The G. Schirmer Collection of American Art Song (Medium / low voice)

Description

50 Songs by 29 Composers

This comprehensive collection is the best one-volume source available on the topic, with a mix of familiar recital standards and intriguing material awaiting discovery. Includes composers from c. 1900 into the 21st century. Some songs make their first published appearance in American Art Song: Gian Carlo Menotti's moving "The Old Man's Song," Michael Tilson Thomas' inspired "Grace," dedicated to Leonard Bernstein, and Aaron Jay Kernis' "A Good Boy," as well a boogie-woogie art song by the editor, "Blue Monday." The same songs appear in High Voice and Medium/Low Voice.

Content:

• BARBER:
  • The Monk and His Cat
  • Night Wanderers
  • St. Ita's Visioon
  • A Slumber Song of the Madonna
  • Strings in the earth and air
• BEACH:
  • Meadow-Larks
• BOLCOM:
  • Amor
  • The Bustle in a House
• CARPENTER:
  • On the seashore of endless worlds
• CHANLER:
  • The Lamb
  • Meet Doctor Livermore
• CORIGLIANO:
  • The Cloisters: Fort Tryon Park: September
  • Song to the Witch of the Cloisters
  • Christmas at the Cloisters
  • The Unicorn
  • Forever Young
• DELLO JOIO:
  • Farewell to the House in Bonac
• DOUGHERTY:
  • Love in the Dictionary
  • Review
• DUKE:
  • I carry your heart
• GRIFFES:
  • In a Myrtle Shade
  • The Lament of Ian the Proud
• HAGEMAN:
  • At the Well
  • Do not go, my love
• HARBISON:
  • Breakfast Song
  • Odor
• HEGGIE:
  • Animal Passion
  • Once Upon a Universe
• HOIBY:
  • The Shepherd
  • Where the Music Comes From
• IVES:
  • Evening
  • In the mornin'
  • Serenity
• KERNIS:
  • A Good Boy
• LEKBERG:
  • The Spring and the Fall
• MECHEM:
  • Debts
• MEHLDAU:
  • I love the dark hours of my being
• MENOTTI:
  • The Old Man's Song
  • The Swing
• MOORE:
  • The Cloak, the Boat, and the Shoes
• NILES:
  • Calm is the night
  • Reward
• PASATIERI:
  • I thank all who have loved me
• PREVIN:
  • Good morning midnight
• WILLIAM SCHUMAN:
  • Orpheus with his lute
• STILL:
  • The Breath of a Rose
• THOMSON:
  • Love Song
  • A Prayer to Saint Catherine
• TILSON THOMAS:
  • Grace
• WALTERS:
  • Blue Monday