This critical edition of poems by Paul Verlaine, set to music by Faure, contains 19 songs, including Five Melodies "de Venise" Op. 58 and La Bonne Chanson Op. 61. This edition includes pictures of original autographs, ranges, keys, poetic texts in French, English and German, a bibliography, chronology, critical commentary and appendix. These editions are thorough, the music is laid out with plenty of space around it for personal notes and is essential to any serious singer of French song.