The most useful collection of Schubert songs available! Unlike international editions these new songbooks contain only a few favourite songs from Die Schöne Müllerin and Die Wintereisse rather than the rarely-used entire song cycles; this leaves room for many more wonderful individual songs not normally found in Schubert collections.As in the other volumes in The Vocal Library each song features introductory notes including information about the composition the song's biographical context in Schubert's life early performances and comments about poets. The contents for the High Voice and Low Voice editions are almost the same: theHigh Voice volume uniquely includes Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (with removable clarinet part) and Auf dem Strom (with removable horn part); the Low Voice volume uniquely includes Das Abendrot and Romanze. The cover is adorned with a charming 1821 watercolour depicting Schubert and friends at a summer gathering in Atzenbrugg.All songs have been newly edited and researched based on the most current historical material available. German singing text.

The plantation songs known as 'spirituals' are the spontaneous outbursts of intense religious fervour and had their origin chiefly in camp meetings revivals and other religious exercises.They were never 'composed' but sprang into life ready made from the white heat of religious fervour during some protracted meeting in camp or church as the simple ecstatic utterance of wholly untutored minds and are practically the only music in America which meets the scientific definition of Folk Song.Harry Burleigh became a linguist singing in Hebrew as well as Latin Italian French and German. For several years he regarded his casual efforts at composition as merely mentalexercises until friends virtually forced him to publish. 'Deep River' published in 1917 made Harry Burleigh well known as a composer. His 'Little Mother Of Mine' was sung throughout the world by John McMormack.