Erik Satie :: Socrate (Drama symphonique)


 

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Satie, Erik
1866-1925
(b Honfleur, 17 May 1866; d Paris, 1 July 1925). French
Socrate (Drama symphonique) <1917–1918; rev (orchd) 1919>
solo soprano
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Originally for voice(s) & pf, orchd by the composer. 
4 vocal roles are actually S S Ms Ms and never occur simultaneously; commonly performed by one solo soprano.

Source of text: Plato: Symnposium (I), Phaedrus (II), Phaedo (III); fr t by Victor Cousin. Language: French translation
I. Portrait de Socrate (Portrait of Socrates)
II. Les bords de I'llissus (The Banks of the Ilisus)
III. Mort de Socrate (Death of Socrates)