Gabriel Faure: 50 Songs: The Vocal Library High Voice

by Gabriel Fauré (Composer), Laura Ward (Pianist)

(Vocal Collection). A substantial new edition of this beloved art song literature, standard fare for collegiate singers, with 10 more songs than the International edition. Historical notes are included for each song, and a line by line English translation for study. The edition includes the complete song groupings Poeme d'un jour, Cinq melodies de Venise and La bonne chanson. As is always the case in The Vocal Library, a beautiful painting, appropriate to the subject, adorns the cover: Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte." Contents: A Clymene * Adieu * Apres un rEve * Arpege * Au bord de l'eau * Au cimetiere * Aurore * Automne * Avant que tu ne t'en ailles * C'est l'extase * Chanson * Chanson d'amour * Clair de lune * Ddans la forEt de septembre * Dans les ruines d'une abbaye * Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d'ete * En priere * En sourdine * Fleur jetee * Green * Ici-bas! * J'ai presque peur, en verite * J'allais par des chemins perfides * Larmes * La lune blanche * La rose * Le secret * Les berceaux * Les matelots * Les roses d'Ispahan * L'Hiver a cesse * Lydia * Madrigal * Mai * Mandonline * N'est-ce pas? * Nell * Notre amour * Prison * Pisque l'aube grandit * Rencontre * REve d'amour * Serenade toscane * Seule! * Soir * Spleen * Sylvie * Toujours * Tristesse * Une Sainte en son aureole.

Genres: Music

288 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1995

About the author

Gabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher.

He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. Among his best-known works are his Pavane, Requiem, Sicilienne, nocturnes for piano and the songs "Après un rêve" and "Clair de lune".

Not to be confused with the French travel writer, Gabriel Faure (1877-1962)