Ex. 3-8: Élégie
Jules Massenet
Key: G/EmTime: 4/4(DO 183)
Probably the most famous of Massenet's songs, composed in 1872 to a poem by Louis Gallet (1835–1898). The melody has been widely arranged for various instruments and orchestra, making it familiar even to those who have never heard the original vocal version.
Track 4 from the album Auf Flügeln des Gesanges by Elly Ameling, Rudolf Jansen and Michel Dispa (1988)