Chansons Nobles Et Sentimentales
Judith Lang Zaimont
About this work:
Chansons Nobles et Sentimentales (1974)
For high voice and piano (13')
"Harmonie du Soir" (Baudelaire)
"Chanson d'Automne" (Verlaine)
"Claire de Lune" (Verlaine)
"Dans l'Interminable ennui de la plaine" (Verlaine)
"Depart" (Rimbaud)
Texts in French
Publisher: Sounds Alive!
Commissioned by Michael Trimble, Cleveland Institute of Music
First Performance: April 1975
Other Performances: Alliance Française (New York); Cincinnati Conservatory
"Haunting settings of delicate verses...."
-- Stereo Review
"Of special interest are five French songs; Zaimont brings a fresh and individual response to poems by Verlaine and Baudelaire that have attracted generations of celebrated composers."
-- Boston Globe
"...vocal line of great beauty and lyricism supported and enhanced by the piano part. An important contribution to American song literature."
-- American Music
Version: high voice and piano
Year composed: 1974
Duration: 00:13:00
Ensemble type: Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble:Solo Voice with Keyboard
Instrumentation: 1 Piano, 1 Soprano