Richard Stokes

El presente libro reune por primera vez todos los poemas musicados por el celebre compositor austriaco Hugo Wolf, que Richard Stokes, reputado experto en Lieder, acompana de sus iluminadores comentarios. El analisis de cada una de las canciones incluye una breve introduccion sobre el autor del poema en cuestionByron, Goethe, Hebbel, Heine, Ibsen y Shakespeare, entre muchos otros, una nota sobre las conexiones de Wolf con el poeta, extractos de cartas que arrojan luz sobre las canciones y las circunstancias de su composicion, ademas de los poemas originales y sus traducciones. Un volumen indispensable para todo amante del Lied del Romanticismo aleman.

The Complete Songs of Hugo Wolf gathers together for the first time every poem Wolf set to music. Alongside the original German texts are translations by leading Lieder expert Richard Stokes, who also provides illuminating commentary. The 36 poets set by Wolf are each given their own chapter: a brief essay on the poet is followed by a note on Wolfs connection with the writer, extracts from letters that throw light on the Songs and convey his mood at the time of composition, and the texts and translations. Short biographies of all Wolfs correspondents flesh out the extraordinary life of this genius. This will be an indispensable volume for all lovers of Lieder.

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The Penguin Book of English Song anthologizes the work of 100 English poets who have inspired a host of different composers (some English, some not) to write vocal music. Each of the chapters, arranged chronologically from Chaucer to Auden, opens with a precis of the poets life, work and, often, approach to music. Richard Stokess notes and commentaries constantly illuminate the language and themes of the poems and their settings in unexpected ways. An awareness of how Ben Jonson based his famous poem Drinke to me, onely, with thine eyes on a Greek original, for example, increases our enjoyment of both the poem and the traditional song; knowledge of Thomas Hardys relationships with women deepens our appreciation of songs by Ireland, Finzi, Britten and others; Charles Dibdins Tom Bowling, played each year at the Last Night of the Proms, takes on a deeper resonance when we know that it was written after the death of his brother Tom, a sea captain struck by lightning in the Indian Ocean.Many composers of different nationalities appear, but the book remains quintessentially British, and includes pieces that have an established place in our national consciousness: Rule, Britannia (James Thomson), Abide with me (Henry Francis Lyte), Auld lang syne (Robert Burns), Jerusalem (William Blake), Once in royal Davids city (Mrs C. F. Alexander), and even Twinkle, twinkle, little star (Jane Taylor). The poems are printed in their original versification and spelling, enabling us to trace the development of the English language as the book progresses.The volume presents a huge amount of information about English Song that will enlighten all those who delight in the fusion of words and music. The presence of minor as well as major poets and the unique principle of selection make The Penguin Book of English Song a highly original anthology of English verse.