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Toréador
Song Title
Toréador (
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Composer(s):
Francis Poulenc
Composer Underrepresented Group
LGBTQ+ (
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Author(s):
Jean Cocteau
Author Underrepresented Group
LGBTQ+ (
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Keyword(s) & Features:
Adoration
;
Anticipation
;
Appearing
;
Arenas
;
Avenging
;
Balconies
;
Beauties
;
Betrayal
;
Betrayed Love
;
Biting
;
Bodies
;
Brave
;
Brows
;
Bull Fighters
;
Bullfighting
;
Bullfights
;
Bulls
;
Burning
;
Calm
;
Canals
;
Capes
;
Caressing
;
Carmen
;
Celebrating
;
Chaperones
;
Cheering
;
Crowds
;
Crying
;
Daggers
;
Dead
;
Death
;
Doges
;
Dreams
;
Dying
;
Enchantment
;
Eyes
;
Falling
;
Fate
;
Feeling
;
Fights
;
Filling
;
Foaming
;
Gazes
;
Goddesses
;
Gold
;
Gondolas
;
Gondoliers
;
Grand
;
Grieving
;
Hearts
;
Hidden
;
Horns
;
Italy
;
Jealousy
;
Kaftans
;
Knights
;
Lace
;
Laughing
;
Look Out
;
Lords
;
Love
;
Mantles
;
Meditating
;
Mouths
;
Noises
;
Obsession
;
Offering
;
Old
;
On Guard
;
Orange Blossoms
;
Palaces
;
Passion
;
Penetrating
;
Pepita
;
Performers
;
Performing
;
Personification: Jealousy
;
Poor
;
Pride
;
Queens
;
Rage
;
Reigning
;
Romance
;
Sad
;
Sadness
;
Saints
;
Scorning
;
Shining
;
Sleeping
;
Spain
;
Spanish
;
Sparkling
;
St. Mark's Square (Venice)
;
Suffering
;
Throbbing
;
Toreadors
;
Turning
;
Venice
;
Vessels
;
Violence
;
Watching
;
Waves
;
Windows
;
World
;
Young
First Line
Pépita reine de Venise (
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Average Duration
6:00 (
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Year of composition
1918 (
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Link to English Text Online
https://www.chandos.net/chanimages/Booklets/SIG263.pdf#page=5
Musical Form
Strophic (
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Original Language
French (
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Score Source
https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/312660
Audio Source
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ic8Z-llJ7s
Catalog Designation
FP 11 (
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Voice part suggested by composer
Medium/Low voice
Range:
B3 - F5 (
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Original Key
D Major (
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Recommended Printed Source
Salabert. "Intégral", Vol. 1; Durand. High/Medium (
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Contributor
GTM (
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