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American Arias for Soprano Voice & Piano (w/online audio access)
| Editor: | Philip Brunelle |
| Instrumentation: | Voice with piano accompaniment |
| Series: | Boosey and Hawkes Voice |
| Publisher: | Boosey & Hawkes |
| Item Code: | 48018052 |
| Category: | Print music |
| Description: | The Boosey & Hawkes catalog is one of the greatest treasures of contemporary American vocal literature. This major new series celebrates greatness in American opera, with arias from Carlisle Floyd's <i>Susannah</i>, Stravinsky's <i>The Rake's Progress</i>, John Adams' <i>Nixon in China</i>, Leonard Bernstein's <i>Trouble in Tahiti</i>, Dominick Argento's <i>Postcard from Morocco</i>, and other operas by Argento and Floyd, Jack Beeson, Ned Rorem and other American composers.<br><br><i>American Arias</i> is suitable for professional and college-level singers, ideal for recitals and auditions, and an essential resource for the study of the American opera repertoire. The series presents many arias that have never been published outside of the original complete vocal scores. There are approximately 20 arias per volume. Each collection includes commentary on the operas and arias, and a recording of piano accompaniments that are accessed online via download or streaming. |
Table of Contents
- Ain't it a pretty night from Susannah, Act I, Scene 2, G-flat major [Floyd, Carlisle]
- Allegra's Aria from Colonel Jonathan the Saint Act II, C major [Argento, Dominick]
- Cabaletta from The Rake's Progress Act I, Scene 3, C major [Stravinsky, Igor]
- I see in you a looking glass from Miss Havisham's Fire, Act I, Scene I, No sharps/flats [Argento, Dominick]
- I should have ended it long ago from Willie Stark, Act II, Scene 2, No sharps/flats [Floyd, Carlisle]
- Lady with a Hand Mirror Aria from Postcard from Morocco, No sharps/flats [Argento, Dominick]
- Laurie's Song from The Tender Land Act I, Scene 2, D major [Copland, Aaron]
- Magnificat from El Nino, No sharps/flats [Adams, John]
- Mommy, are you here? from a A Quiet Place, Act III, No sharps/flats [Bernstein, Leonard]
- No word from Tom from The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 3, No sharps/flats [Stravinsky, Igor]
- Queenie's Song from The Second Hurricane, G major [Copland, Aaron]
- Rented rooms from Cold Sassy Tree Act 1, Scene 3, No sharps/flats [Floyd, Carlisle]
- Sabrina's Aria from Colonel Jonathan the Saint Act I, No sharps/flats [Argento, Dominick]
- Sadie's Lament from Slow Dusk, D minor [Floyd, Carlisle]
- Someday I'm sure to marry you from The Sojourner and Mollie Sinclair, No sharps/flats [Floyd, Carlisle]
- The sun is coming up from The Tender Land Act III, 1 flat [Copland, Aaron]
- The trees on the mountains from Susannah, Act II, Scene 3, G minor [Floyd, Carlisle]
- The Widow's Aria from The Boor, Scene II, No sharps/flats [Argento, Dominick]
- This is prophetic! (Pat's Aria) from Nixon in China Act II, Scene I, No sharps/flats [Adams, John]
- Virginia's Aria from The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe, Act II, Scene 9, No sharps/flats [Argento, Dominick]