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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... writer of varied fiction , criti- cism , and journalism . Conrad Aiken's work encompassed fifty years of writing . Allen Tate called him “ one of the few genuine men of letters left ” ( Unger , , ) . Aiken was the first of ...
... writer of varied fiction , criti- cism , and journalism . Conrad Aiken's work encompassed fifty years of writing . Allen Tate called him “ one of the few genuine men of letters left ” ( Unger , , ) . Aiken was the first of ...
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... writing when the French invaded Italy ( ) . Some twenty years later Ariosto com- pleted Boiardo's poem as a romantic epic by adding history , poeticizing the facts , but still keeping themes of beauty , chivalry , war , and ...
... writing when the French invaded Italy ( ) . Some twenty years later Ariosto com- pleted Boiardo's poem as a romantic epic by adding history , poeticizing the facts , but still keeping themes of beauty , chivalry , war , and ...
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... writing his subtle and var- ied poetry made him fear that his would be “ wanting in moral grandeur ” ( Drabble ... writer , Wace . In.
... writing his subtle and var- ied poetry made him fear that his would be “ wanting in moral grandeur ” ( Drabble ... writer , Wace . In.
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Shirlee Emmons, Wilbur Watkins Lewis. ASHBERY , JOHN 33 Norman writer , Wace . In his version Arthur is borne off to Avalon ... writing . His awards include Guggenheim Fellowships in and , and , during when Self ...
Shirlee Emmons, Wilbur Watkins Lewis. ASHBERY , JOHN 33 Norman writer , Wace . In his version Arthur is borne off to Avalon ... writing . His awards include Guggenheim Fellowships in and , and , during when Self ...
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... writers with a varied and large output . Born to a liberal and wealthy Bologna family , he studied literature at the ... writing for journals . Bacchelli was among the founders of La Ronda , a Roman liter- ary magazine . Having written ...
... writers with a varied and large output . Born to a liberal and wealthy Bologna family , he studied literature at the ... writing for journals . Bacchelli was among the founders of La Ronda , a Roman liter- ary magazine . Having written ...
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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 |