Dover-Publications - Piano, Voice

Over 100 songs including 'Myrthen' 'Sechs Gedichte Von Reinick' 'Frauenliebe und Leben' Breitkopf

Inspired by the verse of the German romantic poets Franz Schubert achieved glittering fame as a creator of the 19th-century lied long before public recognition of his symphonies assured his place in music. In 10 years Schubert composed over 600 lieder whose charming melodies harmonic invention and depth of emotion rank them at the top of the form. This volume offers 59 favourite songs from the standard Breitkopf and Hartel complete-score edition of 1884-97. Includes Das Wanderer Die Forelle and Schwanengesang.

We know Henri Duparc for only a small number of art songs he composed between 1868 and 1884 but his musical legacy is a rare one. Settings of works by Baudelaire Leconte de Lisle are masterworks of sensuous beauty rich in emotion artfully conveying the poetic atmosphere of their texts. Included in this one volume are all Sixteen songs and one duet reprinted from authoritative French editions.

A rich selection of Thirty-six of Debussy's best songs including 'Beau Soir' 'Mandoline' 'Les Angelus' and 'Dans Le Jardin'.

Praised by the New York Times as gently imbued with ragtime but aspiring 'to genuine operatic richness ' Scott Joplin's energetic opera tells of a confident young woman whose life in many respects paralleled the composer's. The pioneering work appears here in a handsome and inexpensive edition sure to delight soloists rehearsal pianists and Joplin enthusiasts.Reprint of the Scott Joplin New York 1911 edition.

The Requiem was Mozart?s final composition. It was commissioned by the widow of the Countess von Walsegg who died in February 1791. After working on the Requiem through October and November however Mozart fell ill and died without completing it. Mozart's widow needing money asked Joseph Eybler to complete the work. Unfortunately he could not finish the work and it was handed over to Franz Xaver Sussmayr. However Sussmayr was a musician of limited capabilities and much of his contribution was in fact a copy of Eybler's work.

The well-known aria announcing the barber's entrance — 'Figaro!… Eh Figaro!' — highlights this comic romp of an opera. Based on Beaumarchais' Le Barbier de Seville Rossini's 1816 classic began as Almaviva or the Useless Precaution in an attempt to avoid confusion with a highly successful Il Barbiere di Siviglia of a half-century earlier. An opening night fiasco and persistent interruptions during the premiere by fans of the older play were but momentary detours on the path of this masterpiece to international fame. With the now-famous overture in place the work reached the operatic capitals of the world becoming the first opera to be sung in Italian in NewYork. Ideal for conductors soloists chorus members and rehearsal pianists this practice and performance vocal score is based on the classic 1900 Schirmer edition. Please note that the lyrics appear in the original Italian only.

This volume contains all 53 songs set to the work of the German poet Eduard Morike. Reproduced from the 2nd revised Heckel edition. Includes a new literal prose translation of the lyrics and glossary of German musical terms.

Des Knaben Wunderhorn was an assemblage of folksongs and folksong-style poems collected and adapted in 1805 and 1808 by poets to reflect their concept of German folk poetry. In 1887 Mahler discovered the musical potential of this collection and over the next 14 years it provided him with most of his song texts.In addition to Mahler's 23 songs on Wunderhorn texts this compilation contains his settings of five poems by Friedrich Ruckert.

Beloved spirituals include such lasting favourites as All God's Children Got Shoes Balm in Gilead Deep River Down by the Riverside Ezekiel Saw the Wheel Gimme That Ol'-Time Religion He's Got the Whole World in His Hand Roll Jordan Roll Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child Steal Away to Jesus Swing Low Sweet Chariot This Train Wade in the Water We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder Were You There When They Crucified My Lord? and many more. Excellent for sing-alongs community programs church functions and other events.