Par CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO MARIO. Born into a family that had lived in Florence since the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) entertained only a distant relationship with the music he heard at synagogue. It was only when he discovered Schelemo, a rhapsody for cello and orchestra written in 1916 by Ernest Bloch, that he began to understand what ' Jewish music” could be. In the mid-1920s, the young composer found a collection of prayers set to music among his maternal grandfather' s papers. Something clicked, and from then on, Jewish tradition would become a source of inspiration for Castelnuovo-Tedesco. In 1928, two years after publishing the Dances of King David, he wrote this Vocalise-E tude for medium voice and piano at the request of vocal teacher Amédée-Landély Hettich, who wanted to include it in the Répertoire moderne de Vocalises-E tudes published by Leduc. The piece became so popular that several instrumental adaptations were soon created, published under the title Chant hébraïque (for violin and piano: AL17 713- for cello and piano: AL 17196). Divided into three sections, this wordless melody opens with a ' sad and impassioned” chant that appears to grieve the tragic fate of the Jewish people. A folk dance follows, in which a ' lively and stubborn” movement has great panache. The third section returns to the initial poignant theme before briefly reiterating the dance motif, allowing the piece to conclude on a hopeful note. The composer himself would adopt this proactive stance, refusing to yield to resignation when, fleeing Mussolini' s anti-Semitic laws, he decided to emigrate in 1939 to the United States, a land of refuge to which he would remain faithful until his death some thirty years later./ Etude / Voix Moyenne et Piano

Description Barbara Allen', 'Lord Lovel', 'Henry Martin', 'Scarborough Fair' and more, arranged for medium voice and piano. Songlist , The Admiral Benbow Arise, Arise As I Walked Through The Meadows (First and Second Versions) Barbara Ellen Barley-mow, The Bedlam Begger, The Blackbirds And Thrushes Blow Away The Morning Dew Bold Fisherman, The Bold Nelsons Praise Bonny-lighter Boy, The Botany Bay Bridgewater Fair Briery Bush, The Brimbledon Fair, Or Young Ramble-way Brisk Young Bachelor Brisk Young Sailor, A Burton Town Cold Blows The Wind Come All You Worthy Christian Men Crabfish, The Cruel Mother, The Crystal Spring, The Cuckoo, The Dabbling In The Dew Death And Te Lady Death Of Queen Jane, The Driving Away At The Smoothing Iron Drowned Lover, The Duke Of Bedford, The Erin's Lovely Home False Lamkin Fanny Blair Farewell Nancy Gently, Johnny, My Jingalo Geordie Golden Vanity, The Green Broom Green Bushes Green Wedding, The Hares On The Mountains Henry Martin High Germany I'm Seventeen Come Sunday It's A Rosebud In June Jack Hall John Barleycorn Keeper, The Keys Of Canterbury, The Knight And The Shepherd's Daughter, The Lady Maisry Lark In The Morn, The Little Sir Hugh Lod Rendal Lod Thomas And Fair Ellinor Lord Bateman Lord Lovel Lord Thomas Of Winesberry Low, Low Lands Of Holland, The Mowing The Barley My Bonny, Bonny Boy My Boy Willie My Man John O No, John! O Sally, My Dera O Waly, Waly One Man Shall Mow My Meadow Outlandish Knight, The Poor Old Horse Rambling Sailor, The Robber, The Robin Hood And The Tanner Ruggleton's Daughter Of Iero Saucy Sailor, The Scarborough Fair Searching For Lambs Seeds Of Love, The Sheep-shearing, The Ship In Distress, The Sign Of The Bonny Blue Bell, The Spanish Ladies Spig Of Thyme, The Sweet Kitty Sweet Lovely Joan Sweet Primeroses, The Sweet William Tee In The Wood, The Ten Commandments, The The Coasts Of High Barbary Three Sons, The Trees Thy Do Grown High, The