Stephen Rumph is Professor of Music History at the University of Washington. His publications include Mozart and Enlightenment Semiotics (2011), The Fauré Song Cycles: Poetry and Music, 1861-1921 (2020), and the co-edited Cambridge Fauré Studies (2021).

• Introduction; Acknowledgments; Author biographies; List of musical examples, figures, and tables; 1. Song and the French poetic tradition Vincent Vivès; 2. French versification and song: interconnected worlds David Hunter; 3. Romance to mélodie? The trajectory of Berlioz's songs Julian Rushton; 4. The mélodie comes of age (Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Bizet, Massenet) Steven Huebner; 5. Fauré's individual songs and collections Roy Howat; 6. Debussy's early songs: finding his compositional voice Marie Rolf; 7. The Franckist-Wagnerian strain (Duparc, Chausson, Chabrier) Andrew Pau; 8. Women and French song Annegret Fauser; 9. Fauré's song cycles Stephen Rumph; 10. Debussy's mature songs Denis Herlin; 11. Ravel and his contemporaries Emily Kilpatrick; 12. Poulenc and his circle: le style quotidien Byron Adams; 13. Olivier Messiaen Stephen Broad and David Evans; 14. Interpreting French art song François Le Roux; Guide to further reading; Index.

Stephen Rumph is Professor of Music History at the University of Washington. His publications include Mozart and Enlightenment Semiotics (2011), The Fauré Song Cycles: Poetry and Music, 1861-1921 (2020), and the co-edited Cambridge Fauré Studies (2021).

• Introduction; Acknowledgments; Author biographies; List of musical examples, figures, and tables; 1. Song and the French poetic tradition Vincent Vivès; 2. French versification and song: interconnected worlds David Hunter; 3. Romance to mélodie? The trajectory of Berlioz's songs Julian Rushton; 4. The mélodie comes of age (Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Bizet, Massenet) Steven Huebner; 5. Fauré's individual songs and collections Roy Howat; 6. Debussy's early songs: finding his compositional voice Marie Rolf; 7. The Franckist-Wagnerian strain (Duparc, Chausson, Chabrier) Andrew Pau; 8. Women and French song Annegret Fauser; 9. Fauré's song cycles Stephen Rumph; 10. Debussy's mature songs Denis Herlin; 11. Ravel and his contemporaries Emily Kilpatrick; 12. Poulenc and his circle: le style quotidien Byron Adams; 13. Olivier Messiaen Stephen Broad and David Evans; 14. Interpreting French art song François Le Roux; Guide to further reading; Index.

Stephen Rumph is Professor of Music History at the University of Washington. His publications include Mozart and Enlightenment Semiotics (2011), The Fauré Song Cycles: Poetry and Music, 1861-1921 (2020), and the co-edited Cambridge Fauré Studies (2021).

• Introduction; Acknowledgments; Author biographies; List of musical examples, figures, and tables; 1. Song and the French poetic tradition Vincent Vivès; 2. French versification and song: interconnected worlds David Hunter; 3. Romance to mélodie? The trajectory of Berlioz's songs Julian Rushton; 4. The mélodie comes of age (Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Bizet, Massenet) Steven Huebner; 5. Fauré's individual songs and collections Roy Howat; 6. Debussy's early songs: finding his compositional voice Marie Rolf; 7. The Franckist-Wagnerian strain (Duparc, Chausson, Chabrier) Andrew Pau; 8. Women and French song Annegret Fauser; 9. Fauré's song cycles Stephen Rumph; 10. Debussy's mature songs Denis Herlin; 11. Ravel and his contemporaries Emily Kilpatrick; 12. Poulenc and his circle: le style quotidien Byron Adams; 13. Olivier Messiaen Stephen Broad and David Evans; 14. Interpreting French art song François Le Roux; Guide to further reading; Index.