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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... a song composed by Henry Purcell to the words of Nathaniel * Lee , from his heroic play Theodosius , produced in . See Theodosius for plot details and position of the song within the plot . IO “ Ah , How Happy We Are " “
... a song composed by Henry Purcell to the words of Nathaniel * Lee , from his heroic play Theodosius , produced in . See Theodosius for plot details and position of the song within the plot . IO “ Ah , How Happy We Are " “
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... produced in , then altered in to include music by Henry Purcell . See * Indian Queen , The , for plot details and song placement . “ Ah , Me ! To Many Deaths Decreed ” : a song written by Henry Purcell to words of John ...
... produced in , then altered in to include music by Henry Purcell . See * Indian Queen , The , for plot details and song placement . “ Ah , Me ! To Many Deaths Decreed ” : a song written by Henry Purcell to words of John ...
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... produced in , the plot of which Dryden adapted from comedies by Plautus and Molière that use the story of * Jupiter's seduction of Alcmena in the disguise of her husband , Amphitryon . Jupiter forces Alcmena to tell which one ...
... produced in , the plot of which Dryden adapted from comedies by Plautus and Molière that use the story of * Jupiter's seduction of Alcmena in the disguise of her husband , Amphitryon . Jupiter forces Alcmena to tell which one ...
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... produced 1917 , published 1918 , later , as a libretto for an opera by Francis Poulenc . Essays : The Cubist Painters : Aesthetic Medi- tations , 1913 , 1949 ; L'Esprit nouveau et les poetes , 1946 ; Selected Writings , ed . Roger ...
... produced 1917 , published 1918 , later , as a libretto for an opera by Francis Poulenc . Essays : The Cubist Painters : Aesthetic Medi- tations , 1913 , 1949 ; L'Esprit nouveau et les poetes , 1946 ; Selected Writings , ed . Roger ...
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... young * Romantics . In he returned to Prussia and spent the rest of his life between his estate and Berlin , then the center of resistance to Napoleon . A number 31 32 ARNO of dramas and poems were produced by Arnim.
... young * Romantics . In he returned to Prussia and spent the rest of his life between his estate and Berlin , then the center of resistance to Napoleon . A number 31 32 ARNO of dramas and poems were produced by Arnim.
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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 |