French Song Companion

Zusatztext A great deal of thought has obviously gone into the presentation of the enormous number of facts to be found here ... Furthermore, the book is a delight to handle. Informationen zum Autor Graham Johnson is an internationally famous accompanistRichard Stokes teaches languages at Westminster School. He coaches singers in the interpretation of Lieder and regularly writes programme notes for song recitals at the Wigmore Hall. Klappentext The French Song Companion is an indispensable guide to French song. 150 composers and 700 song translations make this the ideal handbook both for the seasoned enthusiast, and the newcomer to this endlessly fascinating repertory. Graham Johnson, one of the world's busiest accompanists, brings his wide experience to the biographical commentaries, and Richard Stokes, renowned for his translations of German Lieder, provides line-by-line translations of some of the greatest poems ever set to music. Zusammenfassung This text provides repertoire guides to the work of some 150 composers - the majority of them from France, but including British, American, German, Spanish, and Italian musicians who have written French vocal music. Biographical articles are supplemented by the song translations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Translator's Introduction The History of the Mélodie: A Pocket Introduction How to Use this Book A French Song Companion Afterword Index of Translated Poems Select Index of Poets Index of Translations

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Graham Stokes Johnson, Graham Johnson, Richard Stokes, Graham (internationally famous accompanist) Johnson, Richard (Westminster School) Stokes, Johnson Graham, Stokes Richard
• Con la collaborazione di: Richard Stokes (Traduzione)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 07.03.2002
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica
• EAN: 9780199249664
• ISBN: 978-0-19-924966-4
• Numero di pagine: 562
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 18.8 x 24.8 x 3 cm
• Categorie: MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, Theory of music & musicology, baroque, Renaissance style, Classical Music (C 1750 To C 1830), Classical style, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Theory of music and musicology, Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600), Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750), Medieval style