Les nuits d'été
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Les nuits d'été, op. 7 (Summer Nights) is a song cycle by the French composer Hector Berlioz. It is a setting of six poems by Théophile Gautier. The collection was completed in 1841, and initially composed for either mezzo-soprano or tenor, and piano.[1] The song cycle has since been adapted for soprano voice, and also with full orchestral accompaniment. The orchestral version of the score dates from 1856.[2] [3]
The title of the song collection is a nod to the French title of William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream[4].
The names and order of the songs are as follows:
- Villanelle
- Le spectre de la rose
- Sur les lagunes
- L'absence
- Au cimetière
- L'île inconnue
[edit] References
- ^ Gérard, Yves. Page 6 of liner notes to Les nuits d'été, Virgin Classics 7243 5 45422 2 0.
- ^ Ellis, Katharine (November 1993). "Reviews of Books: Berlioz Studies (ed. Peter Bloom)". Music & Letters 74 (4): 594–598.
- ^ Holoman, D Kern (1992). "The Berlioz Catalogue: History, Structure, Problems, Lessons". Studia Musicologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae T. 34 (Fasc. 3/4): 295–306.
- ^ L'éducation musicale septembre/octobre 2002
[edit] Sources
- Yves Gérard, liner notes to Les nuits d'été by Hector Berlioz, Véronique Gens (soprano), Virgin Classics 7243 5 45422 2 0.
- Track listing of "Les nuits d'été", Veronique Gens (soprano), Virgin Classics 7243 5 45422 2 0
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