Music with Words: A Composer`s View

This Is A Group Of Essays About Vocal Music, As Composers Face The Writing Of It, Especially To English Words And About The Union Of Poetry And Music. A Formal Introduction To The Subject -- Word-groups -- Occasions For Singing -- Making Everything Clear -- Helping The Performers -- The Longs And Shorts In Singing -- Instrumental Helps And Hindrances -- The Musical Idea -- Both Words And Emotions Are Important -- Opera In The Vernacular -- The Nature Of Opera -- After All -- Musical Illustrations From The Works Of Virgil Thomson. Musical Illustrations: La Valse Gregorienne -- Susie Asado -- English Usage -- Before Sleeping -- Take, O, Take These Lips Away -- Sigh No More, Ladies -- The Feast Of Love -- Tiger! Tiger! -- The Tiger -- The Land Of Dreams -- Rose Cheek'd Laura, Come -- Four Saints In Three Acts -- The Mother Of Us All -- Lord Byron -- The Death Of General Washington --crossing Brooklyn Ferrry -- Missa Pro Defunctis. Virgil Thomson. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 169-171.