Classic Italian Songs

For well over a century the G. Schirmer edition of 24 Italian Songs & Arias of the 17th and 18th Centuries has introduced millions of beginning singers to serious Italian vocal literature. Offered in two accessible keys suitablefor all singers it is likely to be the first publication a voice teacher will ask a first-time student to purchase. The classic Parisotti realizations result in rich satisfying accompaniments which allow singers pure musicalenjoyment. For ease of practice carefully prepared accompaniments are also recorded on CD by John Keene a New York-based concert accompanist and vocal coach who has performed throughout the United States for radio andtelevision. Educated at the University of Southern California Keene has taught accompanying at the university level and collaborated with Gian Carlo Menotti and Thea Musgrave on productions of their operas.

Standard Notation & Tab Guitar Solo-22 Italian favourites arranged for solo guitar in notes and tab including: Carnival of Venice • Come Back to Sorrento • Funiculi Funicula • Italian National Anthem (Fratelli D'Italia) • La Donna É Mobile • La Paloma Blanca (The White Dove) • O Mio Babbino Caro • 'O Sole Mio • Oh Marie • Santa Lucia • Tarantella • and more.

This wonderful collection of music arranged for the mandolin includes bluegrass old-time fiddle tunes classical music (including the complete solo part for the Vivaldi mandolin concerto and the Canzonetta from Mozart's Don Giovanni) American Irish Jewish Russian and Italian songs reels jigs hornpipes hymns and gospel songs minstrel songs patriotic songs blues and jazz children's songs cowboy and country ballads. Over one hundred selections in standard music notation and Tab with lyrics and chord symbols for optional accompaniment. Also included are tremelo exercises a guide to fingering chord charts for guitar and mandolin the history of themandolin and interesting comments about the history and performance of each song.

Madrigals by the Renaissance composer Monteverdi provided the inspiration for my own Madrigali. Symbolic images of flames burning and fire recur often in Italian love poems from this era and my cycle on texts employingthis fire motive blends stylistic musical features of the period (word painting modality bold harmonic shifts intricate counterpoint augenmusik etc.) within a contemporary compositional idiom. The music emanates from asingle primal sonority (the “Fire-Chord”) which opens the piece and is found extensively throughout all six movements in myriad forms and manipulations providing motivic unity to complement the poetic. This cycle ofmadrigals has been designated an American Choral Masterpiece by the National Endowment for the Arts.--Morten Lauridsen

Madrigals by the Renaissance composer Monteverdi provided the inspiration for my own Madrigali. Symbolic images of flames burning and fire recur often in Italian love poems from this era and my cycle on texts employingthis fire motive blends stylistic musical features of the period (word painting modality bold harmonic shifts intricate counterpoint augenmusik etc.) within a contemporary compositional idiom. The music emanates from asingle primal sonority (the “Fire-Chord”) which opens the piece and is found extensively throughout all six movements in myriad forms and manipulations providing motivic unity to complement the poetic. This cycle ofmadrigals has been designated an American Choral Masterpiece by the National Endowment for the Arts.--Morten Lauridsen

Madrigals by the Renaissance composer Monteverdi provided the inspiration for my own Madrigali. Symbolic images of flames burning and fire recur often in Italian love poems from this era and my cycle on texts employingthis fire motive blends stylistic musical features of the period (word painting modality bold harmonic shifts intricate counterpoint augenmusik etc.) within a contemporary compositional idiom. The music emanates from asingle primal sonority (the “Fire-Chord”) which opens the piece and is found extensively throughout all six movements in myriad forms and manipulations providing motivic unity to complement the poetic. This cycle ofmadrigals has been designated an American Choral Masterpiece by the National Endowment for the Arts.--Morten Lauridsen

Low Voice. Italian composer Franceso Paolo Tosti (1846-1916) wrote more than 350 songs among which were favorites of famous singers from Caruso and Tetrazzini in his day to Pavarotti and Carreras in ours. With a direct andsimple grace and sensual Italianate vocal lines his works were in some ways an art music reply to the Neapolitan folk tradition. Featuring 30 Tosti songs available for the first time in two keys these editions present excellentmaterial for teaching the basics of classical singing as well as for the recital stage. They also include translations for study a biography of the composer and a select discography.

An outstanding collection of Neapolitan songs as well as a number of the most beautiful arias from Italian Grand Opera and several classic songs. English and Italian lyrics with piano accompaniment and chord symbols.

Chosen and edited by Bernard Taylor from the wealth of great Classical and Romantic songs. This book beings with the early Italian classics and moves through the songs of Handel and Haydn and on into what has been called the 'Golden Age of Song and Singing' - the songs of Beethoven Schumann Brahms Schubert Grieg and so on. French songs from the 'Golden Age' are also included as are a few songs in Spanish and Russian. This collection is also available for High Voice.

Mandolin Play-Along Volume 7-The Mandolin Play-Along Series will help you to play your favourite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the music listen to the audio to hear how the Mandolin should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. Mandolin Play-Along Volume 7: Italian Classics features 8 traditional songs that sound great on the Mandolin! Access to online audio tracks is included in the price of the book and these can be downloaded or streamed using the unique code provided. This book also features Playback + an innovative cutting-edge audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch set looppoints change keys and pan left or right - available exclusively from Hal Leonard.

With companion recordings online-With companion CDs. 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 givenfor each song and the preface on 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. Soprano Book Contents: Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel · Do Not Go My Love · El tra la la y el punteado · I Attempt from Love's Sickness to Fly · It Was a Lover and His Lass · Lachen und Weinen · Nel cor più non mi sento · Se tu m'ami · Solveig's Song · 'Tis the Last Rose of Summer.

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.