The Art Songs of Louise Talma
- Author: Leonard, Kendra Preston
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Contents
- CHAPTER 1: Reading Talma's Songs
- A Brief Overview of Talma's Life
- Talma's Compositional Language
- Appropriate Research Methodologies
- Concerning This Volume
- CHAPTER 2: Songs of Mourning and Love
- "Invocation to the Rain" (1925)
- "On the Surface of Things" (1926-1927)
- "When the Storm Breaks" (1927-1928)
- "Song in the Songless" (1928)
- Five Sonnets from the Portuguese
- "XXI. Say Over Again" (1934)
- "VII. The Face of All the World Is Changed" (1934)
- "XXII. When Our Two Souls Stand Up" (1934)
- "I. I Thought Once How Theocritus Had Sung" (1934)
- "XXXIII. Yes, Call Me by My Pet Name" (1934)
- Vocal Ranges in the Early Songs
- CHAPTER 3: Farewell to Youth
- Terre de France (1945)
- "Mere, voici vos fils" (1943)
- "Sonnet" (1945)
- "Ballade" (1945)
- "Ode" (1945)
- "Adieux a la Meuse" (1945)
- "Letter to St. Peter" (1945)
- Vocal Range
- CHAPTER 4: A Haunted Psyche
- Seven Songs
- "One Need Not Be a Chamber to Be Haunted" (1941)
- "Rain Song" (1973)
- "Glory Be to God for Dappled Things" (1949)
- "Spring and Fall: To a Young Child" (1946)
- "Sonnet: Carrion Comfort" (1950)
- "Sonnet: I Wake and Feel the Fell of the Dark" (1946)
- "Leap before You Look" (1945)
- CHAPTER 5: Metaphors of Music
- Infanta Marina
- "Infanta Marina" (1988)
- "The Brave Man" (1988)
- "Domination of Black" (1988)
- "Ploughing on Sunday" (1988)
- "Lunar Paraphrase" (1988)
- "Hibiscus on the Sleeping Shores" (1988)
- "A Load of Sugar-cane" (1988)
- "Re-statement of Romance" (1990)
- "The Pleasures of Merely Circulating" (1990)
- "Finis" (1993)
- BIBLOGRAPHY: Cited Sources and Suggested Readings
- APPENDIX 1: Sources on the Vocal Works of Louise Talma
- APPENDIX 2: The Complete Works for Voice by Louise Talma
- APPENDIX 3: Recordings of Talma's Vocal Works
- INDEX 1: Individuals, Places, and Ideas
- INDEX 2: Titles of Musical Compositions