Les Burgraves [SEP] inception
Les Burgraves
Les Burgraves is a historical play by Victor Hugo, first performed by the Comédie-Française on 7 March 1843. It takes place along the Rhine and features the return of Emperor Barbarossa. The play failed commercially and was the last of Hugo's plays to be produced in his lifetime.. It was the subject of an orchestral overture by the composer Guillaume Lekeu in 1890.
"Trois Poèmes", for voice & piano (also arr. for unaccompanied soprano) (words by Lekeu) (1892)
- "Sur une tombe"
- "Ronde"
- "Nocturne" (also arr. for mezzo-soprano & piano quintet)
Compositions Orchestra.
- "Introduction symphonique aux Burgraves" (Overture after Victor Hugo's "Les Burgraves") (2 mvts), for orchestra (1889)
- "Barberine, Prélude" ("Prélude au 2e acte"