Classical Composer: | Debussy, Claude |
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Lyricist: | Bourget, Paul |
Work: | Beau soir |
Year Composed: | 1891 |
Instrumentation: | v, pf |
Publisher: | E. et A. Girod Editeurs |
Duration: | 00:03:00 |
Period: | 20th Century |
Work Category: | Vocal |
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Debussy set poets he knew such as Paul Bourget, who would make his name as a novelist and critic. From his 1882 anthology Les aveux (Confessions), the 20-year-old Debussy set Beau soir (Lovely Evening) conjuring a sultry heat in simple modal harmony and diffuse three-time, each beat in rippling triplets. The shifting uneasiness mirrors the coeur troublé (troubled heart), whose remedy is to taste life's charms. The climax on beau is followed by the thought that a wave travels only to the sea, but we to the grave.
Writer: Richard Jones
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