This outstanding series is an encouragement to beginning singers in preparing a vocal solo. Songs have been carefully chosen for each voice type after consulting many official state contest repertoire lists. All the songs for instance are on the Texas list. The series will be useful to any novice singer not just limited to those preparing an actual contest solo. Each volume contains 10 songs: 5 art songs in English an African-American spiritual 2 songs in Italian a song in German and a song in Spanish. There are new editions and engravings of all songs. Biographical information is included on each composer. Interpretive suggestions are given for each song and the prefaceon Learning a Song is especially instructive. Each companion CD includes beautiful performances of all the songs by a professional singer and excellent accompaniments by pianist Laura Ward. Also on the CD are pronunciation guides in Italian German and Spanish. Mezzo-Soprano Book Contents: An die Musik · The Blue-Bell · He Shall Feed His Flock · My Lord What a Mornin' · Now Is the Month of Maying · Nymphs and Shepherds · Ombra mai fù · Porque toco el pandero · Silent Noon · Vergin tutto amor.

This Book and CD collection of Volume 2 of Les Plaisirs Du Bel Canto features a selection of songs for singers that have been taken from the classic repertoire of the great operas. For Mezzo-SopranoVoice.
For professional singers, students, enthusiasts and music schools, this varied repertoire is a great way to enter into the joyous world of singing. The CD features Pianoaccompaniment as it appears transcribed in the book.
1. Habanera (Carmen) [Bizet, Georges]
2. La Lettre (Véronique) [Messager, André]
3. La Maison Grise (Fortunio) [Messager, André]
4. La Reine De La Nuit (La Flûte Enchantée) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
5. L\'air Des Bijoux (Faust) [Gounod, Charles]
6. Le Roi De Thulé (Faust) [Gounod, Charles]
/ Partitions classique / Vocale - chorale / Voix solo - piano / CHOUDENS

Drame, passion, une bonne dose d'humour et, d'abord et avant tout, des mélodies immortelles sont les ingrédients des grands chefs-d'oeuvre de l'histoire de l'opéra italien. Cette collection d'airs contient les plus belles et les plus populaires des pièces en solo de théâtre musical dans un volume chacun. Une coupe transversale de l'art de chanter plus de trois siècles. / Mezzo-Soprano Et Piano

74 Solo Cantatas for Voice Melodic Instrument and Basso continuo.Cantatas For The Sundays After Trinity - Medium Voice.When Telemann issued his first annual cycle of printed cantatas Der Harmonische Gottesdienst (Hamburg 1725-6) he was already one the leading cantata composers of his time. Thanks to their brevity and their simple scoring the 72 solo cantatas have remained very popular to the present day.These editions (BA 5891 through to BA 5896) divide the annual cycle into cantatas for high voice and cantatas for medium voice.Each series spreads the works over three volumes accompanied by separateparts for solo instrument and continuo. The cantatas follow the order of the liturgical year beginning with the Christmas season and continuing with Easter and Trinity.Being practically minded Telemann arranged the ambitus of the vocal parts so that the cantatas for medium voice are ???also suitable for an ordinary alto or bass???.Similarly the solo instruments are suitable for Violin Oboe Recorder or Flute.- Interesting solo cantatas for use in church services.- Urtext from the Telemann Edition.- Separate parts for instrument and continuo.

This series was designed to supplement traditional Vocal instruction and works perfectly as preparatory literature for The First Book of Solos and The First Book of Solos Part II. Each piece is in English and has alimited Vocal range as well as a Piano accompaniment that is playable by a student pianist. The pieces include art songs folksongs humorous songs and suitable vintage popular songs and are all appropriate for contest solos. The accompanying online audio includes professionally-recorded accompaniments.

Mezzo-Soprano/Belter Accompaniment CDs-Two accompaniment CDs in each package which match the books containing a collection of songs from the musical stage categorized by voice type. The selections are presented in their authentic settings excerpted from the original vocal scores. Two accompaniment CDs that match the pieces in The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology Volume One - Mezzo-Soprano book and so feature a collection of songs from the musical stage categorized by voice type. The selections are presented in their authentic settings excerpted from the original vocal scores. Includes slow-down and transposition software to aid practice.

Mezzo-Soprano Book Only-For aspiring and professional singers who love Broadway Alfred's Singer's Library of Musical Theatre presents an elegant collection of the best-loved musical theatre songs in their original keys authentically transcribed from their original vocal scores. Perfect for study and equally suitable for the most important auditions and performances each volume is dedicated to a specific vocal range and contains dozens of songs from a variety of shows that span decades of theatre history. Multiple volumes are available for each of four vocal ranges: Soprano Mezzo-Soprano/Alto Tenor and Baritone/Bass. Authoritative historical and contextual commentary audition tips and 16-barcut suggestions for each song make it the most useful and relevant song library of its kind. Titles: My Own Best Friend (Chicago) · Back on Base (Closer Than Ever) · That Mister Man of Mine (Dames at Sea) · A Little Brains A Little Talent (Damn Yankees) · Something of My Own (Dessa Rose) · I Know the Truth (Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida) · Holding to the Ground (Falsettos) · Think of Meryl Streep (Fame: The Musical) · A Little Girl from Little Rock (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) · Lazy Afternoon (The Golden Apple) · What Is a Woman? (I Do I Do) · Old Friend (I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road) · Last Midnight (Into the Woods) · Moments in the Woods (Into the Woods) · Somewhere That's Green (Little Shop of Horrors) · West End Avenue (The Magic Show) · Tell Me Why (A Man of No Importance) · Take It on the Chin (Me and My Girl) · Like It Was (Merrily We Roll Along) · The Music Still Plays On (A New Brain) · Mad About the Boy (Oh! Coward) · It's a Fine Life (Oliver!) · How Can I Wait? (Paint Your Wagon) · Zip (Pal Joey) · My Cousin in Milwaukee (Pardon My English) · Notice Me Horton (Seussical the Musical) · Wonderful Wonderful Day (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers) · What a Nice Idea (Two Gentlemen of Verona) · If You Hadn't but You Did (Two on the Aisle ) · Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz) · Millwork (Working).

Book/CD package (2 CDs)-Book/CD package (2 CDs). This is among the most widely used teaching repertoire for singers in the U.S. Over 30 songs in each book including American and British art songs folk song arrangements sacred songs and a sampling ofbeginning songs in German Italian Spanish and French. There is a completely different song selection for each voice type.