This is the first ever complete critical edition of Henri Duparc’s songs. Edited by Roger Nichols, the elegantly presented music is supported by a fully comprehensive Critical Commentary which illuminates as never before the compositional stages of these beautiful songs. Roger Nichols’s international reputation as a leading authority on French music makes this edition essential for all singers who perform, study or teach these mélodies.

Contents

• Duparc: Au pays ou se fait la guerre
• Duparc: Chanson triste
• Duparc: Élégie
• Duparc: Extase
• Duparc: L'Invitation au voyage
• Duparc: La Fuite
• Duparc: La Vague et la Cloche
• Duparc: La Vie antérieure
• Duparc: Lamento
• Duparc: Le Galop
• Duparc: Le Manoir de Rosemonde
• Duparc: Phidylé
• Duparc: Romance de Mignon
• Duparc: Sérénade
• Duparc: Sérénade Florentine
• Duparc: Soupir
• Duparc: Testament