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Art Song Composers of Spain
Suzanne Rhodes Draayer
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Description for Art Song Composers of Spain
Hardback. Num Pages: 546 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 44. Weight in Grams: 930.
Art Song Composers of Spain: An Encyclopedia describes the wealth of vocal repertoire composed by 19th- and 20th-century Spanish song composers. More than 90 composers are discussed in detail with complete biographies, descriptions, and examples of the song literature, as well as comprehensive listings of stage works, books, recordings, compositions in non-vocal genres, and vocal repertoire. Opening with a thorough history of Spain and its political scene, author Suzanne Rhodes Draayer examines its relation to song composition and the impact on composers such as Fernando Sor, Sebastián de Iradier, Federico García Lorca, Manuel de Falla, and many others. Draayer ... Read more
Art Song Composers of Spain: An Encyclopedia describes the wealth of vocal repertoire composed by 19th- and 20th-century Spanish song composers. More than 90 composers are discussed in detail with complete biographies, descriptions, and examples of the song literature, as well as comprehensive listings of stage works, books, recordings, compositions in non-vocal genres, and vocal repertoire. Opening with a thorough history of Spain and its political scene, author Suzanne Rhodes Draayer examines its relation to song composition and the impact on composers such as Fernando Sor, Sebastián de Iradier, Federico García Lorca, Manuel de Falla, and many others. Draayer ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
546
Condition
New
Number of Pages
546
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810863620
SKU
V9780810863620
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About Suzanne Rhodes Draayer
Suzanne Rhodes Draayer is professor of voice and related studies at Winona State University. She is the author of A Singer's Guide to the Songs of Joaquín Rodrigo (2003) and Canciones de España: Songs of Nineteenth-Century Spain Volume 1 (2003), Volume 2 (2005), and Volume 3 (2007).
Reviews for Art Song Composers of Spain
The present volume offers a concise yet detailed survey of Spain's art song from its origins through the compositions of Manuel Garcia, Jose Leon, Fernando Sor and others, to the fruition of the genre in the repertoire of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century composers, including the much-lamented Federico Garcia Lorca....Students of the genre are fortunate that the present ... Read more