A Century of English Song - Volume VII is a superb anthology that comprises ten 20th-century choral pieces for Tenor voice and Piano accompaniment. It is an authoratative edition that has been published in collaboration with The Association of English Singers and Speakers. The series includes songs by talented and distinctive composers who may be little known outside specialist circles not just popular and well known writers. The pieces are enjoyable and expressive and will help increase appreciation for the English Song genre. This is the seventh volume in the A Century of English Song series and contains ten songs for Tenor voice and Piano edited byMichael Pilkington.

Songs from the Zarzuela for Tenor with piano accompaniment including notes on the dramatic context of each song and English literal translations by Christopher Webber. This unique collection presents celebrated songs from Zarzula the popular Spanish tradition of music theatre which draws on elements of opera popular song dance and spoken drama. As well as providing an excellent selection of high quality vocal music the ever-increasing popularity of Zarzuela means that this collection of songs will be welcomed by a wide range of experienced singers students amateur musicians and audiences everywhere.

In 1918-19 Gian Francesco Malipiero wrote a collection of seven songs commonly known as Sette Canzoni. They were initially intended as a stand-alone work but became incredibly popular when they wereincluded as the second act of the composer’s opera L’Orfiede. However in recent years the collection has come to be recognised in its own right as one of the composer’s masterpieces.Like all of the seven songs the fifth Serenata is designed as an individual mini-opera. Scored for a solo Tenor with Piano accompaniment it tells the story of a young lover serenading his beloved. At the same time unknown to him shesits inside lamenting the death of a relative.Serenata has been translated from the original Italian into French by Henry Prunières and into English by Edwin Evans.

Cyprise-In 1865 Dvorák firmly convinced of his love for one of the daughters of the ermáková family probably the older Josefina wrote his first song cycle Cypresses.Despite the popularity of Dvorák's arrangements for String Quartet the original version of this work has remained in manuscript form until now.This first ever Urtext edition is based on the original autograph as well as later versions. A printed collection of poems by Pfleger from 1862 were also drawn upon as sources. The musical text is accompanied by a detailed introduction in English German and Czech written by the Dvorák scholar DavidBeveridge. A critical commentary in English only is also included as are translations of the song texts in English and German.