Summer Nights

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Summer Nights is the English title of Hector Berlioz’s song cycle "Les Nuits d’été," a seminal 19th-century work for voice and orchestra (or piano) set to poems by Théophile Gautier.

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Summer Nights canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition ⓘ
song cycle ⓘ
basedOn poems by Théophile Gautier ⓘ
composer Hector Berlioz ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
dateOfComposition 1840s ⓘ
EnglishTitle Summer Nights ⓘ
firstSong Villanelle ⓘ
genre art song ⓘ
song cycle ⓘ
hasCatalogueClassification Berlioz vocal music ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext 19th-century French Romanticism ⓘ
hasKeyWorkStatus seminal 19th-century song cycle ⓘ
hasNumberOfSongs 6 ⓘ
hasOrchestralVersion yes ⓘ
hasPart Absence ⓘ
Au cimetière ⓘ
Le spectre de la rose ⓘ
L’île inconnue ⓘ
Sur les lagunes ⓘ
Villanelle ⓘ
hasPianoVersion yes ⓘ
hasPoet Théophile Gautier ⓘ
hasTheme death ⓘ
loss ⓘ
love ⓘ
nature ⓘ
hasTitleInOriginalLanguage Les Nuits d’été ⓘ
hasVocalType various voice types ⓘ
influenced later orchestral song cycles ⓘ
language French ⓘ
lyricist Théophile Gautier ⓘ
movementCount 6 ⓘ
notableComposerWork Hector Berlioz ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first orchestral song cycles ⓘ
originalTitle Les Nuits d’été ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage French ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
linked to: Romanticism
scoredFor voice and orchestra ⓘ
voice and piano ⓘ
textAuthor Théophile Gautier ⓘ
typicalPerformanceMedium classical concert ⓘ

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Les Nuits d’été → titleTranslation → Summer Nights ⓘ