Rich selection of 36 songs, settings of texts by Baudelaire, Verlaine, Mallarme, Bourget, Pierre Louys and other poets. Songs include: Beau Soir, Mandoline, Les Angelus, Dans le jardin, Cinq poemes de Baudelaire, Trois chansons de Bilitis, and many more. All songs reproduced directly from originals. Line-for-line English translations of French texts.
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Songs, 1896-1914 by Maurice Ravel Ravel's greatest songs and song cycles — among them Sheherazade, Five Greek Folk Songs, and Three Poems by Stephane Mallarme — edited and introduced by the world's leading Ravel scholar, Arbie Orenstein.
Sixty Songs by Gabriel Fauré In one volume: three collections of songs composed during the years 1861 to 1904, including many of the most famous. Reprinted from authoritative French editions. Set for medium voice.
Fifty Songs for High Voice by Edvard Grieg This outstanding compilation of the best 50 of Grieg's 135 songs includes many of his most popular melodies, such as Solvejg's Song, From Monte Pincio, and Dreams. Introduction. Notes.
Salome in Full Score by Richard Strauss A striking display of atmospheric color brought about by instrumental means, Salome was Strauss' first great operatic success, and now ranks among the basic works of 20th-century music-drama. Definitive Fürstner score, now extremely rare.
The Authentic Gilbert & Sullivan Songbook by W. S. Gilbert, A. S. Sullivan The most comprehensive collection available, this songbook includes selections from every one of Gilbert and Sullivan's light operas. Ninety-two numbers are presented uncut and unedited, and in their original keys.
Claude Debussy Piano Music 1888-1905 by Claude Debussy Beginning with Deux Arabesques (1888), this excellent collection also includes Suite bergamasque (1890-1905), Masques (1904), the first series of Images, and 12 others, all in corrected editions.
