American Art Song and American Poetry (2nd edition) Available to Purchase

This is the second edition of a popular reference work first published in the 1980s, and thus in sore need of updating. Many of the songs that appeared in the first edition are now out of print, and while some have been reissued, many have not. The authors have revised all of the information from the first edition, and have also added ten new composers along with the poets of the selected song texts. By definition, “art song” refers to settings of already existent poetry, and therefore excludes folk songs; “art song” is also defined as solo song with piano...