The Penguin Book of English Song by Richard Stokes, Paperback, 9780141982540 | Buy online at The Nile
Departments
 Free Returns*

The Penguin Book of English Song

Seven Centuries of Poetry from Chaucer to Auden

Author: Richard Stokes  

Paperback

An anthology of some of the greatest poetry in the English language

Read more
Save
23%
RRP $29.99
$23.09
Or pay later with
Check delivery options
Paperback

PRODUCT INFORMATION

Summary

An anthology of some of the greatest poetry in the English language

Read more

Description

An anthology of some of the greatest poetry in the English languagePoetry and music have been associated with each other from the very beginning. The Penguin Book of English Song draws together a great variety of English poetry (including Irish, Scots and Welsh writers) that has reached a wider audience through the magic of music. Richard Stokes's rich anthology of verse stretches from the fourteenth century to the twentieth, collecting poems that have inspired musical settings by one hundred English poets, along with a treasure trove of illuminating notes and marginalia about their lives, work and, often, their approach to music.Stokes gathers together in a single volume a huge amount of information about English song that will assist musicians in performing these works, and enlighten all those enthusiasts who delight in the fusion of words and music that has produced countless moments of incandescent magic.

Read more

About the Author

Richard Stokes is Professor of Lieder at the Royal Academy of Music. His previous books include The Book of Lieder and J. S. Bach- The Complete Cantatas and he is co-author of A French Song Companion and The Spanish Song Companion, all of which are much admired by musicians and concert-goers. His English versions of Wozzeck, Lulu, Parsifal and La Voix Humaine, and his translations from Kafka, Kleist and Jules Renard, have also been widely acclaimed.

Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd | Penguin Classics
Published
5th April 2018
Pages
976
ISBN
9780141982540

Returns

This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.

Save
23%
RRP $29.99
$23.09
Or pay later with
Check delivery options