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The Spanish Song Companion Bilingual Edition
Author(s): Richard Stokes (Author)
- Publisher: Scarecrow Press
- Publication Date: May 8, 2006
- Edition: Bilingual
- Language: English
- Print length: 270 pages
- ISBN-10: 0810857499
- ISBN-13: 9780810857490
Book Description
The Spanish Song Companion is an introduction to the rich heritage of Spanish song, providing the texts of over 300 songs with parallel translations in accurate and readable English.
Editorial Reviews
Review
For singers, students of Spanish literature, and music lovers, this is a reprint of a 1992 work by Cockburn (history of art, Westminster School and U. of London, UK) and Stokes (an author of books on Bach, lieder, and French songs). It consists of the texts of about 300 songs from the 13th to the 20th century, along with translations and information on composers and poets. Songs are organized chronologically-from monody and polyphony to solo songs and songs in the theater-and then by composer, such as Albéniz, Granados, de Falla, Turina, and Rodrigo. The book includes historical information on styles and composers, explanations of unfamiliar Spanish words or concepts, and a selected discography. Indexes are by composer, poet and translator, and first line and title. The introduction is by accompanist Graham Johnson.
This is a highly useful practical tool, especially for the singer.
About the Author
Richard Stokes is author of J.S. Bach: The Complete Cantatas (Scarecrow Press, 2004), The Book of Lieder (Faber and Faber, 2005), and co-author of A French Song Companion, with Graham Johnson (OUP, 2000).
Jacqueline Cockburn is Head of History of Art at Westminster School, and an associated lecturer at Birkbeck College, University of London.
