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Lili Boulanger: Pour les funérailles d'un soldat - Extract (Prom 41)
For the funeral of a soldier', her first extant choral piece written when she was just nineteen. Boulanger's text is taken from a poem by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857) called, "La Coupe et le Levres" (The Cup and the Lips).
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Performer | Alexandre Duhamel |
| Conductor | Edward Gardner |
| Choir | BBC Symphony Chorus |
| Orchestra | BBC Symphony Orchestra |
| Composer | Lili Boulanger |
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