Selected art songs by prominent American composers in the G. Schirmer and AMP catalog, including songs by Samuel Barber, John Duke, Lee Hoiby, Charles Ives, John Jacob Niles, William Schuman, and others.Includes works from Ernst Bacon: It's all I have to bring - Samuel Barber: The Crucifixion- The Daisies- Hey nonny no!- The Monk and His Cat- Mother, I cannot mind my wheel- A Slumber Song of the Madonna- Sure on this shining night - Paul Bowles: Cabin- Heavenly Grass- Sugar in the Cane - Theodore Chanler: The Lamb - Ernest Charles: When I Have Sung My Songs - John Duke: Loveliest of Trees- Richard Hageman: Do not go, my love - Lee Hoiby: Where the Music Comes From - Carles Ives: In the mornin'- Serenity - Herbert Kingsley: The Green Dog - Charles Naginski: The Pasture - John Jacob Niles: Black is the color of my true love's hair- Go 'way from my window- The Lass from the Low Countree - Gladys Rich: American Lullaby - William Roy: This Little Rose - John Sacco: Brother Will, Brother John - William Schuman: Holiday Song- Orpheus with his lute. / Voix Basse Et Piano

Il s'agit de la première collection importante jamais publié de chansons par Virgil Thomson (1896-1989), compositeur des opéras La Mère de nous tous et Quatre Saints en trois actes. Le style musical de Thomson était basé à Americana, mais il a été attiré par la poésie abstraite. Le résultat unique est le traditionalisme tourné sur son oreille. La date de 1926 chansons jusqu'en 1974 .. / Mélodie/Vocal/Piano (MVP) / 164 pages / Partition

The American composer and pianist Edward MacDowell (1860 1908) is rather unknown in Europe although he had his artistic roots there for he was trained as a pianist in Paris Stuttgart Wiesbaden and Frankfurt. After returning to his home country he worked as a teacher while also being the director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for eight years. During his studies in Germany the musician already began to compose songs (with German texts) still in the European tradition. From 1886 he used English lyricism as a basis and preferred a sparing yet expressive accompaniment of the piano. In his last songs he placed special emphasis on the declamatory aspect of the text and expandedthe harmonic range of his tonal language. Of his 42 solo songs the present volume contains six titles from three of his song collections: Composed or printed for the first time between 1890 and 1898 these songs are a representative selection from MacDowell's important middle creative period and without doubt a valuable addition to the song repertoire.

Basso | Bass - A cura di | Edited by Ilaria Narici. A selection of 38 arias for voice and piano with plot synopses and translations in Italian and English. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Opéra-opérette / Recueil / Basse et Piano

Recorded in Prague with the Czech Symphony Orchestra. The CDs in these packs contain two versions of each selection: one with a singer and one with orchestra accompaniment only. All books in the series contain historical and plotnotes about each opera operetta or show and piano/vocal reductions of the music. The singers heard on these recordings are top professionals from Covent Garden English National Opera and other main stages.