Ex. 3-8: Chanson

No. 3 from Clémence de Grandval's "6 Nouvelles mélodies," published by Heugel in Paris in 1857. The poem is "J'ai dit à mon cœur" (I Said to My Heart) by Alfred de Musset. It opens: "I said to my heart, my feeble heart — is it not enough to love one's beloved?"

Grandval (1828–1907) was a French composer who studied with Chopin and Saint-Saëns. As a noblewoman, she hid her name for her first works for the stage, using the names "Caroline Blangy" and "Clémence Valgrand." She composed operas, orchestral works, chamber music, and over 60 songs. In 1880 she won the first Rossini Prize.

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