The Developing Classical Singer - Tenor. Songs by British and American Composers

The Developing Classical Singer - Tenor
Songs by British and American Composers

Composer: Berkeley, Lennox
Composer: Britten, Benjamin
Composer: Copland, Aaron
Composer: Finzi, Gerald
Composer: Head, Michael
Composer: Ireland, John
Composer: Purcell, Henry
Composer: Quilter, Roger
Composer: Rorem, Ned
Composer: Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Composer: Warlock, Peter

Editor: Walters, Richard
Instrumentation: tenor and piano
Edition: Edition with Online audio file, includes code for online download of piano accompaniments
Language: English
Difficulty: intermediate to advanced
ISBN: 978-1-4950-9433-0
ISMN: 979-0-051-93460-7
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, New York
UPC: 888680672096
Page number: 88
Binding: Saddle stitching

The selection of songs has been carefully considered to represent a variety of composers from primarily the twentieth century. Songs were chosen that are appropriate challenges to the advancing teenage singer, or for the university student.

Content text:  
L. Berkeley: How love came in
B. Britten: Master Kilby
B. Britten: O Waly, Waly
B. Britten: The Salley Gardens
A. Copland: The Boatmen's Dance
A. Copland: I bought me a cat
A. Copland: Long time ago
G. Finzi: Oh fair to see
G. Finzi: Since we loved
M. Head: Money, O!
J. Ireland: Spring Sorrow
H. Purcell (realisations by B. Britten): Fairest Isle
H. Purcell (realisations by B. Britten): I attempt from love's sickness to fly
H. Purcell (realisations by B. Britten): I'll sail upon the Dog-star
R. Quilter: Barbara Allen
R. Quilter: O mistress mine
R. Quilter: Take, O take those lips away
R. Quilter: Weep you no more
N. Rorem: Little Elegy
N. Rorem: The Nightingale
N. Rorem: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
R. Vaughan Williams: Bright is the ring of words
R. Vaughan Williams: Linden Lea
R. Vaughan Williams: The Vagabond
P. Warlock: As Ever I Saw