An Introduction to Repertoire. This series of 5 book/audio packs is an introduction to art song in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Each volume has a different song list, and includes 30 selections in appropriate keys. Beyond art song, each collection includes two carefully chosen opera arias, an oratorio aria, and an operetta aria by Gilbert

An Introduction to Repertoire. This series of 5 book/audio packs is an introduction to art song in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Each volume has a different song list, and includes 30 selections in appropriate keys. Beyond art song, each collection includes two carefully chosen opera arias, an oratorio aria, and an operetta aria by Gilbert

Baritone-This new volume presents the best of Spanish Zarzuelas in brand new thoroughly researched editions with accompanying text in Spanish and English. These beautiful books also include a specially-recorded CD featuring piano accompaniments to each piece.

This unique and exciting series gives you the chance to learn some of the greatest arias of the Opera tradition with full orchestral backing tracks. 8 operatic showstoppers have been selected from works as diverse as Macbeth Don Pasquale and Guglielmo Tell presented in full notation with concert accompaniments for Piano. Furthermore a professionally recorded CD is included that features the full-scale orchestral arrangement of each aria so you can experience the power and magic of a grand-scale performance. There's even a version of each featuring an established singer so you can hear the piece in full.An excellent rehearsal tool orthe ideal way to introduce your voice to the wonders and rigors of the Opera.

This song was written for the NMC Songbook and recorded by Omar Ebrahim.'Raju Raghuvanshi is unmarried; he's forty five; his parents are dead; no siblings. He's had to move to Bamni nearby. For here in Katra where helived they rush into their houses locking all the doors locking all the windows crying 'Ghost! Ghost! Ghost! Ghost! Ghost!' at the sight of him. He was in prison you see where he was hospitalised. Rumours were rife: he'sfallen ill; he's been moved to another town; he's dead; cremated. Ganeshi his cousin's wife performed the last rites so his spirit could rest. 'Imagine our surprise when he turned up alive ' she said 'We thought he was dead.'Poor Raju. Poor Raju Raju Raghuvanshi; he's technically a ghost. 'Now I have to prove I'm alive. N.V. Vayangankar Chief of Police will help me. I have property you see a few acres of land. I know their game. They shall notbeat me. I say to them: 'But can't you see that my feet are the right way round? If I was a spirit or a ghost they'd turn backwards'. I was not gone long now I donﾃ｢ﾂ�ﾂ冲 exist.''

Songs by British and American Composers-The selection of songs has been carefully considered to represent a variety of composers from primarily the twentieth century. Songs were chosen that are appropriate challenges to the advancing teenage singer or for the university student.

G. Schirmer Opera Anthology-Carefully chosen arias to anticipate the needs of singers teachers and coaches for years to come. Includes historical notes plot synopses and translations for study. Edited by Robert Larsen.

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. Baritone/Bass Book Contents: Adela ﾃつｷ All Through the Night ﾃつｷ Alma del core ﾃつｷ Beautiful Dreamer ﾃつｷ Du bist wie eine Blume ﾃつｷ Give a Man a Horse He Can Ride ﾃつｷ O cessate di piagrami ﾃつｷ The Sea ﾃつｷ The Slighted Swain ﾃつｷ Swing Low Sweet Chariot.

Baritone/Bass Volume 2. 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.

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band is a complete curriculum for beginning band students to help them grow as ensemble musicians. The series complements any band method and supplements any performance music. It contains 167 exercises, including more than 100 chorales by some of today's most renowned young band composers. Various exercises at the grade 1/2, 1, and 1 1/2 levels are grouped by key, including: * Long Tones* Passing the Tonic* Pitch Matching* Scale Builders* Interval Builders* Expanding Intervals* Chord Builders* Moving Chord Tones* Diatonic Harmony* Rhythmic Subdivision* 5-Note Scales* Scale Canons (5-, 6-, or 8-Note Scales)* Scale Chorales (5-, 6-, and 8-Note Scales) * ChoralesThe compositions were written by Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Jodie Blackshaw, Matt Conaway, Ralph Ford, Tyler S. Grant, Rob Grice, John O'Reilly, Robert Sheldon, Todd Stalter, Randall Standridge, Michael Story, and Scott Watson. Whether your students are progressing through exercises to better their technical facility, or improving their musicianship with beautiful chorales, we are confident your performers will be excited, motivated, and inspired by using Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band. / Baryton

ﾂ�Texte d'Alain Van Kerckhovenﾂ�Certainsﾂ�symboles ont traversﾃｩ les civilisations et les ﾃ｢ges, utilisantﾂ�comme vﾃｩhicules des mythes qui se perpﾃｩtuent de mille faﾃｧons :ﾂ�rﾃｩcits religieux, chansons populairesﾂ�ou dﾃｩcors de cathﾃｩdrales parﾂ�exemple, Les plus forts de ces symboles ont nourri (et ﾃｩtﾃｩ nourrisﾂ�par) une discipline initiatique ﾃ� la fois spﾃｩculative et opﾃｩrativeﾂ�: l'alchimie,Threeﾂ�Philosophers Songsﾂ�(2013) - que l'on pourrait traduire par 'ﾂ�Trois Mﾃｩlodies philosophales ' - ﾃｩvoque trois de ces mythesﾂ�occidentaux sous un ﾃｩclairageﾂ�philosophal,ﾂ�The Fruits of theﾂ�Earthﾂ�se rﾃｩfﾃｨre ﾃ� l'ﾃｩtrange histoire de Caﾃｯn et Abel, Laﾂ�musique est construite sur la technique de la basse obstinﾃｩe,Dansﾂ�les diversﾂ�ﾃｩpisodes qui se succﾃｨdent, la voix et les instrumentsﾂ�ﾃｩtablissent un dialogue soulignant le caractﾃｨre dramatique duﾂ�rﾃｩcit,ﾂ�Roots and Thornsﾂ�ﾃｩvoque de multiples destinsﾂ�deﾂ�l'acacia, La piﾃｨce s'ouvre sur une succession d'accords mineursﾂ�distants les uns des autres d'un intervalle de tierce (mineure ouﾂ�majeure), Une mﾃｩlodie se dﾃｩploieﾂ�vers la fin de cette longueﾂ�introduction, Suit alors un passage central plus agitﾃｩ rythmiquementﾂ�oﾃｹ le chant prend le rﾃｴle central, soutenu par les instruments, Uneﾂ�troisiﾃｨme section voit revenir la succession d'accords et la mﾃｩlodieﾂ�initiale,ﾂ�The Salt of the Earthﾂ�revisite la trﾃｨs alchimiqueﾂ�lﾃｩgende de Saint Nicolas, L'utilisation d'unﾂ�accord sans tierceﾂ�donne un caractﾃｨre ' mﾃｩdiﾃｩval ' ﾃ� la courteﾂ�introduction instrumentale, La voix chante alors en boucle uneﾂ�mﾃｩlodie simple, trﾃｨs expressive, et c'estﾂ�l'ensemble instrumentalﾂ�qui crﾃｩe les diffﾃｩrentes atmosphﾃｨres et variations de caractﾃｨre,ﾂ�La conclusion, purement instrumentale, utilise essentiellement laﾂ�mﾃｩlodieﾂ�principale et finit sur l'accord sans tierce du dﾃｩbut, / Baryton