Title: Trois mélodies
English title: Three Melodies
Genre: vocal
Composition Date: 1930 (Paris)
Publisher: Durand (Paris)
Instrumentation: voice, piano
Duration: 6 minutes
Premiere: 1930, Paris (Louise Matha; Olivier Messiaen, piano)
Dedication: Unknown.
Movements:
  1. Pourquoi? [Why?]
  2. Le sourire (Cécil Sauvage) [The Smile ([Poem by] Cécil Sauvage)]
  3. La fiancée perdue [The Ruined/Forlorn Fiancé]
Notes:
  • Cécil Sauvage is Messiaen's mother.
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