In February 1999 Steven Sater conceived the radical notion of creating a rock musical from Frank Wedekind's notorious Symbolist drama Frühlings Erwachen and he enlisted his friend and writing partner Duncan Sheik in the enterprise. That night Sater came home and began writing the first lyric of Spring Awakening: ?Mama Who Bore Me? a lyric which still stands verbatim just as he first wrote it.Ten years later in the wake of the enormous international success of this groundbreaking multiaward-winning show its original director Michael Mayer urged Sater to write notes explicating its famously evocative poetic lyrics.In rich detail Sater'snotes address the literary sources and allusions of each lyric. He also writes feelingly of what prompted the songs over the course of the show's eight years of development. In so doing Sater expands on his partnership with Sheik and his experiences with original cast members Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff now also known from Glee.These notes will prove invaluable for fans of the show for all those interested in theater and most especially for all the young performers who will play the roles and sing these songs.

Description English Songs Renaissance To Baroque - High Voice Thirty-four songs from 17 composers, complete with historical information. Songlist As I Walked Forth One Summer Day [Johnson, Robert] Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind [Arne, Thomas] Come And Trip It (G.F.Handel) Diaphenia (Francis Pilkington) Fain Would I Change That Note (Tobias Hume) Fair, If You Expect Admiring (Thomas Campian) Flow My Tears [Dowland, John] Hark! The Echoing Air [Purcell, Henry] Have You Seen But A White Lily Grow? Henry Lawes (How Happy Art Thou) Here Amid The Shady Woods (G.F.Handel) I Attempt From Love's Sickness To Fly [Purcell, Henry] If Music Be The Food Of Love [Purcell, Henry] I'll Sail Upon The Dog Star (Henry Purcell) In Sherwood Livde Stout Robin Hood [Jones, Robert] It Was A Lover And His Lass [Morley, Thomas] Jack And Joan (Thomas Campian) Let Me Wander Not Unseen (G.F.Handel) My Lovely Celia (George Munro) My Lovely Celia [Munro, George] Nymphs And Shepherds [Purcell, Henry] O Come, O Come, My Dearest [Arne, Thomas] Pastime With Good Company Rest Sweet Nymphs [Pilkington, Francis] Since First I Saw Your Face (Thomas Ford) Tell Me No More (John Blow) The Silver Swan [Gibbons, Orlando] Thou Soft Flowing Avon (Arne) Weep You No More, Sad Fountains [Dowland, John] What If I Never Speed [Dowland, John] When Daisies Pied [Arne, Thomas] When Laura Smiles (A Book Of Ayres) [Rosseter, Philip] Where E'er You Walk [Handel, George Frideric] Willow Song Wind, Tell My Sweetheart

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