Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This is among the most widely used teaching repertoire for singers in the U.S. Over 30 songs in each book, including American and British art songs, folk song arrangements, sacred songs and a sampling of beginning songs in German, Italian, Spanish and French. There is a completely different song selection for each voice type.
Table of Contents
(cont.): Let us dance, let us sing / Henry Purcell -- Lied der Mignon = Mignon's song / Franz Schubert -- A little china figure / Franco Leoni -- Little elegy / John Duke -- Love has eyes / Henry R. Bishop -- Lullaby / Cyril Scott -- The mermaid's song / Franz Joseph Haydn -- Minnelied / Felix Mendelssohn -- My Johann / Edvard Grieg -- Night is falling / Franz Joseph Haydn -- O peace, thou fairest child of heaven / Thomas Arne -- Oh, what a beautiful city! / arranged by Edward Boatner -- Piercing eyes / Franz Joseph Haydn -- Rose softly blooming / Louis Spohr -- Si mes vers avaient des ailes! = Were my songs with wings provided / Reynaldo Hahn -- Waldensamkeit = The quiet of the woods / Max Reger -- Water parted from the sea / Thomas Arne -- When I have sung my songs / Ernest Charles.