Partitions

Original

Cantique de Jean Racine , Op. 11. Gabriel Fauré. Strings. quartet. quintet. Sacred , Motet , Anthem. Language. French.

Traduction

Cantique de Jean Racine , Op. 11. Gabriel Fauré. Instruments à cordes. quatuor. quintette. Sacré, Motet, Anthem. Langue. Français.

Original

The text is a French translation, by the 17th century French dramatist Jean Racine , of a medieval Latin hymn , Consors paterni luminis. When Gabriel Fauré set the translation to music, he gave it the title Cantique de Jean Racine , rather than the title of the original hymn.

Traduction

The text is a French translation, by the 17th century French dramatist Jean Racine , of a medieval Latin hymn , Consors paterni luminis. When Gabriel Fauré set the translation to music, he gave it the title Cantique de Jean Racine , rather than the title of the original hymn.