G. Schirmer American Aria Anthology

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    Baritone / Bass

  • Various
    Compiled and edited by Richard Walters
  • Lyrics / Text: Various
  • Vocal MusicClassicalOpera

  • Accompaniment: Piano Reduction
  • Format: Musicbook/Songbook
  • Catalog #: 50484626
  • Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.

  • Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
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Description

This landmark series collects compelling, useful, singer-friendly excerpts from the best of a distinctly American musical tradition. Plot notes and basic information about each opera are included. Opera composers such as Samuel Barber, William Bolcom, Douglas Moore, Virgil Thomson and Kurt Weill are represented. The operas of Gian Carlo Menotti are particularly present, with 26 arias from nine operas in the series.

Contents:

AMAHL and the NIGHT VISITORS
Gian Carlo Menotti

Oh, woman, you may keep the gold

ANTONY and CLEOPATRA
Samuel Barber

Hark! the land bids me

THE BALLAD of BABY DOE
Douglas Moore

Warm as the autumn light
Turn tail and tun then
Good people of Leadville

CAROUSEL
Richard Rodgers

Soliloquy

THE CONSUL
Gian Carlo Menotti

The Police Agent's Aria

THE EMPEROR JONES
Louis Gruenberg

Oh, Lawd Jesus, heah my prayer

FOUR SAINTS in THREE ACTS
Virgil Thomson

Once in a while

THE GHOSTS of VERSAILLES
John Corigliano

They wish they could kill me
Figaro was supposed to return the necklace

THE GOOD SOLDIER SCHWEIK
Robert Kurka

The Doctor's Aria
Dear Madame

THE GREAT GATSY
John Harbison

I remember long ago

A HAND of BRIDGE
Samuel Barber

And this will be my epitaph

JOHN BROWN
Kirke Mechem

The Songs of the Slave

LITTLE WOMEN
Mark Adamo

There was a knight
Kennst du das Land (Do you know the land)

LOST in the STARS
Kurt Weill

Thousands of Miles
O Tixo, Tixo, help me!

McTEAGUE
William Bolcom

Jehosophat!

THE MIGHTY CASEY
William Schuman

In 1839
The Catcher's Song
The Manager's Song
The Umpire's Song

THE MOTHER of US ALL
Virgil Thomson

What what is it
Angel More

THE OLD MAID and the THIEF
Gian Carlo Menotti

When the air sings of summer (Bob's Aria)

REGINA
Marc Blitzstein

Horace's Aria
Greedy Girl

THE SAINT of BLEECKER STREET
Gian Carlo Menotti

Ah, poor Michele

SHOW BOAT
Jerome Kern

Ol' Man River

STREET SCENE
Kurt Weill

Let things be like they always was

SWEENEY TOOD
Stephen Sondheim

Epiphany

TARTUFFE
Kirke Mechem

Every day at church

TEA
Tan Dun

Venus of the East

THE TEMPEST
Lee Hoiby

Our revels now are ended

VANESSA
Samuel Barber

You rascal, you! I never knew you had a soul
For ev'ry love there is a last farewell

WUTHERING HEIGHTS
Bernard Herrmann

Man that is born of a woman

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Weight 2.013 lbs

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