Pol Plançon - Le lac (Niedermeyer) - Recorded 1904

Описание: Pol Plançon
basse chantante

Composed by
Louis Niedermeyer (1802--1861)

Text from Alphonse de Lamartine's 'Méditations poétiques' (1820)

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Saint-Saëns, in the preface of Niedermeyer's biography:

Niedermeyer was above all a precursor. He was the first to break the mold of the antiquated and insipid French romance; taking his inspiration from the beautiful poems of Lamartine and Victor hugo, he created a new type of song of a superior artistry, analagous to the German Lied. The resounding success of "Le lac" paved the way for Gounod and all those that followed this path.

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