Favorite Spanish Art Songs - Low Voice

The demand for literature in Spanish is a reflection of our changing American culture. Here are twelve songs in two keys that can serve as an introduction to art songs in Spanish for a voice student. International PhoneticAlphabet is included for each song text as are translations for study. Laura Ward has recorded wonderful informed piano accompaniments on the companion CD. Before the accompaniment a excellently instructive pronunciationlesson recorded by a native Spanish speaker (a university Spanish professor) is heard. The songs are by Manuel de Falla Enrique Granados and Fernando Obradors with an additional two Mexican folksong arrangements. A beautifulVelasquez painting is seen on the cover.

Great singers whose compositions also won the respect of their contemporaries: Rossini's favorite tenor, Manuel Garci; his daughter, Maria Malibran, the most brilliant diva of her age; and the younger daughter, Pauline Viardot, famous opera singer and voice teacher. All three used profound knowledge of music and of bel canto to create songs in French, Spanish, and Italian.