Rural Roots of Bluegrass is a songbook and history book that takes a deep at the roots of bluegrass music: ballads and fiddle tunes of Scots-Irish pioneers black spirituals plantation melodies blues murder ballads sentimental parlor songs from Tin Pan Alley North Carolina banjo styles and gospel songs. This book is richly illustrated with 107 vintage photos and includes history lyrics to 94 songs musical notation chords playing tips and historical sources for each song. Includes profiles on the Bill Clifton Bill Monroe the Blue Sky Boys Bradley Kincaid the Callahan Brothers Carolina Tar Heels the Carter Family Charlie Poole and the North CarolinaRamblers the Coon Creek Girls Earl Scruggs Eck Robertson Ernest V. 'Pop' Stoneman Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith Fiddlin’ John Carson G. B. Grayson & Henry Whitter Jimmie Rodgers Karl and Harty the Lilly Brothers MonroeBrothers the Morris Brothers Riley Puckett Samantha Bumgarner Vernon Dalhart Snuffy Jenkins and Wade & J. E. Mainer. 6' x 9' 180 pages. The perfect companion to the CD 'Rural Roots of Bluegrass.'

In 1857 and 1858 as Richard Wagner had come to the completion of Die Walkure the second installment in his epic opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen he took time out to write a series of lieder for (and based on poems by)Mathilde Wesendonck with whom Wagner was believed to have been at the very least extremely infatuated. Whatever the truth might have been behind their relationship it is known that Wagner had met Mathilde's husband Otto inZurich and his ensuing friendship with the couple led to this beautiful set of lieder.Wagner himself called two of the set's songs (Im Treibhaus and Traume) ?studies? for his magnificent opera Tristan andIsolde and though originally intended for female voice with piano all of these songs were eventually orchestrated either by Wagner (in the case of Traume) or by other composers. When they were first performed in 1862 they weretitled Five Songs for a Female Voice. In the 20th century they also became very popular songs for some of the greatest tenors.Much earlier in 1839 Wagner had composed a three-song cycle called Trois Melodies. The firstpiece entitled Dors mon enfant was a lullaby that Wagner ascribed to an unnamed young poet of his publisher's acquaintance and of which he wrote that his wife had called ?heavenly for sending one to sleep?. He thenset Ronsard's song Mignonne and Victor Hugo's L'attente (from that author's Orientales) to round out the set. Wagner offered L'attente to the reigning diva of the time Pauline Viardot who is said to have flatly refused it.Wagner wrote in his memoirs My Life ?I have no reason to be ashamed of these small pieces.?Listen to brilliant tenor Jon Robert Cart perform these lieder. Then he steps aside and you take center stage with yourvirtuoso accompanist Narciso Solero at the piano.

Sing! is a complete programme of effective and efficient Vocal Warm-ups suitable for all styles of singing. Also featuring a download card that gives you access to online audio and spokeninstructions so that your voice will be in the best shape possible for any performance.   Written by an accomplished world-class vocal coach with around 30 years experience working with singers in amultitude of genres and styles Sing! Vocal Warm-ups will explain the science behind the intricacies of the human voice while providing you with 39 exercises to help you warm up your voice as effectively aspossible reducing the risk of frustrating strain or injury.    Whether you're a smooth jazz singer a powerful rock belter or a folk crooner this book will allow you to refine various vocaltechniques encouraging you to learn how to protect your voice and prepare it for making the best possible performance. The convenient book will take you through different regimes getting you to sing well low supported long freely and clearly with each one focusing on a different aspect of your voice and your singing technique. You can use the exercises to plan your own warm-up routine or just work your way though.   Using the audio examples provided on the practical and useful download card you will be encouraged to participate as you might in a live warm-up session. The spoken instructions will guide you through while you'll be ableto sing along to the music or just familiarise yourself with each exercise before you try it out for yourself. The logical layout and authoritative exercises make Sing! an essential tool for singers of anystyle to learn how to properly warm-up.   Written by author Paul Knight who has been a vocal coach for over thirty years each exercise has been expertly-crafted to be a perfect way to warm-up your

Cecil Armstrong Gibbs was a prolific and versatile English composer of the 20th century. Gibbs is best known for his output of songs but he also wrote a considerable amount of music for the amateur choirsthat he conducted. His reputation as a song-writer largely lies in his natural gift for text setting he insisted on giving priority to the words over the music and had very clear musical ideas on what a song shouldbe.These principles prevailed when writing The Cherry Tree in 1949 the Voice is clearly put to the foreground with the Piano only supporting the singer in the background so a confident and capableperformance is needed from the soloist. Words by Margaret Rose. Performance time approximately 3 minutes.

Compiled by Ron Middlebrook. Cowboys have always held a special place in the hearts and imaginations of Americans. Images of riding bravely and happily into the sunset fending off dangerous enemies and singing around the campfire evoke a sense of pride and respect for a lifestyle nearly forgotten in this age of progress. Relive the days of the cowboys bringing the herds home in this interesting compilation of facts and music. 53 songs celebrate the life and times on the range by such noted writers as Doc Denning Chris LeDoux Rusty Richards Roy Rogers Jr. and others. Their music is an actual view into their daily adventures tribulations and entertainment. This uniquepublication also features articles on black cowboys cowgirls cowboys' Spanish ancestry and more.

An innovative user-friendly approach to vocal jazz improvisation. Designed for the individual or group male or female vocalists this book and sing-along CD contain 10 classic jazz songs selected from and correlated to Approaching The Standards Volumes 1 2 and 3. Included are the same essential features of the instrumental books: CD demo clearly written improvisation examples jazz vocabulary transcription opportunities informative composer insight and a useful discogrphy.

Teacher's Edition-Teachers Edition. Don't read notes read patterns of sound! This unique sight reading course for treble voices in elementary and early middle school does just that! PATTERNS OF SOUND uses excellent voice leading careful sequencing and musically interesting exercises that can be combined to strengthen part singing pitch relationships and to develop rhythmic independence. Volume 1 starts from square one assuming no previous training with exercises that are so carefully sequenced that the students are quickly singing four-measure phrases and eight measure songs in two parts and finding it easy! Students are introduced to notes rests meter pitch and unison/2-partsongs in Vol. 1 and continue in Vol. 2 with dotted rhythms & syncopation keys & key changes and more 2-part songs. Use it every day and watch your students' confidence level grow! Available: Teacher's Edition (Vol.1) Student Edition (Vol.1) CD (Vol.1) Teacher's Edition (Vol.2) Student Edition (Vol.2). Recommended for Grades 3-8.

A Practical Sight-Singing Course-Don't read notes read patterns of sound! This unique sight reading course for treble voices in elementary and early middle school does just that! PATTERNS OF SOUND uses excellent voice leading careful sequencing and musically interesting exercises that can be combined to strengthen part singing pitch relationships and to develop rhythmic independence. Volume 1 starts from square one assuming no previous training with exercises that are so carefully sequenced that the students are quickly singing four-measure phrases and eight measure songs in two parts and finding it easy! Students are introduced to notes rests meter pitch and unison/2-part songs in Vol. 1 and continuein Vol. 2 with dotted rhythms & syncopation keys & key changes and more 2-part songs. Use it every day and watch your students' confidence level grow! Available: Teacher's Edition (Vol.1) Student Edition (Vol.1) CD (Vol.1) Teacher's Edition (Vol.2) Student Edition (Vol.2). Recommended for Grades 3-8.

Though he is mostly thought of as a singer of jazz and pop standards, Frank Sinatra was not afraid to branch out and try other styles. In 1967, he teamed up with Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim for the first of two collaborations that found Ol' Blue Eyes working within the bossa nova style, which Jobim helped pioneer a decade earlier. That first record, Francis Albert Sinatra

Geoffrey Burgon (1941-2010) was a British composer best known for his film and television scores such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Brideshead Revisited and Monty Python’s Life of Brian. He studied Trumpetand Composition at the Guildhall and spent the early part of his career as a successful Jazz musician.Worlde's Blisse was written in 1971 and first performed at that year's Little Missendon Festival. Itis a setting of a medieval Poem in Latin and English scored for Oboe and Countertenor and based on a medieval chant. Suitable for services on or near Good Friday or as a recital item.

Handel's dramatic cantata Apollo And Daphne belongs to the composer's early years in Italy. It seems likely to have been written in Rome where Handel lived intermittently between 1707 and 1710. Opera in Rome had beenplaced under a papal ban but musical society in the performance of dramatic cantatas which possessed most of the features of opera without requiring elaborate staging. Handel's plainly dramatic intentions in this cantata arereinforced by the appearance of much of its music in his later operas.

As a work of historic interest of the period The March of the Women is an essential work.British composer Ethel Smyth was a prolific important composer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1910 she joined the Women’sSocial and Political Union for whom she wrote this anthem. It was taken up and sung everywhere including Holloway Prison where Smyth and other suffragettes had been imprisoned for breaking windows and other acts of politicaldisorder. When Sir Thomas Beecham visited her there he found the women marching around the inner yard and singing while Smyth directed the impromptu Chorus with her toothbrush.

Par . Taking singers through the early steps of learning notation and vocal knowledge, this book is the ideal introduction to learning singing for beginners. This volume works equally well for classical and pop singers. Through a series of engaging pieces and exercises, each element is progressively introduced, with handy tips and ?Did you know?? boxes to strengthen ideas. Concepts of posture and technique are beautifully illustrated throughout including animation videos, making this a great preparation for Trinity College London Singing or Rock