I. Avec quel charme est nuancee
Cette dalle a moite cassee
2'10"
II. Voyez-vous ces veines d'azur,
Legeres, fines et polies
1'50"
III. Les tailleurs de pierre ont blesse
Quelque Venus dormant encore
1'30"
The title and the titles of each movement are taken from a poem by Alfred de Musset.
The poet imagines the entire history of this gracious ornamentfrom its creation by stone cutters to the feet of the inhabitants of theCastle of Versailles, whose feet touched these steps.