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A French Song Companion
A French Song Companion is an indispensable guide to the modern repertoire and the most comprehensive book of French mélodie in any language. Noted accompanist Graham Johnson provides repertoire guides to the work of over 150 composers--the majority of them from France but including British,
American, German, Spanish, and Italian musicians who have written French vocal music. The book contains major articles on Fauré, Duparc, Debussy, Ravel, and Poulenc, as well as essays on Bizet, Chabrier, Gounod, Chausson, Hahn, and Satie, and important reassessments of such composers as Massenet,
Koechlin, and Leguerney.
The book combines these articles with the complete texts in English of over 700 songs, all translated by Richard Stokes, making it also a treasury of French poetry from the fifteenth through the twentieth centuries. The translations alone will prove invaluable to music lovers and performers;
combined with the biographical articles, they become the ideal map for exploring this exciting and diverse repertoire.
American, German, Spanish, and Italian musicians who have written French vocal music. The book contains major articles on Fauré, Duparc, Debussy, Ravel, and Poulenc, as well as essays on Bizet, Chabrier, Gounod, Chausson, Hahn, and Satie, and important reassessments of such composers as Massenet,
Koechlin, and Leguerney.
The book combines these articles with the complete texts in English of over 700 songs, all translated by Richard Stokes, making it also a treasury of French poetry from the fifteenth through the twentieth centuries. The translations alone will prove invaluable to music lovers and performers;
combined with the biographical articles, they become the ideal map for exploring this exciting and diverse repertoire.
- GenresMusic
Hardcover
First published September 7, 2000
About the author
Graham Johnson
7 books1 followerGraham Johnson OBE is a British classical pianist and musicologist. An alumnus of the Royal Academy of Music, Johnson began his career as an accompanist in the 1970s, where he founded The Songmakers' Almanac alongside notable singers including Felicity Lott, Ann Murray, and Anthony Rolfe Johnson, to explore neglected areas of music for voice and accompanying piano.
Johnson has had a close relationship with the record label Hyperion since 1980, including devising the 37-CD project of the complete Lieder of Franz Schubert, for which he accompanied every album and wrote extensive liner notes. He has subsequently initiated the complete song cycles of Schumann and Brahms with the same company.
Additionally, Johnson served as Senior Professor of Accompaniment at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has written several books. In 2002, he was created Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. He was granted Honorary Membership in the Royal Philharmonic Society in 2010. In 2018 Graham Johnson was awarded the Schubert Prize by the German Schubert Society for his life's work
Johnson has had a close relationship with the record label Hyperion since 1980, including devising the 37-CD project of the complete Lieder of Franz Schubert, for which he accompanied every album and wrote extensive liner notes. He has subsequently initiated the complete song cycles of Schumann and Brahms with the same company.
Additionally, Johnson served as Senior Professor of Accompaniment at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has written several books. In 2002, he was created Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. He was granted Honorary Membership in the Royal Philharmonic Society in 2010. In 2018 Graham Johnson was awarded the Schubert Prize by the German Schubert Society for his life's work
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