[ebooks] The Actor's Survival Kit: Fifth Edition by Miriam Newhouse; Peter Messaline at Arts-Photography

Description

This unique volume contains; in parallel translation; a thousand of the most frequently performed Lieder; both piano-accompanied and orchestral. Composers are arranged alphabetically; with their songs appearing under poet in chronological order of composition - thus allowing the reader to engage in depth with a particular poet and at the same time to follow the composers development. Richard Stokes; whose work in this field is already widely acclaimed; provides illuminating short essays on each of the fifty composers approach to Lieder composition; as well as well as notes on all the poets who inspired the songs.The volume is notable for the accuracy and elegance of its translations; and for its fidelity to the German verse: every care has been taken to print the words of the sung text; while adhering to the versification and punctuation of the original poem.Beethoven; Schubert and Schumann; Goethe; Heine and Schiller are among the highlights of a book which illuminates one of the great musical traditions and will be an indispensable handbook for every music lover.