Easy Songs for the Beginning Mezzo-Soprano/Alto – Part II
Series: Vocal Collection
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
Format: Softcover Audio Online
Composer: Various
Editor: Joan Frey Boytim
This series now has a new “Part II” for each voice type, at the same level as the original volumes. This is preparatory material for The First Book of Solos series, with modest ranges and all songs in English, including very easy art songs, folksong arrangements and vintage popular songs. The song selection is completely different for each voice type with 18-20 songs per volume.
Song List:
Bonny Lighter-Boy, The (English Folksong)
Cradle Song (Arensky)
Go from My Window, Go (arr. Somervell)
Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier (arr. Walters)
Just for This (Beach)
Kiss Me Again (Herbert)
Little Boy Blue (Nevin)
Love's Own Sweet Song (Kálmán)
Mission of a Rose, The (Cowen)
My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free (Hopkinson)
Philosophy (Emmell)
Second Hand Rose (Hanley)
Soft-Footed Snow (Lie)
Soldier, Soldier Will You Marry Me (arr. Dean)
Somewhere a Voice is Calling (Tate)
Spring Sorrow (Ireland)
Stranger-man, The (Chadwick)
Swan, A (Grieg)
Twas in the Lovely Month of May (Schumann)