Ex. 12-8: Green
Gabriel Fauré
Key: G♭/E♭mTime: 3/45 Mélodies (Op. 58)
No. 5 from Fauré's Cinq mélodies "de Venise" (Op. 58), composed in 1891. The poem is by Paul Verlaine, from Romances sans paroles.
The same poem was set by Debussy as No. 5 of his Ariettes oubliées. (Ex. 14-9: Green by Claude Debussy)
Both Fauré and Debussy set several of Verlaine's poems to music, though the two composers were critical of each other's work. Other songs from the same collection are also in this app. (Ex. 3-10: Mandoline by Gabriel Fauré, Ex. 6-11: En sourdine by Gabriel Fauré)