Frühe Französische Lieder (1820-1822)
16 songs on french texts for voice and piano
Contents: J.P.C. de Florian: Romance de Claudine, Chanson de bergères, Romance de Galatée, Romance de Célestine, Isidore (Vous, qui loin d’une amante), Némorin I, Zoraide, C’en est fait, Annette, Sérénade de Cortez, Unique objet de ma tendresse, C’est une larme, Némorin II, Le rocher des deux amants; Jean Bertaut: Au bord d’une fontaine, librettist unknown: L’Amité, La fuite inutile, Mon coeur soupire.
Between the ages of 15 and 17, Fanny Hensel set a total of 18 poems by French poets to music. Stories and novels by Jean Pierre Claris de Florian, who was also extremely popular in Germany at the time, provided the model for a total of 14 songs.