Song Anthology Two

Edited by Anne and William Leyerle
Second Edition, Greatly Revised

Contains 46 songs in English, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish, with word-for-word translations, IPA transcriptions, English singing translations and commentary about the songs and composers.

Contents:

English

• Take, O take those lips away (Mrs. H.H.A. Beach)
• The lass that loves a sailor (C. Didbin)
• I have twelve oxen (J. Ireland)
• Spring sorrow (J. Ireland)
• The minstrel boy (arr. A. Leyerle)
• The treasure chest (W. Leyerle)
• Now sleeps the crimson petal (R. Quilter)
• Bright is the ring of words (R. Vaughan Williams)

French

• Quand li roussignol joli (C. DeCoucy)
• Lamento (H. Duparc)
• Pholoé (R. Hahn)
• Buvons bien (V. D'Indy)
• Nicolette (M. Ravel)
• La statue de bronze (E. Satie)
• Daphénéo (E. Satie)
• Le chapelier (E. Satie)
• Chanson à manger (C. Lemaire, arr. Weckerlin)

German

• Der Kuss (L. van Beethoven)
• Die Mainacht (J. Brahms)
• Nur ein Gesicht auf Erden lebt (J. Brahms)
• Lob der Faulheit (J. Haydn)
• Liebst du um Schönheit (G. Mahler)
• An die Musik (F. Schubert)
• Verborgenheit (H. Wolf)

Italian

• L'Immago tua (E. Astorga)
• Tu fai la superbetta (W. Defesch)
• O del mio amato ben (S. Donaudy)
• Lascia ch'io pianga (G.F. Handel)
• Nebbie (O. Respighi)
• Star vicino (attributed to S. Rosa)
• 'A vucchella (F.P. Tosti)
• L'alba sepàra della luce l'ombra (F.P. Tosti)

Russian

• The statue of Tsarskoe Selo (C. Cui)
• If deceits of life are numbing (C. Cui)
• Doubt (M.I. Glinka)
• Classic (M. Moussorgsky)
• As the fair skies, your eyes are shining (N. Rimsky-Korsakov)
• Spring (P.I. Tchaikovsky)

Spanish

• Del salón en el ángulo oscuro (I. Albéniz)
• Polo (M. Garcia, Père)
• Mañanica era (E. Granados)
• Canto de la trilla (J. Inzenga)
• Haur gaixua lo eta, lo (Basque) (arr. A. Leyerle)
• Seguidillas Manchegas (arr. A. Leyerle)
• Madre, la mia madre (A. Vives)
• El curro marinero (S. Yradier)

"...the Leyerles have published another excellent collection of songs... a welcome expansion of available literature... great for most teaching studios... This collection of 46 songs is a real bargain!"
-- Walter Martin (review of first edition), The NATS Bulletin, [now Journal of Singing] May/June 1985

207 Pages Comb-Binding Medium to High Range