This authoritative edition of the world's most loved songs and arias draws on original manuscripts, historical first editions, and recent research by prominent musicologists to meet a high standard of accuracy and authenticity. Includes fascinating background information about the arias and their composers, as well as a singable rhymed translation, a readable prose translation, and a literal translation of every single word. This title is available in SmartMusic. View More...
This authoritative edition of the world's most loved songs and arias draws on original manuscripts, historical first editions, and recent research by prominent musicologists to meet a high standard of accuracy and authenticity. Includes fascinating background information about the arias and their composers, as well as a singable rhymed translation, a readable prose translation, and a literal translation of every single word. This title is available in SmartMusic. View More...
(Vocal Collection). Every voice studio and serious singer will need these new volumes, which are a happy complement to the G. Schirmer Opera Anthology . This impressive series takes a serious look at opera in Italian, resulting in the largest anthologies of arias ever published devoted to the topic. Contents: AIDA: Celeste Aida * ALCINA: E un folle, e un vile affetto * ANDREA CHENIER: Come un bel di di maggio * L'ARLESIANA: E la solita storia * UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Di' tu se fedele, Ma se m'e forza perderti * IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Ecco ridente in cielo, Se il mio nome saper bramate (Serena... View More...
Music is one of the most popular and dynamic aspects of Caribbean expressive culture. As Caribbean music has evolved from its contemporary forms, it has developed a rich variety of styles. From the well-known genres - salsa, merengue, reggae, calypso and bachata - to more localised forms like chutney and kaseko, this wide-ranging book surveys Caribbean music's prodigious diversity and colorful history. View More...
In Divine Utterances, Katherine J. Hagedorn explores the enduring cultural and spiritual power of the music of Afro-Cuban Santer a and the process by which it has been transformed for a secular audience. She focuses on the integral connections between sacred music performances and the dramatizations of theatrical troupes, especially the state-sponsored Conjunto Folkl rico Nacional de Cuba, and examines the complex relationships involving race, politics, and religion in Cuba. The music that Hagedorn describes is rooted in Afro-Cuban religious tradition and today pervades a secular performances ... View More...
Features gospels, spirituals, ethnic benedictions, chants, and songs from the African-American Liberation that reflect black heritage and traditions and the contemporary black experience. *Songbook, paper
Also available is an Accompanist's Edition, Spiral order #9780687391219 View More...
In the opinion of many critics, Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) brought the 19th century German lied to its highest development. His more than 300 songs exhibit, in Donald Jay Grout's words, an "infinite variety of fine psychological and musical details." Wolf continued the German Romantic tradition of the solo song with piano accompaniment, while, influenced by Wagner, he sought a new equality of relationship between music and words. The result was an original and dramatic fusion of music and poetry in which neither was sacrificed to the other.This volume contains two of the composer's most celebrated ... View More...
This book relays the complete history of gospel music, paying special attention to the relationship between gospel and other African American musical forms in America such as jazz and R&B. It discusses specific gospel music singers as well as the world of the gospel church itself. Includes black-and-white photos. View More...
Many Kiowas believe that song is a gift from God. Its power, argues Luke E. Lassiter, rests in the many ways that community members hear, understand, and feel it: Song has power. As I begin to understand what this means for my mentors, I am just beginning to understand what this means in my life. They are not just singers. They are vehicles for something greater than all of us. Indeed, I now understand that I am not just a singer. But . . . I will sing until I die. As a boy, Lassiter had an early fascination with pow wows. This interest eventually went from a hobby to a passion. As Lassiter ma... View More...
All of the holidays in chronological order are represented in this wonderful collection of Jewish music. Titles in this 33-song collection include: Hevenu Shalom Alechem * L'Shana Tova * Matchmaker * Zum Gali Gali * Dayenu * Hava Nagila * Maoz Tzur (Rock of Ages) * I Have a Little Dreidl and many more. View More...
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