Researching the Song:A LexiconSingers are faced with a unique challenge among musicians: they must express not just the music, but the lyrics too. To effectively communicate the meaning behind these words, singers must understand the many references embedded in the vast international repertoire of great art songs. They must deal with the meaning of the lyrics, frequently in a language not their own and of a culture unfamiliar to them. 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. Its more than 2,000 carefully researched entries supply information on most of the mythological, historical, geographical, and literary references contained in western art song. The authors explain the meaning of less familiar literary terms, figures, and authors referenced in song while placing songs in the context of larger literary sources. Readers will find entries dealing with art songs from the German, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish, South American, Greek, Finnish, Scandinavian, and both American and British English repertoires. Sources, narratives, and explanations of major song cycles are also given. Organized alphabetically, the lexicon includes brief biographies of poets, lists of composers who set each poet's work, bibliographic materials, and brief synopses of major works from which song texts were taken, including the plots of all Restoration theater works containing Purcell's vocal music. The more performers know and understand the literary elements of a song, the richer their communication will be. Researching the Song is a vital aid for singers and teachers in interpreting art songs and building song recital programs. |
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... literary elements of a song, the more they will understand the work and the richer their communication will be. Principles of Selection A lexicon is a technical dictionary devoted to a specific discipline. Researching the Song is just ...
... literary elements of a song, the more they will understand the work and the richer their communication will be. Principles of Selection A lexicon is a technical dictionary devoted to a specific discipline. Researching the Song is just ...
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... literary themes in the death of his father , the life of his Knoxville family , the intellectual issues that he shared with Flye , and the social and religious attitudes of his community at St. Andrew's School . In his later years he ...
... literary themes in the death of his father , the life of his Knoxville family , the intellectual issues that he shared with Flye , and the social and religious attitudes of his community at St. Andrew's School . In his later years he ...
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... literary movement , to which she committed her- self . Her first books of poetry ( – ) brought her success . Akhmatova is a purely lyric poet , whose visions are feminine but not modernist , and she is distinguished for her ...
... literary movement , to which she committed her- self . Her first books of poetry ( – ) brought her success . Akhmatova is a purely lyric poet , whose visions are feminine but not modernist , and she is distinguished for her ...
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... literary language that was deceptively simple . His best stories show an accurate obser- vation of human behavior and an understanding of the problems of human existence . Andersen's work was admired by Charles Dickens and Elizabeth ...
... literary language that was deceptively simple . His best stories show an accurate obser- vation of human behavior and an understanding of the problems of human existence . Andersen's work was admired by Charles Dickens and Elizabeth ...
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... Literary Criticism and Romantic Theory in the Work of Achim von Arnim , . ( SOURCE : Kunitz , Colby , ) ARNO : a famous river in northwest Italy . The Arno rises in the Apennine Moun- tains , winds to the Ligurian Sea ...
... Literary Criticism and Romantic Theory in the Work of Achim von Arnim , . ( SOURCE : Kunitz , Colby , ) ARNO : a famous river in northwest Italy . The Arno rises in the Apennine Moun- tains , winds to the Ligurian Sea ...
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American poet ballads beautiful became Benjamin Britten Benjamin Britten POET born Brahms Carl Loewe century Claude Debussy Colby collection composed by Henry COMPOSER Benjamin Britten COMPOSER Francis Poulenc critic daughter death details and placement Drabble drama dramatist Elkanah Settle English poet Fairie-Queene father Francis Poulenc Francis Poulenc POET Franz Schubert French poet Friedrich Gabriel Fauré George German poet Goethe Greek Henry Purcell Hugo Wolf Italian Jesus John Dryden Kunitz later legend literary literature lived married mother Ned Rorem novel novelist Paris Paul Paul Verlaine Peter placement of songs play playwright plot details poems poet POET William poetic poetry was set popular PRINCIPAL prose published Richard Robert romantic Rorem Russian SAINT Schubert set Schumann Scot SELECTED READING semi-opera singing SONG COMPOSER POET SOURCE Spanish Steinberg story studied Thomas Thomas D'Urfey trans translated University Verlaine verse William Soutar Wolfgang words writing written wrote Zeus
References to this book
Singing and Communicating in English: A Singer's Guide to English Diction Kathryn LaBouff Limited preview - 2007 |