Nerval and the different traditions of popular songs

This article attempts to shed light on the imagination and practice of songs at Nerval, whether they belong to the folk song tradition or whether they are the work of a songwriter. Since it is the music that makes the song, we create a dialogue here between the scores and the texts, in particular in two poems that can be sung: “Les Pavés” (1831) and “Les Papillons” (1830).