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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... First select a song that touches you . Read the text . If it is in a foreign language , obtain a dictionary and make your own transla- tion . Note the poet's name and copy down any dates the considerate publisher offers you . If the ...
... First select a song that touches you . Read the text . If it is in a foreign language , obtain a dictionary and make your own transla- tion . Note the poet's name and copy down any dates the considerate publisher offers you . If the ...
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... first applied to obscure prophecies made by the Erythraean * Sibyl and written on loose leaves , which made a word when sorted in order . ( SOURCE : Cooper , ) ACTEON : a legendary Greek huntsman , son of Aristaeus and Autonoë ...
... first applied to obscure prophecies made by the Erythraean * Sibyl and written on loose leaves , which made a word when sorted in order . ( SOURCE : Cooper , ) ACTEON : a legendary Greek huntsman , son of Aristaeus and Autonoë ...
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... first meeting . She later appears at different points in Friedrich's travels , first as the sister of Graf Leontine , at whose home Friedrich recovers from a fight . Then she is swept into the midst of shallow , meaningless Vienna ...
... first meeting . She later appears at different points in Friedrich's travels , first as the sister of Graf Leontine , at whose home Friedrich recovers from a fight . Then she is swept into the midst of shallow , meaningless Vienna ...
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... first comedy , The Old Batchelour , produced in . See * Old Batchelour , The for details of the plot and placement of the songs . ASCLEPIUS : the patron of medicine and son of * Apollo . Not only did he cure the sick , but he ...
... first comedy , The Old Batchelour , produced in . See * Old Batchelour , The for details of the plot and placement of the songs . ASCLEPIUS : the patron of medicine and son of * Apollo . Not only did he cure the sick , but he ...
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... first two words of the angel's salutation to Mary ( Luke . ) . As the practice of venerating the saints developed in the Catholic Church , the adoration of the Virgin Mary as the “ Mother of God ” ( in Greek , Theo Teknon , ✪ɛot ...
... first two words of the angel's salutation to Mary ( Luke . ) . As the practice of venerating the saints developed in the Catholic Church , the adoration of the Virgin Mary as the “ Mother of God ” ( in Greek , Theo Teknon , ✪ɛot ...
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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 |