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Rachmaninoff's Complete Songs

A Companion with Texts and Translations
Russian Music Studies

von: Richard D. Sylvester
9,49 €
Verlag:	Indiana University Press
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	22.04.2014
ISBN/EAN:	9780253012593
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	320

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Titelbeschreibung

Sergei Rachmaninoff—the last great Russian romantic and arguably the finest pianist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries—wrote 83 songs, which are performed and beloved throughout the world. Like German Lieder and French mélodies, the songs were composed for one singer, accompanied by a piano. In this complete collection, Richard D. Sylvester provides English translations of the songs, along with accurate transliterations of the original texts and detailed commentary. Since Rachmaninoff viewed these "romances" primarily as performances and painstakingly annotated the scores, this volume will be especially valuable for students, scholars, and practitioners of voice and piano.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Preface A Note on Dates and Spelling 1. Early Years (1873-1892) Nine Unpublished Songs (1890-1899) 2. First Published Songs, Opus 4 (1893) Songs 10-15 3. Six Romances, Opus 8 (1896) Songs 16-21 4. Twelve Romances, Opus 14 (1896) Songs 22-33 5. Twelve Romances, Opus 21 (1902) Songs 34-45 Song 46, Without Opus (1900) 6. Fifteen Romances, Opus 26 (1906) Songs 47-61 Song 62, Without Opus (1900) 7. Fourteen Romances, Opus 34 (1912-1915) Songs 63-76 Song 77, Without Opus (1914) 8. Six Poems, Opus 38 (1916) Songs 78-83 9. After Russia (1917-1943) Two Unpublished Songs (1916)
Bibliography Index of Singers Index of Song Titles in Russian Index of Song Titles in English Index of Names

Werbetext Überschrift

Illuminating annotation to Rachmaninoff's song texts

Autorenportrait

Richard D. Sylvester is Professor Emeritus of Russian at Colgate University and author of Tchaikovsky's Complete Songs: A Companion with Texts and Translations (IUP, 2004).

Unpublished endorsement

In the English-speaking world, Rachmaninoff's vast output of songs for voice and piano is still relatively unknown. Richard Sylvester is our perfect guide to this dazzling repertoire. Passionate about the music and the poetry, intensely sensitive to each song taken on its own merits, he is also fascinated by the way that even the slightest musical gesture can allow us to make rich connections with the rest of Rachmaninoff's work and, beyond, with the wider context of Russian culture in the years leading up to the 1917 Revolution. This book is a delight!