La Musique for soprano solo (2007) | Compositions

Dedication: For Lucy Shelton
Buy Score: Hendon Music (Boosey & Hawkes)
Manuscripts: Paul Sacher Stiftung
Text Author: Charles Baudelaire (French)

Premiere: Oct 19, 2007/ Lucy Shelton, soprano/ Grant Recital Hall - Brown University, Providence, RI

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La Musique, for solo voice, is a short commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the publication of Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal in 1857, and is taken from that book of poems.

The piece is a small addition to the recital Lucy Shelton was to give of settings of Baudelaire for that occasion and is dedicated to her.

– Elliott Carter

Recordings (2)

La Musique
Genuin GEN 21731 (2021)
Swiss Chamber Soloists: Diego Chenna, bassoon; Félix Renggli, flute; François Benda, clarinet; Heinz Holliger, oboe; Sergio Pires, clarinet; Sarah Wegener, soprano (+4)
Music of Elliott Carter, Volume Eight - 16 Compositions (2002-2009)
Bridge Records 9314 A/B (2010)
Martin Owen, horn | BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen, conductor | BBC Singers | New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble, Frank Epstein, conductor | Leigh Melrose, baritone (+16)