Deux sonnets de Jean Cassou

Deux sonnets de Jean Cassou
Song cycle by Henri Dutilleux
Textpoems by Jean Cassou
LanguageFrench
Composed1954 (1954)
Movementstwo
Scoring
  • baritone
  • piano

Deux sonnets de Jean Cassou is a song cycle for baritone and piano written by the French composer Henri Dutilleux in 1954. He later transcribed or allowed transcriptions of the work for various ensembles.

It is based on poems written by Jean Cassou when he was a prisoner of war. It has been championed by major singers like Gérard Souzay, Gilles Cachemaille and more recently Renée Fleming.

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