Fauré painted by John Singer Sargent

Songs composed by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Arranged by Dennis Luxion, 2005
*Additional arrangements by Bobby Schiff, 2006

Title, opus number, year of publication, poet

Adieu Op.21 (1877) Charles Jean Grandmougin

*Après un rêve Op.7 no.1. (1878) Romain Bussine

*Au bord de l’eau Op.8 no.1. (1875) René-François Sully-Prudhomme

Les berceaux Op.23 no.1 (1879) René-François Sully-Prudhomme

Chanson d’amour Op.27 no.1 (1882) Armand Silvestre

Clair de Lune Op.46 no.2 (1887) Paul Verlaine

Ici-bas ! Op.8 no.3 (1874) René-François Sully-Prudhomme &
Les Feuilles Mortes (1947)—Jacques Prévert and Joseph Kosma

*Lydia Op.4 no.2. Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle

Mai Op.1 no.2. (1862) Vicomte Victor Marie Hugo. Translation to English by Claudia Hommel

Mandoline Op.58. (1891) Paul Verlaine &
Begin the Beguine (1935)—Cole Porter

La mer est infinie Op.118 (1922) Jean de la Ville de Mirmont &
La mer (1943)—Charles Trenet & Albert Lasry

Nocturne Op.43 no.2 (1886) Comte de Villiers de l’Isle-Adam

Notre amour Op.23 no.2 (1879?) Armand Silvestre

Les présents Op.46 no.1 (1887) Auguste, Comte de Villiers de l’Isle-Adam (1838-1889)

*Les roses d’Ispahan (1884) Op.39 no.4 Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle

*Le secret Op.23 no.3 (1881) Armand Silvestre

Spleen Op. 51 no.2 (1888) Paul Verlaine


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