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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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