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B Berlioz, Hector 1803 - 1869 · Romantic

Les nuits d'été, H 81

Œuvre Six mélodies avec un petit orchestre
Romantic Songs Melodies 30 minutes

Dedicated to Louise Bertin (voice and piano).

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Composed
1840–41, orchestrated 1856
First published
1841 (H 81A) - Paris: Ad. Catelin & Cie., Plate Ad.C. 872 & Cie., 25 pages (to Richault after 1843); 1856 (H 81B) - Winterthur: J. Rieter-Biedermann, Plate 2, 72 pages
Period
Romantic
Catalogue
Œuvre
Dedication
Louise Bertin (voice and piano)
Movements
6

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6 songs:; mezzo-soprano or tenor; Le spectre de la rose, H 83; mezzo-soprano or tenor (A), contralto (B); Sur les lagunes: lamento, H 84; mezzo-soprano or tenor (A), baritone, contralto, or mezzo-soprano (B); Absence, H 85; mezzo-soprano or tenor; Au cimetière: clair de lune, H 86; mezzo-soprano or tenor (A), tenor (B); : barcarolle, H 87; mezzo-soprano or tenor

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