Foreign language study

Excerpt from The Illustrated Book of French Songs, From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century Been if the translations had been written to music. With few exceptions, however, the translations are in the same metre. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Yé-Yé means Yeah Yeah! and is best known as a style of '60s pop music heard in France and Québec.

Provides general instructions for the performance and interpretation of French melodies and analyzes vocal works by eighteen composers including Berlioz, Duparc, Debussy, and Ravel