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Comment on Giordani – Caro mio ben by ClassICKs or ClassICs? The Dilemma « John Wilborn’s Weblog

ClassICKs or ClassICs? The Dilemma « John Wilborn’s Weblog — Thu, 05 May 2011 17:21:50 +0000

[...] experience must precede musical knowledge. “So, who cares about some dead composer named Giordani anyway?” Herein lies the problem with music instruction. No one cares about knowing facts [...]

Comment on Haydn – She never told her love by Robert P

Robert P — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:20:03 +0000

Sorry, that should be Twelfth Night !

Comment on Haydn – She never told her love by Robert P

Robert P — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:18:54 +0000

Indeed, English is the language for this song because the words are by Shakespeare, from Twelth Night Act 2 Scene 4.

In earlier years Haydn would have seen Shakespeare at Esterhazy. Now, Haydn had already been in England for some time when this song appeared.

Comment on Anthology of Sacred Song by karenbryan

karenbryan — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:14:20 +0000

Anthology of Sacred Song
When I click on the link all I get is an empty screen. Please advise.
Thank you.
Karen Bryan

Comment on Debussy – Il pleure dans mon coeur by David

David — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 02:17:52 +0000

I’m not sure why, but both editions currently hosted (from Modern French Songs and Twelve Songs) have a different melody line for the phrase “De ne savoir pourquoi” than a modern critical edition I’ve seen. I will see about posting an alternate version.

Comment on Jordá – Amar y Sufrir by David

David — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:36:49 +0000

As with several previous songs posted on ASC, I took the time to remove the English singing translation. This both prevents students from erroneously ascribing meaning to the original text, and provides additional space to enter a word by word translation and/or IPA transcription.

Comment on One Hundred Songs of England by jhartling

jhartling — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 07:51:41 +0000

oh and if you could please could you get Traditional Green-sleeves i love this song and would verry much like to have this piece

thank you

Comment on One Hundred Songs of England by jhartling

jhartling — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 07:48:27 +0000

i love singing and i love mythology so thank you so much for County Songs King Arthur (Lancashire)

Comment on Haydn – She never told her love by David

David — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 01:19:20 +0000

Someone just asked me to post this for the German text, and clearly that is the language that Horatio Parker deemed more appropriate.

The musical world as we began the twentieth century considered all things German to be the pinnacle of musical achievement. Parker states in his introduction to his song collection that “German songs are most numerous, as is natural in view of the high development and universal appeal of the German Lied.”

However, tastes have changed, as has our understanding of the history of this song. It is better performed in the original English.

Comment on Jacobs-Bond – I Love You Truly by Remains of Ada Eugenia von Boos Farrar Will Come to Rest - NYTimes.com

Remains of Ada Eugenia von Boos Farrar Will Come to Rest - NYTimes.com — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:10:16 +0000

[...] singer was Ada Eugenia von Boos Farrar, who performed “I Love You Truly” in an inventor’s Manhattan laboratory in 1907. It is believed to have been the first radio [...]