Researching the Song:A LexiconOxford University Press, USA, 22 dec. 2005 - 528 pagini Singers 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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... POET Robert Burns AGANOOR POMPILJ , VICTORIA ( – ) : Italian poet of Armenian descent . Her ... American poet , critic , novelist , reporter , screen writer . Born in Knoxville , Tennessee , Agee attained his greatest ...
... POET Robert Burns AGANOOR POMPILJ , VICTORIA ( – ) : Italian poet of Armenian descent . Her ... American poet , critic , novelist , reporter , screen writer . Born in Knoxville , Tennessee , Agee attained his greatest ...
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... American poet , novelist , edi- tor . Aldrich was born in New Hampshire . His father being a wanderer , much of Charles's childhood was spent in New York and New Orleans . When his father died ( ) , Aldrich had to give up ...
... American poet , novelist , edi- tor . Aldrich was born in New Hampshire . His father being a wanderer , much of Charles's childhood was spent in New York and New Orleans . When his father died ( ) , Aldrich had to give up ...
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... POET Wallace Stevens ANDERSON , MAXWELL ( 1888-1959 ) : American dramatist born in Pennsyl- vania . Anderson was a pacifist in World War I but rejected the contemporary natu- ralistic manner of dramatizing social injustice . His first ...
... POET Wallace Stevens ANDERSON , MAXWELL ( 1888-1959 ) : American dramatist born in Pennsyl- vania . Anderson was a pacifist in World War I but rejected the contemporary natu- ralistic manner of dramatizing social injustice . His first ...
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... American spacecraft was named in honor of its superhuman abilities . ( SOURCES : Kaster , 1964 ; Delahunty et al . , 2001 ) SONG 1. “ La Cigale ” 2. “ Je n'ai plus que les os " COMPOSER POET Charles Leconte de L'Isle Pierre de Ronsard ...
... American spacecraft was named in honor of its superhuman abilities . ( SOURCES : Kaster , 1964 ; Delahunty et al . , 2001 ) SONG 1. “ La Cigale ” 2. “ Je n'ai plus que les os " COMPOSER POET Charles Leconte de L'Isle Pierre de Ronsard ...
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... American poet , playwright , translator , editor . Ash- bery grew up on a farm in upstate New York and was educated ... poetry of John Ashbery is difficult : difficult to read , dif- ficult to understand , perhaps even difficult to like ...
... American poet , playwright , translator , editor . Ash- bery grew up on a farm in upstate New York and was educated ... poetry of John Ashbery is difficult : difficult to read , dif- ficult to understand , perhaps even difficult to like ...
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Researching the Song: A Lexicon Shirlee Emmons,Wilbur Watkins Lewis Jr. Previzualizare limitată - 2008 |
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