von Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff-Original edition for medium voice.Bilingual...(+)
von Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff-Original edition for medium voice.Bilingual Foreword (Ger/Eng) and Critical Commentary (Ger).The song texts are printed separately and include English translations taken from Richard Stokesâ?? publication The Book of Lieder.Schumannâ??s Liederkreis after poems by Joseph von Eichendorff comprises settings of twelve texts with the common motif of being far from home. This new edition presents the work in its definitive form published in the second edition of 1850 while taking into account Schumannâ??s autograph manuscript and other relevant sources. The detailed Foreword brings out the special nature of this cycle. Alternativereadings from the autograph offer valuable suggestions for a nuanced performance.Already published:Robert SchumannDichterliebe Op.48 BA 7851Liederkreis by Heinrich Heine Op.24 BA 7852Frauenliebe und Leben Op.42 BA 7854
This volume offers a sampling of fourteen great vocal works from the Romantic er...(+)
This volume offers a sampling of fourteen great vocal works from the Romantic era for Medium and Low voice that have long been out of the common consciousness but not been entirely forgotten! Rossini and Donizetti among others wrote songs for everybody from prima donnas to amateurs each with an impressive sensitivity and depth. Editor and mezzo-soprano Patricia Atkins Chiti has drawn from her personal collection of songs many of which have been out of print for more than a century. Italian Art Songs of the Romantic Era contains fourteen fabulous songs a detailed foreword that introduces the Romantic era and the Romanze providing an excellentway for young singers to learn the style of major composers. There is carefully edited text and music an extensive background to each composer and each song translations and even phonetic pronunciation guides for Italian.
