La siesta, CG 399 (Gounod, Charles)

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General Information

Work Title La siesta
Alternative. Title Duo
Composer Gounod, Charles
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. CG 399
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. ICG 166
Key E major
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1871
First Publication. 1871
Librettist Anonymous
Language Spanish
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 soprano voices, piano
Extra Information A year after the publication of this work, Gounod published The Message of the Breeze, with English text. He also published a version of this in French, called La chanson de la brise that was intended as a sequel to La siesta.