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The art song, from Schubert to Strauss
A poem, a voice and a piano, later an orchestra: from Schubert's first masterpieces to Strauss's last songs.
Schubert → Schumann → Wagner → Mahler → Debussy → Fauré → Strauss
Ariettes oubliées, L. 60
This guide follows Debussy’s Ariettes oubliées, L. 60 (1887) in six parts: C’est l’extase langoureuse, Il pleure dans mon cœur, L’ombre des arbres, Chevaux de bois, Green and Spleen.
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- IC’est l’extase langoureuse
- IIIl pleure dans mon cœur
- IIIL’ombre des arbres
- IVChevaux de bois
- VGreen
- VISpleen
IC’est l’extase langoureuse0:01–2:17
A song about the weariness of love, with a printed epigraph that mentions the wind holding its breath. The piano lasts two . The voice then sings two paired phrases (Part 1 and Part 2), heard again, before a third . Listen to the sustained chords in the accompaniment, which sink downward and swell and fade. The piano gets the last word in a .
- Part 1
IIIl pleure dans mon cœur2:17–5:13
IIIL’ombre des arbres5:30–7:30
IVChevaux de bois7:34–10:44
VGreen11:00–12:52
VISpleen13:26–15:22
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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