First Book of Mezzo-Soprano/Alto Solos, The

This is among the most widely used teaching repertoire for singers in the U.S. Over 30 songs in each book, including American and British art songs, folk song arrangements, sacred songs and a sampling of beginning songs in German, Italian, Spanish and French. There is a completely different song selection for each voice type.

Contents: American Lullaby (Rich) • L'anneau D'argent (Chaminade) • Die Bekehrte (Stange) • Der Blumenstrauss (Mendelssohn) • The Cherry Tree (Gibbs) • Chi Vuol la Zingarella (Paisiello) • Christopher robin is saying his prayers (Rraser-Simson) • Cloud-Shadows (Rogers) • Crabbed Age and Youth (White) • Crucifixion (Payne) • El Majo Timido (Granados) • Evensong (Lehmann) • Go 'Way from my Window (Niles) • Ici-Bas (Faure) • Jesus Walked this Lonesome Valley (Myers) • The Lamb (Chanler) • The Lass from the Low Countree (Niles) • The Lord is my Shepherd (Tchaikovsky) • Loveliest of Trees (Duke) • Morning (Speaks) • O Rest in the Lord (Mendelssohn) • Oh Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me? (Handel) • Open Our Eyes (Macfarlane) • Prayer (Guion) • Preguntale a las Estrellas (Kilenyi) • Silent Noon (Vaughan Williams) • Der Schwur (Meyer-Helmund) • The Sky Above the Roof (Vaughan Williams) • The Statue at Czarskoe-Selo (Cui) • This Little Rose (Roy) • Turn Then Thine Eyes (Purcell) • Volksliedchen (Schumann) • Wie Melodien (Brahms) • Wind of the Western Sea (Peel)