Poulenc (eBook)

The Life in the Songs

Graham Johnson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
576 Seiten
Liveright (Verlag)
978-1-63149-524-3 (ISBN)

Infos

One of the greatest modernist composers comes alive in this illuminating biography, a must-have for musicians and music-lovers alike.Francis Poulenc (18991963) is widely acknowledged as one of the twentieth centurys most significant masters of vocal music solo, choral, and operatic quite apart from his achievements in instrumental spheres. But what it cost him, and the determined bravery it took for his unusual talent to thrive, has always been underestimated. In this seminal biography, which will serve as the definitive guide to the songs, acclaimed collaborative pianist Graham Johnson shows that it is in Poulencs extraordinary songs, and seeing how they fit into his life which included crippling guilt on account of his sexuality that we discoverPoulenc heart and soul. With Jeremy Samss vibrant new song translations, the first in over forty years, and the insight that comes from a lifetime of performing this music, Johnson provides an essential volume for singers, pianists, listeners, and readers interested in the artistic milieu of modernism in the first half of the twentieth century.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.6.2020
• Zusatzinfo: 90 black-and-white illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
• Schlagworte: Ballet • chamber music • choral music • Cocteau • Composer • dialogues des carmelites • Epitaphe • Erik Satie • gramophone • keyboard concerto • La Voix Humaine • les six • Melody • Opera • Paris • Pianist • religious composer • ricardo vines • Sonata • trois movements perpetuels
• ISBN-10: 1-63149-524-0 / 1631495240
• ISBN-13: 978-1-63149-524-3 / 9781631495243