VIRGIL THOMSON COLLECTED SONGS
High Voice 24 Songs
Series: Vocal Collection
Publisher: Schirmer
Format: Softcover
Composer: Virgil Thomson
A Prayer To Saint Catherine • Before Sleeping • Down At The Docks • English Usage • Film: Deux seurs qui ne sont pas soeurs (Film: Two Sisters Not Sisters) • From The Canticle Of The Sun • Jerusalem, My Happy Home • Le Berceau de Gertrude Stein ou Le Mystere de la rue de Fleurus (The Cradle of Gertrude Stein or Mys • Le Singe et le Leopard (The Monkey And The Leopard) • Let's Take A Walk • Love Song • My Crow Pluto • My Master Hath A Garden • Pardon, Goddess Of The Night • Portrait of F.B. (Frances Blood) • Preciosilla • Sigh No More, Ladies • Sung By The Shepherds • Susie Asado • Take, O, Take Those Lips Away • Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred • The Courtship Of The Yongly Bongly Bo • The Tiger! • Was This Fair Face The Cause
This is the first substantial collection ever published of songs by Virgil Thomson (1896-1989), composer of the operas The Mother of Us All and Four Saints in Three Acts. Thomson's musical style was based in Americana, but he was attracted to abstract poetry. The unique result is traditionalism turned on its ear. The songs date from 1926 until 1974.
Contents: Le Berceau de Gertrude Stein ou Le Mystere de la rue de Fleurus - The Courtship of the Yongly Bongly Bo - The Feast of Love (low voice only) - Film: Deux soeurs qui ne sont pas soeurs - Mostly about Love: Love Song; Down at the Docks; Let's Take a Walk; A Prayer to Saint Catherine - Portrait of F.B. (Frances Blood) - Praises and Prayers: From the Canticle of the Sun; My Master Hath a Garden; Sung by the Shepherds; Before Sleeping; Jerusalem, My Happy Home - Preciosilla - Shakespeare Songs: Was this fair face the cause; Take, o, take those lips away; Tell me where is Fancy bred; Pardon, Goddess of the night; Sigh no more, ladies - Le Singe et le Leopard - Susie Asado - The Tiger - Two by Marianne More: English Usage; My Crow Pluto.
Item #: 050486466
UPC: 884088140465
MPN or ISBN: 9781423425717
Size: 12" x 9"
Pages: 148
Stock #: HL50486466