Henri Duparc (1848–1933) left a total of 17 songs, all written between 1868 and 1884 and most of them published in 1895. Besides the 13 songs in the collection published by Rouart, Lerolle & Cie. in 1911, Duparc composed four other vocal pieces including his only duet, "La fuite." He tried to destroy three of the youthful Cinq mélodies, Op. 2, published by G. Flaxland in 1870: "Sérénade," "Romance de Mignon," and "Le gallop." The composer succeeded only in considerably reducing the number of prints, to the point, however, where musicologists considered these melodies as... Read More
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Henri Duparc (1848–1933) left a total of 17 songs, all written between 1868 and 1884 and most of them published in 1895. Besides the 13 songs in the collection published by Rouart, Lerolle & Cie. in 1911, Duparc composed four other vocal pieces including his only duet, "La fuite." He tried to destroy three of the youthful Cinq mélodies, Op. 2, published by G. Flaxland in 1870: "Sérénade," "Romance de Mignon," and "Le gallop." The composer succeeded only in considerably reducing the number of prints, to the point, however, where musicologists considered these melodies as... Read More
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Henri Duparc (1848–1933) left a total of 17 songs, all written between 1868 and 1884 and most of them published in 1895. Besides the 13 songs in the collection published by Rouart, Lerolle & Cie. in 1911, Duparc composed four other vocal pieces including his only duet, "La fuite." He tried to destroy three of the youthful Cinq mélodies, Op. 2, published by G. Flaxland in 1870: "Sérénade," "Romance de Mignon," and "Le gallop." The composer succeeded only in considerably reducing the number of prints, to the point, however, where musicologists considered these melodies as lost. Their republication in the present edition is based on three of the rare remaining copies of the 1870 publication (the songs were issued individually). Three items merit comments in passing: "Au pays ou se fait la guerre," under its original title "Absence," was originally intended for Roussalka, an opera destroyed by Duparc. It is not clear who wrote the poem "Chanson triste." Henri Cazalis's name appears in the Flaxland edition (1870), but Jean Lahor is credited as poet in Rouart's "Nouvelle édition complète" (1911). Although the translator of Thomas Moore's "Oh! Breathe Not His Name," using the title "Elégie," is unidentified in the 1991 collection, Grove uncertainly names an "E. MacSwincy" as its author. It remains conjecture if there is a connection between this person and the "Leon MacSwincy" named in Duparc's dedication of "Chanson triste."
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Price: $16.95
Pages: 128
Publisher: Dover Publications
Imprint: Dover Publications
Series: Dover Song Collections
Publication Date: 26th August 2009
Trim Size: 9 x 12 in
ISBN: 9780486284668
Format: Paperback
BISACs: MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical MUSIC / Printed Music / Vocal MUSIC / Printed Music / Opera & Classical Scores
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Note Texts and Translations Glossary of French Terms AU PAYS OÙ SE FAIT LA GUERRE [To the Land Where War Is Being Fought] Poem by Théophile Gautier ? Settnig for medium voice CHANSON TRISTE [Sad Song] Poem by Jean Lahor [or Henri Cazalis?] ? Setting for high voice ÉLÉGIE [Elegy] "French prose translation of "Oh! Breathe Not His Name," Thomas Moore's poem on the death of Robert Emmet ? Setting for high voice" EXTASE [Ecstasy] Poem by Jean Lahor ? Setting for high voice LAMENTO [Lament] Poem by Théophile Gautier ? Setting for high voice LA VAGUE ET LA CLOCHE [The Wave and the Bell] Poem by François Coppée ? Setting for medium voice LA VIE ANTÉRIEURE [My Previous Life] Poem by Charles Baudelaire ? Setting for high voice LE GALOP [The Gallop] Poem by René-François Sully-Prudhomme ? Setting for baritone LE MANOIR DE ROSEMONDE [Rosemonde's Manor] Poem by Robert de Bonniéres ? Setting for high voice L'INVITATION AU VOYAGE [Invitation to a Voyage] Poem by Charles Baudelaire ? Setting for high voice PHIDYLÉ Poem by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle ? Setting for high voice ROMANCE DE MIGNON [Mignon's Song] "Poem by Victor Wilder, after the German poem "Kennst du das Land" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre ? Setting for high voice" SÉRÉNADE [Serenade] Poem by Gabriel Marc ? Setting for medium voice SÉRÉNADE FLORENTINE [Florentine Serenade] Poem by Jean Lahor ? Setting for high voice SOUPIR [Sigh] Poem by René-François Sully-Prudhomme ? Setting for high voice TESTAMENT [Testament] Poem by Armand Silvestre ? Setting for high voice LA FUITE [The Flight] Poem by Théophile Gautier ? Duet setting for medium-high voice
Henri Duparc (1848–1933) left a total of 17 songs, all written between 1868 and 1884 and most of them published in 1895. Besides the 13 songs in the collection published by Rouart, Lerolle & Cie. in 1911, Duparc composed four other vocal pieces including his only duet, "La fuite." He tried to destroy three of the youthful Cinq mélodies, Op. 2, published by G. Flaxland in 1870: "Sérénade," "Romance de Mignon," and "Le gallop." The composer succeeded only in considerably reducing the number of prints, to the point, however, where musicologists considered these melodies as lost. Their republication in the present edition is based on three of the rare remaining copies of the 1870 publication (the songs were issued individually). Three items merit comments in passing: "Au pays ou se fait la guerre," under its original title "Absence," was originally intended for Roussalka, an opera destroyed by Duparc. It is not clear who wrote the poem "Chanson triste." Henri Cazalis's name appears in the Flaxland edition (1870), but Jean Lahor is credited as poet in Rouart's "Nouvelle édition complète" (1911). Although the translator of Thomas Moore's "Oh! Breathe Not His Name," using the title "Elégie," is unidentified in the 1991 collection, Grove uncertainly names an "E. MacSwincy" as its author. It remains conjecture if there is a connection between this person and the "Leon MacSwincy" named in Duparc's dedication of "Chanson triste."
Dover Original.
Price: $16.95
Pages: 128
Publisher: Dover Publications
Imprint: Dover Publications
Series: Dover Song Collections
Publication Date: 26th August 2009
Trim Size: 9 x 12 in
ISBN: 9780486284668
Format: Paperback
BISACs: MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical MUSIC / Printed Music / Vocal MUSIC / Printed Music / Opera & Classical Scores
Note Texts and Translations Glossary of French Terms AU PAYS OÙ SE FAIT LA GUERRE [To the Land Where War Is Being Fought] Poem by Théophile Gautier ? Settnig for medium voice CHANSON TRISTE [Sad Song] Poem by Jean Lahor [or Henri Cazalis?] ? Setting for high voice ÉLÉGIE [Elegy] "French prose translation of "Oh! Breathe Not His Name," Thomas Moore's poem on the death of Robert Emmet ? Setting for high voice" EXTASE [Ecstasy] Poem by Jean Lahor ? Setting for high voice LAMENTO [Lament] Poem by Théophile Gautier ? Setting for high voice LA VAGUE ET LA CLOCHE [The Wave and the Bell] Poem by François Coppée ? Setting for medium voice LA VIE ANTÉRIEURE [My Previous Life] Poem by Charles Baudelaire ? Setting for high voice LE GALOP [The Gallop] Poem by René-François Sully-Prudhomme ? Setting for baritone LE MANOIR DE ROSEMONDE [Rosemonde's Manor] Poem by Robert de Bonniéres ? Setting for high voice L'INVITATION AU VOYAGE [Invitation to a Voyage] Poem by Charles Baudelaire ? Setting for high voice PHIDYLÉ Poem by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle ? Setting for high voice ROMANCE DE MIGNON [Mignon's Song] "Poem by Victor Wilder, after the German poem "Kennst du das Land" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre ? Setting for high voice" SÉRÉNADE [Serenade] Poem by Gabriel Marc ? Setting for medium voice SÉRÉNADE FLORENTINE [Florentine Serenade] Poem by Jean Lahor ? Setting for high voice SOUPIR [Sigh] Poem by René-François Sully-Prudhomme ? Setting for high voice TESTAMENT [Testament] Poem by Armand Silvestre ? Setting for high voice LA FUITE [The Flight] Poem by Théophile Gautier ? Duet setting for medium-high voice