W278: Rêve d'un Soir

Publisher: Enoch
Date: 1904
Instrumentation: voice: high or medium

Dedicated to Boudouresue fils. Text by Eugène Adenis. Written in F major and D major.The text is about love is about the poet’s journey from sorrow to acceptance. The lament over lost love gradually yields to a gentler remembrance, where grief is softened by the joy and vitality love once inspired. A version with cello accompaniment.