The First Book of Soprano Solos
Series: Vocal Collection
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
Format: Softcover
Composer: Various
Editor: Joan Frey Boytim
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 sampling of beginning songs in German, Italian, Spanish and French. There is a completely different song selection for each voice type.
Song List:
The Beatitudes (Malotte)
Bel piacere (Handel)
Bonne Nuit (Massenet)
The Crucifixion
El Majo Discreto (Granados)
Et Tra La La Y El Punteado
Everywhere I Look (Carew)
The Green Dog
Have You Seen But A White Lily Grow?
Hear My Cry, O God (Franck)
Heffle Cuckoo Fair (Shaw)
I Love All Graceful Things
Into The Night
The K'e (Dougherty)
Let My Song Fill Your Heart (Charles)
Let Us Dance, Let Us Sing (Purcell)
Lied Der Mignon (Nur Wer Die Sehnsucht Kennt)
A Little China Figure
Little Elegy (Duke)
Love has eyes (Bishop)
Lullaby
The Mermaid's Song
Minnelied (Mendelssohn)
My Johann (Grieg)
Night Is Falling (Haydn)
O Peace, Thou Fairest Child of Heaven (Arne)
Oh, What a Beautiful City (Boatner)
Piercing Eyes (Haydn)
Rose Softly Blooming (Spohr)
Si Mes Vers Avaient Des Ailes
Waldensamkeit (Reger)
Water Parted from the Sea (Arne)
When I Have Sung My Songs