25 popular works for soprano voice with piano accompaniment featuring selected works from the major exam board syllabuses, spanning Grades 5 to 8 and beyond. Includes a preface and performance notes by Mary Bevan and Joseph Middleton, and a digital version of the book to view on any device.
Adolphe Adam: O Holy Night
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs: Arrogant Poppies
Claude Debussy: Beau Soir
Elizabeth Maconchy: Sun, Moon and Stars
Enrique Granados: El Majo Descreto
Felix Mendelssohn: Jerusalem, Thou That Killest the Prophets
Franz Schubert: Litany
Gabriel Fauré: Notre Amour
George Frideric Handel: The Soft Complaining Flute
Georges Bizet: Chanson D’Avril
Henry Purcell: Fairest Isle
Ian Venables: Flying Crooked
Jerome Kern: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Joseph Canteloube: Báïlèro
Joseph Haydn: The Mermaid’s Song
Judith Weir: The Voice of Desire
Madeline Dring: Take, O Take Those Lips Away
Manuel de Falla: Seguidilla Murciana
Max Reger: Maria Wiegenlied
Nadia Boulanger: Soleils Couchant
Reynaldo Hahn: L’Heure Equise
Robert Schumann: Der Nussbaum
Thomas Arne: Where The Bee Sucks
Witold Lutoslawski: La Tortue
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: L’ho perduta, me meschina!