Understanding French Verse: A Guide for Singers

by David Hunter and David Hunter

Book Overview

Advice to young singers often follows the standard line of the great French singer Claire Croiza: "Study the poem away from the music, so that you know what the words really mean." But Croiza's advice is notoriously difficult to follow when performing French m lodies. Just how do you approach a French poem? In the lyric poetry on which the m lodie is based, meaning is conveyed not just through the words but also through the poem's formal structure...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195177169
• ISBN13: 9780195177169
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 8.5"