The Penguin book of English song : seven centuries of poetry from Chaucer to Auden

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The Penguin book of English song : seven centuries of poetry from Chaucer to Auden

[edited with an introduction and notes by] Richard Stokes

(Penguin classics, . Penguin literature)

Penguin Classics/Penguin, 2018, c2016

  • : pbk

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Note

"This paperback edition published 2018"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. [907]-910) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Poetry 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.

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Details

  • NCID
    BB26012800
  • ISBN
    • 9780141982540
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    [London]
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxx, 945 p.
  • Size
    20 cm
  • Classification
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