QUATRE CHANTS DE GUERRE
11′ – 2000
for voice & piano

11′ – 2000
for voice & piano
These four melodies, written in November 2000, put to music extracts from poems by the Lebanese poet Nadia Tueini.
These pieces come from the tradition of French melody and contain, in places, transformed elements from Lebanese folklore.
The sounds obtained inside the piano using a mallet and a wooden rod, recall some percussion accompanying the village dances.
Text: Nadia Tueni’s poems
Singing language: French
Premiere: 2000
Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut
by Fadia Tomb el Hage contralto and Zad Moultaka piano
Commissioned by Nadia Tueni Foundation
© ŠamaŠ musicale editions 2004