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American Arias for Tenor Voice & Piano (w/online audio access)
| Editor: | Philip Brunelle |
| Instrumentation: | Voice with piano accompaniment |
| Series: | Boosey and Hawkes Voice |
| Publisher: | Boosey & Hawkes |
| Item Code: | 48018054 |
| 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 CD of recorded piano accompaniments. |
Table of Contents
- Gondolier's Song from Casonova's Homecoming, Act III, Scene I, F minor [Argento, Dominick]
- Have Mercy on My Life from The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe, Act 22, Scene 10, No sharps/flats [Argento, Dominick]
- Here I Stand Recitative and Aria from The Rake's Progress, Act I, C major [Stravinsky, Igor]
- Lute Song from The Shoemakers' Holiday, A minor [Argento, Dominick]
- Man With a Paintbox Aria from Postcard From Morocco, 4 flats [Argento, Dominick]
- Martin's Song from The Tender Land, Act II, No sharps/flats [Copland, Aaron]
- Midnight, Bells Striking Midnight from The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe, Act II, Scene 6, No sharps/flats [Argento, Dominick]
- O Moon Whose Bees Are Stars from Medea, No sharps/flats [Druckman, Jacob]
- Samuel's Aria from Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters, Act III, No sharps/flats [Rorem, Ned]
- Scratch's Aria from The Devil and Daniel Webster, C-sharp minor [Moore]
- The Ballad of Ravenshead from Ravenshead, Act II, No sharps/flats [Mackey, Steven]
- The Damned Do Not Cry from Mourning Becomes Electra, Act III, Scene I, No sharps/flats [Levy, Jacques]
- Valentino's Aria from The Dream of Valentino Part II, Scene 10, No sharps/flats [Argento, Dominick]
- Will Ye But Listen? from Christopher Sly, Act I, Scene 2, No sharps/flats [Argento, Dominick]