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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... plays . The text of the Schubert song listed here is extracted from Aeschylus's play Eumenides , the lines being from the chorus “ Of Justice we are ministers . ” ( SOURCE : Americana , 2001 ) SONG 1. " Aeschylus and Sophocles ...
... plays . The text of the Schubert song listed here is extracted from Aeschylus's play Eumenides , the lines being from the chorus “ Of Justice we are ministers . ” ( SOURCE : Americana , 2001 ) SONG 1. " Aeschylus and Sophocles ...
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... play Regulus . For plot details and position of the song within the play , see * Regulus . AHNUNG UND GEGENWART : a novella by Joseph von * Eichendorff . In this work Eichendorff evokes the romantic atmosphere stemming from his concepts ...
... play Regulus . For plot details and position of the song within the play , see * Regulus . AHNUNG UND GEGENWART : a novella by Joseph von * Eichendorff . In this work Eichendorff evokes the romantic atmosphere stemming from his concepts ...
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... play , The Tempest , adapted for a revival by * D'Avenant and * Dryden . For the position of the song within the plot , see * Tempest , The . ALBA : the kingdom of King Numitor . Mars , the god of war , had surprised the ves- tal virgin ...
... play , The Tempest , adapted for a revival by * D'Avenant and * Dryden . For the position of the song within the plot , see * Tempest , The . ALBA : the kingdom of King Numitor . Mars , the god of war , had surprised the ves- tal virgin ...
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... play Die Räuber ( The Robbers ) . Karl , one of a Franconian nobleman's two sons , has been disinher- ited through a trick perpetrated by the other son . Consequently , Karl joins a rob- ber band that terrorizes the Bohemian Forest ...
... play Die Räuber ( The Robbers ) . Karl , one of a Franconian nobleman's two sons , has been disinher- ited through a trick perpetrated by the other son . Consequently , Karl joins a rob- ber band that terrorizes the Bohemian Forest ...
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... play- wright , and writer of fairy tales . Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense , Den- mark , where he was educated to the age of fourteen . After completing his grammar school education in 1827 , he was tutored in Copenhagen in ...
... play- wright , and writer of fairy tales . Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense , Den- mark , where he was educated to the age of fourteen . After completing his grammar school education in 1827 , he was tutored in Copenhagen in ...
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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 |