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.
CONTENTS: The Beatitudes (A.H. MALOTTE) • Bel Piacere (G.F. HANDEL) • Bonne Nuit (J. MASSENET) • The Crucifixion (S. BARBER) • el Majo Discreto (E. GRANADOS) • El Tra La La Y El Punteado (E. GRANADOS) • Everywhere I Look! (M. CAREW) • The Green Dog (H. KINGSLEY) • Have you seen but a White Lily Grow (ANONYMOUS) • Hear my Cry, o God (C. FRANCK) • Hefle Cuckoo Fair (M. SHAW) • I Love All Graceful Things (E.H. THIMAN) • Into the Night (C. EDWARDS) • The K’E (C. DOUGHERTY) • Let my Song Fill your Heart (E. CHARLES) • Let Us Dance, Let Us Sing (H. PURCELL) • Lied Der Mignon (F. SCHUBERT) • A Little China Figure (F. LEONI) • Little Elegy (J. DUKE) • Love Has Eyes (H. BISHOP) • Lullaby (C. SCOTT) • The Mermaid’s Song (F.J. HAYDN) • Minnelied (F. MENDELSSOHN) • My Johann (E. GRIEG) • Night is Falling (F.J. HAYDN) • O Peace, Thou Fairest Child of Heaven (T. ARNE) • Oh, what a Beautiful City! (E. BOATNER) • Piercing Eyes (F.J. HAYDN) • Rose Softly Blooming (L. SPOHR) • Si Mes Vers Avaient des Ailes! (R. HAHN) • Waldensamkeit (M. REGER) • Water Parted from the Sea (T. ARNE) • When I have Sung my Songs (E. CHARLES)
Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.