The Book of Lieder - Hardcover

Bostridge CBE, Dr Ian; Stokes, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0571224393 ISBN 13: 9780571224395

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2005

Synopsis

This unique volume contains, in parallel translation, a thousand of the most frequently performed Lieder, both piano-accompanied and orchestral. Composers are arranged alphabetically, with their songs appearing under poet in chronological order of composition - thus allowing the reader to engage in depth with a particular poet and at the same time to follow the composer's development. Richard Stokes, whose work in this field is already widely acclaimed, provides illuminating short essays on each of the fifty composers' approach to Lieder composition, as well as well as notes on all the poets who inspired the songs.

The volume is notable for the accuracy and elegance of its translations, and for its fidelity to the German verse: every care has been taken to print the words of the sung text, while adhering to the versification and punctuation of the original poem.

Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann, Goethe, Heine and Schiller are among the highlights of a book which illuminates one of the great musical traditions and will be an indispensable handbook for every music lover.

About this title

Review:

The new 700 page Book of Lieder will be indispensable...Any Lieder freak will appreciate the gift of this weighty volume. -- Liverpool Daily Post, October 7, 2005

Book Description:

The Book of Lieder, edited by Richard Stokes and with a foreword by Ian Bostridge, is an invaluable collection of over a thousand classic Lieder, in parallel German and English text.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0571224393
• ISBN 13: 9780571224395
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 736