The songs in this collection include the modern art song Legend of Rosemary (verse by Reginald Arkell) a bluesy Stop All The Clocks (W H Auden) the droll dizziness of desire The Bakery (13th Korean courtesan) creepy evocation of mother’s love juxtaposed with evil using three keys simultaneously in Infant Song (Charles Causley) and the poignant My Boy Jack haunting modal Harp Song of the Dane Women and a contemplation of wrongdoing using constantly shifting key and time signatures in Gertrude’s Prayer (all Rudyard Kipling).Contemporary English composer singer and Vocal coach Betty Roe is best known for her church and Choral music revue songs music for schools and solosongs like these. She has a particular affinity for setting poetry imaginatively and sensitively.

This series now has a new ?Part II? for each voice type at the same level as the original volumes. This is preparatory material for The First Book of Solos series with modest ranges and all songs in English including very easy art songs folksong arrangements and vintage popular songs. The song selection is completely different for each voice type with 18-20 songs per volume.

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 Englishand has a limited 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 contestsolos. The accompanying CD includes professionally-recorded accompaniments. Soprano Contents: Alice Blue Gown · April Showers · Butterflies (Schulz) · Cradle Song (Brahms) · Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel(Humperdinck) · The False Prophet (Scott) · Florian's Song (Godard) · Golden Slumbers (English folksong) · It Was a Lover and His Lass (Austin) · Ladybird (Schumann) · The Lilac Tree (Gartlin) · The Little Sandman (arr. Brahms) ·My Little Heart (Weckerlin) · The Nightingale (Alabieff) · Oh! Dear What Can the Matter Be? (16th Century) · Oh Pretty Birds (Rigel) · The Rosebush (Himmel) · The Sweetest Flower that Blows (Hawley) · Two Marionettes (Cooke) ·The Willow Song (16th Century) · The Willow Tree (arr. Reimann) · The Winter It Is Past (arr. Hopekirk).

Par RECHBERGER HERMAN. Herman Rechberger (1947?2022) composed the song cycle Seven Cat Songs between Christmas eve 2007 and the 4th of January 2008. They were inspired by his ?lovely hairy companions Tosca and Carmen?. The songs exist in two versions, one for soprano (...a SHE cat) and one for baritone (...a He Cat). Have a look inside by clicking ?sample?. Duration: c. 20 minutes Contents: I A cat's self portrait (Herman Rechberger) II Cats can sleep anywhere (Eleanor Farjeon) III A cat's memory (Jane Webb) IV A cat's evening prayer (anon.) V A song about two cats (anon.) VI A black-cat luck (anon.) VII All kinds of cats (BJ Boskitt) / Date parution : 2022-05-31/ Recueil / Soprano et Piano

Morfudd - Three Welsh Songs by Patrick Hawes for solo soprano and piano. First performed as part of the 'Concerts at the Crossroads' series on 2 June 2012 in Beulah United Reformed Church Rhiwbina Cardiff by Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano) and John Reid (piano).

Five delightful songs by Aaron Jay Kernis for Soprano and Piano accompaniment. All texts are taken from The Enlightened Heart an anthology of spiritual poetry from many countries and disciplines.

For Soprano and Piano.These songs to poems by Verlaine were written in July 1969 and first performed by Jane Manning and Susan Bradshaw at Conway Hall London on 14th October 1970. They were revised in August 2009.

Commissioned by and written for Nicola Walker Smith in October 1992 this set of songs takes as its starting point material from The Upside-Down Violin at Expo ’92 in Seville by The Michael Nyman Band and the Orquestra Andalusi de Tetuoan. The Moroccan orchestra plays only monophonically and consequently I wrote a ‘pure’ melody line - that is one not built on harmony. The harmonic content of Anne de Lucy Songs is thus derived from the melody for the first time in my work. The text is an ode to the great Renaissance theorist and musical speculator Salinas by Fray Luis de Leon.

Six Songs of Melmoth. Six Songs of Melmoth was commissioned by Oxford Lieder and is a musical matryoshka inspired by Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin and Melmoth by Sarah Perry. The text was written by Sophie Rashbrook.

Per Voce E Pianoforte-Rarities - Arie per Soprano Vol. 2 contains an exclusive selecion of arias that discovers a less known and yet important repertoire. Also included: original texts with English translations and CD with instrumental and vocal versions.The Cantolopera series is made up of various collections: the Favourite Opera Collection dedicated to operatic works organized by voice category; the Composers Collection devoted to individual composers; and the SongsCollection consisting of lyric songs romanzas and traditional songs.

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.

Ten songs from Bernstein's famous stage works, now available for each voice type! Each voice type has a unique song list. The editions include access to online piano accompaniments for streaming or download. / Soprano Et Piano