(Editions Durand). This edition belongs to "Musique vocale francaise", a series devoted to French vocal repertoire both in original and transposed key designed for students and teachers as well as professionals; it includes 35 songs for high voice, with original poems and English translations, that Camille Saint-Saens composed throughout his entire career. The texts he chose for his music are proof of his excellent literary taste. It is not always easy to see a clear logic when looking at the entire corpus of the composer's ...
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(Editions Durand). This edition belongs to "Musique vocale francaise", a series devoted to French vocal repertoire both in original and transposed key designed for students and teachers as well as professionals; it includes 35 songs for high voice, with original poems and English translations, that Camille Saint-Saens composed throughout his entire career. The texts he chose for his music are proof of his excellent literary taste. It is not always easy to see a clear logic when looking at the entire corpus of the composer's melodies, coming to a total of around one-hundred and twenty works. Camille Saint-Saens was one of the composers responsible for bringing nobility to French melody, thus paving the way for the generation, that of Gabriel Faure and Henri Duparc, which would elevate it to its highest level.
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