The Penguin Book of English Song - Seven Centuries of Poetry From Chaucer to Auden

Poetry and music have been associated with each other from the very beginning. The Penguin Book of English Song draws together a great variety of English poetry (including Irish, Scots and Welsh writers) that has reached a wider audience through the magic of music. Richard Stokes''s rich anthology of verse stretches from the fourteenth century to the twentieth, collecting poems that have inspired musical settings by one hundred English poets, along with a treasure trove of illuminating notes and marginalia about their lives, work and, often, their approach to music.br>br>Stokes gathers together in a single volume a huge amount of information about English song that will assist musicians in performing these works, and enlighten all those enthusiasts who delight in the fusion of words and music that has produced countless moments of incandescent magic.>

Product details

• Authors: Richard Stokes, Stokes Richard
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.04.2018
• EAN: 9780141982540
• ISBN: 978-0-14-198254-0
• No. of pages: 976
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 41 mm
• Series: Little Black Classics; Penguin Classics; Little Black Classics
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Singing, making music; Humanities, art, music > Music; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, CE period up to c 1500, c 1500 onwards to present day, Medieval History, British & Irish history, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards), Composers and songwriters, Poetry anthologies (various poets), European history: medieval period, middle ages, Musical scores, lyrics & libretti, Classic and pre-20th century poetry, Musical scores, lyrics and libretti