Dear visitor!
Do you need more information about this work?
Sign up to get the full details on all composers, works and instrumentation.
Do you need more information about this work?
Sign up to get the full details on all composers, works and instrumentation.
Ibert, Jacques
1890-1962
(b Paris, 15 Aug 1890; d Paris, 5 Feb 1962). French
La ballade de la geôle de Reading (The Ballad of Reading
Gaol) <1921>
Gaol) <1921>
Specific information available for subscribers.
Inspired by Oscar Wilde's poem of the same name.
Source of text: Oscar Wilde: The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
Source of text: Oscar Wilde: The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
1. Il n'avait plus sa tunique écarlate
2. Cette nuit là, les corridors vides furent pleins de
formes effrayents
3. Le vent frais du matin commença à gémir
2. Cette nuit là, les corridors vides furent pleins de
formes effrayents
3. Le vent frais du matin commença à gémir
Additional info
Contents—1. Il n’avait plus sa tunique écarlate (He did not wear his scarlet coat...); 2. Cette nuit là, les corridors vides furent pleins de formes effrayents (That night the empty corridors...); 3. Le vent frais du matin commença à gémir (The moaning wind went wandering round...)
Contents—1. Il n’avait plus sa tunique écarlate (He did not wear his scarlet coat...); 2. Cette nuit là, les corridors vides furent pleins de formes effrayents (That night the empty corridors...); 3. Le vent frais du matin commença à gémir (The moaning wind went wandering round...)