Item Detail
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Miller, Philip Lieson
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The ring of words : an anthology of song texts
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Book
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New York, N.Y.
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1973
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W.W. Norton
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xxviii, 518 p. ; 20 cm.
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English
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German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Norwegian, and Swedish, with English translations
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0393006778; 9780393006773
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Songs--Texts.
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Songs Texts; Lyrics; Music Translations
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ML 54.6 .M5 R5 1973
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Miller, Philip L. The Ring of Words: An Anthology of Song Texts. New York: W.W. Norton and Company Inc., 1973.
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English translations of poems often set to music by art song composers. Poetry of German, French, Italian, Russian, Scandinavian, and Spanish authors. Very useful to performers and voice teachers.
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Limited to text set by German, French, Italian, Russian, Norwegian and Swedish solo art song composers.
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Poets' names and dates are listed first, followed by composers, text, and translation. Listed with the composer are textual changes made to fit the song, opus number, and/or alternate titles of the songs.
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Good source of word-for-word translations.
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Includes only more well-known songs of major art song composers.
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LaRue, Jan. Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 20 (Summer 1963): 474.http://www.jstor.org/stable/895722
Wilson, Bernard E. Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 23 (December 1966): 267-68.http://www.jstor.org/stable/895414 -
BYU Mus Ref
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3857