Italian Song Collection

Author: Shang Jiaxiang
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Publish Date: 1995-01-01
Features: The forty or so Italian songs translated here are mostly excellent works by Italian composers from the 16th to the 18th centuries. Having withstood the test of three to four hundred years, they have remained preserved to this day and are still beloved by people. Western vocal music professors regard them as compulsory subjects for vocal music students, which proves their certain artistic value. Classical literary works depict the inner lives of people in the past with great detail and specificity. Many have always believed that music is a more abstract art than literature, drama, or fine arts, and that it cannot be described so concretely. However, these songs portray the temperament and spirit of men and women from that era so vividly and authentically that after listening, we feel as if we are living in that time, and we can almost see the specific images of men and women from that period. These composers can be said to have created realistic typical images of ancient men and women. These works are both ancient (with some being modern) Western cultural heritage, and of course, they are greatly distant from today's China in terms of contemporaneity, nationality, and class. However, since they have aspects worth learning from, we can take them as references.