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| Instrument: |
High Voice
Piano Accompaniment Voice Solo |
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| Genre: |
Classical
French |
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Collection / Songbook
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The French Song Anthology - High Voice (The Vocal Library High Voice). Edited by Carol Kimball and Richard Walters. For high voice solo and piano accompaniment. The Vocal Library. Classical and French. Difficulty: medium-difficult. Collection. Vocal melody, lyrics and piano accompaniment. 320 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.740162).
ISBN 0634030795. With vocal melody, lyrics and piano accompaniment. Classical and French. 8.5x11 inches.
The largest, most comprehensive collection of French art songs ever published, with 60 songs by 24 composers. This wonderful anthology, with newly researched editions in clean new engravings, includes interesting notes about the composers, poets, facts about the composition and performance history for each song, and new line-by-line translations for study. Some songs are published in transpositions for the first time. This is the ideal collection for teachers to assign to voice students. Includes the complete Le Bestiaire (Poulenc) and Five Greek Songs (Ravel).
Scott
Location: from Nashua, NH
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
December 3, 2008
Too many mistakes for comfort
The print is very clear; the translations are much better than usual, but after looking at "Automne" (Fauré), it appears that there are note errors, mostly in the accompaniment. One can hope that it was just this song, but if this is how the rest of the songs are, than...
20 of 40 people found this review helpful.
Larry Schofer
Location: from Philadelphia PA
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
April 12, 2007
Excellent selection of French songs
Till now, in my amateur singing, I have always been steered to German Lieder, and I have added to those my special interest in Russian art songs (a treasure practically unknown in American recitals). These French songs were a revelation to me. I enjoyed looking through the selection, and it...
23 of 44 people found this review helpful.