Partition pour voix élevée et pianoCollection : Bonnardot JacquelineNombre de pages : 59Gounod, comme Berlioz à la même époque, eut le grand mérite d'avoir donné à la mélodie un relief qu'elle n'avait pas eu jusque là en France. C'est avec lui que naît véritablement la mélodie française qui se substitue peu à peu à la romance, plus simple et d'un accompagnement moins raffiné. Gounod, en particulier dans ses premières oeuvres, choisit de beaux textes et calque avec un grand talent sa mélodie sur le chant du langage français, en respectant le rythme établi par le poète. Nous avons voulu présenter une anthologie des mélodies qui nous ont semblé les mieux adaptées au goût d'aujourd'hui. Les Editions Henry Lemoine, qui furent à l'époque l'un des principaux éditeurs de Charles Gounod, souhaitent ainsi contribuer à faire aimer ces oeuvres au même titre que celles de compositeurs plus souvent interprétés et qui doivent peut-être quelque chose à Gounod... (Jacqueline Bonnardot)Contenu :L'Absent (Ch. Gounod) - Aubade (V. Hugo) - Rêverie (J. Barbier) - Beware ! (H.W. Longfellow) - Ma Belle Amie est morte (Th. Gautier) - Heureux sera le jour (P. de Ronsard) - Sérénade (V. Hugo) - Chanson de printemps (E. Tourneux) - Mignon (L. Gallet) - Au Rossignol (A. de Lamartine)

An extremely expressive and beautiful piece Ave Maria has been a traditional favorite for church performance. This timeless masterpiece is an adaptation of Bach’s famous Prelude No.1 In C by Charles Gounod for Voice. Available here for High Voice with Piano accompaniment.

Instrumentation: High voice—Pf Format: Sheet Music Details: (Fr.) Those interested in French music have often had reason to be grateful to Roger Nichols; his writings on Debussy, Ravel, Messiaen and Poulenc are indispensable to themusic lover. Nichols now turns his attentionsto the mélodie, where it is his mission to encourage singers to explore beyond the well-trodden paths of French song. In these two anthologies he does not ignore masterpieces by composers of the stature of Fauré and Duparc, but sets them alongside music – almost impossible to find elsewhere in print – by such under-estimated figures asReber, Viardot, Massé and Paladilhe. Even themore celebrated songs are often not easily found in practical editions, which makes thisselection an ideal starting point for wider exploration. In each of these volumes the songs appear in the chronological order of their composer's birth, but Nichols somehow contrives a line-up of music which seems delightfully arbitrary at the same time as carefully designed to enrich everyone's understanding of the mélodie. The books also contain a remarkable amount of scholarship, lightly worn and pithily expressed. As well as complete translations of the songs, there is a useful and concise introduction on singing in French, together with an illuminating historical note and critical commentary; and Nichols gives full due to thepoets who were of crucial importance in the development of the mélodie tradition. Graham Johnson Contents: Reber: Guitare; Gounod: Le soir; Gounod: Le premier jour de mai; Viardot: Les deux roses;Viardot: La mésange; Franck: Nocturne; Massé:Souvenirs; Lalo: Chant breton; Saint-Saëns: Chanson triste; Bizet: Vieille chanson; Massenet: Madrigal; Massenet: Ouvre tes yeux bleus; Chabrier: Les cigales; Paladilhe: Sonnet de Pétrarque; Fauré: Automne; Fauré: Le secret; Duparc: La vie antérieure; Chausson: Nocturne; Debussy: Le jet d'eau; Satie: Sylvie; Séverac: Philis; Honegger: Automne; Poulenc: Fleurs

Description A collection of eight of the finest pieces of classical Christmas music for high voice and piano. Accompanying CD features complete performances with and without vocals. Songlist Ermuntre Dich, Mein Schwacher Geist O Jesulein Suss (Bach) I Stand Here At The Cradleside (Karg-elert) In The Bleak Midwinter [Holst, Gustav] Jesus Of Nazareth [Gounod, Charles] O Holy Night (Cantique de Noel) [Adam, Adolphe] Schlafendes Jesuskind [Wolf, Hugo] Silent Night [Gruber, Franz] Silent Night [Gruber, Franz] [Mohr, Josef] The Birthday Of A King (Neidlinger) The Virgin's Slumber-song [Reger, Max]

Instrumentation : High voice - Pf (Fr.) Those interested in French music have often had reason to be grateful to Roger Nichols; his writings on Debussy, Ravel, Messiaen and Poulenc are indispensable to the music lover. Nichols now turns his attentions to the mélodie, where it is his mission to encourage singers to explore beyond the well-trodden paths of French song. In these two anthologies he does not ignore masterpieces by composers of the stature of Fauré and Duparc, but sets them alongside music - almost impossible to find elsewhere in print - by such under-estimated figures as Reber, Viardot, Massé and Paladilhe. Even the more celebrated songs are often not easily found in practical editions, which makes this selection an ideal starting point for wider exploration. In each of these volumes the songs appear in the chronological order of their composer's birth, but Nichols somehow contrives a line-up of music which seems delightfully arbitrary at the same time as carefully designed to enrich everyone's understanding of the mélodie. The books also contain a remarkable amount of scholarship, lightly worn and pithily expressed. As well as complete translations of the songs, there is a useful and concise introduction on singing in French, together with an illuminating historical note and critical commentary; and Nichols gives full due to the poets who were of crucial importance in the development of the mélodie tradition. Graham Johnson Content : Niedermeyer:Le Lac (Meditation poétique);Berlioz:Absence;Gounod:Ô ma belle rebelle;Viardot: Fleur desséchée; Franck: S'il est un charmant gazon; Massé: Consolation;Lalo: Ballade à la lune; Saint-Saëns: La sérénité;Delibes: Chanson espagnole; Bizet: Pastorale; Massenet: Nuit d'Espagne; Chabrier: L'île heureuse; Paladilhe: Sérénité de la nuit; Fauré: Lydia; Fauré: Après un rêve; Duparc: Extase; Chausson: Le colibri; Debussy: Mandoline; Debussy: C'est l'extase langoureuse; Satie: Daphénéo; Satie: Spleen; Séverac: Ma poupée chérie; Dupont: Chanson des noisettes; Poulenc: La Grenouillère Editor :Nichols

Partition pour voix élevées ou moyennes et piano Collection : Bonnardot Jacqueline Nombre de pages : 90 Contenu : Bizet G.: Guitare (V. Hugo) - Chabrier E.: L'Ile heureuse (E. Mikhaël) - Chausson E.: Les Papillons (Th. Gautier) - Nanny (Leconte de Lisle) - Debussy Cl.: Green (P. Verlaine) - Mandoline (P. Verlaine) - Duparc H.: Soupir (Sully Prud'homme) - Chanson triste (J. Lahor) - Gounod Ch.: Viens ! les gazons sont verts (J. Barbier)- Venise (A. de Musset) - Mignon (L. Galet, d'après Goethe) - Koechlin Ch.: Dame du ciel (E. Haraucourt) - Liszt F.: Enfant, si j'étais roi (V. Hugo) - Poulenc F.: Air champêtre (d'après.J. Moréas) - Roussel A.: Le jardin mouillé (H. de Regner)- Saint Saëns C.: L'Attente (V. Hugo) -Séverac D. de: Les Hiboux (Ch. Baudelaire)

This useful inventive collection of sacred solos is a valuable resource for classical singers looking for church service material or the songs are also appropriate for a traditional recital.The collection includes art-song type settings of traditional songs plus more conventional classical material. Contents: Ah Holy Jesus ? Amazing Grace ? Ave Maria ? Balm in Gilead ? Brother James' Air ? The Call ? Deep River ? How Can I Keep from Singing ? Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring ? Just a Closer Walk with Thee ? Sheep May Safely Graze ? Wayfaring Stranger ? Wondrous Love ? We Are Climbing Jacob'sLadder