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Chosen and edited by by Bernard Taylor from the wealth of great Classical and Romantic songs. This book beings with the early Italian classics and moves through the songs of Handel and Haydn, and on i...

This compilation includes compositions by Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Gian Carlo Menotti and Ralph Vaughan Williams, setting the texts of celebrated poets such as A. E. Housman, Christina Rosset...

Giuseppe Verdi's 'Il Trovatore' was based on a play by Gutierrez, adapted by Salvtor Cammerano. Although the critics may complain about its lack of subtlety - it is filled with exactly the kinds of tw...

Mozart's 'The Marriage Of Figaro' was based on Beaumarchais' politically radical play - the second of the trilogy which begun with 'The Barber Of Seville' - later of course adapted into an opera by Ro...

Long neglected and misunderstood, 'Cosi Fan Tutte' (Thus Do All Women) emerged from obscurity in the twentieth century, and has come to be regarded as among Mozart's finest works. The Libretto is by L...

Puccini's 'La Boheme' is based on Henri Murger's novel Scènes de la vie de bohème, which draws it's inspiration from the Bohemian lifestyle which was somewhat in vogue in Paris at the time. This Libre...

Scribe's libretto to Verdi's 'A Masked Ball' concerns the real-life assassination of King Gustave III of Sweden at a masked ball in 1792 but adds a love story to what was probably a political murder....

In 'Tosca', Puccini explored the dark side of human emotion, a marked change from the late-Romantic sentimentality of 'La Boheme'. Also in contrast to 'La Bohème' where the villain was fate and so the...

The libretto for Giuseppe Verdi's 'Rigoletto' was adapted by Francesco Maria Piave from Victor Hugo's play Le roi s'amuse which was so controversial it had been banned in Paris after one performance....

Saint-Saens originally began work on Samson and Delilah as an oratorio until persuaded by his librettest, Ferdinand Lemaire, to write it as an opera. The work is a synthesis of Wagnerian drama and Fre...

Libretto by Joseph Mery and Camille Du Locle. English alternative by Walter Ducloux.

Giuseppe Verdi was always fascinated by the plays of Shakespeare and wrote three operas based on them. The music for 'Macbeth', whose libretto is by Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffeiis, is drama...

La Forza del Destino' is a product of the rich middle period of Verdi's long creative life, and marks an important development in his style. The entire work is pervaded by a dark, brooding feeling. Ve...

With this 15-version collection, you'll always be ready to play Albert Hay Malotte's sacred classic - anytime, anywhere, for anyone. The Revised Edition of this indispensable book is now even more val...

This is among the most widely used teaching repertoire for singers in the U. S. Over 30 songs in each book, including American and British art songs, folk song arrangements, sacred songs and a samplin...

This is among the most widely used teaching repertoire for singers in the U. S. Over 30 songs in each book, including American and British art songs, folk song arrangements, sacred songs and a samplin...

Fifty songs by fourteen American twentieth-century composers on the theme of Love, for High Voice and Piano.

A major edition of 67 songs, all in the original keys, which covers a variety of voice types. Cyrillic and transliteration are included with each song, as are line by line English translations for stu...

The Aria Of The Worm from The Ghosts Of Versailles is arranged here for Tenor Voice with Piano accompaniment. This edition includes an informative introduction to the work.

More great teaching material at the same level as the first volume. Over 30 songs in each volume with no song duplicated between voice types. A student could easily begin either in The First Book or T...