STANDARD VOCAL LITERATURE AN INTRODUCTION TO REPERTOIRE

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This series of 5 book/audio packs is an introduction to art song in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Each volume has a different song list, and includes 30 selections in appropriate keys. Beyond art song, each collection includes two carefully chosen opera arias, an oratorio aria, and an operetta aria by Gilbert and Sullivan. This edition features access to online recorded accompaniments and diction lessons.

Contents: ARNE: Blow, blow thou winter wind - Where the bee sucks - DOWLAND: Come again, sweet love - Flow my tears - GIBBONS: The Silver Swan - PURCELL: I attempt from love's sickness - If music be the food of love - QUILTER: It was a lover and his lass - Love's Philosophy - Weep you no more - FAURE: Apres un reve - Chanson d'amour - HAHN: Si mes vers avaient des ailes - MARTINI: Plaisir d'amour - BRAHMS: Vergebliches Standchen - Wie Melodien zieht es mir - MOZART: Das Veilchen - SCHUBERT: Du bist die Ruh - Gretchen am Spinnrade - RICHARD STRAUSS: Breit' uber mein Haupt - BELLINI: L'abbandono - CESTI: Intorno all'idol mio - DONAUDY: Come l'allodoletta - MOZART: Ridente la calma - GRANADOS: El majo discreto - OBRADORS: Del cabello mas sutil - MOZART: Deh vieni, non tardar (LE NOZZE DI FIGARO) - PUCCINI: O mio babbino caro (GIANNI SCHICCHI) - SULLIVAN: The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze (THE MIKADO) - FAURE: Pie Jesu (Requiem).

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.