Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Davis, Eric, 1966-
2. Thorsett, Brian
3. Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963.

Description

1. 1 score (xxiii, 224 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits, fascimilies; 31 cm

Summary

1. The Songs of Frank E. Tours is a new collection of thirty-eight previously published songs by the leading composer of ballads in the twentieth century. Tours' songs for voice and piano were central to the development of the British and American ballad tradition and occupy a middle ground between the Victorian ballad and post-Romantic art song. This facsimile edition makes his finest songs available for the first time in one volume along with a biography, critical commentary, and detailed information on his career in the music industry. Prepared in collaboration with the production division at A-R Editions, this handsome volume presents the life and work of Frank E. Tours in a definitive edition that will become an essential resource for anyone seeking to study and perform his music. Tours' romantic and spiritual ballads were composed with impeccable craftsmanship and offer voice students and teachers in particular a body of songs in English that are expressive, challenging, and meaningful. We believe this book will make a significant contribution to British and American song literature, not only by reintroducing Tours' music to the public, but also by bringing attention to the ballad tradition itself, which has been overlooked since World War II. Frank E. Tours was a leading music director for operettas and musicals during the first half of the twentieth century. Throughout his career as a conductor, he was also a prolific composer of songs for voice and piano. Over a thirty-year period, he set more than seventy lyrics to music, while most of his evenings were spent in the orchestra pits of London's West End and Broadway--Publisher.

Uniform title

1. Songs. Selections

Alternative title

1. Songs.

Subject

1. Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963
2. Songs with piano
3. Song cycles
4. Musicals -- Excerpts -- Vocal scores with piano
5. Songs, English -- 20th century
6. Ballads, English
7. Composers -- England -- Biography
8. Conductors (Music) -- England -- Biography

Genre/Form

1. Chamber music.
2. Dramatic music.
3. Sacred music.
4. Love songs.
5. Song cycles.
6. Songs.
7. Excerpts.
8. Scores.
9. Vocal scores.
10. Biographies.
11. Music criticism and reviews.
12. Ballads.
13. Popular music.

Contents

1. Individual songs. The alternative ; Beloved ; Beyond the sunset ; From the valley ; Fury of the sea ; God's promise ; Hope dreams ; Hush-a-by, sweetie ; I dreamed ; If you loved me ; In Flanders' fields ; Jest a wearyin' fer you ; The long day ; Mother o' mine ; No voice but yours ; Oh, bring me love! ; Red rose ; Son of my heart ; A wayside prayer ; West of the sun -- Song sets. Two songs. I took a thought ; When we met -- Three songs of love. Hidden in your heart ; Give me your hands ; Come back to me -- Four little love songs. Before you came ; For you and me ; So great our love ; Yesterday, to-day, to-morrow! -- Sacred songs. Breaks the morning ; He giveth his beloved sheep ; Thou blessed man of God -- Theatre and film songs. Little wild rose (from The dairymaids) ; The bold dragoon (from The dashing little duke) ; When I am all your own (from The Balkan princess) ; Sweet Nell (from the opening of the Plaza Theatre, London) ; Chanson Algerian (from Beau Geste) ; Our crystal wedding day (from Hassard Short's Ritz revue) -- Facsimile of composer's fair copy of Around the corner.

Call number

1. JMG 22-227

Note

1. Songs originally published between 1903 and 1947.
2. Includes brief biography and song-by-song critical commentary.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and discography.

Language (note)

1. English words.

Author

1. Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963, composer.

Title

1. The songs of Frank E. Tours / edited by Eric Davis and Brian Thorsett.

Publisher

1. San Francisco, California : Studio for the Early American Musical, [2022]

Copyright date

1. ©2022

Type of content

1. notated music

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and discography.

Language

1. Staff notation.
2. English words.

Added author

1. Davis, Eric, 1966- editor.
2. Thorsett, Brian, editor.
3. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Alternative.
4. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Beloved.
5. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Beyond the sunset.
6. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. From the valley.
7. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Fury of the sea.
8. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. God's promise.
9. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Hope dreams.
10. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Hush-a-by, sweetie.
11. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. I dreamed.
12. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. If you loved me.
13. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. In Flanders' fields.
14. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Jest a wearyin' fer you.
15. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Long day.
16. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Mother o' mine.
17. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. No voice but yours.
18. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Oh, bring me love!
19. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Red rose.
20. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Son of my heart.
21. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Wayside prayer.
22. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. West of the sun.
23. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Songs (1908)
24. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Songs of love.
25. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Little love songs.
26. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Breaks the morning.
27. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. He giveth his beloved sheep.
28. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Thou blessed man of God.
29. Container of (expression): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Little wild rose. Vocal score.
30. Container of (expression): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Dashing little duke. Bold dragoon. Vocal score.
31. Container of (expression): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. When I am all your own. Vocal score.
32. Container of (expression): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Chanson Algerian. Vocal score.
33. Container of (expression): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Our crystal wedding day.
34. Container of (work): Tours, Frank E., 1877-1963. Around the corner.

ISBN

1. 9780578342856 (paperback)
2. 0578342855 (paperback)

Research call number

1. JMG 22-227