La Bonne Chanson --- about versions of accomponiments

1.About La Bonne Chanson

Fauré's "La Bonne Chanson" shows his powerful and dramtic aspects. It is very rare for his compositions. Another rare case exists in this song-cycle. He arranged his original piano accompaniement into piano and string quintet (not quartet). and he regretted his own arrangement.

We could obtain some players of this arraged versions. I have one of them. Fauré prefer the simple piano accompaniment and a lot of people think so, but his treatment of strings reveals his magic of harmonies in some of his songs.

For example, accompaniment is only strings without piano in "Une Sainte en son auréole" . This technique enhances the effect of his farorite off beat and hemiola. And "N'est-ce pas?" in trinity, composed by song, piano and strings, shows his the excellent methods in happiness. I believe that he learned style of the following piano quintet from this arrangement.

2. Titles

1. Un Sainte en son auréole
2. Puisque l'aube gradit, puisque voice l'aurore
3. La lune blanche
4. J'allais par des chemins perfides
5. J'ai presque peur, en vérité
6. Avant que tu ne t'en ailles
7. Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d'été
8. N'est-ce pas?
9. L'hiver a cessé

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