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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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