Selected Songs For Solo Voice And Piano

Authoritative compilation of more than 100 Lieder features well-beloved melodies set to the poetry of Heine, Goethe, Burns, Byron, and others. Reprinted from the Breitkopf and Härtel edition. New translations of lyrics.

Reprint. Originally published: Leipzig: Breitkopf & Heartel, 1882-1887.

These 40 charming songs range from throughout Mozart's career and include such gems as "Abendempfindung" (K.523), the sportive "Die Alte" (K.517), "Sehnsucht nach dem Fruhlinge" (K.596), and "Das Veilchen" (K.476), an exquisite setting of Goethe's poem. Reproduced from the authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel edition, this volume includes line-for-line translations of all German, French, and Italian texts.

Britain, long revered for its choral music and partsongs, had largely neglected art songs since the Elizabethan era. The middle of the nineteenth century witnessed efforts to revive the genre, particularly in the works of Sir C. Hubert Parry and Sir Charles Villiers Stanford. The following generation, including the Scottish composer Hamish MacCunn (1868–1916), built on the foundations laid by Parry and Stanford and served as the bridge to the vocal music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir Edward Elgar, Ivor Gurney, John Ireland, and ultimately Benjamin Britten. Though best known for his Scottish-influenced compositions, MacCunn composed over 100 songs that, free from national constraints, are some of the most refined and sophisticated examples of his music. Almost no modern editions of MacCunn’s song exist, though many were published during the composer’s lifetime. The current two-part edition presents the composer’s 102 extant songs. Part 1 contains 53 individual songs; part 2 presents the songs that were first published as sets.

Original compilation spotlights works by an unjustly neglected composer: Sonata, "A Sea Idyll," Capriccio Nos. 1 and 2, three miniature Pastorals, "Three Poems," "Lament," "Three Sketches Suite," and many others.

Alfred is proud to announce the release of a brand new High edition of our top-selling vocal solo collection. Selected for contests and adjudications around the country, this incredible volume includes 11 favorite folk songs expertly crafted for solo voice and piano. Arranged by Alfred's finest writers, such as Philip Kern, Jay Althouse, Don Besig, Ruth Elaine Schram, and Carl Strommen. Medium High (4952 - Book only; 16632 - Book/Accomp. CD) and Medium Low (4953 - Book only; 16634 - Book/Accomp. CD) also available.