Fetes galantes volume 1 by claude debussy 18621918. One must mention the absolutely superb accompaniment supplied by pianist daniel blumenthal, a marvelous soloist in his own right. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. She has lectured in london, paris, tours, geneva, melbourne and montreal among other venues. The music treasures consortium is an alliance of many libraries. A chloris by hahn translation accompaniment with sheet music. Mezzo voice and piano sheet music book by claude debussy 18621918. Claude crystalline layered user database allows the user to efficiently build atomic clusters with different size and shape. Debussy uses the previously created databases and carries out a fast calculation of the diffraction profile of each cluster that contributes to the total pattern. Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations if applicable. Summary by jc for further information, including links to online text, reader information, rss feeds, cd cover or other formats if available, please go to the librivox catalog page for this recording. Wordforword translations and ipa transcriptions of songs and arias in latin, italian, german, and french in pdf format. Claude debussy, nocturnes and mandoline the choral.
Debussys fetes galantes ii, set to ephemeral verses by paul verlaine, are a little less successful, although lemieux is able to fine down the voice to an impressionistic whisper in les ingenus and le faune. Fetes galantes is another verlaine poem which many a french composer has felt obliged to set. Illustration for fetes galantes by paul verlaine giclee print by georges barbier. Debussy claude debussy fetes galantes voix basse et. Find art you love and shop highquality art prints, photographs, framed artworks and posters at. Debussys early setting of the same title is breathless and piquant, a whirl of activity in a froth of swirling skirts.
Composers have also set paul verlaines fetes galantes to music, from debussy, faure, honegger, poulenc, ravel, vuillermoz to reynaldo hahn 9 august 1874 28 january 1947. These were his final encounter with the poet whose words had inspired him to write. There is no ac in versailles and some areas are warmer than others. Debussy brings clarity and coherence in audio design, offering intuitive new experience and pure listening pleasure for sound lovers nomads musical life. The french text is by paul verlaine, whom debussy had shown fondness for in fact he set to music eighteen works by verlaine. Although debussy was taught the piano by verlaines motherinlaw, mme maute, there is no evidence that composer and poet ever met, and debussy probably came across the volume fetes galantes 1869 at the house of his mistress marie vasnier. Apr 12, 2012 marie rolf is a founding member of the editorial board for the debussy. Fetes galantes ii 1904 poems by paul verlaine 18441896 debussys fascination with the work of the french symbolist poet paul verlaine resulted in his setting to music no fewer than seventeen of verlaines texts. Cest tircis et cest aminte, et cest leternel clitandre, et cest damis qui pour mainte cruelle fait 1 maint vers tendre. Verlaines poem comes from his second collection, fetes galantes 1869, which was to inspire many songs by debussy. Debussy fetes galantes for voice and piano low, edited by sergius kagen 1. Text and ideas, which is available in full on the gresham college.
Lyribox also offers versetoverse translation and ipa translation. Achilleclaude debussy composer 18621918 play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. Francois le roux was the finest pelleas of the past decade, but his oncelustrous, high baryton martin has darkened he now sings golaud, and the compass of his voice contracted so that at its edges and in sustained notes, he can sound uncomfortable, even strained. The library of congress is hosting the consortium web site which gives bibliographic information on each item. The compositional genesis of this collection reflects the process of debussy s sublimation of his former wagnerian tendencies and the emergence of a new compositional direction, one that parallels the dawn of a new poetic movement.
Published on 30 august 2017 at 10h55 updated on 30 august 2017 at 15h40. Summary by jc for further information, including links to online text, reader information, rss feeds, cd cover or other formats if available, please go. Tircis, aminte, clitandre, and damis are all pastoral names in keeping with the outdoor theme of the poem. Just as with the fetes galantes manuscript which debussy sent his editor from jersey, debussy also inscribed certain pages of lisle joyeuse manuscript with coded and even direct love messages for emma. This album is worth purchasing just for the programming prowess that went into including the verlaine melodies, as well as fine individual items like les angelus and the fetes galantes ii. Learn the text of this work by reynaldo hahn with the help of a native speaker and sungdiction specialist reciting the text poetically and at a slow pace. Mar 21, 2016 degree recital of nicole beauregard, soprano march 4th, 2016 in kilbourn hall, eastman school of music fetes galantes i, l. The literary and musical genesis of debussys fetes galantes. Piano, vocal sheet music book by claude debussy 18621918.
All songs are presented only in the original key, with no transpositions. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. More importantly, how does one cease discussing love. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. She was a singer possessed of a high coloratura, and debussy s first version of fantoches, composed for her in january 1882 in the first flush of. View original text without footnotes 1 diepenbrock. A major new critical edition of important standard repertory with 61 songs in 2 volumes. Mandoline also set by faure, in 1891 is an especially musical text, with its references to serenaders, singing branches, and of course the mandolin itself.
Claude debussy and benjamin britten brilliantly captured the sheer beauty and ecstasy of french poetry in vivid and colourful songs set to verlaine and rimbaud. Fetes galantes hyperion records cds, mp3 and lossless. Songs of claude debussy the vocal library hal leonard online. July 1, 2017 may 25, 2018 singesentaffetviolet leave a comment.
It was only in 1904 that fromont hartmanns successor, encouraged by the success of pellbas et me5lisande, decided to bring them out. Fetes galantes for voice and piano low claude debussy, sergius kagen on. Top kodi archive and support file vintage software community software apk msdos cdrom software cdrom software library. Life in fetes galantes personal sentiment is masked by delicately clever evocations of scenes and characters from the italian commedia dellarte and from the sophisticated pastorals of 18thcentury painters, such as watteau and nicolas lancret, and perhaps also from the contemporary moodevoking paintings of adolphe monticelli. The twentytwo poems depict scenes of seduction and love banter between characters from the world of the italian commedia dellarte, set in an arcadian countryside.
There is the watteaulike elegancesomewhat laid backof faures song, entitled mandoline. Audio recording, debussy, claude, french library of congress. He composed two sets of three songs each, both titled fetes galantes, the first in 1892, and the second in 1904. Fetes galantes is a collection of poetry by paul verlaine, published in 1869. Catalog record only only the 1st work is a cantata. On being beauteous, acclaimed hamburgbased soprano eva resch interprets these jewels with the same sensuality, each song more gorgeous than the last, from the first sounds of the. Fifth edition of the fetes galantes brings frances louis xiv back to life in versailles. Setting off on a journal of garment construction for fetes galantes. Though light, the piano accompaniment provides an underlying pulse, lending the song a sense of propulsion. Fetes galantes i, l86 debussy from cda67883 hyperion. Now, the sequence of patterns of things seen in fetes galantes lends itself to this sort of analysis. Fete galante, ballet choreographed by ib andersen fete galante, composition for wind orchestra by joseph horovitz fete galante and collections fetes galantes sets 1 and 2, compositions by claude debussy for voice and piano. Briscoe a major new critical edition of important standard repertory with 61 songs in 2 volumes.
Fetes galantes ii, l114 debussy from cda67357 hyperion. Enjoy a beautiful masterpiece of classical music in your mother tongue. Fete galante banville, set by georges auric, claude. The 10 best restaurants near les fetes galantes in paris. The following 96 pages are in this category, out of 96 total. Songs of claude debussy by claude debussy 18621918. Fetes galantes, which is ranked as the best known works of hahn, reynaldo for voice has been translated from french to english by lyribox. Complete summary of paul verlaines fetes galantes and other poems. We can profitably seek out some of the principles of visual and spatial imagery in wat. Songs of claude debussy by claude debussy 18621918 sheet. Your soul is a chosen landscape verlaine the liedernet. All 96 recordings 33 naxos 90 s scores 93 p parts 17 v vocal scores 4 a arrangements and transcriptions 54 d sketches and drafts 2 aimonsnous et dormons. Posted in 18th century, mens 18th century fashion, sewing, womens 18th century.
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