Eine Sammlung von 60 beliebten Liedern mit Klavierbegleitung-An Introduction To The Art Of Lieder Singing includes an impressive collection of brilliant examples of 'Lieder Singing' with works from composers such as Bach Gluck Haydn Mozart Beethoven Schubert Mendelssohn and many more.

The plantation songs known as 'spirituals' are the spontaneous outbursts of intense religious fervour and had their origin chiefly in camp meetings revivals and other religious exercises.They were never 'composed' but sprang into life ready made from the white heat of religious fervour during some protracted meeting in camp or church as the simple ecstatic utterance of wholly untutored minds and are practically the only music in America which meets the scientific definition of Folk Song.Harry Burleigh became a linguist singing in Hebrew as well as Latin Italian French and German. For several years he regarded his casual efforts at composition as merely mentalexercises until friends virtually forced him to publish. 'Deep River' published in 1917 made Harry Burleigh well known as a composer. His 'Little Mother Of Mine' was sung throughout the world by John McMormack.

Love and Time-Dring herself had perfect pitch and these songs make technical demands upon the singer to good effect.Twentieth century English composer singer and actress Madeleine Dring wrote songs that frequently employed jazz chords in their accompaniment which has been compared in the US to Gershwin. Here there are touches of artsong French chanson and some element that is Dring’s own idiomatic style.