French Lit

Question 1

Berlioz 2

Answer 1

1803 – 1869.
Les nuits d’été (Summer Nights), Op. 7, is a setting of six poems by Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872).

Les Nuits d’etes:

1) Villanelle
2) La Spectre de la Rose

Question 2

Gounod 2

Answer 2

(1818 1893).

1) Serenade. Text by Victor Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885), from Marie Tudor, Journée 1, Scene 5
2) L’Absent: His own text.

Question 3

Duparc 2

Answer 3

1848 – 1933
1) Chanson Triste: by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), under the pseudonym Jean Lahor, title 1: “Chanson triste”, from L’Illusion, in 1. Chants de l’Amour et de la Mort, no. 10, published 1875

2) L’invitation de Voyage (1870). by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867) , title 1: “L’invitation au Voyage”, from Les Fleurs du Mal, in 1. Spleen et Idéal, no. 53

Question 4

Faure 4

Answer 4

1) Au Bord De l’eau: by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) , “Au bord de l’eau”, op. 8 no. 1 (1875), published 1877.
Text by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839 - 1907) , title 1: “Au bord de l’eau”, from Les vaines tendresses.

2) Les Roses d”Ispahan: by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894) , title 1: “Les Roses d’Ispahan”, from Poèmes tragiques, published 1884
3) Cinq Melodies: “Mandoline” and “En Sourdine”: by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944).

4) La Bonne Chansons: # 1, 3, 5, 7, 9:
by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896) , no title, from La bonne chanson, no. 8, published 1870.

Question 5

Debussy 5

Answer 5

Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918) ,
1) Beau Soir: by Paul Bourget (1852 - 1935) , title 1: “Beau soir”, from Les aveux, in Dilettantisme, in Souvenirs du Nord, no. 7. “Beau soir”, (1880), published 1891.

2) Chansons de Bilitis: “La Flute de Pan”
by Pierre Louÿs (1870 - 1925) , title 1: “La Flûte de Pan”, from Les Chansons de Bilitis, in Bucoliques en Pamphylie, no. 30.

3) Fetes Galantes: 1/2 En Sourdine.
by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896) , title 1: “En sourdine”, from Fêtes galantes, no. 21, published 1869

4) Mandoline:
by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896) , title 1: “Mandoline”, from Fêtes galantes, no. 15, published 1869

5) Ariettes Oubliees: C’est l’extase:
by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896) , no title, from Romances sans paroles, in Ariettes oubliées, no. 1, published 1872

Question 6

Hahn

Answer 6

Offrande: by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896) , title 1: “Green”, from Romances sans paroles, in Aquarelles, no. 1, published 1872

Question 7

Satie

Answer 7

La Statue de Bronze: #1 – Trois Chansons de 1916: by Léon-Paul Fargue (1876 - 1947) , title unknown.

Question 8

Poulenc

Answer 8

Banalites: Hôtel; Sanglots

by Guillaume Apollinaire (1880 - 1918) [pseudonym] , title 1: “Onirocritique”, from Poème en prose.