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Twenty-Eight Italian Songs and Arias of the 17th and 18th Centuries for Medium-High Voice and Piano (w/CD). This anthology from Schirmer is an updated version of their classic Twenty-Four Italian Songs and Arias. All of the original songs from the classic collection are included, plus four new selections. It is an outstanding collection intended to introduce the student of singing to the bel canto style. The material in this collection comes from the early operatic repertoire and is suitable for singers both young and experienced. This new publication also includes newly written historical information about the music and translations of the text. Each piece has been re-engraved and five different transpositions are available. This version includes an accompaniment CD.

The new series is available in five different voicings, as opposed to the original medium-high and medium-low.

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Telfer, Nancy: Successful Sight-Singing: A Creative, Step by Step Approach - Vocal Edition, Book 1. Give your choir members the skills needed to sight-sing by themselves, away from a piano or other singers with Successful Sight-Singing. Organized into very short lessons, Successful Sight-Singing can be presented in five to ten minutes of each rehearsal. Introduces rhythms and intervals sequentially. Systematically incorporates elements of music such as key signatures and reviews them regularly. Features exercises designed to look and sound like real music. Presents a variety of creative activities to introduce and reinforce new musical elements and skills such as how to find entrance cues. Unison or two-part singing.

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Teen's Musical Theatre Collection, The: 33 Songs from Stage and Film for Voice and Piano (or Guitar), Young Women's Edition (w/CD). This collection from Hal Leonard is especially intended to match the vocal abilities of young singers. The repertoire includes selections from early stage musicals of Broadway, classic films from Hollywood, and newer selections from recent stage and film productions up to the 1990s. The book is available with or without an accompaniment CD which is useful for young singers who do not have ready access to an accompanist. Guitar chords are also provided. A similar collection for young men’s voices is also available.

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Favorite Spanish Art Songs for High Voice and Piano (w/CD). 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 Phonetic Alphabet 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 pronunciation lesson, 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 beautiful Velasquez painting is seen on the cover.

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Wildhorn & Murphy: Wonderland - Vocal Selections. NEW! Wonderland is the delightful, soaring musical that takes a new kind of Alice into a world of kaleidoscopic fantasy and romantic adventure. As a mom whose life is spinning out of control, Alice's yearning for happier times leads her on a quest far below the streets of New York City, to the other side of the looking glass. There, she meets a marvelous cast of familiar but phenomenally re-imagined characters who help her navigate this impossibly peculiar universe, and change her life forever. This folio features 19 piano/vocal selections from the Frank Wildhorn score.

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Barber, Samuel: 65 Songs for High Voice and Piano [includes Collected Songs and Ten Early Songs (1994)]. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Samuel Barber, G. Schirmer is proud to release this major new edition, which includes newly edited and engraved editions of the complete contents of Collected Songs and Ten Early Songs (1994), plus many previously unpublished early songs. Manuscripts from the Library of Congress and other sources were consulted for all songs. The edition includes extensive historical information about each song, a lengthy and insightful article about Samuel Barber, and facsimiles of selected manuscripts.

This collection is also available in an edition for medium/low voice.