A French song companion
By: Graham Johnson, Richard Stokes.
Contributors: Stokes, Richard.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford ; Toronto
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 530
Subjects: Music -- France.; Songs, French; Songs, French -- History and criticism.; Songs, French.; France -- Songs and music.
Description: "A French Song Companion is a guide to French song. 150 composers and 700 song translations make this the handbook both for the seasoned enthusiast, and the newcomer to this repertory. Graham Johnson brings his experience to the biographical commentaries, and Richard Stokes, renowned for his translations of German Lieder, provides line-by-line translations of some of the greatest poems ever set to music."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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