L'échelonnement des haies

L'échelonnement des haies (FR) The Lines of Hedgerows. Debussy's setting (1891) for voice and piano of the 13th poem in the third section of Sagesse (1881) by Verlaine. The poem, titled »Paysage en Lincolnshire« in an 1875 manuscript version, is inspired by the English countryside at Stickney in Lincolnshire, where Verlaine taught drawing, Latin, and French after his release from the Belgian prison where he was incarcerated for shooting Rimbaud. The song is dedicated to Robert Godet. This poem…