Ces magnifiques volumes permettront d'initier les chanteurs classiques à l'American art song, et comprennent les pièces les plus étudiées dans ce genre. Ce sont les capacités vocales et musicales des institutions musicales et universités qui ont guidé le choix des oeuvres mises à disposition dans cette série. Les volumes Soprano et Mezzo-Soprano/Alto contiennent les mêmes chansons dans des tonalités différentes. Le même concept s'applique aux versions Ténor et Baryton/Basse.Des compositions d'Ernst Bacon, Samuel Barber, Theodore Chanler, Celius Dougherty, Lee Hoiby, John Jacob Niles, William Schuman et bien d'autres sont présentes dans ces recueils. / Soprano Et Piano

This landmark series collects compelling, useful, singer-friendly arias from a distinctly American opera tradition. Each volume includes information about every opera and an aria plot note. A majority of the music in the four volumes has never before been available outside of the opera vocal scores, and some arias in the series have never been in print at all before now. Most arias are appropriate for college-level singers. Composers such as Samuel Barber, William Bolcom, Douglas Moore, Virgil Thomson and Gian Carlo Menotti are well represented. Additionally, arias are included from important works such as Regina, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Ghosts of Versailles, The Great Gatsby, Little Women and many others. Stephen Sondheim graciously agreed to adapt new aria editions of two pieces from Sweeney Todd for the series: ?The Contest? in the Tenor volume and ?Epiphany? in the Baritone/Bass edition./ Recueil / Soprano et Piano