The G. Schirmer Collection of American Art Song - 50 Songs by 29 Composers
High Voice
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
Category: Vocal
Series: Vocal Collection
Format: Softcover


This comprehensive collection is the best one-volume source available on the topic, with a mix of familiar recital standards and intriguing material awaiting discovery. Includes composers from c. 1900 into the 21st century. Some songs make their first published appearance in American Art Song: Gian Carlo Menotti's moving The Old Man's Song, Michael Tilson Thomas' inspired Grace, dedicated to Leonard Bernstein, and Aaron Jay Kernis' A Good Boy, as well a boogie-woogie art song by the editor, Blue Monday. The same songs appear in High Voice and Medium/Low Voice. CONTENTS: BARBER: The Monk and His Cat · Night Wanderers · St. Ita's Visioon · A Slumber Song of the Madonna · Strings in the earth and air · BEACH: Meadow-Larks · BOLCOM: Amor · The Bustle in a House · CARPENTER: On the seashore of endless worlds · CHANLER: The Lamb · Meet Doctor Livermore · CORIGLIANO: The Cloisters: Fort Tryon Park: September · Song to the Witch of the Cloisters · Christmas at the Cloisters · The Unicorn · Forever Young · DELLO JOIO: Farewell to the House in Bonac · DOUGHERTY: Love in the Dictionary · Review · DUKE: I carry your heart · GRIFFES: In a Myrtle Shade · The Lament of Ian the Proud · HAGEMAN: At the Well · Do not go, my love · HARBISON: Breakfast Song · Odor · HEGGIE: Animal Passion · Once Upon a Universe · HOIBY: The Shepherd · Where the Music Comes From · IVES: Evening · In the mornin' · Serenity · KERNIS: A Good Boy · LEKBERG: The Spring and the Fall · MECHEM: Debts · MEHLDAU: I love the dark hours of my being · MENOTTI: The Old Man's Song · The Swing · MOORE: The Cloak, the Boat, and the Shoes · NILES: Calm is the night · Reward · PASATIERI: I thank all who have loved me · PREVIN: Good morning midnight · WILLIAM SCHUMAN: Orpheus with his lute · STILL: The Breath of a Rose · THOMSON: Love Song · A Prayer to Saint Catherine · TILSON THOMAS: Grace · WALTERS: Blue Monday

Inventory # : 50485068
UPC: 73999850680
ISBN: 634060198
Width: 9"
Length: 12"
Height: 0.52"
Product Weight: 1.7 lbs.
Number of Pages: 240

Condition: New

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