOp. 7 no. 2 (H 83A) (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerAlto
Range: A3 - F5 (Search)
Original KeyB Major (Search)
Orchestra and voice?Yes (Search)
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