15 American Art Songs (Vocal Collection) Review

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(More customer reviews)This book contains songs suitable for singers of every level of study that are interested in unusual repertoire.

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With companion CD of accompaniments, Catherine Bringerud, pianist. Contents: American Lullaby (Rich) * Cabin (Bowles) * The Crucifixion (Barber) * The Daisies (Barber) * Do Not Go, My Love (Hageman) * Heavenly Grass (Bowles) * The Lamb (Chanler) * The Lass from the Low Countree (Niles) * Loveliest of Trees (Duke) * The Monk and His Cat (Barber) * Orpheus with His Lute (Schuman) * Serenity (Ives) * Sure on Ths Shining Night (Barber) * This Little Rose (Roy) * When I Have Sung My Songs (Charles).

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Broadway Love Songs (E-Z Play Today, 257) Review

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(More customer reviews)Nice Broadway songs, if you like Some Enchanted Evening, Sunrise Sunset, till There Was You etc.

Good price too, instead of buying each separately.

If you like this, you may also like The Best Songs Ever: 71 All-Time Hits

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Over 50 romantic favorites from shows such as Phantom of the Opera, Guys and Dolls, Aspects of Love, Oklahoma!, South Pacific, Fiddler On The Roof, and more. Songs include: All I Ask of You * Bewitched * I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face * Love Changes Everything * So in Love * Sunrise, Sunset * Unexpected Song * We Kiss in a Shadow * and more.

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Scoring for Voice: A Guide to Writing Vocal Arrangements Review

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(More customer reviews)Wonderfully unique book that helps a musician write new vocal compositions and scores.

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Scoring for Voice
is a comprehensive, easy-to-use guide covering all aspects of vocal arranging. It includes a compact disc containing 50 examples of arranging techniques found in the text and covers such topics as scoring for 2-, 3-, and 4-part voices, scoring behind a soloist, vocal ranges, rehearsal techniques and voice-leading concepts.

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Madama Butterfly: Vocal Score Review

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(More customer reviews)I purchased this score for a performance of Butterfly in July and August of this year.You would think a Ricordi score would have the Italian text on top.But, no, on top is a larger type English text.Underneath is the barely legible Italian text.Maybe I'm missing something, but most of the Butterfly recordings that I'm familiar with are sung in Italian.Perhaps singing the opera in English was an earlier practice and I've heard "Un bel di sung" in English, but really it isn't standard practice for this opera anymore, and Ricordi should update their score.I literally had to take corrector tape and white-out the English, so I would only have the Italian below my music. I prefer to write out my own translations anyways, so the English took up precious score space, when the Italian could have been made far more legible.

Other than that, and a few mistakes here and there, the music is clear, and the score is a tough one.I've spilled some coffee on the cover, and it wiped off well, with no damage.The binding is also pretty strong.

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Italian/English. Translated by Gutman.

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La Cenerentola (Kalmus Edition) Review

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(More customer reviews)The music appears to have been put through a photocopier thrice too often.The Italian is difficult to read and the music is very tight on the page.There are no critical notes and no indication about what is editorial and what is Rossini.
This edition DOES NOT contain the exciting Alidoro aria that was discovered in an Italian library to replace his rather ho-hum original.
However, this is still the standard edition of the vocal score used by most opera companies and has been used for many years.It is considerably less expensive and more convenient than the two volume critical edition.If you're in the opera, this is the best choice.If you're studying/conducting the opera, get the critical edition.

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Italian Only.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Iolanthe, or the Peer & the Peri: Vocal Score with Dialogue Review

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(More customer reviews)Few opera/operetta librettos read very well on their own (of course, they weren't intended to).In the case of Gilbert and Sullivan, the exercise is not only sheer pleasure, but almost a necessity; such is the speed of the monologues and intricacy of the ensembles that much of Gilbert's brilliant verbal wit gets lost.
'Iolanthe' is one of his most enrapturing confections, the story of a shepherd, Strephon, half-fairy half-mortal, whose mother, Iolanthe, is a disgraced sprite (it is forbidden for fairies to marry mortals), and whose father (unbeknownst to either) is the Lord Chancellor who won't let him marry his ward, Phyllis, darling of the Lords.
The material may be fantastic, the setting pastoral, but the satire in this 1882 work is spot-on contemporary, with jibes at the Irish problem, the uselessness of the House of Lords (who as a caste are as close to fantasy as the fairies, so it is no surprise they exchange the House of Peers for the House of Peris), and the ruling class' fear of democracy and universal suffrage.A most delightful fancy has the fairies take over Parliament in the shape of Strephon, whose every whim unites the notoriously factional Liberal and Conservative in his favour.
this is Gilbert at his funniest - the verbal contortions he undergoes in the search for rhymes break all linguistic boundaries, and his view of the fragility of centuries-old English institutions prescient.There is an extraordinary patter song by the Lord Chancellor which shows the man embodying Law and Constitution plunging into nightmare, the culmination of a libretto in which identities and forms, as well as seemingly irrevocable laws and customs, are repeatedly broken down or metamorphosed.

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English Only. Comes with dialogue.

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Kids' Musical Theatre Audition - Girls Edition (Vocal Collection) Review

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(More customer reviews)Very disappointed as the Boys and Girls Audtion books have too many duplicated songs. A Rip-off by Hal Leonard and the Arranger. Surley there are plenty of other songs for auditionees rather than all the duplications

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These are proven audition songs, chosen and arranged especially for children by Broadway veteran coach Michael Dansicker. The recordings are of top working professionals on Broadway.Girl's Edition Contents: Baby Face * Button Up Your Overcoat * I Always Knew * I've Got No Strings * My Buddy * Never Never Land * Somebody Loves Me * Who Do You Love I Hope * Won't You Charleston With Me * You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile.

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Steve Green - The Ultimate Collection (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook) Review

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(More customer reviews)I've listen to Steve Green for over 25 years now and I love his music because it is so good and the words always reflect Christ and His message from the Bible.Steve in every area of his life and especially in his music is the instrument that God uses and takes himself out of the picture and lets the talents God gave him be used for God's glory and praise.Steve Green's music encourages, strengthens, teaches, inspires and leads you to the foot of Christ regardless if you are going through a hard time or a good time in your life.I love these songs on this CD and his new stuff Somewhere Between and Songs of Worship are just incredibly awesome!

The CD is awesome and this book is a great way to bring to life some songs I believe will end up in the hymn book of our churches to your church choir and special music programs.Songs like Find Us Faithful, People Need The Lord, God and God Alone, The Mission, Household of Faith, and on and on I could go, strong, deeply rooted songs that can bring greater depth to your worship services.

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25 songs from the hits collection for this gospel star who got his start backing up Sandi Patti and the Gaither Vocal Band in the mid-'70s. Includes: Find Us Faithful * He Is Good * People Need the Lord * We Believe * What Wondrous Love Is This * and more.

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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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Sixty Songs Review

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(More customer reviews)Except for La Bonne Chanson and the later cycles, the bulk of Faure's excellent song output appeared in three collections of 20 songs each, published in both high- and medium-voice versions.100 years ago, in 1908, he published the third of those, and made final revisions to the first and second.This Dover edition reprints all 60 (medium-voice versions) together.It's especially useful because the E.B.Marks/Belwin reprints of the three volumes are hard to find (with so many publication & distribution changes over the years), and might not even be available anymore; and the Hamelle/Leduc (official) French editions are surely more expensive.Always be careful with Dover's reprints, which in general are of uneven quality as some come from inadequate or undesirable sources; but this volume is a good one.(A bit weak in visual quality, coming from old originals, but strong on authority and completeness.)

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Now in one volume: 3 collections of Fauré songs composed in the years 1861-1904, set to the texts of such famous writers as Hugo, Gautier, Baudelaire and Verlaine, and including many of the most famous songs such as "Clair de lune," "Apres un reve," and "Les roses d'Ispahan." Reprinted from authoritative French editions. Set for medium voice.

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Cinderella (Vocal Score) Review

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(More customer reviews)This Vocal Score has all of the music from the show- even scene change and bows and exit music.(...)

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Vocal score to the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical with 17 numbers, including: Boys and Girls like You and Me * Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful? * Gavotte * In My Own Little Corner * A Lovely Night * Wedding Processional * and more.

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Grease - Vocal Selections Review

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(More customer reviews)I liked this book because it relates to teenagers in school. It included romance, humor, and friendship.My favorite part was when Sandy and Danny met each other again after the summer. It made me realize how the world isso small and we can run into people in the strangest places.

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15 songs from the Broadway revival of this perennial '50s favorite! Songs include: Beauty School Dropout * Born to Hand Jive * Greased Lightnin' * Summer Nights * There Are Worse Things I Could Do * We Go Together * and more.

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Secret Garden Collection Review

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(More customer reviews)Included are the exact sheet music used in the songs in the CDs.Another reviewer said that what is contained is different, but please know that that is not true.

Very good!I would highly recommend buying this.The songs are beautiful and not hard to play at all.

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Arranged for piano, vocal, chords, with lyrics.The Secret Garden Collection includes selected works from Secret Garden's five best- selling albums, Songs From a Secret Garden, White Stones, Dawn of a New Century, Once in a Red Moon, Dreamcatcher and additional selections -- all expertly written for piano, vocal, and chords. Titles are: Nocturne * Song from a Secret Garden * Serenade to Spring * Papillion * Heartstrings * Adagio * Ode to Simplicity * Hymn to Hope * Reflection * In Our Tears * Divertimento * Aquarell * You Raise Me Up * The Promise * Belonging * Dreamcatcher * Once in a Red Moon * Sanctuary * Elegie * I've Dreamed of You.

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Joplin - Complete Rags for Piano (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics) Vol. 2020 Review

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(More customer reviews)These are the real McCoy, right down to Joplin's own tempo recommendations (the famous "Not too fast" adornes the Peacherine Rag, as in the original).If you want to tackle the master's own works, this is the place to go.Schirmer does a fine job in cataloging these masterpieces, and these are re-engravings of the original scores--crisp, clear and easy to read.This book also contains Joplin's syncopation exercises, helpful in understanding his work.

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American popular music at its classical best! This is a complete edition of these wonderful piano pieces, all newly engraved. 42 of Joplin's most famous rags in one comprehensive collection, including: Bethena * The Easy Winners * The Entertainer * Eugenia * Maple Leaf Rag * Original Rags * Solace * Something Doing * and many more.

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