Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.801420 Composed by Connie Boss. Children,Instructional. Score. 28 pages. Connie Boss #5541557. Published by Connie Boss (A0.801420). 8 fun songs that also teaches children. abc's, numbers, phonics, rhyming, butterfly lifecycle, God's creatures, etc. For solo and easy piano. These songs are also for sale individually on sheet music plus. You may view the lyrics for these on these links. You can also purchase these and other songs in my 30 song book - Children's songs by Connie Boss on here. Here are the songs:

String Orchestra - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1317710 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Lauri Hamalainen. Chamber,Children,Classical,Instructional,Traditional. 28 pages. Suomi Music #906390. Published by Suomi Music (A0.1317710). 11 CHILDREN’S SONGS FOR STRING AND PIANO: PART FOR VIOLAAre you ready to ignite your child’s musical journey and foster a sense of camaraderie through the joy of playing? Join the Vibrant VIOLIN FRIENDS Community! 11 Children’s Songs for Strings And Piano brings young musicians the opportunity to delve into rhythmical variations of beloved melodies. From timeless tunes like “Itsy Bitsy Spider,� “Samba Lele,� “Old McDonald,� “Pippi Longstocking,� “Mary Had a Little Lamb,� to the multicultural medley of “Potpourri� and the delightful charm of “Frère Jacques,� each song brings a new dimension of excitement and creativity. The string parts are thoughtfully written in the first position, ensuring accessibility for all skill levels. The versatility of this music set allows for performances with a string orchestra and piano soloists or a traditional string quartet or piano quintet, empowering your child to explore various musical collaborations. The part for the 3rd violin can seamlessly substitute the violas, ensuring that no aspiring musician is left behind. 11 CHILDREN’S SONGS FOR STRINGS AND PIANO supports building thriving string communities where inclusivity and a shared love for music unite children from all backgrounds. The individual parts can be accompanied by another string instrument, the piano, string quartet, or string orchestra. All Violin Friends music is easily learnable with the help of play-along videos on the Violin Friends YouTube Channel and mp3 backing tracks on SoundCloud and the Violin Friends homepage www.violinfriends.com.

String Orchestra - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1317692 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Lauri Hamalainen. Chamber,Children,Classical,Instructional,Traditional. 28 pages. Suomi Music #906371. Published by Suomi Music (A0.1317692). 11 CHILDREN’S SONGS FOR STRING AND PIANO: PART FOR 1. VIOLINAre you ready to ignite your child’s musical journey and foster a sense of camaraderie through the joy of playing? Join the Vibrant VIOLIN FRIENDS Community! 11 Children’s Songs for Strings And Piano brings young musicians the opportunity to delve into rhythmical variations of beloved melodies. From timeless tunes like “Itsy Bitsy Spider,� “Samba Lele,� “Old McDonald,� “Pippi Longstocking,� “Mary Had a Little Lamb,� to the multicultural medley of “Potpourri� and the delightful charm of “Frère Jacques,� each song brings a new dimension of excitement and creativity. The string parts are thoughtfully written in the first position, ensuring accessibility for all skill levels. The versatility of this music set allows for performances with a string orchestra and piano soloists or a traditional string quartet or piano quintet, empowering your child to explore various musical collaborations. The part for the 3rd violin can seamlessly substitute the violas, ensuring that no aspiring musician is left behind. 11 CHILDREN’S SONGS FOR STRINGS AND PIANO supports building thriving string communities where inclusivity and a shared love for music unite children from all backgrounds. The individual parts can be accompanied by another string instrument, the piano, string quartet, or string orchestra. All Violin Friends music is easily learnable with the help of play-along videos on the Violin Friends YouTube Channel and mp3 backing tracks on SoundCloud and the Violin Friends homepage www.violinfriends.com.

String Orchestra - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1317709 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Lauri Hämäläinen. Chamber,Children,Classical,Instructional,Traditional. 28 pages. Suomi Music #906389. Published by Suomi Music (A0.1317709). 11 CHILDREN’S SONGS FOR STRING AND PIANO:Part FOR 2.ND VIOLINAre you ready to ignite your child’s musical journey and foster a sense of camaraderie through the joy of playing? Join the Vibrant VIOLIN FRIENDS Community! 11 Children’s Songs for Strings And Piano brings young musicians the opportunity to delve into rhythmical variations of beloved melodies. From timeless tunes like “Itsy Bitsy Spider,� “Samba Lele,� “Old McDonald,� “Pippi Longstocking,� “Mary Had a Little Lamb,� to the multicultural medley of “Potpourri� and the delightful charm of “Frère Jacques,� each song brings a new dimension of excitement and creativity. The string parts are thoughtfully written in the first position, ensuring accessibility for all skill levels. The versatility of this music set allows for performances with a string orchestra and piano soloists or a traditional string quartet or piano quintet, empowering your child to explore various musical collaborations. The part for the 3rd violin can seamlessly substitute the violas, ensuring that no aspiring musician is left behind. 11 CHILDREN’S SONGS FOR STRINGS AND PIANO supports building thriving string communities where inclusivity and a shared love for music unite children from all backgrounds. The individual parts can be accompanied by another string instrument, the piano, string quartet, or string orchestra. All Violin Friends music is easily learnable with the help of play-along videos on the Violin Friends YouTube Channel and mp3 backing tracks on SoundCloud and the Violin Friends homepage www.violinfriends.com.

String Orchestra - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1317722 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Lauri Hamalainen. Chamber,Children,Classical,Instructional,Traditional. 28 pages. Suomi Music #906402. Published by Suomi Music (A0.1317722). 11 CHILDREN’S SONGS FOR STRING AND PIANO: PART FOR 3.RD VIOLINAre you ready to ignite your child’s musical journey and foster a sense of camaraderie through the joy of playing? Join the Vibrant VIOLIN FRIENDS Community! 11 Children’s Songs for Strings And Piano brings young musicians the opportunity to delve into rhythmical variations of beloved melodies. From timeless tunes like “Itsy Bitsy Spider,� “Samba Lele,� “Old McDonald,� “Pippi Longstocking,� “Mary Had a Little Lamb,� to the multicultural medley of “Potpourri� and the delightful charm of “Frère Jacques,� each song brings a new dimension of excitement and creativity. The string parts are thoughtfully written in the first position, ensuring accessibility for all skill levels. The versatility of this music set allows for performances with a string orchestra and piano soloists or a traditional string quartet or piano quintet, empowering your child to explore various musical collaborations. The part for the 3rd violin can seamlessly substitute the violas, ensuring that no aspiring musician is left behind. 11 CHILDREN’S SONGS FOR STRINGS AND PIANO supports building thriving string communities where inclusivity and a shared love for music unite children from all backgrounds. The individual parts can be accompanied by another string instrument, the piano, string quartet, or string orchestra. All Violin Friends music is easily learnable with the help of play-along videos on the Violin Friends YouTube Channel and mp3 backing tracks on SoundCloud and the Violin Friends homepage www.violinfriends.com.

String Orchestra - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1317712 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Lauri Hamalainen. Chamber,Children,Classical,Instructional,Traditional. 28 pages. Suomi Music #906392. Published by Suomi Music (A0.1317712). 11 CHILDREN’S SONGS FOR STRING AND PIANO: PART FOR CELLOAre you ready to ignite your child’s musical journey and foster a sense of camaraderie through the joy of playing? Join the Vibrant VIOLIN FRIENDS Community! 11 Children’s Songs for Strings And Piano brings young musicians the opportunity to delve into rhythmical variations of beloved melodies. From timeless tunes like “Itsy Bitsy Spider,� “Samba Lele,� “Old McDonald,� “Pippi Longstocking,� “Mary Had a Little Lamb,� to the multicultural medley of “Potpourri� and the delightful charm of “Frère Jacques,� each song brings a new dimension of excitement and creativity. The string parts are thoughtfully written in the first position, ensuring accessibility for all skill levels. The versatility of this music set allows for performances with a string orchestra and piano soloists or a traditional string quartet or piano quintet, empowering your child to explore various musical collaborations. The part for the 3rd violin can seamlessly substitute the violas, ensuring that no aspiring musician is left behind. 11 CHILDREN’S SONGS FOR STRINGS AND PIANO supports building thriving string communities where inclusivity and a shared love for music unite children from all backgrounds. The individual parts can be accompanied by another string instrument, the piano, string quartet, or string orchestra. All Violin Friends music is easily learnable with the help of play-along videos on the Violin Friends YouTube Channel and mp3 backing tracks on SoundCloud and the Violin Friends homepage www.violinfriends.com.

Voice and piano - Medium - Digital Download SKU: MQ.8492-36E Composed by MeeAe Cecilia Nam and Theodore Gouvy. Instrument part. 5 pages. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8492-36E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.8492-36E). French.Gouvy was known for writing some of the most beautiful melodies of the Romantic period. His style is a combination of German forms and an early French romantic harmonic structure. His writing for the piano in the songs is totally unified in mood and description with the voice, just as the piano is in Schubert’s songs. The equal partnership of the vocal line and piano interact closely to bring the poetry vividly into life with unimaginable artistic heights and unbridled passion.This volume includes Gouvy songs set to 18 poems of Philippe Desportes (1546–1606), and 18 poems of Moritz Hartmann (1821–1872). The elements of Romantic love poetry, such as enchanting love and its pain, and the personifying of nature, are fluently described with a great sensitivity in both voice and piano. Gouvy’s melody stir up the imagination because of his special treatment of words through a distinguishable and melodious vocal line, and his story telling and poetic treatment and development of the piano accompaniment. His compositional artistry places him in the upper echelons of art-song composers. One should note that Gouvy had a special fondness for the 16th Century poetry of La Pléiade (a group of Renaissance French poets, led by Pièrre de Ronsard (1524–1585). Desportes was truly the heir to Ronsard; however his work, when compared to that of Ronsard, is filled with greater abstraction and greater fluidity. Desportes seems to avoid any of the passionate anger that is occasionally characteristic of La Pléiade. This may be an indication that Desportes lived in a less distressed time. It also seems necessary to point out that he learned much in his early career by copying and studying the earlier works of La Pléiade. This has led some scholars to label him as a plagiarist, but it is important to realize that all the members of La Pléiade copied from each other when they wished to learn something new, and truly understand the style of the other poets in the group. Gouvy’s only choice of poems from his contemporaries, were the works of Moritz Hartmann (1821–1872), a good friend of Gouvy’s. Much of his poetry was strongly political in support of freedom of the individual. He traveled to Leipzig in 1845, but when the authorities discovered a volume of patriotic poems entitled Kelch und Schwert (Chalice and Sword), he fled to Belgium and France. It is at this time that he possibly met Théodore Gouvy. Eighteen poems of Hartmann were translated from German to French by the French poet, Adolph Larmande, of whom very little is known. Pierre Toussaint Adolphe Larmande seems to have been a rather obscure poet and musician. We know that he taught music theory at the Paris Conservatory at the same time Anton Reicha and Michele Carafa were on the faculty. We also know that in 1847 he married an English woman by the name of Marie Caroline Bradley. There are random documents, such as a Certificate of Arrival in London, England, in 1837, but there are no birth and death dates given, and that includes his obituary notice. Contents:18 Sonnets et Chansons de Desportes pour ténor ou soprano et piano, Op. 45 Six poésies allemandes de Moritz Hartmann pour baryton et piano, Op. 21 Douze poésies allemandes de Moritz Hartmann pour ténor et piano, Op. 26 (Poésies françaises d’Adolphe Larmande).

Voice and piano - Medium - Digital Download SKU: MQ.8492-33E Composed by MeeAe Cecilia Nam and Theodore Gouvy. Instrument part. 8 pages. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8492-33E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.8492-33E). French.Gouvy was known for writing some of the most beautiful melodies of the Romantic period. His style is a combination of German forms and an early French romantic harmonic structure. His writing for the piano in the songs is totally unified in mood and description with the voice, just as the piano is in Schubert’s songs. The equal partnership of the vocal line and piano interact closely to bring the poetry vividly into life with unimaginable artistic heights and unbridled passion.This volume includes Gouvy songs set to 18 poems of Philippe Desportes (1546–1606), and 18 poems of Moritz Hartmann (1821–1872). The elements of Romantic love poetry, such as enchanting love and its pain, and the personifying of nature, are fluently described with a great sensitivity in both voice and piano. Gouvy’s melody stir up the imagination because of his special treatment of words through a distinguishable and melodious vocal line, and his story telling and poetic treatment and development of the piano accompaniment. His compositional artistry places him in the upper echelons of art-song composers. One should note that Gouvy had a special fondness for the 16th Century poetry of La Pléiade (a group of Renaissance French poets, led by Pièrre de Ronsard (1524–1585). Desportes was truly the heir to Ronsard; however his work, when compared to that of Ronsard, is filled with greater abstraction and greater fluidity. Desportes seems to avoid any of the passionate anger that is occasionally characteristic of La Pléiade. This may be an indication that Desportes lived in a less distressed time. It also seems necessary to point out that he learned much in his early career by copying and studying the earlier works of La Pléiade. This has led some scholars to label him as a plagiarist, but it is important to realize that all the members of La Pléiade copied from each other when they wished to learn something new, and truly understand the style of the other poets in the group. Gouvy’s only choice of poems from his contemporaries, were the works of Moritz Hartmann (1821–1872), a good friend of Gouvy’s. Much of his poetry was strongly political in support of freedom of the individual. He traveled to Leipzig in 1845, but when the authorities discovered a volume of patriotic poems entitled Kelch und Schwert (Chalice and Sword), he fled to Belgium and France. It is at this time that he possibly met Théodore Gouvy. Eighteen poems of Hartmann were translated from German to French by the French poet, Adolph Larmande, of whom very little is known. Pierre Toussaint Adolphe Larmande seems to have been a rather obscure poet and musician. We know that he taught music theory at the Paris Conservatory at the same time Anton Reicha and Michele Carafa were on the faculty. We also know that in 1847 he married an English woman by the name of Marie Caroline Bradley. There are random documents, such as a Certificate of Arrival in London, England, in 1837, but there are no birth and death dates given, and that includes his obituary notice. Contents:18 Sonnets et Chansons de Desportes pour ténor ou soprano et piano, Op. 45 Six poésies allemandes de Moritz Hartmann pour baryton et piano, Op. 21 Douze poésies allemandes de Moritz Hartmann pour ténor et piano, Op. 26 (Poésies françaises d’Adolphe Larmande).

Voice and piano - Medium - Digital Download SKU: MQ.8492-28E Composed by MeeAe Cecilia Nam and Theodore Gouvy. Instrument part. 6 pages. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8492-28E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.8492-28E). French.Gouvy was known for writing some of the most beautiful melodies of the Romantic period. His style is a combination of German forms and an early French romantic harmonic structure. His writing for the piano in the songs is totally unified in mood and description with the voice, just as the piano is in Schubert’s songs. The equal partnership of the vocal line and piano interact closely to bring the poetry vividly into life with unimaginable artistic heights and unbridled passion.This volume includes Gouvy songs set to 18 poems of Philippe Desportes (1546–1606), and 18 poems of Moritz Hartmann (1821–1872). The elements of Romantic love poetry, such as enchanting love and its pain, and the personifying of nature, are fluently described with a great sensitivity in both voice and piano. Gouvy’s melody stir up the imagination because of his special treatment of words through a distinguishable and melodious vocal line, and his story telling and poetic treatment and development of the piano accompaniment. His compositional artistry places him in the upper echelons of art-song composers. One should note that Gouvy had a special fondness for the 16th Century poetry of La Pléiade (a group of Renaissance French poets, led by Pièrre de Ronsard (1524–1585). Desportes was truly the heir to Ronsard; however his work, when compared to that of Ronsard, is filled with greater abstraction and greater fluidity. Desportes seems to avoid any of the passionate anger that is occasionally characteristic of La Pléiade. This may be an indication that Desportes lived in a less distressed time. It also seems necessary to point out that he learned much in his early career by copying and studying the earlier works of La Pléiade. This has led some scholars to label him as a plagiarist, but it is important to realize that all the members of La Pléiade copied from each other when they wished to learn something new, and truly understand the style of the other poets in the group. Gouvy’s only choice of poems from his contemporaries, were the works of Moritz Hartmann (1821–1872), a good friend of Gouvy’s. Much of his poetry was strongly political in support of freedom of the individual. He traveled to Leipzig in 1845, but when the authorities discovered a volume of patriotic poems entitled Kelch und Schwert (Chalice and Sword), he fled to Belgium and France. It is at this time that he possibly met Théodore Gouvy. Eighteen poems of Hartmann were translated from German to French by the French poet, Adolph Larmande, of whom very little is known. Pierre Toussaint Adolphe Larmande seems to have been a rather obscure poet and musician. We know that he taught music theory at the Paris Conservatory at the same time Anton Reicha and Michele Carafa were on the faculty. We also know that in 1847 he married an English woman by the name of Marie Caroline Bradley. There are random documents, such as a Certificate of Arrival in London, England, in 1837, but there are no birth and death dates given, and that includes his obituary notice. Contents:18 Sonnets et Chansons de Desportes pour ténor ou soprano et piano, Op. 45 Six poésies allemandes de Moritz Hartmann pour baryton et piano, Op. 21 Douze poésies allemandes de Moritz Hartmann pour ténor et piano, Op. 26 (Poésies françaises d’Adolphe Larmande).

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Oboe - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.585655 By Eliot Fisk And Paula Robinson. By Chick Corea. Arranged by Jeff Tincher. Contemporary. 10 pages. Jeff Tincher #6334459. Published by Jeff Tincher (A0.585655). Fasten your seat belt for this ride. The last song in the 20 song collection of children's songs by Chick Corea. In the original key from his Children's Songs LP, this song is nothing but speed and quickness. This arrangement has a lot of interplay between the instruments. Duration = 1:12. Visit my websites: https://jefftincher.wixsite.com/sheetmusic, https://jefftincher.wixsite.com/music, https://www.facebook.com/jefftincherpublishing.

Brass Ensemble Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.585656 By Eliot Fisk And Paula Robinson. By Chick Corea. Arranged by Jeff Tincher. Contemporary. Score and parts. 11 pages. Jeff Tincher #6334461. Published by Jeff Tincher (A0.585656). Fasten your seat belt for this ride. The last song in the 20 song collection of children's songs by Chick Corea. In the original key from his Children's Songs LP, this song is nothing but speed and quickness. This arrangement has a lot of interplay between the instruments. Duration = 1:12. Visit my websites: https://jefftincher.wixsite.com/sheetmusic, https://jefftincher.wixsite.com/music, https://www.facebook.com/jefftincherpublishing.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet Alto Saxophone,Baritone Saxophone,Soprano Saxophone,Tenor Saxophone - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.585654 By Eliot Fisk And Paula Robinson. By Chick Corea. Arranged by Jeff Tincher. Contemporary. 10 pages. Jeff Tincher #6334457. Published by Jeff Tincher (A0.585654). Fasten your seat belt for this ride. The last song in the 20 song collection of children's songs by Chick Corea. In the original key from his Children's Songs LP, this song is nothing but speed and quickness. This arrangement has a lot of interplay between the instruments. Duration = 1:12. Visit my websites: https://jefftincher.wixsite.com/sheetmusic, https://jefftincher.wixsite.com/music, https://www.facebook.com/jefftincherpublishing.

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.585653 By Eliot Fisk And Paula Robinson. By Chick Corea. Arranged by Jeff Tincher. Contemporary. Score and parts. 10 pages. Jeff Tincher #6334455. Published by Jeff Tincher (A0.585653). Fasten your seat belt for this ride. The last song in the 20 song collection of children's songs by Chick Corea. In the original key from his Children's Songs LP, this song is nothing but speed and quickness. This arrangement has a lot of interplay between the instruments. Duration = 1:12. Visit my websites: https://jefftincher.wixsite.com/sheetmusic, https://jefftincher.wixsite.com/music, https://www.facebook.com/jefftincherpublishing.

Voice and piano - Medium - Digital Download SKU: MQ.8492-09E Composed by MeeAe Cecilia Nam and Theodore Gouvy. Instrument part. 4 pages. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8492-09E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.8492-09E). French.Gouvy was known for writing some of the most beautiful melodies of the Romantic period. His style is a combination of German forms and an early French romantic harmonic structure. His writing for the piano in the songs is totally unified in mood and description with the voice, just as the piano is in Schubert’s songs. The equal partnership of the vocal line and piano interact closely to bring the poetry vividly into life with unimaginable artistic heights and unbridled passion.This volume includes Gouvy songs set to 18 poems of Philippe Desportes (1546–1606), and 18 poems of Moritz Hartmann (1821–1872). The elements of Romantic love poetry, such as enchanting love and its pain, and the personifying of nature, are fluently described with a great sensitivity in both voice and piano. Gouvy’s melody stir up the imagination because of his special treatment of words through a distinguishable and melodious vocal line, and his story telling and poetic treatment and development of the piano accompaniment. His compositional artistry places him in the upper echelons of art-song composers. One should note that Gouvy had a special fondness for the 16th Century poetry of La Pléiade (a group of Renaissance French poets, led by Pièrre de Ronsard (1524–1585). Desportes was truly the heir to Ronsard; however his work, when compared to that of Ronsard, is filled with greater abstraction and greater fluidity. Desportes seems to avoid any of the passionate anger that is occasionally characteristic of La Pléiade. This may be an indication that Desportes lived in a less distressed time. It also seems necessary to point out that he learned much in his early career by copying and studying the earlier works of La Pléiade. This has led some scholars to label him as a plagiarist, but it is important to realize that all the members of La Pléiade copied from each other when they wished to learn something new, and truly understand the style of the other poets in the group. Gouvy’s only choice of poems from his contemporaries, were the works of Moritz Hartmann (1821–1872), a good friend of Gouvy’s. Much of his poetry was strongly political in support of freedom of the individual. He traveled to Leipzig in 1845, but when the authorities discovered a volume of patriotic poems entitled Kelch und Schwert (Chalice and Sword), he fled to Belgium and France. It is at this time that he possibly met Théodore Gouvy. Eighteen poems of Hartmann were translated from German to French by the French poet, Adolph Larmande, of whom very little is known. Pierre Toussaint Adolphe Larmande seems to have been a rather obscure poet and musician. We know that he taught music theory at the Paris Conservatory at the same time Anton Reicha and Michele Carafa were on the faculty. We also know that in 1847 he married an English woman by the name of Marie Caroline Bradley. There are random documents, such as a Certificate of Arrival in London, England, in 1837, but there are no birth and death dates given, and that includes his obituary notice. Contents:18 Sonnets et Chansons de Desportes pour ténor ou soprano et piano, Op. 45 Six poésies allemandes de Moritz Hartmann pour baryton et piano, Op. 21 Douze poésies allemandes de Moritz Hartmann pour ténor et piano, Op. 26 (Poésies françaises d’Adolphe Larmande).

Voice and piano - Medium - Digital Download SKU: MQ.8492-16E Composed by MeeAe Cecilia Nam and Theodore Gouvy. Instrument part. 8 pages. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8492-16E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.8492-16E). French.Gouvy was known for writing some of the most beautiful melodies of the Romantic period. His style is a combination of German forms and an early French romantic harmonic structure. His writing for the piano in the songs is totally unified in mood and description with the voice, just as the piano is in Schubert’s songs. The equal partnership of the vocal line and piano interact closely to bring the poetry vividly into life with unimaginable artistic heights and unbridled passion.This volume includes Gouvy songs set to 18 poems of Philippe Desportes (1546–1606), and 18 poems of Moritz Hartmann (1821–1872). The elements of Romantic love poetry, such as enchanting love and its pain, and the personifying of nature, are fluently described with a great sensitivity in both voice and piano. Gouvy’s melody stir up the imagination because of his special treatment of words through a distinguishable and melodious vocal line, and his story telling and poetic treatment and development of the piano accompaniment. His compositional artistry places him in the upper echelons of art-song composers. One should note that Gouvy had a special fondness for the 16th Century poetry of La Pléiade (a group of Renaissance French poets, led by Pièrre de Ronsard (1524–1585). Desportes was truly the heir to Ronsard; however his work, when compared to that of Ronsard, is filled with greater abstraction and greater fluidity. Desportes seems to avoid any of the passionate anger that is occasionally characteristic of La Pléiade. This may be an indication that Desportes lived in a less distressed time. It also seems necessary to point out that he learned much in his early career by copying and studying the earlier works of La Pléiade. This has led some scholars to label him as a plagiarist, but it is important to realize that all the members of La Pléiade copied from each other when they wished to learn something new, and truly understand the style of the other poets in the group. Gouvy’s only choice of poems from his contemporaries, were the works of Moritz Hartmann (1821–1872), a good friend of Gouvy’s. Much of his poetry was strongly political in support of freedom of the individual. He traveled to Leipzig in 1845, but when the authorities discovered a volume of patriotic poems entitled Kelch und Schwert (Chalice and Sword), he fled to Belgium and France. It is at this time that he possibly met Théodore Gouvy. Eighteen poems of Hartmann were translated from German to French by the French poet, Adolph Larmande, of whom very little is known. Pierre Toussaint Adolphe Larmande seems to have been a rather obscure poet and musician. We know that he taught music theory at the Paris Conservatory at the same time Anton Reicha and Michele Carafa were on the faculty. We also know that in 1847 he married an English woman by the name of Marie Caroline Bradley. There are random documents, such as a Certificate of Arrival in London, England, in 1837, but there are no birth and death dates given, and that includes his obituary notice. Contents:18 Sonnets et Chansons de Desportes pour ténor ou soprano et piano, Op. 45 Six poésies allemandes de Moritz Hartmann pour baryton et piano, Op. 21 Douze poésies allemandes de Moritz Hartmann pour ténor et piano, Op. 26 (Poésies françaises d’Adolphe Larmande).