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Author: André Previn
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Incorporated
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 24
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →(Vocal). These three brand-new settings by the multi-talented Andre Previn, composed for and premiered by Renee Fleming, demonstrate once more why Emily Dickinson's poetry is irresistible to composers and singers. Contents: As Imperceptibly as Grief * Will There Really Be a Morning? * Good Morning Midnight.
Author: Larry Starr
Publisher: Pendragon Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9781576470923
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Commentary on the original version for soprano and piano is supplemented by information on Copland's later orchestrations of selected songs, a discussion of performance and interpretation, and an annotated discography."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Carolyn Lindley Cooley
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2003-03-05
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 078641491X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Music is a vital element in the poems and prose of Emily Dickinson but, despite its importance, the function of music as a literary technique in her work has not yet been fully explored; what information exists is scarce and scattered. The significance of the musical terminology and imagery in Dickinson's poetry and prose are thoroughly explored in this book. It considers the music of Dickinson's life and times and how it influenced her writing, how she combined music and poetry to create her own style, several important nineteenth century reviews for what they reveal about the musical quality of her work, and her use of Protestant hymns as a model for her poetry. It also provides insights into musical interpretations of her poetry as related to the author by some fifty modern-day composers and arrangers, and discusses musical reflections of her poems and letters.
Author: Keith E. Clifton
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2008-09-05
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1461670780
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Recent American Art Song: A Guide is a reference source devoted to songs with English texts by American composers, written for solo voice and piano. The book focuses exclusively on art song since 1980, a substantial period largely ignored by scholars. This is the first study to examine this repertory in detail, and many of the songs and composers are discussed in print for the first time. Keith E. Clifton has examined approximately 1000 songs by nearly 200 composers. Many songs employ musical idioms well beyond traditional classical styles, including references to jazz, musical theater, rap, and rock & roll, and several songs blur the boundaries between recital and stage works. Organized alphabetically by composer, entries contain complete biographical and bibliographical information, with major works and links to print resources and composer websites when available. In addition, Clifton provides detailed information on the vocal range, musical style, and appropriate voice type for individual songs. The book concludes with a full discography and bibliography, as well as indexes listing the works by poet, song cycle, title, voice type, and level of difficulty.
Author: Jane Manning
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 0199391025
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"This book contains a diverse array of contemporary vocal music available in the 20th century. It provides specific pieces for different voices, abilities, and occasions. Choices range from substantial song cycles to shorter pieces suitable for encores, examinations, or auditions. Almost all works are for voice and piano, but there are some for solo voice. This volume also contains a rich variety of musical styles, which is reflected here along with some revised and updated articles on works featured in the previous edition, in order to keep them in circulation. Furthermore, this volume includes the broadest possible selection of works which are confined to settings of the English language. However, two works in Latin as well as one piece in fake 'Russian' are the only exceptions. In addition, there are certain songs culled from some diploma syllabus many years ago, which seem to have progressed unchallenged through successive generations despite a wealth of viable alternatives. Teachers can thus be inclined to steer students in the direction of pieces they are already familiar with in this book"--
Author: Carlton Lowenberg
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 248
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Emily Dickinson's astonishingly original poems, with their keen imagery and highly charged but economically expressed emotion, have inspired numerous composers to set them to music. This book provides a detailed inventory of 1,615 musical settings of Emily Dickinson's texts, by 276 composers, written between 1896 and 1991.
Author: Emily Dickinson
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Published: 2015-05-20
Total Pages: 560
ISBN-13: 1473374545
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First published in 1890, this volume contains all three series of “Poems by Emily Dickinson”, an extensive collection of Dickinson's very best poetry. Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (1830–1886) was an American poet commonly hailed as being among the most important figures in American poetry. Not much is known about her personal life, but evidence suggests that this is because she spent most of her time isolated from other people. Those who lived around her claimed that she took to wearing only white apparel and rarely left her bedroom in her later years. Despite being a prolific writer who produced a corpus of over 1,800 poems, only 10 were published during her lifetime. Her poetry was considered unusual for her time, incorporating a variety of odd features and breaking many of the conventional rules. Contents include: “First Series - I. Life, II. Love, III. Nature, IV. Time and Eternity”, “Second Series - I. Life, II. Love, III. Nature, IV. Time and Eternity”and “Third Series - I. Life, II. Love, III. Nature, IV. Time and Eternity." A fantastic collection of classic poetry not to be missed by fans and collectors of Dickinson's seminal work. Ragged Hand is proud to be republishing this collection of classic poetry now complete with an introductory excerpt by Martha Dickinson Bianchi.
