The Art Songs of Louise Talma

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