Features
Gateway to French Melodies leads us into a fragrant garden of poetry and music that is both passionate and refined. Each song brings to life one of the great themes of French art---love, nature, the purpose of life---with sensuous beauty, beguiling grace, and often with humor. Understanding what you sing is the basic concept of the Gateway series. Each lyric is translated, both word-by-word and in readable English. The singer can learn the song with confidence, as obscure points of phonetics, grammar and interpretation are made clear. The cultural context of each song is illuminated, along with its place in the life and works of the composer. The comb binding creates a lay-flat book that is perfect for study and performance. Many of the marvelous songs found here been out of print for more than a century and a few are published here for the very first time. The songs include: 'Plaisir d'amour,' the quintessential song of bittersweet love, edited from the composer's original 1784 edition Seven works by women composers, including two sisters who were divas of Romantic opera, Maria Malibran and Pauline Viardot Works of French operatic masters such as Gounod, Saint-Saens, Bizet, and Massenet Six songs by Gabriel Faure and four by Claude Debussy Two duets from contrasting historical periods Piano accompaniments are heard on the companion CD, beautifully played by Joan Thompson and expertly engineered by Grammy Award winner Matthew Snyder.
PRODUCT INFORMATION | Publisher | Alfred Publishing |
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| Format | Comb Bound Book |
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| Instrument | Voice |
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| Genre | Masterwork |
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| Category | Vocal Collection |
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| Language | French |
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| Pages | 240 |
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| Shipping Weight | 1.675 lbs |
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| Alfred Publishing Item | 00-36534 |
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| Product Code | YL00-36534 |
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| UPC Code | 38081403540 |
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| ISBN 10 | 0739074156 |
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| EAN | 9780739074152 |
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| Voicing Description | Low Voice |
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John Glenn Paton : Editor
SONG LIST
Title: Quand reverrai-je; helas! (Bellay)
Artist: Andre Caplet
Title: Puisque j'ai mis ma levre (Hugo)
Artist: Gabriel Faure
Title: En regardant ces belles fleurs (d'Orleans)
Artist: Andre Caplet
Title: En priere (Bordese)
Artist: Gabriel Faure
Title: Clair de lune (Mendes)
Artist: Camille Saint-Saens
Title: Sonnet melancolique (Silvestre)
Artist: Alexis de Castillon
Title: Serenade (Hugo)
Artist: Charles Gounod
Title: Puisqu'ici-bas tout ame (Hugo)
Artist: Louis Niedermeyer
Title: Lied (Mendes)
Artist: Emmanuel Chabrier
Title: Le manoir de Rosemonde (Bonnieres)
Artist: Henri Duparc
Title: Duet: Belle; viens a moi (Desbordes-Valmore)
Artist: Maria Malibran
Title: Chanson de patre (Augier)
Artist: Charles Gounod
Title: Berceuse (Bordese)
Artist: Pauline Viardot
Title: Au jardin de mon pere (anonymous)
Artist: Pauline Viardot
Title: Tristesse de l'odalisque (Gautier)
Artist: Felicien David
Title: Pourquoi rester seulette (Croze)
Artist: Camille Saint-Saens
Title: Plaisir d'amour (Florian)
Artist: Jean Paul Egide Martini
Title: Nocturne (Villiers)
Artist: Gabriel Faure
Title: Les berceaux (Prudhomme )
Artist: Gabriel Faure
Title: Le secret (Silvestre)
Artist: Gabriel Faure
Title: Le doux sommeil (Ronsard)
Artist: Theodore Gouvy
Title: Aurore (Silvestre)
Artist: Gabriel Faure
Title: The Composers and Their Times
Title: The Classical Era
Title: Souvenir de Venise (Musset)
Artist: Jules Massenet
Title: Sonnet (Ronsard)
Artist: Georges Bizet
Title: SONGS
Title: Romanticism
Title: Romance d'Arabelle (Millevoye)
Artist: Pierre Garat
Title: Romance (Bourget)- - Artist: Claude Debussy
Title: Que me font ces vallons (Lamartine)- - Artist: Erik Satie
Title: Phonemes of French
Title: Ouvre tes yeux bleus (Robiquet)- - Artist: Jules Massenet
Title: Oh; quand je dors (Hugo)- - Artist: Edouard Lalo
Title: L'ombre et le jour (Turquety)- - Artist: Pauline Viardot
Title: Le voyage (Florian)- - Artist: Emile Paladilhe
Title: L'Andalouse (Musset)- - Artist: Hippolyte Monpou
Title: La jalousie (anonymous)- - Artist: Pauline Duchambge
Title: Introduction
Title: Il pleure dans mon coeur (Verlaine)- - Artist: Claude Debussy
Title: Extase (Lahor)- - Artist: Henri Duparc
Title: En sourdine (Verlaine)- - Artist: Claude Debussy
Title: Duet: La nuit (Banville)- - Artist: Ernest Chausson
Title: Dieu qui sourit (Hugo)- - Artist: Edouard Lalo
Title: Colombine (Verlaine)- - Artist: Poldowski
Title: Clair de lune (Verlaine)- - Artist: Claude Debussy
Title: Bonjour; mon coeur (Ronsard)- - Artist: Pauline Viardot
Title: After Romanticism
Title: About This Edition
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