Jules Massenet Sheet Music for Voices

Known above all for his operas, such as Manon (1884), Werther (1892) and Thaïs (1894), Jules Massenet (1842-1912) also left nearly 300 art songs for voice and piano or orchestral accompaniment. Most o...

Refus (1901) It was not until its publication on the 12th of January 1901 in Le Figaro that Refus was acknowledged to be one of Massenet's works. However, it marked the beginning of an interesting but...

Massenet composed Amoureux d'une étoile in August 1911, just one year before his death on the 13th of August 1912. The poem comes from a collection by Vice Admiral Eugène de Jonquières (1850-1919),...

The composer, known for his power of seduction, thus put his work at the service of his public image. He needed the press which, in turn, wished to benefit from his assistance, so much so that his pop...

La Légende de saint Nicolas (The Legend of Saint Nicholas) The Legend of Saint Nicholas was published on 1 January 1880 in the first issue of Saint-Nicolas: Journal illustré pour garçons et filles, a...

Among the contemporary poets set in music by Massenet, Paul Mariéton (1862-1911), a Provence poet and founder of the Revue félibréenne (1895), has a particular place. The two men had known each other...