Sur les lagunes in G minor

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Sur les lagunes in G minor is a melancholic art song by Hector Berlioz, part of his song cycle Les Nuits d’été, known for its dark orchestral colors and expressive vocal line.

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Sur les lagunes in G minor canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art song ⓘ
mélodie ⓘ
associatedComposer Romantic era ⓘ
associatedWork Les Nuits d’été (orchestral version) ⓘ
basedOnPoem Sur les lagunes (poem by Théophile Gautier) ⓘ
linked to: Sur les lagunes
catalogueNote often listed as no. 3 of Les Nuits d’été ⓘ
characteristic dark orchestral colors ⓘ
expressive vocal line ⓘ
composer Hector Berlioz ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
cycleNumberInLesNuitsDété 3 ⓘ
cycleTotalSongsInLesNuitsDété 6 ⓘ
cycleVersionOrchestrated circa 1856 ⓘ
firstPublication 1841 ⓘ
followedInCycleBy Absence ⓘ
genre French mélodie ⓘ
art song ⓘ
key G minor ⓘ
language French ⓘ
laterOrchestrationBy Hector Berlioz ⓘ
mood melancholic ⓘ
notableRecordingBy Janet Baker ⓘ
José van Dam ⓘ
Regine Crespin ⓘ
Susan Graham ⓘ
Thomas Hampson ⓘ
originalScoring voice and piano ⓘ
partOf Les Nuits d’été ⓘ
performanceForces solo voice and orchestra ⓘ
solo voice and piano ⓘ
period Romantic music ⓘ
precededInCycleBy Le spectre de la rose ⓘ
publisher Schlesinger (original piano version) ⓘ
subject a sailor mourning his dead beloved ⓘ
textBy Théophile Gautier ⓘ
textSourceCollection La Comédie de la mort ⓘ
texture lyric vocal line over atmospheric accompaniment ⓘ
theme death ⓘ
grief ⓘ
loss ⓘ
typicalDuration about 6 minutes ⓘ
vocalRange medium voice ⓘ
vocalTypeOftenPerformedBy baritone ⓘ
mezzo-soprano ⓘ

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Les Nuits d’été → keyMovement → Sur les lagunes in G minor ⓘ