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Texts of Schubert's Lieder and Italian songs, with English translations. Attempts "to provide clear, straightforward translations that remain close to the originals with descending into stilted translation-ese."
An anthology unlike any other, The Ring of Words assembles lyrics of the most famous art songs of Europe with literal line-by-line English translations printed on the facing pages.
Includes English translations of the most common German songs (lieder) by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Wagner, Brahms, Wolf, Mahler, and Strauss in both word-for-word and clear prose versions.
Presents the French texts and precise word-for-word and poetic English translations of the texts used by the five most important French art song composers.
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Provides English translations of the Latin Mass texts of the Proper (in alphabetical order) most frequently found in Gregorian chant and polyphonic motets.