La lune paresseuse

Composer: CHAMINADE, Cécile
  • Chaminade composed this song in 1905. It sets a poem by Charles de Bussy (1875-1938).1
  • Chaminade dedicated this song to Marie Lasne,2 a singer who was active in the same circles as Chaminade in turn-of-the-20th century Paris. A concert review in the Revue Musicale on June 1, 1904 describes her voice as “very pleasant” (très agréable).3

Sources

  1. “La lune paresseuse (Chaminade, Cécile),” IMSLP, accessed January 12, 2021, https://imslp.org/wiki/La_lune_paresseuse_(Chaminade,_C%C3%A9cile).
  2. Ibid.
  3. M. Raymond Marthe, concert review, La Revue Musicale 4 No. 11 (June 1, 1904), 291, accessed January 12, 2021, https://bluemountain.princeton.edu/bluemtn/?a=d&d=bmtnabj19040601-01.2.7.2&e=——-en-20–1–txt-txIN——-/.

Cut IDs

22731