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Focuses on the 242 published songs that Wolf wrote for voice and piano and discusses the Ibsen songs for voice and orchestra. This book provides translations and backgrounds to the original poems by Morike, Eichendorff and Goethe, and explores the Italian and Spanish sources from which the songbooks were drawn.

This lively and original book challenges all previous accounts of Shakespeare's early life and works. Eric Sams presents a vivid biographical picture of Shakespeare's first thirty years, traces the impact of his upbringing in the language and imagery of his early plays, and argues compellingly that during these early "lost" years, Shakespeare was in fact writing first versions of his later great works."This is a handsome book to see and hold. ...

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In this highly anticipated book, Eric Sams examines each of Johannes Brahms's 213 songs, translates the texts into English, and provides original commentary on points of musicological and literary detail. Sams here reveals for the first time the full extent of the poetry, fantasy, and humor of the composer's work. After an introduction to Brahms as a songwriter and to his use of motifs, the book offers a complete song-by-song analysis and will...