Researching the Song - A Lexicon

Zusatztext The authors of this encyclopedia of song have offered a labor of love in explaining every conceivable reference, allusion, and personage found in the song repertory, each with bibliographic citation. This book will replace a whole shelf of reference works for singers, accompanists, and their teachers and is a Dictionary of Cultural Literacy for the song lover. Our deepest thanks. Informationen zum Autor Shirlee Emmons is a voice teacher of considerable renown and has taught at Columbia, Princeton, Boston, and Rutgers Universities. She is an Obie award winning singer and the first and only female Chair of the prestigious American Academy of Teachers of Singing. Wilbur Watkin Lewis is a music educator and performer. He maintains a private studio and teaches General and Vocal Music in the Elizabeth, NJ Public Schools and has taught at Rutgers-Newark University and Bergen Community College. He began his studies of art songs twenty-five years ago while a student of Shirlee Emmons and Stanley Sonntag. Klappentext 'Researching the Song' is a user-friendly lexicon containing more than 2,000 carefully researched entries that supply information on most of the mythological, historical, geographical and literary references contained in western art song. Zusammenfassung From Zelter and Schubert to Rorem and Musto, Researching the Song serves as an invaluable guide for performers, teachers, and enthusiasts to the art song repertoire. Inhaltsverzeichnis A-Z lexicon with over 2,000 thoroughly cross-referenced entries

Product details

• Authors: Shirlee Emmons, Shirlee/ Lewis Emmons, Emmons Shirlee, Wilbur Watkin Lewis, Wilbur Watkins Lewis, Lewis Wilbur Watkin
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.10.2008
• EAN: 9780195373103
• ISBN: 978-0-19-537310-3
• No. of pages: 507
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 248 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music theory; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; Music, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Reference, Reference works, Music: styles and genres, Music: styles & genres