Singer’s Library of Song: A Vocal Anthology of Masterworks and Folk Songs

Description

A Vocal Anthology of Masterworks and Folk Songs from the Medieval Era Through the Twentieth Century

Singer's Library of Song features 37 of the world's best-loved songs from the Medieval era through the 20th Century, presented with historical information and performance suggestions that are designed to enhance and educate developing vocalists.

Art songs, arias, folk songs, spirituals, and lieder—they're all here, and they're all beautifully laid out in this comprehensive 200-page anthology for vocal study. English, Latin, Italian, German, French, Spanish, and Hebrew texts are included, and accurate translations and IPA pronunciation guides pave the way for serious singers.

Available in low, medium, and high editions with optional accompaniment CDs (set of 2), Singer's Library of Song is a must-have for every voice teacher and student.

High Voice
Book • Book with CDs • Accompaniment CDs

Medium Voice
Book • Book with CDs • Accompaniment CDs

Low Voice
Book • Book with CDs • Accompaniment CDs

Contents:

Masterworks
• Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite (by John Dowland)
• Gioite Al Canto Mio (Rejoice, O Hear My Singing) (by Jacobo Peri)
• Ave Maria (by Giulio Caccini)
• I Attempt from Love's Sickness (by Henry Purcell)
• Bois Epais (Gloomy Woods) (by Jean-Baptiste Lully)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (by Johann Sebastian Bach)
• Bist Du Bei Mir (If You're with Me) (by attr. to Gottfried Heinrich Stülzel)
• Where'er You Walk (by George Frederic Handel)
• Wiegenlied (Lullaby) (by Johannes Brahms)
• Love Has Eyes (by Henry R. Bishop)
• Heidenroslein (Little Heath-Rose) (by Franz Schubert)
• Die Lotusblume (The Lotus Flower) (by Robert Schumann)
• O Rest in the Lord (by Felix Mendelssohn)
• O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, Veni, Emanuel) (by 15th c. French melody adapted by Thomas Helmore)
• O Holy Night (by Adolphe Adam)
• Panis Angelicus (O Lord, I Pray to Thee) (by César Franck)
• My Lovely Celia (by George Monro, arr. Henry J. L. Wilson)
• I Will Sing New Songs (by Antonin Dvorák)
• Se Tu M'ami (If You Love Me) (by Alessandro Parisotti)
• The Virgin's Slumber Song (Maria Wiegenlied) (by Max Reger)
• The Call (by Ralph Vaughan Williams)
• Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming (Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen) (by Hugo Distler)
• Sigh No More, Ladies (by Roger Quilter)
• When I Think Upon the Maidens (by Michael Head)
• At the River (by Hymn tune adapted by Aaron Copland)

Folk Songs from the United States
• Go, Tell It on the Mountain (by Spritual, arr. Patrick M. Liebergen)
• Deep River (by Spritual, arr. Patrick M. Liebergen)
• Shenandoah (by River Chanty, arr. Patrick M. Liebergen)
• Amazing Grace (by American melody from Virginia Harmony, 1831, arr. Patrick M. Liebergen)
• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (by Spiritual, arr. Patrick M. Liebergen)

Folk Songs from the British Isles
• Down by the Salley Gardens (by Irish Folk Song, arr. Patrick M. Liebergen)
• Greensleeves (What Child Is This) (by English Folk Song, arr. Patrick M. Liebergen)
• All Through the Night (by Welsh Folk Song, arr. Patrick M. Liebergen)
• Early One Morning (by English Folk Song, arr. Patrick M. Liebergen)
• Loch Lomond (by Scottish Folk Song, arr. Patrick M. Liebergen)

Mexico
• Cielito Lindo (by Mexican Folk Song, arr. Patrick M. Liebergen)

Israel
• Hatikvah (The Hope) (by Samuel Cohen)