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 | 739074156 |
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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: Au jardin de mon pere (anonymous)
Artist: Robert J. Smith
Title: Berceuse (Bordese)
Artist: Ben Folds; Evan Olson
Title: Chanson de patre (Augier)
Artist: Ben Folds
Title: Clair de lune (Mendes)
Artist: Ben Folds
Title: Duet: Belle; viens a moi (Desbordes-Valmore)
Artist: Ben Folds
Title: En priere (Bordese)
Artist: Sam Cooke
Title: En regardant ces belles fleurs (d'Orleans)
Artist: Steve Perry; Jonathan Cain
Title: Le manoir de Rosemonde (Bonnieres)
Artist: Jule Styne; Sammy Cahn
Title: Lied (Mendes)
Artist: Ryan Bingham
Title: Puisque j'ai mis ma levre (Hugo)
Title: Puisqu'ici-bas tout ame (Hugo)
Artist: Ben Folds
Title: Quand reverrai-je; helas! (Bellay)
Title: Serenade (Hugo)
Artist: Ben Folds
Title: Sonnet melancolique (Silvestre)
Artist: Ben Folds
Title: About This Edition
Title: After Romanticism
Artist: Ben Folds
Title: Aurore (Silvestre)
Artist: Jesse James
Title: Bonjour; mon coeur (Ronsard)
Artist: Andre Young (a/k/a Dr. Dre); Ricardo Brown; Calvin Broadus; Delmer Arnaud; Tracy Curry
Title: Clair de lune (Verlaine)
Artist: Lindsey Buckingham
Title: Colombine (Verlaine)
Artist: Steve Perry; Jonathan Cain
Title: Dieu qui sourit (Hugo)
Artist: Ben Folds; Benjamin Kweller; Benjamin M. Lee
Title: Duet: La nuit (Banville)
Artist: Martin Sandberg a/k/a Max Martin; Lukasz Gottwald; Calvin Broadus a/k/a Snoop Dog; Katy Perry; Benja
Title: En sourdine (Verlaine)
Artist: Christopher C. Allen; Branden M. Campbell; Elaine G. Doty; Tyler A. Glenn; Timothy A. Pagnotta
Title: Extase (Lahor)
Artist: Jule Styne; Sammy Cahn
Title: Il pleure dans mon coeur (Verlaine)
Artist: Christopher C. Allen; Branden M. Campbell; Elaine G. Doty; Tyler A. Glenn; Timothy A. Pagnotta
Title: Introduction
Artist: Leslie Bricusse; Anthony Newley
Title: La jalousie (anonymous)
Artist: Ben Folds
Title: L'Andalouse (Musset)
Artist: Ben Folds
Title: Le doux sommeil (Ronsard)
Artist: Justin Hawkins; Daniel Hawkins
Title: Le secret (Silvestre)- - Artist: Jesse James
Title: Le voyage (Florian)- - Artist: Jimmy Buffett
Title: Les berceaux (Prudhomme )
Title: L'ombre et le jour (Turquety)- - Artist: Neil A. Hannon
Title: Nocturne (Villiers)- - Artist: Sam Cooke
Title: Oh; quand je dors (Hugo)- - Artist: Ben Folds
Title: Ouvre tes yeux bleus (Robiquet)- - Artist: Jimmy Buffett
Title: Phonemes of French- - Artist: Aretha Franklin; Ted White
Title: Plaisir d'amour (Florian)- - Artist: Ben Folds
Title: Pourquoi rester seulette (Croze)- - Artist: Ben Folds
Title: Que me font ces vallons (Lamartine)- - Artist: Lindsey Buckingham
Title: Romance (Bourget)- - Artist: Martin Sandberg a/k/a Max Martin; Lukasz Gottwald; Calvin Broadus a/k/a Snoop Dog; Katy Perry; Benja
Title: Romance d'Arabelle (Millevoye)- - Artist: Ben Folds
Title: Romanticism- - Artist: Ben Folds
Title: SONGS- - Artist: Ben Folds
Title: Sonnet (Ronsard)- - Artist: Ben Folds
Title: Souvenir de Venise (Musset)
Title: The Classical Era- - Artist: Ben Folds; Frally Hynes
Title: The Composers and Their Times- - Artist: Ben Folds
Title: Tristesse de l'odalisque (Gautier)- - Artist: Ben Folds
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