Henri Duparc

COMPLETE SONGS FOR VOICE AND PIANO

We know French composer Henri Duparc (1848-1933) for only a small number of art songs he composed between 1868 and 1884, but his tiny musical legacy is a rare one. Settings of works by Baudelafre, Leconte de Lisle, Theophile Gautier and other poets, they are masterworks of sensuous beauty, rich in emotion, artfully conveying the poetic atmosphere of their texts.

Included here are songs of love and regret, of soulful reflection and protest, of hope and flight and resignation. From the first songs, such as Romance de Mignon, inspired by Goethe, to the last, La vie antieure, set to a text by Charles Baudelaire, they exude the sensitive and elegant musicality that have made them favorites of singers and their audiences for over a century. All sixteen songs and one duet, La fuite (1878), for soprano and tenor, are presented in this volume, reprinted from authoritative French editions, their texts newly translated into English.

Dover (1995) republication of songs originally published by Rouart, Lerolle & ~ Paris, n.d.; G. Flaxland, Paris, n.d.; and E. Demets, Paris, n.d. New English translations by Stanley Appelbaum. l28pp. 9 x 12. Paperbound.

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Free Dover Complete Music Catalog (59057-7) available upon request.

A DOVER EDITION DESIGNED FOR YEARS OF USE.

We have made every effort to make this the best book possible. Our paper is opaque, with minimal show-through; it will not discolor or become brittle with age. Pages are sewn in signatures, in the method traditionally used for the best books, and will not drop out. Books open flat for easy reference. The binding will not crack or split. This is a permanent book.

ISBN 0-486-28466-2

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