50 Selected Songs by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wolf and Strauss: Low Voice (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics) Review

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(More customer reviews)There are many errors done by the publisher in this book.I don't at all blame the vendor.Still, a worthwhile set to have in your repertoire.

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Contents: Schubert: Rastlose Liebe * Die Allmacht * Im Abendroth * Nacht und Traume * Wohin? * Nachtviolen * Der Schmetterling * Heidenroslein * Ungeduld * Liebhaber in allen Gestalten - Schumann: Die Lotosblume * Mein schoner Stern! * Widmung * Fruhlingsnacht * Der Nussbaum * Auftrage * Schneeglockchen * Du bist wie eine Blume * Mit Myrthen und Rosen * Mondnacht - Brahms: Von ewiger Liebe * Standchen * O komme, holde Sommernacht * Auf dem Kirchhofe * Botschaft * Vergebliches Standchen * Der Tod, das ist die kuhle Nacht * In Waldeseinsamkeit * Wie Melodien zieht es mir * Meine Liebe ist grun - Wolf: In der Fruhe * Lebe wohl! * Nun wandre, Maria * Und willst du deinen Liebsten sterben * Verborgenheit * Mignon * Auf demgrunen Balcon * Nummersatte Liebe * In dem Schatten meiner Locken * Bescheidene Liebe - Strauss: Morgan * Cacilie * Standchen * Heimkehr * Traum durch die Dammerung * Allerseelen * Zueignung * Ich trage meine Minne Heimliche Aufforderung * Ruhe, meine Seele!

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24 Italian Songs and Arias - Medium High Voice (Book/CD): Medium High Voice - Book/CD (Vocal Collection) Review

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(More customer reviews)I own both this 26 song book/Cd as well as the 24 song book/CD from John Keene and Schirmer.I use the John Paton 26 song version in order to read the excellent one page introductions it provides for each song..However my singing teacher feels that the piano accompaniments in the Paton book are pretentious, and he prefers the piano accompaniments in the Keene/Schirmer book.So, I use the CD and music from the Schirmer book but I do my research via the Paton book.The Keen/Schirmer book has a lot less melody ornamentation than the John Paton book.In my opinion, which is the opinion of a beginner, the ornamentation added to the melody in the John Paton book is excessive and is also confusing in that he never explains how to reconcile all the little notes he added, to the larger font melody notes that often seem to be at odds with the tinier notes.What is deeply, desperately need, I strongly feel, is a recording oftenors, sopranos, and baritones actually singing all 24 (or 26) of these songs!Please, if anyone knows of the existance of such as recording, post it in a user review.It would be a tremendous help.Also, note that in both the Keene/Schirmer version and the John Paton version, the piano accompaniment often does not include the melody.So, it can be "dicey" when trying to learn one of the songs to figure out the melody if the only resource available is the accompanying CD.Personally, I record the melodies into a sequencer program on my PC via a midi attached digital keyboard, but the average singer is not likely to have the technical expertise to do that.It would have been very helpful if the accompanying CD's had recorded each song twice, the second time with the melody superimposed on top of the accompaniment.My singer teacher tells me that these 24 (or 26) songs are the "bible" among singing students. Thus, a singing student really has no choice but to buy at least one of these two editions.

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For well over a century, the G. Schirmer edition of 24 Italian Songsand Arias of the 17th and 18th Centuries has introduced millions ofbeginning singers to serious Italian vocal literature. Offered in twoaccessible keys (ISBN 0793515130 for Medium High Voice; ISBN0793515149 for Medium Low Voice) suitable for all singers, it islikely to be the first publication a voice teacher will ask afirst-time student to purchase. The classic Parisotti realizationsresult in rich, satisfying accompaniments which allow singers puremusical enjoyment. For ease of practice, carefully preparedaccompaniments are also recorded on CD by John Keene, a New York-basedconcert accompanist and vocal coach who has performed throughout theUnited States for radio and television. Educated at the University ofSouthern California, Keene has taught accompanying at the universitylevel and collaborated with Gian Carlo Menotti and Thea Musgrave onproductions of their operas.

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The First Book of Broadway Solos - Part II: Soprano Edition (Vocal Collection) Review

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(More customer reviews)We ordered this book thinking it was the Soprano version of the First Book of Broadway Solos, Volume I.What were we thinking?We should have known that Mezzos are always second in order!After looking through the book, we decided to keep our mistake.Who knows?We'll probably use it for another event.

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More great theatre literature especially useful with young singers, compiled by veteran voice teacher Joan Frey Boytim. These collections are at the same level as the original volumes, with no song duplications, and again stress traditional lyric singing. There are 20-23 songs per volume, with a different song list for each voice type.

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Arias for Mezzo-Soprano: G. Schirmer Opera Anthology Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is a must-own for any mezzo-soprano (as are the corresponding volumes for any other voice type.) I daresay this is the anthology standard for aspiring opera stars.I purchased mine when starting college and learned my first aria from it--"Non so piu, cosa son".Ten years later I am still finding pieces that fit my voice as it grows into works by Bizet, Massenet, Donizetti.And I know that I will continue to use it in years to come as I grow into the luscious arias of Dalilah or perhaps Mascagni's Lola.

Having had the opportunity to work with Dr. Robert Larsen, I can say that he is one of the most knowledgeable people in the business about opera and how to get young people started.The translations provided are not poetic--they are accurate, true translations!The plot summaries are brief but helpful, enough to get you started, but short enough to encourage you to do your own work.Larsen notates alternate endings, appogioturi, and other traditional performance notes.I guarantee, if you buy this book, you'll use it until it falls apart.I'm on my second one now.

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Contents: Purcell: When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas) - Gluck: Che faro senza Euridice? (Orfeo ed Euridice) - Mozart: Non so piu (Le Nozze di Figaro) * Voi, che sapete (Le Nozze di Figaro) * Smanie implacabili (Cosi fan tutte) - Rossini: Cruda sorte!...Gia so per pratica (L'Italiana in Algeri) * Una voce poco fa (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) * Non piu mesta (La Cenerentola) - Donizetti: Il segreto per esser felici (Orsini's Drinking Song) (Lucrezia Borgia) * O mio Fernando (La Favorita) - Meyerbeer: Nobles seigneurs, salut! (Les Huguenots) - Verdi: Stride la vampa! (Il Trovatore) - Gounod: Faites-lui mes aveux (Faust) * Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle (Romeo et Juliette) - J. Strauss: Chacun a son got (Die Fledermaus) - Bizet: Habanera (Carmen) * Seguidilla (Carmen) * En vain, pour eviter les reponses ameres (Carmen) - Ponchielli: Voce di donne (La Gioconda) - Saint-Saens: Printemps qui commence (Samson et Dalila) * Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse! (Samson et Dalila) * Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (Samson et Dalila) - Mascagni: Voi lo sapete (Cavalleria Rusticana) - Massenet: Va! laisse couler mes larmes (Werther) - Cilea: Acerba volutta (Adriana Lecouvreur) - Thomson: We cannot retrace our steps (The Mother of Us All) - Menotti: Lullaby (The Consul) * Au, Michele, don't you know (The Saint of Bleecker Street) - Moore: Augusta! How can you turn away? (The Ballad of Baby Doe) - Barber: Must the Winter Come so Soon? (Vanessa).

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