Benjamin Britten
The Developing Classical Singer - Mezzo-Soprano
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- Composers: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), Aaron Copland (1900-1990), Gerald Finzi (1901-1956), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924), Frank Bridge (1879-1941), Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), Roger Quilter (1877-1953), Dominick Argento (1927-2019), John Ireland (1879-1962), Hubert Parry (1848-1918), Ned Rorem (1923-2022)
- Instrumentation: Mezzo Soprano
- Work Language: English
- ISMN:
- Size: 9 x 12.0 inches
- Pages: 88
Description
The selection of songs has been carefully considered to represent a variety of composers from primarily the twentieth century. Songs were chosen that are appropriate challenges to the advancing teenage singer, or for the university student.
Contents:
- DOMINICK ARGENTO: Dirge
- LEONARD BERNSTEIN: I hate music!
- FRANK BRIDGE: Love went a-riding
- BENJAMIN BRITTEN: The Nurse's Song
- BENJAMIN BRITTEN: O Waly, Waly
- BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Sail on, sail on
- BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Sephestia's Lullaby
- AARON COPLAND: At the River
- AARON COPLAND: Heart, we will forget him
- AARON COPLAND: The Little Horses
- AARON COPLAND: Simple Gifts
- AARON COPLAND: The world feels dusty
- GERALD FINZI: It was a lover and his lass
- JOHN IRELAND: Spring Sorrow
- C. HUBERT H. PARRY: A Spring Song
- HENRY PURCELL (realizations by Benjamin Britten): I attempt from love's sickness
- HENRY PURCELL (realizations by Benjamin Britten): If music be the food of love (1st version)
- ROGER QUILTER: Dream Valley
- ROGER QUILTER: Love's Philosophy
- ROGER QUILTER: Weep you no more
- NED ROREM: Little Elegy
- NED ROREM: Love
- CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: A Lullaby
- RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Bright is the ring of words
- RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Linden Lea
- RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The sky above the roof