Sixty songs : medium voice / Gabriel Fauré ; English translations by Stanley Appelbaum.
By: Fauré, Gabriel [composer]
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Contributor(s): Appelbaum, Stanley [translator].
Material type: 
ScorePublisher: New York : Dover Publications, [1990]Copyright date: ©1990Description: 1 score (xv, 267 pages) ; 28 cm.Content type: notated music Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 048626534X; 9780486265346.Subject(s): Songs (Medium voice) with pianoDDC classification: S/5753 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending | S/5753 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00203905 |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The elegantly expressive songs in this volume are among the finest works of the composer generally regarded as the greatest master of the French song. Gabriel Faur#65533; wrote then between 1861 and 1904, and gathered them into three collections, all reprinted here from authoritative French editions originally prepared for medium voice.
Set to texts by such distinguished writers as Victor Hugo, Th#65533;ophile Gautier, Charles Baudelaire, Paulk Verlaine, and Jean Richepin, the songs reflect the subtle refinement of Faur#65533;'s creative sensibilities and the conviction he could bring to a broad range of moods. Included here are such well-known works as "Clair de lune," "Apr#65533;s un r#65533;ve," and "Les roses d'Ispahan," along with such touching masterpieces as "Chanson de p#65533;cheur" and "L'absent," and the emotionally charged "Le voyageur" and "Automne."
In these exquisite compositions, among the most frequently performed and recorded songs today, singers will discover the strikingly individual textures, melodies, and harmonies with which Faur#65533; forged a musical style that bridged late-Romantic and 20th-century musical idioms, and deeply influenced a generation of composers.
French words; English translations by Stanley Appelbaum printed as texts: pages v-xxv.
"An unabridged republication of the following three volumes as originally published by J. Hamelle, Paris: (1) Premier recueil. 20 mélodies pour chant et piano ... n.d. (first edition was 1879, with revisions in 1908); (2) 2ème recueil. Vingt mélodies / chant et piano ... n.d. (first edition was 1908); and (3) 3ème recueil. Vingt mélodies / chant et piano, n.d. (first edition was 1908)"--T.p. verso.
Le papillon et la fleur -- Mai -- Dans les ruines d'une abbaye -- Les matelots -- Seule! -- Sérénade Toscane -- Chanson dû pecheur -- Lydia -- Chant d'automne -- Rêve d'amour -- L'absent -- Aubade -- Tristesse -- Sylvie -- Après un rêve -- Hymne -- Au bord de l'eau -- Le rancon -- Ici-bas! -- Noël -- Nell -- Le voyageur -- Automne -- Poème d'un jour -- Les berceaux -- Notre amour -- Le secret -- Chanson d'amour -- Le fée aux chansons -- Aurore -- Fleur jetée -- Le pays des rêves -- Les roses d'Ispahan -- En prière -- Nocturne -- Les prèsents -- Clair de lune -- Barcarolle -- Larmes -- Au cimitière -- Spleen -- La rose -- Chanson -- Madrigal -- Cinq mélodies 'de Venise' -- Le parfum impérissable -- Arpège -- Prison -- Soir -- Le plus doux chemin -- Le ramier -- Dans la forêt de Septembre -- La fleur qui va sur l'eau -- Accompagnement.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
An accomplished French composer, Gabriel Faure developed a style that pushed tonality to its limits, while becoming increasingly economical. Many of Faure's shorter works became and remain popular; however, the true worth of his achievement in song, piano, and chamber music are only gradually being recognized. Faure also developed a musical idiom all his own that anticipated the procedures of impressionism.Faure was also an illustrious teacher. Among his now-famous students were Raul Enesco, Charles Koechlin, Jean Roger-Ducasse, Laparra, Florent Schmitt, Louis Aubert, and Nadia Boulanger.
(Bowker Author Biography)