Basics of Singing

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Schirmer Books, 1989 - Music - 286 pages
This comprehensive introductory text has helped hundreds of thousands of new singers and experienced singers find their voice or sing even better. The text consists of two parts. Part One discusses principles of voice production, breathing, vocal health, music reading, learning a song, performance techniques, musicianship, and song interpretation. Part Two is an anthology of 52 songs, movies and musical theater, folk, art songs, songs of faith, duets, and rounds (for group performance). A companion 2-CD Set includes all the melodies and accompaniments for the song anthology, plus pronunciation for foreign language songs.

Contents

Chapter 1 Practicing
3
Chapter 2 Vocalizing
19
Chapter 4 Learning a Song
25
FOLK SONGS
26
Chapter 6 The Theatrics of Singing
36
Chapter 7 Music Reading
43
Bibliography
49
All the Pretty Little Horses
55
Put on a Happy Face Lee Adams
156
Summertime George Gershwin
164
Sweetest Sounds The Richard Rodgers
171
Did for Love Marvin Hamlisch
177
SONG ANTHOLOGY CONTENTS
185
An den Mond Franz Schubert
191
Cara e dolce Alessandro Scarlatti
198
Dolce scherza Giacomo Antonio Perti
207

High Voice
63
Down by the Salley Gardens
71
Green Bushes
78
Gypsy Rover
85
Riddle Song
96
Water is Wide
104
Almost Like Being in Fredrick Loewe
115
In a Simple Way I Love Nancy Ford
125
Make Someone Happy Jule Styne
140
On a Clear Day Burton Lane
148
Lasciatemi morire Claudio Monteverdi
217
Nel cor piu no mi sento Giovanni Paisiello
229
Now is the Month of Thomas Morley
235
Whereer you walk George Fredric Handel
250
Widmung Robert Franz
258
Alleluia
267
SONG ANTHOLOGY
273
International Phonetic Alphabet
283
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