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French Vocal Literature introduces singers to the history and performance concerns of a vast body of French songs from the sixteenth century to the present, focusing on songs for solo voice or small vocal ensemble with piano or organ accompaniment suitable for recital, concert, or church performance.
List of contents
Prologue: French Prosody
Chapter One: French Poetry and the Development of Vocal Forms (12th-16th centuries)
Chapter Two: The Turbulent Century and the Air de cour (1576-1661)
Chapter Three: The Grand Siècle: Louis XIV and the birth of French opera (1661-1715)
Chapter Four: Life after Lully (1697-1750)
Entr'acte: Enlightenment, Revolution and Empire (1750-1815)
Chapter Five: Romance to Mélodie: The Advent of Romanticism in France (1815-1848)
Chapter Six: Middle Class Mélodie (1848-1870)
Chapter Seven: The Mélodie as Chamber Music (1850-75)
Chapter Eight : Wagnerites and Acolytes (1880s and 1890s)
Chapter Nine: The Belle Epoque I (1885-1894)
Chapter Ten: Harmonic and Prosodic Rebels: The "Impressionists" (Belle Époque II:1894-1906)
Chapter Eleven: "True France" and the March to War (Belle Époque III: 1906-1914)
Chapter Twelve : Les Années folles: Cocteau, Satie and Les Six (1918-1930)
Chapter 13: Mystical Mélodie: Romanticism extended (1914-1945)
Chapter Fourteen: Into the Twenty-First Century: Connecting the Irreconcilable (1945-present)
About the author
Georgine Resick has taught French vocal literature, diction, and performance techniques for more than twenty years. She has sung operatic roles with prominent international opera companies and orchestras and has received numerous teaching awards, performing awards, and grants. Ms. Resick champions unknown and neglected song literature and has recorded eight solo CDS in numerous languages. Her DVD of Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire was released in 2015.
Summary
French Vocal Literature introduces singers to the history and performance concerns of a vast body of French songs from the sixteenth century to the present, focusing on songs for solo voice or small vocal ensemble with piano or organ accompaniment suitable for recital, concert, or church performance.
