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Proserpine, LWV 58, Act III Scene 7: Ritournelle. Ô malheureuse mère ! (Cérès, troupe de nymphes et de dieux des bois)
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About "Proserpine, LWV 58, Act III Scene 7: Ritournelle. Ô malheureuse mère ! (Cérès, troupe de nymphes et de dieux des bois)" by Christophe Rousset
A ritournelle frames Ceres’s lament, its repeating figures like a mother’s pacing steps. The music’s restrained grief—strings sighing under a steady bass—conveys devastation held in check by dignity.