Voice and Accompaniment
SKU:
BT.MUSM570361922
By
Michael Hooper. Book
Only. 4 pages. University
of York Music Press
#MUSM570361922. Published
by University of York
Music Press
(BT.MUSM570361922).
English.
The
song repertoire has its
origins in the late
nineteenth century when
every household had a
piano and for much of the
twentieth century,
singers and their pianist
collaborators were able
to create recital
programmes from a deep
reservoir of European and
North American song. The
recital genre became more
sophisticated as the
century progressed and
metamorphosed from a
miscellaneous collection
of lollipops to something
altogether more
sophisticated, often
featuring elaborate
themes which would enable
the music to be presented
in a variety of new
contexts. In the twenty
first century
opportunities for
recitalists are fewer and
programmes still tend to
focus on the much-loved
butwell-explored
repertoire. We hope this
collection will
contribute to a
broadening of
possibilities for
recitalists or anyone who
just wants something new
to sing. There are
several songs for voice
and piano but some
require other
instruments. There is a
wide range of styles. We
have resisted the
temptation to grade them
by difficulty, as our
criteria were more
broadly performative and
musical rather than
didactic. All selected
composers have a
particular sympathy for
the singing voice, so
there is nothing that
cannot be sung by a
competent performer. The
songs generally have a
designated voice type,
but this shouldn't be
thought of as
prescriptive; they are
designed to be flexible
and to offer the maximum
opportunity for creative
interpretation. They
range from the curious
and quirky to the
virtuosic and
challenging, the intense
and mysterious to the sad
and the light-hearted. We
hope that many performers
will find their tastes
represented here.
Compiled by David Blake
and John Potter. Edited
by Michael Hooper.
David Cann
