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The Penguin Book of English Song: Seven Centuries of Poetry from Chaucer to Auden
Richard Stokes
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Description for The Penguin Book of English Song: Seven Centuries of Poetry from Chaucer to Auden
Paperback. Num Pages: 976 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AVQ; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Poetry and music have been associated with each other from the very beginning. The Penguin Book of English Song draws together a great variety of English poetry (including Irish, Scots and Welsh writers) that has reached a wider audience through the magic of music. Richard Stokes's rich anthology of verse stretches from the fourteenth century to the twentieth, collecting poems that have inspired musical settings by one hundred English poets, along with a treasure trove of illuminating notes and marginalia about their lives, work and, often, their approach to music. Stokes gathers together in a single volume ... Read more
Poetry and music have been associated with each other from the very beginning. The Penguin Book of English Song draws together a great variety of English poetry (including Irish, Scots and Welsh writers) that has reached a wider audience through the magic of music. Richard Stokes's rich anthology of verse stretches from the fourteenth century to the twentieth, collecting poems that have inspired musical settings by one hundred English poets, along with a treasure trove of illuminating notes and marginalia about their lives, work and, often, their approach to music. Stokes gathers together in a single volume ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
976
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141982540
SKU
V9780141982540
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Ref
99-99
About Richard Stokes
Richard Stokes is Professor of Lieder at the Royal Academy of Music. His previous books include The Book of Lieder and J. S. Bach: The Complete Cantatas and he is co-author of A French Song Companion and The Spanish Song Companion, all of which are much admired by musicians and concert-goers. His English versions of Wozzeck, Lulu, Parsifal and La ... Read more
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