La Lettre/en

History

• Text by Henri Barbusse.
• This song was finished on 1 April 1945 and originally formed, together with the 5 Mélodies françaises, the song cycle 6 Mélodies françaises.

Music

• instrumentation: alto and piano
• text incipit: Je t'écris, et la lampe écoute [I write to you, and the lamp listens]
• tempo: Lent
• time signature: 3/4

Sources

• autograph 1: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number P-2-00902. Manuscript with the 5 Mélodies françaises and La Lettre.
• autograph 2: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4085. Manuscript with some corrections that were immediately noted correctly in autograph 1.