The Library Of Romantic Music is a comprehensive collection of the greatest works of the Romantic period. Featuring composers like Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy and Gabriel Fauré, the works represented here truly some of the most beautiful ever composed. Now they're all in one conveniently spiral-bound volume, arranged for solo Piano for your sheer playing pleasure.Like the Baroque and Classical periods before it, Romantic music existed within a broader artistic, intellectual and literary movement. Emerging in the early 19th century it reflected a time of preoccupation with things mystical, spiritual, legendary and supernatural. This collection comprises fantastic original Piano works and beautiful arrangements from all the greatest composers of this era, including: Albéniz, Berlioz, Bizet, Brahms, Chopin, Dvorák, Debussy, Elgar, Fauré, Grieg, Mahler, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Puccini, Ravel and so many more.Spanning the 19th century, the Romantic movement was a reaction to what had come before. Music proved to be a particularly rich medium of expression for a new Zeitgeist that prized individualism and spirituality. Drawing together composers whose background was as diverse as the music they created, the period proved to be a very broad church indeed. This makes The Library Of Romantic Music particularly exciting, because the extraordinarily rich and expressive music is collected here in a single volume that is durable, convenient and is sure to be a mainstay of your music stand.For a simply stunning compendium of some incredible pieces of music composed by the masters, The Library Of Romantic Music is essential. The greatest compositions from such a fantastically rich period have been collected in this single volume, perfect for pianists looking for beautiful additions to their repertoire. / Piano

Manon Lescaut is the fi rst volume of the series 'The operas of Giacomo Puccini? - Critical Edition - in collaboration with Archivio storico Ricordi and Fondazione Simonetta Puccini. It makes available the three main versions of the opera that have survived in various sources: an 1893 version, with the original Act I finale, the fi rst version of Manon's Act IV aria, and the uncut version of the fi nal duet in Act IV- a 'midcareer? version imagined by Puccini in the fi rst decade of the new century, when he sanctioned the almost complete omission of Manon's Act IV aria- and fi nally the last version that Puccini lived to approve, with Manon's aria restored, albeit with a revised literary text. The volume is introduced by a preface to the Puccini Critical Edition, an historical introduction, a detailed description of the opera's many sources and a lengthy critical commentary which discusses numerous problematic details in the musical text. / Voix Et Piano

Giacomo Puccini furthered his reputation as one of the leading figures in Italian opera when he composed one of the world's most popular operas 'Madame Butterfly' to a libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa based on the book by John L. Long and the drama by David Belasco. The inspiration for the plot came from an American play by David Belasco which captured the composer's immediate interest when he saw it in London. Based on the heartbreak of Madama Butterfly a 15-year-old Japanese girl who abandons her people and her religion in a marriage to Pinkerton a United States Naval Lieutenant and in a conversion to Christianity the work undoubtedly had greater meaning toits American audiences following the occupation of U.S. troops in Asia during the mid- and late-twentieth century. The story of 'Madame Butterfly' also recently inspired Boubill and Schonberg's musical 'Miss Saigon'.This is the Schirmer edition of the Vocal Score in the original Italian with an English translation by John Gutman.

Vol. 1: Lyric. OperAria is the ideal 'vocal coach' for all voice types. Edited by Peter Anton Ling, the books address all singers and are conceived above all for training and auditions. In addition, through their careful selection, they offer valuable inspiration for opera recitals. OperAria offers in every book - a well-founded repertoire collection of common audition arias and rarities, which also include pieces from the 20th century - reliable aria texts in performable versions with revised or newly elaborated piano-vocal scores - meticulous comments on every aria (with contents and an evaluation from the singer's viewpoint) - a CD as 'Text and Phonetics Assistant' with the aria texts as audio file in their original language as well as the aria texts in German and English translation The three books for baritone '1:lyrical,' '2: lyrical-dramatic' and '3: dramatic' are placed at the beginning of the project. Altogether 16 volumes are planned- the first books for soprano are currently being prepared for 2016. 'It is my aim to give students a modern, systematically structured, well-informed vocal coach that meets the demands of present-day stage practice. And, of course, a cohesive repertoire and logical presentation of audition arias for every vocal genre.' (Peter Anton Ling)/ Recueil / Baryton

15 Vocal Masterworks from the Baroque Era Through the Twenty-First Century-This superb vocal collection features 15 of the world’s best-loved arias from the Baroque era through the 21st Century presented with comprehensive historical information accurate translations IPA pronunciation guides and performance suggestions designed to enhance and educate developing vocalists. Available in Medium High and Medium Low editions with optional piano accompaniment CDs. Songs include: Domine Deus (Vivaldi) Gioite al canto mio (Peri) I Attempt from Love’s Sickness (Purcell) I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ (Gershwin) La donna è mobile (Verdi) Non siate ritrosi (Mozart) O mio babbino caro (Puccini) O Rest in the Lord (Mendelssohn) Ombra mai fù(Handel) Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach) Sorry Her Lot (Gilbert & Sullivan) Time To Say Goodbye (Sartori) Voi che sapete (Mozart) Where’er You Walk (Handel) and You Raise Me Up (Løvland)

15 Vocal Masterworks from the Baroque Era Through the Twenty-First Century-This superb vocal collection features 15 of the world’s best-loved arias from the Baroque era through the 21st Century presented with comprehensive historical information accurate translations IPA pronunciation guides and performance suggestions designed to enhance and educate developing vocalists. Available in Medium High and Medium Low editions with optional piano accompaniment CDs. Songs include: Domine Deus (Vivaldi) Gioite al canto mio (Peri) I Attempt from Love’s Sickness (Purcell) I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ (Gershwin) La donna è mobile (Verdi) Non siate ritrosi (Mozart) O mio babbino caro (Puccini) O Rest in the Lord (Mendelssohn) Ombra mai fù(Handel) Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach) Sorry Her Lot (Gilbert & Sullivan) Time To Say Goodbye (Sartori) Voi che sapete (Mozart) Where’er You Walk (Handel) and You Raise Me Up (Løvland)

Bohemios was based on Henry Murger’s Scènes de la vie de bohème the same source for the operas of both Puccini and Leoncavallo.At its première in 1904 the Chorus of bohemians in Bohemios received such a rapturous response from the audience that three encores were demanded. The piece was performed an average of nine hundred times per year in its first twenty years and a fully operatic version was later produced. Amadeo Vives was a composer conductor and teacher of music in Spain in the late 19th and early 20th century. He was a choirmaster of renown and composer of many serious works as well as operettas and zarzuelas of which Bohemios was one of his best works. He broughtto zarzuela a raised standard of harmony Orchestration and taste and he suffered the frustrations of people of serious ambition whose lighter works are the most beloved and remembered.