Summary
(Vocal Collection). This series now has a new "Part II" for each voice type, at the same level as the original volumes. This is preparatory material for The First Book of Solos series, with modest ranges and all songs in English, including very easy art songs, folksong arrangements and vintage popular songs. The song selection is completely different for each voice type with 18-20 songs per volume. Includes recorded piano accompaniments available online for download or streaming. Contents: April (Quilter) Because (d'Hardelot) The Bells of St. Mary's (Adams) Cradle Song (De Koven) By the Waters of Minnetonka (Lieurance) Fairy Lullaby (Beach) From the Land of Sky-blue Water (Cadman) Glow Worm (Lincke) He Stole My Tender Heart Away (Endicott) Hedge-Roses (Schubert) A Little Bit of Heaven (Brennan) In the Woods (Franz) A Kiss in the Dark (Herbert) The Little Red Lark (arr. Fisher) One Spring Morning (Nevin) The Rose Has Charmed the Nightingale (Rimsky-Korsakov) Song of Love (Romberg) Stars with Golden Sandals (Franz) Trees (Rasbach) Wake Up! (Phillips)
Contents
April / Roger Quilter ; William WatsonBecause / Guy d'Hardelot ; Edward Teschemacher
The bells of St. Mary's / A. Emmett Adams ; Douglas Furber
Cradle song / Reginald De Koven ; Thomas Bailey Aldrich
By the waters of Minnetonka / Thurlow Lieurance ; J.M. Cavanass
Fairy lullaby / Amy Marcy Cheney Beach ; William Shakespeare
From the land of sky-blue water / Charles Wakefield Cadman ; Nelle Richmond Eberhart
Glow worm / Paul Lincke ; Lilla Cayley Robinson
He stole my tender heart away : early American song / harmonized by Samuel Endicott
Hedge-roses = Heidenröslein / Franz Schubert ; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ; English version by Charles Fonteyn Manney
A little bit of heaven / J. Keirn Brennan ; Ernest R. Ball
In the woods = Waldfahrt / Robert Franz ; Theodor Körner ; English version by John S. Dwight
A kiss in the dark / Victor Herbert ; B.G. de Sylva
The little red lark : Irish air / arranged by William Arms Fisher ; Alfred Perceval Graves
One spring morning / Ethelbert Nevin
The rose has charmed the nightingale = Plenívshis rósoi, salavyéi / Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ; A. Koltzóff ; English version by George Harris, Jr. and Kurt Schindler
Song of love / music adapted from melodies of Franz Schubert and Heinrich Berte by Sigmund Romberg ; Dorothy Donnelly
Stars with golden sandals = Sterne mit den gold'nen Füsschen / Robert Franz ; Heinrich Heine ; English version by Frederic Field Bullard
Trees / Oscar Rasbach ; Joyce Kilmer
Wake up! : Spring flowers / Montague F. Phillips ; Harold Simpson.
Additional Information
| Series | Easy songs for beginning singers. |
| Subjects |
Songs (High voice) with piano.
Folk songs, English. Popular music. Recorded accompaniments (High voice) |
| Publisher | New York, NY : Milwaukee, WI :G. Schirmer ;2006 Distributed by Hal Leonard Corp., |
| Contributors |
Boytim, Joan Frey,
editor. Ward, Laura (Pianist), performer. |
| Language |
English |
| Notes |
Enhanced CD contains piano accompaniments performed by Laura Ward; includes tempo adjustment and transposition software for CD-ROM computer use. |
| System Details |
System requirements: Windows: Pentium processor; Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP; 4 MB application RAM; 8x multi-session CD-ROM drive; Macintosh: MAC OS 8.5 or higher; 4 MB application RAM; 8x multi-session CD-ROM drive. |
| Description |
1 score (72 pages) ; 31 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.). |
| ISBN | 9781423412137 1423412133 |
| Other | Classic View |