Description The First Book Of Mezzo-Soprano/Alto Solos Part II Compiled by Joan Frey Boytim. Each volume contains several very easy songs, progressing to moderate difficulty. Songlist A Legend [Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich] Ah! Mio Cor (Ah! My Heart) [Handel, George Frideric] As I Went A-roaming [Brahe, May] Auf Dem Meere (On The Ocean) [Franz, Robert] Ave Verum (Jesu, Word Of God Incarnate) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] Beneath A Weeping Willow's Shade [Hopkinson, Francis] Bist Du Bei Mir (You Are With Me) [Bach, Johann Sebastian] Carmena [Wilson, H Lane] C'est Mon Ami (My Friend) [French Air/Arr. Bainbridge Christ] Clouds [Charles, Ernest] Come Ye Blessed [Gaul, Alfred] Crepuscule (Twilight) [Massenet, Jules] Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) Das Erste Veilchen (The First Violet) [Mendelssohn, Felix] Die Stille (Silence) [Schumann, Robert] Die Stille Wasserrose (The Silent Waterlily) [Fielitz, Alexander Von] Dream Valley [Quilter, Roger] Elegie [Massenet, Jules] Es Muss Ein Wunderbares Sein (It Must Be Wonderful) [Liszt, Franz] Gott Im Fruhling (Got In Springtime) [Schubert, Franz] Keine Sorg'um Den Weg (Love Finds Out The Way) [Raff, J] Maria Wiegenlied (The Virgin's Slumber Song) [Reger, Max] Mystery's Song [Purcell, Henry] Nymphs And Shepherds [Purcell, Henry] Rend'il Sereno Al Ciglio (Bring To Your Eyes) [Handel, George Frideric] Separazione (Parting) [Sgambati, Giovanni] Serenade (Sing, Smile, Slumber) [Gounod, Charles] Spring Is At The Door [Quilter, Roger] Te Deum (Vouchsafe,O Lord) [Handel, George Frideric] The Blue-bell [Macdowell, Edward] The Carol Of The Birds [Niles, John Jacob] The Lovely Song My Heart Is Singing [Goulding, Edmund] The Sleep That Flits On Baby's Eyes [Carpenter, John Alden] The Willow Song [Sullivan, Arthur] Weep No More [Handel, George Frideric] When I Have Often Heard Young Maidens Complaining [Purcell, Henry] Wind Of The Wheat [Phillips, Montague]

This outstanding series is an encouragement to beginning singers in preparing a vocal solo. Songs have been carefully chosen for each voice type after consulting many official state contest repertoire lists. All the songs for instance are on the Texas list. The series will be useful to any novice singer not just limited to those preparing an actual contest solo. Each volume contains 10 songs: 5 art songs in English an African-American spiritual 2 songs in Italian a song in German and a song in Spanish. There are new editions and engravings of all songs. Biographical information is included on each composer. Interpretive suggestions are given for each song and the prefaceon Learning a Song is especially instructive. Each companion CD includes beautiful performances of all the songs by a professional singer and excellent accompaniments by pianist Laura Ward. Also on the CD are pronunciation guides in Italian German and Spanish. Mezzo-Soprano Book Contents: An die Musik · The Blue-Bell · He Shall Feed His Flock · My Lord What a Mornin' · Now Is the Month of Maying · Nymphs and Shepherds · Ombra mai fù · Porque toco el pandero · Silent Noon · Vergin tutto amor.