Title:
Blue Beard
Additional Title:
First Line:
It happened once upon a time, if story books be true
First Line of Chorus:
Creator(s):
- Jefferys, Rose
- Concanen, Alfred
Additional Names:
Publication Date:
1870
Instrumentation:
Piano
Voice
Subject:
N/A
WIMA Collections:
Alfred Concanen Collection
ID:
AlCon SL 00-085
Publisher:
C. Jefferys Publisher
Publication Place:
London
Historical Notes
"Bluebeard" (French: La Barbe bleue) is a French literary folktale, the most famous surviving version of which was written by Charles Perrault and first published by Barbin in Paris in January 1697. The tale tells the story of a violent nobleman in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of one wife to avoid the fate of her predecessors. Gilles de Rais, a 15th-century aristocrat and prolific serial killer, has been suggested as the source for the character of Bluebeard, as has Conomor the Accursed, an early Breton king.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebeard