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Re: Songs of A.Hignard and Jules Verne

From: Volker Dehs <volker.dehs~at~web.de>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 22:03:26 +0200 (CEST)
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

Yes, the book contains text AND notes of the 15 songs.

The introduction is quite general on music in Verne's novels, but there in no analysis at all of the music (of the songs) or of the relations between text and music; there is no analysis of the different versions of Verne's songs (published first in 1857/63 and afterwards in some of his novels); no serious informations are provided on the three composers of the music nor on their relations to Verne. Some of the bibliographical informations are erronous and there is no answer on the question (suggested by the title) what songs have to do in travel books ("récits de voyage"). That is what I mean by "desappointing" for an academic publication for which you have to pay around 39 euros.

Anyway, that's my personal opinion - as Vernian and as a buyer of the book. As for the notes, I think that their reproduction is ok, and this is what is important for you...

Best, Volker

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Von: "Valeria Smolianinova" <valerysmol~at~mail.ru>
Gesendet: 01.08.2011 21:42:03
An: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf@Gilead.org.il>
Betreff: Re[2]: Songs of A.Hignard and Jules Verne

Tell me, please,  Volker,  there are the sheet music  of these songs   in this book? Also what means  "the introduction is VERY disappointing" ? 

  Thanks.


01 августа 2011, 20:48 от "Volker Dehs" <volker.dehs@web.de>:

Dear Valeria,

the texts of Verne and full score of the compositions by Hignard, Dufresne ans Alary have just been published in a book compiled by

Frédéric-Gael Theuriau:
Chansons de Jules Verne. L'univers musical dans les récits de voyage
Saarbrücken (Germany): Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften, 2011 (Éditions universitaires européennes)
108 p., ISBN 978-613-1-57514-3
www.editions-ue.com

The original scores are very scarce, so the only possibility to find them is this publication; unfortunately, the price is relatively high and the introduction is VERY disappointing.

Best,
Volker
-- 
Volker Dehs, Eisenbahnstr. 9, D-37073 Göttingen.

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Von: "Valeria Smolianinova" <valerysmol@mail.ru>
Gesendet: 01.08.2011 17:59:12
An: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf@Gilead.org.il>
Betreff: Songs of A.Hignard and Jules Verne

Hello, dear Vernian friends!

I have the important question. In Amiens in 2005 I have bought a disk with songs of A.Hignard and Jules Verne performed by soprano F.Masset. Tell please where it is possible to find notes of these songs? I'm a soprano too, and I wish to sing them very much. They were pleasant to me, and to sing songs of my favourite writer will be for me the big pleasure!

Many thanks,
Valeria
 







 

 

 

 

 

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