Les Nuits d’été

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Les Nuits d’été is a song cycle for voice and orchestra by Hector Berlioz, celebrated for its lyrical Romantic settings of poems by Théophile Gautier.

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Les Nuits d’été canonical 1

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instanceOf orchestral song cycle
song cycle
basedOn poems by Théophile Gautier
catalogueNumber H 81
composer Hector Berlioz
countryOfOrigin France
firstPublicationDate 1841
form cycle of independent songs
genre Romantic music
art song
influenced later orchestral song cycles
keyMovement Absence in F major
Au cimetière in C minor
Le Spectre de la rose
surface form: Le spectre de la rose in B major

L’île inconnue in E major
Sur les lagunes in G minor
Villanelle in A major
language French
laterScoring voice and orchestra
lyricist Théophile Gautier
movement Absence
Au cimetière
Le spectre de la rose
L’île inconnue
Sur les lagunes
Villanelle
notableFeature lyrical orchestration
settings of Théophile Gautier’s poetry
notableRecordingArtists Janet Baker
Jessye Norman
Regine Crespin
Susan Graham
notableRecordingConductors Charles Munch
Pierre Monteux
Sir Colin Davis
numberOfSongs 6
orchestrationBy Hector Berlioz
originalScoring voice and piano
period Romantic era
textAuthorOfMovement Théophile Gautier
titleTranslation Summer Nights
typicalVoiceTypes baritone
mezzo-soprano
soprano
tenor
vocalForces solo voice

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Hector Berlioz notableWork Les Nuits d’été