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Fauré – Une chatelaine dans sa tour

“Chatelaine dans sa tour” is one of two solo compositions Gabriel Fauré wrote for the harp. The piece is a miniature based on the poem “Une sainte en son auréole” by the famous symbolist poet Paul Verlaine. Its intimate and romantic feel evokes an image of “courtly love,” a love from afar.

The poem:

A Saint in her halo,

A Châtelaine in her tower,

All that human words contain

Of grace and love;

The golden note of a horn

In forests far away,

Blended with the tender pride

Of noble Ladies of long ago;

And then – the rare charm

Of fresh, triumphant smile,

Flowering in swan-like innocence

And the blushes of a child-bride;

A nacreous sheen of white and pink,

A sweet patrician harmony –

All these things I see and hear

In her Carolingian name.

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