| Poulenc: The Life in the Songs Contributor(s): Johnson, Graham (Author) |
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ISBN: 1631495232 ISBN-13: 9781631495236 Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $44.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Individual Composer & Musician - Biography & Autobiography | Music - Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2020010683 |
| Physical Information: 1.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (2.05 lbs) 576 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) is widely acknowledged as one of the twentieth century's most significant masters of vocal music --solo, choral, and operatic-- quite apart from his achievements in instrumental spheres. But what it cost him, and the determined bravery it took for his unusual talent to thrive, has always been underestimated. In this seminal biography, which will serve as the definitive guide to the songs, acclaimed collaborative pianist Graham Johnson shows that it is in Poulenc's extraordinary songs, and seeing how they fit into his life --which included crippling guilt on account of his sexuality-- that we discover Poulenc heart and soul. With Jeremy Sams's vibrant new song translations, the first in over forty years, and the insight that comes from a lifetime of performing this music, Johnson provides an essential volume for singers, pianists, listeners, and readers interested in the artistic milieu of modernism in the first half of the twentieth century. |
Contributor Bio(s): Johnson, Graham: - Graham Johnson is an award- winning pianist and senior professor of accompaniment at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. The author of Franz Schubert: The Complete Songs, he lives in London. |