Les Coeurs Moitié Morts
Les Coeurs Moitié Morts is a song set to the poem “Demain des l’aube” by Victor Hugo. The text conveys the dark topic of Victor Hugo tragically witnessing his only daughter, Leopoldine, drown in the river Seine. Despite this, the words chosen seem to a convey a much lighter tone until the reveal of the subject matter at the end. The music composed to this poem plays with this balance of light and dark themes throughout the piece.
duration: c. 5 minutes
audio recording below
Les Coeurs Moitié Morts is a song set to the poem “Demain des l’aube” by Victor Hugo. The text conveys the dark topic of Victor Hugo tragically witnessing his only daughter, Leopoldine, drown in the river Seine. Despite this, the words chosen seem to a convey a much lighter tone until the reveal of the subject matter at the end. The music composed to this poem plays with this balance of light and dark themes throughout the piece.
duration: c. 5 minutes
audio recording below
Les Coeurs Moitié Morts is a song set to the poem “Demain des l’aube” by Victor Hugo. The text conveys the dark topic of Victor Hugo tragically witnessing his only daughter, Leopoldine, drown in the river Seine. Despite this, the words chosen seem to a convey a much lighter tone until the reveal of the subject matter at the end. The music composed to this poem plays with this balance of light and dark themes throughout the piece.
duration: c. 5 minutes
audio recording below
This recording was the world premier of this piece at Palomar College with sopranist Clara Kelly, percussionist Spencer Pedone, and myself on piano. Note that there may be variation between the audio and current score as it was edited post premier.