Claude Debussy: 5 Poèmes de Baudelaire (1887-9), 2

2. Harmonie du soir.

The poem is a pantoum, in which the second and third lines of each four-line stanza are repeated as the first and last of the next; the technique is mirrored in Debussy's setting, replicating contours and motives for the repeated lines. One line ("Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir") provided the title for one of his Préludes for piano.

Text and translation: http://fleursdumal.org/poem/142

Barbara Hendricks, soprano; Michel Béroff, piano. Art by Odilon Redon.

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[LiJazZombi]

@jesros1479 good point

[jesros1479]

my only criticism is your slightly incorrect definition of a pantoum- your text should read : The poem is a pantoum, in which the second and *fourth* lines of each stanza are repeated as the first and *third* lines of the next stanza.

thanks again for posting these.

[jezylejohn]

tambok si jeilenny tamala c choystel og mr.astig c annibel

[beethomozart]

Impressionist music definetely, although Debussy himself didn´t like to be called as such, when you listen to these poems you know you're kind of close to the dodecaphonic period which was by no means too far

[zhoujinquan]

Pourquoi n'est-ce pas plus flou et soufflant ?

[wsmith49]

C'est bien jolie, ca! Merci bien. Votre video en moi luit comme un ostensoir.