Songs From Manuscript Sources: 2: Voice

This second volume of the songs of Scottish poet Robert Burns contains 70 songs excerpted from the chapter 'The Lasses' in a larger collection of 324 Burns songs compiled and researched by Serge Hovey. It includes songs expressingthe poet's 'passion' for his wife Jean and for 'that other species.' Robert Burns (1759-1796) spent his life collecting Scottish songs using fragments of existing lyrics as the basis for his own poems and wrote original lyricsfor traditional melodies. Burns left for posterity about 270 poems and more than 300 songs which are usually printed without their tunes. Serge Hovey meticulously examined Burns' own sources letters and manuscripts to determinethe origin of every tune and all the verses as well as Burns' intended match of words and music. He then arranged each song with highly imaginative and beautiful accompaniments geared for pianists with average skills. This volumeis illustrated with reproductions of paintings drawings and prints. These volumes also contain a glossary of frequently appearing Scots words and insightful historical notes for each song.

Sing Solo Soprano is a collection of varied pieces edited with the younger singer in mind. The book contains two oratorio arias two operatic arias two Lieder or songs in foreign language and English songs; this is a fabulous volume that covers a wide variety of periods. Where possible each piece has been taken from the most authoriative and accurate sources from Urtext to First Manuscripts - though simple Piano reductions substitute the original continuo versions of the early pieces. For Soprano Solo with Piano accompaniment.