Summary
The idea of major and minor composers has been problematized by musicology, and her approach carries with it the danger of instilling her personal opinion on this largely unexplored area of music history. In the same vein, Draayer's appendix, "A Selected Guide to European Spanish Song," offers a list of the published collections of Spanish art song, including the ISBN, which facilitates purchase of the music by an interested performer or teacher.
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Art Song Composers of Spain: An Encyclopedia
Art Song Composers of Spain: An Encyclopedia. By Suzanne Rhodes Draayer. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2009. [xxviii, 518 p. ISBN 9780810863620. $75.] Music examples, bibliography, discography, works list, indexes.
As compared with German lieder or French mélodies, Spanish art song, also...See the full content of this document
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