Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers

The Lieder Anthology. 65 Songs by 13 Composers. This edition presents 65 diverse songs by major composers of German art song, or lieder, and is the perfect one-volume lieder source for voice students. All the songs are new Vocal Library editions. Historical notes about the relevant history and background of each song are included, as are line-by-line translations for study. A select committee of experienced voice teachers was consulted to choose the most essential and vocally instructive songs in compiling this collection. Composers represented: Beethoven, Brahms, Franz, Gustav Mahler, Alma Mahler, Fanny Hensel, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schubert, Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, Strauss, Wolf. Co-editor Dr. Virginia Saya, on the faculty of Loyola Marymount University, is a musicologist with a special interest in lieder. This collection includes the first American edition of Funf Ophelia Lieder by Brahms. 288 pages, sewn binding.

This volume in the Guitar Recorded Versions series contains 14 detailed transcriptions from American Guitar sensation Doc Watson. The pieces in this collection include highlights from Watson's recordings written note-for-note with tab. Now you can learn the songs licks and fingerpicking style that made Doc Watson famous. Songs include: Beaumont Rag Black Mountain Rag Deep River Blues Doc's Guitar Little Sadie Shady Grove Sitting on Top of the World Tom Dooley Windy and Warm and more.