The Musical Theatre Essentials series represents the ultimate selection of songs from the stage. Volumes are available for Soprano Mezzo-Soprano Tenor and Baritone/Bass either with or without accompaniment CDs.Unique song lists are provided in the books for each vocal range including this volume for Soprano.Newly edited and engraved with Vocal line and Piano accompaniment the two Soprano volumes from the MusicalTheatre Essentials series provide a golden opportunity to celebrate the music of the stage containing songs from classic musicals such as: Carousel Guys and Dolls The Sound of Music Sweeney Todd andWicked.

The Musical Theatre Essentials series represents the ultimate selection of songs from the stage. Volumes are available for Soprano Mezzo-Soprano Tenor and Baritone/Bass either with or without accompaniment CDs.Unique song lists are provided in the books for each vocal range including this volume for Soprano.Newly edited and engraved with Vocal line and Piano accompaniment the two Soprano volumes from the MusicalTheatre Essentials series provide a golden opportunity to celebrate the music of the stage containing songs from classic musicals such as: Carousel Guys and Dolls The Sound of Music Sweeney Todd andWicked.

Edward Thomas was born in Lambeth on 3rd March 1878 and spent most of his childhood in London. His holidays however were spent with relatives in Swindon and it was there that he developed his abiding love of all things rural.He was educated at St Paul's Hammersmith and was encouraged in his creative writing by James Ashcroft Noble whose daughter he secretly married after her father's death and to the great disapproval of her family. Despitegrowing anxiety over poverty ill health and literary discouragement which exacerbated a natural tendency to depression Thomas worked unstintingly as a reviewer and wrote and published over 30 books between 1897 and 1917.'Adlestrop' was written with four other poems between 7th and 9th June 1915. He enlisted in 1915 at the age of 37 and was called to the Front in 1917. He arrived at Arras on 9th February 1917 and was killed on the 9th April Easter Monday by a shell blast in the opening minutes of the offensive.This work for Soprano and Piano was premiered by Jane Manning and Dominic Saunders at the Aldeburgh Festival in 1989. Text by Edward Thomas. A3 ScoreAvailable: SOS03574

Book/CD package (2 CDs)-More great teaching material at the same level as the first volume. Over 30 songs in each volume with no song duplicated between voice types. A student could easily begin either in The First Book or The First Book Part II or thebooks may be used concurrently.