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Gabriel Fauré : the songs and their poets / Graham Johnson, with translations of the song texts by Richard Stokes.

Title
Gabriel Fauré : the songs and their poets / Graham Johnson, with translations of the song texts by Richard Stokes.
Author
Johnson, Graham, 1950-
Publication
Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate ; London : Guildhall School of Music & Drama, 2009.

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors
  • Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London, England)
  • Stokes, Richard.
Description
xxvii, 460 p. : ill., music; 25 cm.
Summary
Each song receives a separate commentary.
Series Statement
  • Guildhall School of Music & Drama research studies ; 7
  • Guildhall research studies
Uniform Title
Research studies (Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London, England)) ; 7.
Subject
  • Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924
  • French poetry > History and criticism
  • Music and literature
  • Songs, French > France > History and criticism
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
An indifference to success -- Second empire and first songs : Victor Hugo -- War and peace on Parnassus : Théophile Gautier, Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle, Charles Baudelaire -- Chez Mme P. Viardot-Garcia : Louis Pomey, Marc Monnier, Sully Prudhomme, Romain Bussine -- 1878 : A transitional year of song : Paul de Choudens, Charles Grandmougin -- Bachelor and husband : The Silvestre years : Armand Silvestre, Victor Wilder -- Crisis and decadence : Auguste Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Jean Richepin, Edmond Haraucourt, Stéphan Bordèse -- Fauré and Paul Verlaine (I) -- Fauré and Paul Verlaine (II) -- Crossing the divide : towards the late style : Molière, Albert Samain, Maurice Maeterlinck, Catulle Mendès -- Interlude : the silent gift : Jean Dominique, Henri de Régnier -- Fauré and Charles Van Lerberghe (I) -- Fauré and Charles Van Lerberghe (II) -- Mirages and horizons : Renée de Brimont, Georgette Debladis, Jean de La Ville de Mirmont -- Some notes on the performance of Fauré's songs -- The pianist's workshop (wherein singers are always welcome).
ISBN
  • 9780754659600 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0754659607 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2008039246