A major critical edition of important standard repertor. Two young lovers share a moment of inexpressibly intimate communion. Sappho herself has been pilfered for the chanson he calls love. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Gift inscription from the author larry barretto on page preceding halftitle. Songs of claude debussy volume ii by claude debussy. Presented to the honors committee of texas state university san marcos in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation in the mitte honors program. Since there is no page for it in imslp, i am assuming there must be some issues. Songs of claude debussy volume ii the vocal library. Full text in french to learn french by reading, check out our interlinear french to english translations on our website. The music treasures consortium is an alliance of many libraries. The songs of bilitis kindle edition by pierre louys, willy. In 1895, the french translation of the work of a greek poet from the vi century b. Songs of claude debussy volume ii by claude debussy 1862.
They caused a sensation, not only because finding an intact cache of. Songs of claude debussy volume ii the vocal library hal. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the songs of bilitis. Since louys claimed that he had translated the original poetry from ancient greek, this work is considered a pseudotranslation. Thompsons a dictionary of twentiethcentury composers, others in grove music. The texts were those of the wellknown prose poems by pierre louys. Each song is presented with a linebyline translation and full critical notes citing the research as it applies to specifics in the songs. Hal leonard songs of claude debussy for medium voice.
Hal leonard songs of claude debussy for medium voice volume 2. We have performed multiple tests on its full text of approximately 19,810, crunched all the numbers for you and present the results below difficulty assessment summary. Pierre louys translated the mostly lost sapphic, i. It stars patti darbanville and mona kristensen, hamiltons first wife, as the title characters bilitis and melissa respectively. In the year 1901, claude debussy wrote incidental music to accompany a set of staged poems written by his friend, pierre louys. Please provide the translator s name when contacting us. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Many readers believed that the poems had been collected and translated. Exoticism and eroticism are very effective marketing tools, which may have. Piano, vocal sheet music book by claude debussy 18621918. One of his more colourful friends at this period was the writer pierre louys.
With translations in german and english text in french with german translation preface translated in german and english condition while preowned, it has never been used. The two works are related to historical fragmentary procedures in both literature and music. We have performed multiple tests on its full text of approximately 19,810, crunched all the numbers for you and present the results below. Debussy based three compositions on the poems by louys. Years in preparation, this edition is based on the most reliable sources available in the world, with most of the research centered at the bibliotheque nationale in paris. I provide the original scanned version and the filtered, because the filter does some changes smoothening, sharpening borders and some portions of the scan get lost sometimes when they are too small e. A symbiotic collaboration between two artists claude debussy and pierre louys with an annotated performance guide and original translations is approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of musical arts department of music jennifer grim, d. Search results from audio recording, debussy, claude, french. Bilitis is a 1977 french romantic drama film directed by photographer david hamilton with film score by composer francis lai. Catalog record only only the 1st work is a cantata. Shop and buy songs of claude debussy volume ii sheet music. The songs of bilitis, 1894 collection of french erotic poetry attributed to the fictional bilitis, purported contemporary of sappho.
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