As a young composer in the years preceding World War I, Maurice Ravel brought to the art of the song that distinctive fusion of classicism and the modern spirt that characterized all his musical works and helped earn him a reputation as one of the most important modern French song composers. This superb collection includes many of his most admired and performed songs and song cycles, edited and introduced by Arbie Orenstein, the world’s leading Ravel scholar, and eloquently displays the artistry that has made Ravel a favorite of 20th-century singers and their audiences.
Many of the songs are settings of texts by such major poets as Paul Verlaine and Stéphane Mallarmé. Reprinted here from authoritative French editions and provided with new English translations of the original French texts, they include: Sainte; Epigrammes de Clément Marot; Manteau de fleurs; Shéhérazade; Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques; Noël des jouets; Histories naturelles; Vocalise-Etude en forme de Hababera; Les Grands Vents venus d’outremer; Sur l’herbe; Chants popularizes; Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé; and Deux Mélodies hébraĭgues.
Reprint of the Durand & Cie editions.
Contenido:
Preface
Introduction and notes
Texts and translations
Glossary of French terms
Sainte
Épigrammes de Clément Marot
I. D`Anne qui me jecta de la neigeII. D`Anne jouant de l`espinette
Shéhérazade
I. Asie
II. La Flûte enchantée
III. L`Indifférent
Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques
I. Chanson de la mariée
II. ‘Là-bas, vers l`église’
III. Quel Galant m`est comparable
IV. Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques
V. Tout gai!Noël des jouetsHistoires naturelles
I. Le Paon
II. Le Grillon
III. Le Cygne
IV. Le Martin-Pêcheur
V. La PintadeVocalise-Étude en forme de Habanera
Les Grands Vents venus d`outremer
Sur l`herbeChants populaires
I. Chanson espagnole
II. Chanson française
III. Chanson italienne
IV. Chanson hébraïque
Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
I. Soupir
II. Placet futile
III. Surgi de la croupe et du bond
Deux Mélodies hébraïques
I. Kaddisch
II. LàÉnigme éternelle