A Panorama of Songs 1A: Easy songs from four centuries in six languages for high voice and piano

ISMN: 979-0-080-20006-3

A Panorama of Songs fills a want that has been felt for decades. A selection of songs in six European languages from the 16th to the mid-20th century encompassing every musical period, it seeks to help beginner-level students of voice teachers and répétiteurs, and foremost the singers themselves. The series brings a breath of fresh air and new works to the conventional Lied repertoire, truly offering a new panorama. Using the means of modern technology it also provides immense help in learning and performing the songs.The three volumes of the series are arranged by level of difficulty, and all of them are available for high and low voices ("a" volumes for high voices, "b" volumesfor low voices). Each volume is a complete unit in itself, including all six languages (English, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish) and presenting a cross-section of styles from the early Baroque to the 20th century. Interpretation of the songs is facilitated by literal English and Hungarian translations of their texts, and the reading of the Cyrillic script is assisted by transliteration (again in English and Hungarian). Ornamentation suggestions for the performance of the Baroque works are also included.The printed music is accompanied by additional useful material to help the learning process, available online at www.emb.hu/downloads. The website contains the piano accompaniments of all of the songs, as well as all the original texts recited by native speakers.The editor of the A Panorama of Songs series kindly welcomes any feedback, comments, or questions at the following email address: apanoramaofsongs@gmail.com.

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The Minstrel's Request
There was a jolly miller
Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, Jean-Francois de La Harpe: Oh, my gentle musette
Girolamo Frescobaldi: A proud look from Licori
Francesco Cavalli, Nicolo Minato: Sighs of Fire
Alessandro Stradella: Thus, Love, you make me languish
Giacomo Antonio Perti: I should not hope
Joseph Haydn, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: The Praise of Laziness (HOB. XXVIa:22)
Joseph Haydn, Anne Hunter: Sailor's Song (HOB. XXVIa:31)
Carl Friedrich Zelter, Johann Ludwig Tieck: Autumn Song
Henry Rowley Bishop, Thomas Haynes Bayly: Oh, no, we never mention her!
Vincenzo Bellini: To tremble of distress
Mikhail Glinka, A. Puskin: My blood is burning with desire
Clara Schumann, Heinrich Heine: They once loved each other (Op. 13 no. 2)
Camille Saint-Saëns: Guitars and Mandolins
Georges Bizet, Michel Carré: Serenade
Modest Mussorgsky: With the doll (The Nursery, no. 4)
Wilhelm Kienzi, Walther von der Vogelweide: The Discreet Nightingalie
Giacomo Puccini: My house, my house (SC 79)
Giacomo Puccini, Renato Fucini: And the little Bird (SC 71)
Gustav Mahler: Strong Imagination
Sergei Rachmaninov, Ekaterina Andreyevna Beketova: Lilacs (Op. 21 no. 5)
Federico Garcia Lorca: Let us rise up
Federico Garcia Lorca: Sevillian Women of the 18th Century