Format : Octavo
SKU: HL.49003076
ISBN 9790220114588. UPC: 841886033740. 9.0x12.0x0.1 inches.
Contents: Scarborough Fair * I know where I'm goin' * The Birch Tree * Alouette * Kalinka * La Jesusita * The Barnyards o' Delgaty * Oh, dem Golden Slippers * Amo, amas, I love a lass (The Frog and the Mouse) * The Spanish Guitar * High Road to Linton * Go tell it on the mountain * The Bagpipers' Carol * Bella Bimba * The Lorelei * Santa Lucia * Non piu andrai (Mozart) * Norwegischer Tanz, Op. 35, No. 2 (Grieg) * Two lovely black eyes (Coborn) * Rule Britannia (Arne) * Star of County Down * Hamilton House * Scipio (Handel) * Langsamer Marsch * Comin' thro' the Rye * Toreador's Song from Carmen (Bizet) * Theme from the Violin Concerto (Beethoven) * Plaisir d'amour (Martini) * Wanderlied (Wohlauf noch getrunken) * Jerusalem (Parry) * Linstead Market * Heidenroslein (Schubert) * Aloha Oe (Queen Liliuokalani) * The Trout (Schubert) * Mrs McGrath * My Grandfather's Clock (Work) * Theme from Land of Hope and Glory (Mozart) * The Golden Wheat * Take a pair of sparkling eyes (Sullivan) * Funiculi, funicula * Botany Bay * Garry Owen * Trumpet Air (Clarke) * The Soldier's Joy (Reel) * Sailor's Hornpipe * The Entertainer (Joplin) * The Irish Washerwoman * Turkey in the Straw.
SKU: HL.304688
ISBN 9781540067418. UPC: 888680970581. 9x12 inches.
This is the first volume of songs by Charles Ives designed expressly for the young singer. Ives famously asked “Must a song always be a song?” His songs are often miniature dramas, and suggest the visual as much as the auditory. Singers and pianists alike are encouraged to be proactive, and imagine they are actors, or painters, or enter the creative process in some other way.Contents include: 1. Autumn, 2. The Cage, 3. The Circus Band, 4. Down East, 5. Her Eyes, 6. In the Alley, 7. Memories, 8. Nature's Way, 9. The Side Show, 10. There is a lane, 11. The Things Our Fathers Loved, 12. The Waiting Soul.
SKU: HL.304703
ISBN 9781540067425. UPC: 888680970598. 9x12 inches.
SKU: BA.BA04025-01
ISBN 9790006443222. 33 x 26 cm inches. Text Language: English.
Handelâ??s â??Semeleâ?, which premiered in February 1744, is based on an adapted version of William Congreveâ??s opera libretto titled â??The Story of Semeleâ?, originally published in 1706. However, neither Handel nor his librettist referred to â??Semeleâ? as an opera or an oratorio, which, according to the understanding at the time, would have required a biblical and/or Christian subject matter. Contemporary audiences also disagreed on the genre. The problematic classification as an oratorio has persisted into the present day, likely due to the edition labeled as such by Chrysander. The â??Halle Handel Editionâ? (HHA) distances itself from this classification and, considering the available sources, refrains from assigning a genre label.Congreve deviates from the mythological source multiple times in order to create tensions among the characters. The desired marriage between Semele and Athamas, whom she does not love, is an addition by Congreve to provoke the envy of her sister Ino, who desires Athamas herself. Therefore, Ino sees her own advantage in Semeleâ??s abduction by Jupiter. While Jupiterâ??s wife Juno decides to destroy Semele out of jealousy for his relationship with her, Jupiter brings Ino to his palace to console Semele. The vengeful Juno takes advantage of Inoâ??s presence and transforms into her likeness, persuading Semele to carry out a plan that later proves fatal. In the end, Ino emerges as the winner, as she is able to convince their father, Cadmus, to marry her to Athamas. The appearance of Apollo in the final scene to announce that Semeleâ??s immortal son Bacchus was saved from her ashes provides little consolation. However, this twist allows the drama to conclude with exuberant joy and a magnificent final chorus after the tragic scenes in the third act, culminating in the death of the protagonist.Handelâ??s autograph score shows significant deviations from and numerous revisions of the original version premiered. All surviving early versions, the musical movements deleted before the premiere, and the version of the December 1744, are given in the appendix to the HHA.
