Poulenc
The Life in the Songs
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) is widely acknowledged as one of the twentieth century's most significant masters of vocal music-solo, choral and operatic-quite apart from his achievements in instrumental spheres. But what it cost him has been underestimated. In this seminal biography, which will serve as the definitive guide to the songs, Graham Johnson shows that it is in Poulenc's extraordinary songs and seeing how they fit into his life-his hidden sexuality, addiction and all-that we discover the composer's essential artistic being. With Jeremy Sams's song translations, the first in over forty years, and the insight that comes from a lifetime…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-63149-523-6
- EAN: 9781631495236
- Produktnummer: 31707914
- Verlag: WW Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 576 S.
- Masse: H16.5 cm x B24.3 cm x D4.0 cm 954 g
- Abbildungen: 90 black-and-white illustrations
- Gewicht: 954
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
Graham Johnson is an award- winning pianist and senior professor of accompaniment at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. The author of Franz Schubert: The Complete Songs, he lives in London.
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