4 Epigrams And A Prayer sets a variety of texts including Medieval Latin lyrics and Chinese poetry for Medium Voice and Piano.

Seven Songs For Medium Voice-Madeleine Dring (1923-1977) was an English composer and actress. She studied Violin Voice and Composition at the Royal College of Music where her teachers included Ralph Vaughan Williams Herbert Howells and Gordon Jacob. Her Vocal works were collected and posthumously published by Thames in the 1990s. Seven Songs for Medium Voice was published in 1993 as Dring Volume 4. It is a wonderful collection of songs with various compositional dates all scored for Medium Voice and Piano accompaniment.

Par BONNARDOT JACQUELINE. Ce volume 3B des Plaisirs du chant est, comme les précédents, destiné aux jeunes chanteurs, ainsi qu'aux cours de formation musicale. Les morceaux sont présentés dans une tessiture 'moyenne'. Dans un but pédagogique, les morceaux choisis sont pour la plupart écrits dans un mouvement assez lent, et donc, plus difficiles à lier et à animer. Des petits chefs-d'oeuvre comme Die Lotosblume, Das Verlassene Mägdelein, Romance, Lungi da te, Canciôn de Cuna, demandent de la part de l'interprète une grande sensibilité musicale et des nuances subtiles. Leur exécution exige une grande attention. Pour les trois premiers numéros, précisons que jusqu'à la fin du 18e siècle, les ornements et variations n'étaient pas écrits, mais laissés à l'imagination des chanteurs (ces 'embellissements' pouvaient changer d'un concert à l'autre). Nous avons un peu perdu ce sens de l'improvisation mais les étudiants pourront s'inspirer des ornements et variations très simples proposés dans le CD par les deux chanteurs. Pour La Rondinella de Charles Gounod, nous avons choisi le texte italien, paru à Londres en 1865, plutôt que le texte français L'Ame d'un ange sur un poème de Th. de Banville. Toutes les pièces de ce recueil peuvent être chantées par des voix féminines ou masculines (sauf Das Verlassene Mädgdelein de Wolf qui se prête davantage à une voix de soprano). L'air de Fortunio peut être chanté par toutes les voix pour le travail, mais dans une situation d'examen, il est plus adapté à une voix masculine. Autrement, les textes musicaux et poétiques conviennent à toutes les voix, même la berceuse de Montsalvage. Pour le CD, j'ai demandé la collaboration d'une soprano et d'un ténor dans le seul but de varier les couleurs à l'écoute du disque. Les deux artistes ont chanté avec une grande économie de moyens pour que l'écoute du CD n'incite pas les jeunes chanteurs à 'forcer'. L'accompagnement enregistré du piano seul aidera à la mise en place du morceau avant le travail avec l'accompagnateur. Pour la préparation à l'étude d'un morceau, on pourra s'inspirer des exercices ciblés et classés qui se trouvent dans le livre Le Professeur de chant: un luthier qui construit une voix (référence: VV375) paru aux Editions Van de Velde. L' expérience prouve que tous ces morceaux sont travaillés avec un grand plaisir par les étudiants et sont source de progrès. Jacqueline Bonnardot. / classique / Répertoire / Voix Moyenne et Piano

Born into a family that had lived in Florence since the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) entertained only a distant relationship with the music he heard at synagogue. It was only when he discovered Schelemo a rhapsody for cello and orchestra written in 1916 by Ernest Bloch that he began to understand what “Jewish music” could be. In the mid-1920s the young composer found a collection of prayers set to music among his maternal grandfather’s papers. Something clicked and from then on Jewish tradition would become a source of inspiration for Castelnuovo-Tedesco. In 1928 two years after publishing theDances of King David he wrote this Vocalise-Étude for medium voice and piano at the request of vocal teacher Amédée-Landély Hettich who wanted to include it in the Répertoire moderne de Vocalises-Études published by Leduc. The piece became so popular that several instrumental adaptations were soon created published under the title Chant hébraïque (for violin and piano: AL17 713; for cello and piano: AL 17196). Divided into three sections this wordless melody opens with a “sad and impassioned” chant that appears to grieve the tragic fate of the Jewish people. A folk dance follows in which a “lively and stubborn” movement has great panache. The third section returns to the initial poignant theme before briefly reiterating the dance motif allowing the piece to conclude on a hopeful note. The composer himself would adopt this proactive stance refusing to yield to resignation when fleeing Mussolini’s anti-Semitic laws he decided to emigrate in 1939 to the United States a land of refuge to which he would remain faithful until his death some thirty years later.

Man Without Myth is a wonderful song cycle which presents three wonderful settings of Ursula Vaughan Williams' poems by Betty Roe. Arranged for Medium voice and Piano.

Lambert's settings of three poems by Chinese writer Li-Po featuring some unusual melodic and harmonic flavours for the medium voice soloist.

Par COTTRET BERNARD. 4 vocalises recueillies par Bernard Cottret. Laissez-moi vous dire le plaisir que j'ai pris à lire et à chanter les quatre vocalises de Madame M. Gabus et de Ms R. Berthelot, J.M. Damase et Ph. Sagnier. Elles plairont aux chanteurs. La vocalise est un art souvent monotone. C'est la qualité première de cette édition d'avoir évité cet écueil. Les lignes mélodiques sont attachantes et elles permettent à la voix de briller sans se fatiguer. Je vais les mettre à l'étude dans ma classe et je souhaite qu'elles trouvent auprès des Maîtres et des disciples l'accueil chaleureux qu'elles méritent. Jean Giraudeau / classique / Date parution : 1980-05-01/ Répertoire / Voix Moyenne et Piano

Description Twenty-Four Italian Songs And Arias Of The 17th And 18th Centuries - Medium Low Voice (CD) A standard in teaching literature, now available with both accompaniment cassette or CD. Songlist Alma Del Core (La Constanza In Amor Vince L'Inganno) [Caldara, Antonio] Amarilli, Mia Bella [Caccini, Giulio] Caro Mio Ben [Giordani, Tommaso] Che Fiero Costume [Legrenzi, Giovanni] Come Raggio Di Sol [Caldara, Antonio] Danza, Danza, Fanciulla Gentile [Durante, Francesco] Gia Il Sole Dal Gange [Scarlatti, Alessandro] Lasciatemi Morire (Adriane's Lament) [Monteverdi, Claudio] Le Violette [Scarlatti, Alessandro] Nel Cor Piu Non Mi Sento (L'Amor Contrastato) [Paisiello, Giovanni] Nina [Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista] Nina [Pergolesi, Giovanni] Non Posso Disperar [De Luca, S.] O Cessate Di Piagarmi [Scarlatti, Alessandro] O Del Mio Dolce Ardor (Paride Ed Elena) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald] Per La Gloria D'adorarvi [Bononcini, Giovanni] Pieta, Signore [Stradella, Alessandro] Pur Dicesti, O Bocca Bella [Lotti, Antonio] Se Florindo E Fedele [Scarlatti, Alessandro] Se Tu M'ami, Se Sospiri [Pergolesi, Giovanni] Sebben, Crudele [Caldara, Antonio] Tu Lo Sai [Torelli, Giuseppe] Two Bourrees (Third Cello Suite] [Bach, Johann Sebastian] Vergin, Tutto Amor [Durante, Francesco] Vittoria, Mio Core! [Carissimi, Giacomo]

As a composer Betty Roe's work embraces many fields: solo songs choral music church music revue songs musicals operas instrumental pieces and music for schools. Here are three enjoyable songs set to humorous verse by James Reeves.

The Fairies by William Busch for Medium Voice with Piano accompaniment. Words by Robert Herrick.

This is the first in a set of three wonderful volumes which comprise the bulk of solo songs which Vaughan Williams published with Oxford University Press. Arranged for Medium Voice and Piano Accompaniment.

The Boosey Voice Coach is an entirely new concept in vocal training. Not a self-teaching manual, and not filled with off-putting diagrams, this series is a wholly practical guide to singing - learning about technique and interpretation through the repertoire itself. Each volume is devoted to singing in one particular language or to singing in a specific context, such as musical theatre or oratorio. In each volume of the series, works from the vocal canon have been selected specifically by Mary King for their technical and musical challenges. Each piece is discussed at length, starting with the words ('Text' - including a literal translation as appropriate), moving to general advice about how the song might be approached ('Notes'), and then addressing the technical difficulties the music presents ('Skills'). Expressed in clear language, Mary King's approach is direct, practical and not limited to one particular teaching method. Any student will find that these books enrich and complement their vocal studies.German can seem like an awkward language to sing in - there are just too many consonants! How do you get your tongue around them? And there are lots of regional differences in accent: is there a 'correct' pronunciation? What exactly is an Umlaut? These issues and more are covered in this book, which contains settings from some of the masters of song-writing in the German language. / Voix Moyenne Et Piano