The Boosey Voice Coach is an entirely new concept in learning about technique and interpretation through the repertoire itself, with 20 songs in English by Purcell, Handel, Haydn, Warlock, Finzi, Britten, Copland and Rorem. Each piece is discussed at length, starting with the words, moving to meaning and interpretation, and then addressing the technical difficulties the music presents.

Contents: PURCELL/BRITTEN: Music for a while • Man is for the woman made • Sweeter than roses • HANDEL: O sleep, why dost thou leave me? • Where’er you walk • HAYDN: The mermaid’s song • The spirit’s song • My mother bids me bind my hair • WARLOCK: The countryman • The bayly berith the bell away • There is a lady sweet and kind • FINZI: Rollicum rorum • Fear no more the heat o’ the sun • BRITTEN ARR.: Oliver Cromwell • The salley gardens • The trees they grow so high • COPLAND: Why do they sut me out of heaven? • Heart we will forget him • ROREM: Orchids • The Serpent