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

54 LiederContent : BEFORE AND AFTER SUMMER: Childhood among the Ferns - Before and after Summer - The Self-unseeing - Overlooking the River - Channel Firing - In the Mind's Eye - The Too Short Time - Epeisodia - Amabel - He Abjures LoveEARTH AND AIR AND RAIN: Summer Schemes - When I set out for Lyonnesse - Waiting for Both - The Phantom - So I have fared - Rollicum-Rorum - To Lizbie - The Clock of the Years - In a Churchyard - Proud SongstersI SAID TO LOVE:I need not go - At Middle-Field Gate in February - Two Lips - In five-score - Summers - For Life I had never cared greatly - I said to Love LET US GARLANDS BRING: Come away, come away, death - Who is Sylvia' - Fear no more the heat o' the sun - O Mistress Mine - It was a lover and his lassLOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST:Songs for Heims and Ver (Song for Moth) - Riddle Song - False ColcolinelOH FAIR TO SEE:I say I'll seek her - Oh fair to see - As I lay in the early sun - Only the wanderer - To Joy - Harvest - Since we lovedTILL EARTH OUTWEARS: Let me enjoy the earth - In years defaced - The Market-Girl - I look into my glass - It never looks like summer - At a lunar Eclipse - Life Laughs OnwardTO A POET:To a Poet a Thousand Years Hence - On Parent Knees - Intrada - The Birthnight - June on Castle Hill - Ode on the rejection of St. Cecelia

Cette collection de 24 chansons et arias s'inspire des oeuvres qui s'étendent sur la durée de vie du compositeur, y compris ses premières périodes de Americana expérimentales et matures. / Voix Moyenne (Ou Basse) Et Piano / Partition

L'édition fait partie du programme ABRSM (grades 4-6). / Voix Moyenne(s) Et Piano

Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. This three volume series comprises the bulk of the solo songs which Vaughan Williams published with Oxford University Press. The songs span his whole long career- from 1869 to 1958. The majority are suitable for medium voice./ Recueil / Voix Moyennes et Piano