Art Song in the United States, 1759-1999: An Annotated BibliographyThis is an extensively annotated listing of art songs for solo voice and piano by American composers. The annotations contain information on: composer, title, poet, collection number (if applicable), publication data, key, vocal range, vocal tessitura, meter signature, tempo indication, length, level of difficulty for both voice and piano, voice type most suitable, mood and/or subject of the song, description of the vocal line, description of the piano score, special difficulties, possible uses, recording(s) (if applicable), and individual titles with annotations (if a cycle or set). |
Contents
18111999 Composed and Title Entries | 1 |
COMPOSITIONS WITH FOREIGNLANGUAGE TEXTS | 363 |
INTRODUCTION | 381 |
COMPOSER AND TITLE ENTRIES | 383 |
DISCOGRAPHY | 391 |
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF COMPOSERS | 413 |
PUBLISHERS REPRESENTED | 419 |
REFERENCES | 425 |
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS | 475 |
Common terms and phrases
1+min 2+min 8th-note accomp afterbeat Allegretto Allegro Andante arpeggiated baritone Mood bass block chords Boosey & Hawkes broken-chord patterns changing meters chordal chordal texture chromatic chromaticism Classical Vocal Reprints Cmaj conjunct contralto countermelody Cycle Diff-V/m disjunct dissonant Dmaj dotted rhythms double vocal line doubling of vocal dramatic duplets duplets and triplets e. e. cummings easy rhythms easy skips Eb maj Emily Dickinson ensemble Fmaj Gmaj high tones High Voice humorous interludes intervals irregular large reaches legato Lento linear long phrases love song Voice melismas melody mezzo-soprano Mood Moderato molto motion moto Music P/dd P/md P/me phrases Piano pitches poem polyrhythms postlude prelude quiet ending recital material recital song regular meters rhythmic rhythms Piano Schirmer singer small skips soprano Mood speech rhythms staccato stepwise and small sustained syllabic Piano syncopation tenor Mood Tess-M Tess-M-mH Tess-wide tessitura Tonal Traditional keys varied tempos vocal line Diff Voice and Piano