The Second Book of Soprano Solos (Vocal Collection) [Paperback] Review

I bought this book with the set of accompaniment cds at a local music store. I used it mainly for my own pleasure, to primarily, "exercise" a classically trained voice that doesn't get much use.Lately I've been using it to practice for auditions for choirs, community operas, etc. Not playing the piano, and not having ready use of someone who does, the discs come quite in handy as it allows me to hear and practice with the actual accompaniment that will be played when I go for the audition.Note: this is accompaniment only.There is no melody line to these recordings, unless they just happen to be part of the original accompaniment. There are no vocal demonstrations either.You will still need to be able to learn the melody on your own. Of course, melody and words are included in the music book. Songs include those in English, German, French, and Italian.
This particular book contains the following:

1. Art is Calling for Me (The Prima Donna Song)--Herbert
2. Bescheidene Liebe--Wolf
3. Les Cloches--Debussy
4. Die Nacht--Strauss
5. Down in the Forest--Ronald
6. Fiocca La Neve--Cimara
7. Hark!The Echoing Air--Purcell
8. Hear My Prayer, O Lord--Dvorak
9. Love's Philosophy--Quilter
10. Mein Glaubiges Herze(My Heart Ever Faithful)--Bach
11. Un Moto Di Gioja--Mozart
12. My Heart is Like a Singing Bird--Parry
13. O Divine Redeemer--Gounod
14. Oh!Had I Jubals's Lyre--Handel
15. A Pastoral--Veracini
16. Shepherd!Thy Demeanour Vary--Brown/Wilson
17. Sleep, Gentle Cherub, Sleep Descend--Arne
18. Song of the Blackbird--Quilter
19. A Spring Morning--Carey
20. The Sun Shall Be No More Thy Light--Greene
21. The Sun Whose Rays--Sullivan
22. Take, O Take Those Lips Away--Beach
23. These Are They Which Came--Gaul
24. To The Birds (A Des Oiseaux)--Hue
25. Vergebliches Standchen--Brahms
26. Villanelle (I Saw The Swift Swallow Flying)--Dell'Acqua
27. Das Verlassene Magdlein--Wolf
28. Vielle Chanson--Bizet
29. La Zingara--Donizetti

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Step up to the next level with more student repertoire, continuing from The First Book of Solos and The First Book of Solos - Part II. The more than 30 songs in each book require a little more vocal range and musical sophistication, but are still decidedly student material.

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The Authentic Gilbert & Sullivan Songbook [Paperback] Review

When I ordered this book, I did not realize that it contained facsimiles of earlier texts (or an earlier text). My real and only objection is that the print and the notes are fairly small and a trifle unclear.It would be difficult to put in on a piano and try to read it.
Loved the illustrations and the feel of the book.

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Fortunately many of the early vocal scores authorized by Sir Arthur Sullivan still exist--and are reprinted here. This volume features 92 songs from all 14 Gilbert & Sullivan operettas, reproduced here in the original key, in Sullivan's original piano arrangements. Included are songs from such well known works as HMS Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, as well as lesser known productions.

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Prince -- Come: Piano/Vocal/Chords [Sheet music] Review

" alt="Prince -- Come: Piano/Vocal/Chords [Sheet music]" border="0">The score was delivered in excellent condition and just as provider described.I am very pleased and will use this service again with confidence.

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Always creative and often controversial, Prince has won over both fans and critics by blending infectious rhythms with memorable melodies. This album-matching folio includes the chart-topping hit ""Letitgo"" plus: Come
* Space
* Pheromone
* Loose!
* Papa
* Race
* Dark
* Solo.

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The Mikado: or The Town of Titipu Vocal Score [Paperback] Review

As a performer, the most important asset of a score is legibility and freedom from errors. This PV is superb in that it is very legible and corrects errors from prior PV's.It is also inexpensive enough that a performer need not fear guilty about writing in the margins or breaking the binding.While not a critical edition, it has everything that a performer would want in a PV, and I would unhesitatingly recommend it over ANY other PV presently on the market, even those which have been "authenticated".

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Trusted the world over, the classic, authoritative G. Schirmer editions of the stage works of Gilbert and Sullivan have been spruced up! These new vocal scores feature the complete music and all dialogue, gorgeous color covers, plot synopses, articles on the famous partnership, the history of each operetta, filmographies and discographies. The sewn binding ensures a lifetime of use.The biggest success of the Gilbert and Sullivan career, this witty tale of tangled law and love is a thinly veiled commentary on Victorian England. Musical highlights include: A Wand'ring Minstrel I * As Some Day It May Happen * Three Little Maids from School Are We * The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze * Mi-ya Sa-ma * Willow, Tit-Willow * and more.

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The Mikado in Full Score [Paperback] Review

Any lover of this Gilbert & Sullivan masterpiece will gain a fuller appreciation of it by being able to follow the lyrics and dialog while listening to the operetta. The score also has a nicely written preface and synopsis of the story. Although knowing how to read music is not essential to the enjoyment of this Mikado full score, buyers that do read music will gain an even greater appreciation of it by being able to follow each instrumental line along with the lyrics of the songs. The Dover score is beautifully printed at a very bargain price to boot. Everyone can derive a great deal of pleasure from this score, no matter what level of musical training they possess. Highly Recommended! (P.S. I understand that the full score of The Pirates of Penzance is due for release this fall)

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The tale of Nanki-Poo and his passion for Yum-Yum has charmed audiences since its 1885 debut with graceful, well-loved melodies such as "Three little maids from school are we," "The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la," and many others. Now available in a newly edited, newly engraved full-score publication based on Sullivan's autograph and the first edition of the full score, this new performing edition by Ephraim Jones and Carl Simpson corrects many errors and incorporates Gilbert's later libretto changes.

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The Pirates of Penzance in Full Score [Paperback] Review

Dover's annotated full score of G&S's "Pirates" is not only well printed but useful.It contains many comments about alternate versions of the orchestral parts and a short history of its multi-continental premiere.

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The witty and rollicking tale of a young man apprenticed to a band of pirates too kindhearted for their own good, The Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty remains one of Gilbert and Sullivan's most beloved and frequently revived works. This newly engraved performing edition is based on Sullivan's autograph, contemporary copyists' scores, and both the first and second editions of the vocal score. It corrects numerous errors that have crept in over the years and is the first edition to offer performers the choice of using either the 1880 or 1908 versions of the Act II finale. Aficionados will be particularly delighted with the first accurate full score of the "Climbing over Rocky Mountain" section, which incorporates music from the legendary lost Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Thespis. Introduction by the editors. Instrumentation.

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Operatic Anthology - Volume 2: Mezzo-Soprano and Piano (Vocal Collection) [Paperback] Review

I ordered this anthology a couple of weeks ago, shipment was a little slow but the person in charge of it was very cooperative and cordial. The anthology was in pretty much flawless condition.

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Contents: Verdi: Re dell' abisso affretati (Invocation Aria) (Un Ballo in Maschera) * O don fatale (Don Carlo) * Stride la vampa (Il Trovatore) * Condotta ell'era in ceppi (Il Trovatore) - Rossini: Una voce poco fa (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) * Non piu mesta (La Cenerentola) * In si barbara (Semiramide) - Mussorgsky: Marina's Aria (Boris Godunov) * Khivria's Song and Hopak (The Fair of Sorochinsk) - Bizet: L'amor est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) (Carmen) * Pres des remparts de Seville (Seguidilla) (Carmen) * En vain pour eviter (Card Scene) (Carmen) - Mozart: Parto, parto (La Clemenza di Tito) * Non piu du fiori (La Clemenza di Tito) * Non so piu, cosa son (Le Nozze di Figaro) * Voi,che sapete (Le Nozze di Figaro) - Purcell: When I am Laid in Earth (Dido's Lament) (Dido and Aeneas) - Gounod: Faites-lui mes aveux (Faust) * Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle (Romeo et Juliette) - Donizetti: O mio Fernando (La Favorita) - J. Strauss: Chacun a son gout (Prince Orlosky's Song) (Die Fledermaus) - Ponchielli: Voce di donna (The Blind Girl's Song) (La Gioconda) * Stella del marinar (La Gioconda) - R. Wagner: Hore mit Sinn (Waltraute's Narrative) (Die Gotterdammerung) * Entweihte Gotter! (Ortrud's Curse) (Lohengrin) * Gerechter Gott (Rienzi) * Wo in Bergen du dich birgst (Fricka's Scene) (Die Walkure) - Tchaikovsky: Adieu, forets (Jeanne d'Arc) * Pauline's Aria (Pique Dame) - Thomas: Connais-tu le pays (Mignon) * Me voici dans son boudoir (Mignon) - Gluck: Che faro senza Euridice (Orfeo) - Meyerbeer: Ah! mon fils! (Le Prophete) * Donnez, donnea (Le Prophete) - Handel: Cara sposa, amante cara (Rinaldo) * Ombra mai fu (Serse) - Saint-Saens: Printemps qui commence (Samson et Dalila) * Amour, viens aider (Samson et Dalila) * Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (Samson et Dalila) - Massenet: Va! laisse couler mes larmes (Werther).

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15 Composizioni da Camera: High Voice (Vocal Collection) [Paperback] Review

Nice that the publisher is now offering both a "high" and "low" version of the Bellini songs.I have two books that were published some years ago, and most, but not all, of the selections are in mid-range.

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A new edition designed especially for American musicians, with these beautiful bel canto songs available for the first time in two keys, with new line-by-line English translations for study. Includes an introductory article on Bellini's songs. Contents: Almen Se Non Poss'io * Bella Nice, Che D'amore * Dolente Immagine Di Fille Mia * Il Fervido Desiderio * L'abbandono * L'allegro Marinaro * La Farfalletta * Ma Rendi Pur Contento * Malinconia, Ninfa Gentile * Per Pieta. Bell'idol Mio * Quando Incise Su Quel Marmo * Sogno D'infanzia * Torna Vezzosa Fillide * Vaga Luna, Che Inargenti * Vanne, O Rosa Fortunata.

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