This series was designed to supplement traditional vocal instruction and works perfectly as preparatory literature for The First Book of Solos and The First Book of Solos Part II. Each piece is in English and has alimited vocal range as well as a Piano accompaniment that is playable by a student pianist.The pieces include art songs folksongs humorous songs and suitable vintage popular songs and are all appropriate for contestsolos. The accompanying CD includes professionally-recorded accompaniments.Baritone/Bass Contents:Aura Lee (Poulton)Beautiful Dreamer (Foster)The Erie Canal(Folksong)Foolish Questions (Folksong)Funiculi Funicula (Denza)Go Down MosesI Wish I Was Single Again (Beckel)If You Were the Only Girl in the World (Ayer) The Jolly Miller(arr. Manney) Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho The Lark in the Morn (arr. Sharp) The Lost Chord (Sullivan) The Minstrel Boy (arr. Weckerlin) Mrs. Murphy's Chowder (arr. Culli)Out of My Soul's Great Sadness (Franz) Request (Franz) Simple Gifts (Shaker song) Smick Smack Smuck (Sousa) Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (arr. Burleigh) The Storyof a Tack (Parks) Swing Low Sweet Chariot Where Did You Get That Hat? (Sullivan) While Strolling Through the Park One Day You'll Miss Lots of Fun When You're Married (Sousa)

from Suite for Chorus Op. 69 No. 2-An old American folksong provides the text for this setting. The composer has adapted into an original madrigal using fa-la-la refrains to replace the traditional nonsense syllables.

After Concertino for Clarinet and String Quartet-Inspired by Concertino for Clarinet and String Quartet which draws on fragments of folk tunes from northwestern China. This edition presented for solo clarinet (B flat or A).

Based on the instrumental interlude of the well-known Peking Opera  Farewell My Concubine.

From Psalm 137 'By the rivers of Babylon there we sat down yea we wept when we remembered Zion ' this a cappella motet is filled with longing and deep emotion.

Judith Clurman Rejoice: Honoring the Jewish Spirit Choral Series-These two Ladino Folk Songs arranged by David Ludwig breathe new life into the nearly lost music and language of Sephardic Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492. These songs feature an emotionalexpression and melodic richness that are the hallmark this early music. The two songs included are the chant-like ?Camini por altas torres? (I Have Walked by High Towers) and the light and rhythmic ?La la la? (When I See a Pretty Girl).

Score and Parts-Three songs for violoncello and pipa (a Chinese lute) based on popular folk tunes the composer heard while growing up in China.