Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

Tristesse (S.327)


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Tristesse (S.327)
Foreign language / English title
Tristesse (S.327)
Subtitle
J´ai perdu ma force et ma vie / I Lost the Strength and Life
Year of composition
1872

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
Bar. (or A.) - pf.
Duration
4 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
DE MUSSET, Alfred
Language
German / French
Publisher / Source
Edition Kahnt, Leipzig 1879

Edition Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1922, F.L. VII 80
Available here!
Recordings
Preiser CD PR91197, 2011 - Elisabeth Kulman (Ms.), Eduard Kutrowatz (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Based on the Poem by Alfred de Musset

German translation by Alfred von Meißner