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  • Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement by Andre, Naomi
    Naomi Andre

    Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement

    From classic films like Carmen Jones to contemporary works like The Diary of Sally Hemings and U-Carmen eKhayelitsa, American and South African artists and composers have used opera to reclaim black people's place in history. Naomi Andr draws on the experiences of performers and...
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  • Building a Career in Opera from School to Stage: Operapreneurship: CMS Emerging Fields in Music by Harrington, James
    James Harrington

    Building a Career in Opera from School to Stage: Operapreneurship: CMS Emerging Fields in Music

    Building a Career in Opera from School to Stage: Operapreneurship provides early-career singers with an overview of the structure of the opera industry and tools for strategically approaching a career within it. Today's voice students leave the conservatory with better training than ever, but...
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  • Callas at Juilliard: The Master Classes by Ardoin, John
    John Ardoin

    Callas at Juilliard: The Master Classes

    Today the celebrated master classes of Maria Callas remain an important part of her legacy. John Ardoin's brilliant transcription, returned to print in this volume, captures the insights of a supremely self-aware artist of impeccable musicianship. In detailed commentaries on seventy-five arias, she talks...
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  • Avidly Reads Opera by Kinney, Alison
    Alison Kinney

    Avidly Reads Opera

    "Opera is community, comfort, art, voice, breath, life. It's hope." All art exists to make life more bearable. For Alison Kinney, it was the wild, fantastical world of opera that transformed her listening and her life. Whether we're listening for the first time or...
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  • Carmen Fantasy for Two Pianos by Anderson, Greg
    Greg Anderson

    Carmen Fantasy for Two Pianos

    Monstrous challenges await. A concert fantasy based on Georges Bizet's beloved opera "Carmen," this show-stopper for two pianos treats its source material with reverence, creativity, and unadulterated joy. Made famous by the Anderson & Roe Piano Duo. "Carmen Fantasy for Two Pianos, based on...
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  • Beyond the Aria: Artistic Self-Empowerment for the Classical Singer: Why You Want It, Why You've Been Denied It, and How to Achieve It by Goren, Neal
    Neal Goren

    Beyond the Aria: Artistic Self-Empowerment for the Classical Singer: Why You Want It, Why You've Been Denied It, and How to Achieve It

    It is no secret that the opera industry is contracting and that there are fewer professional opportunities. But what causes one singer to be in demand over another is not exclusively a special instrument or exceptional vocal technique--rather, the ability to interpret the music...
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  • Britten's Gloriana: Essays and Sources by Banks, Paul
    Paul Banks

    Britten's Gloriana: Essays and Sources

    A collection of essays which explore the cultural background and creative evolution of this once-overlooked work. This volume is based on a selection of papers presented during a study course devoted to Gloriana held at the Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies in 1991....
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  • Behind the Curtain: An Intimate Autobiographical Probe into the Esoteric World of Opera by Weibel, William M.
    William M. Weibel

    Behind the Curtain: An Intimate Autobiographical Probe into the Esoteric World of Opera

    A native of Queens, N.Y., Maestro Weibel was never in doubt about the avenue his future career would take. His talent and love for musical expression began at an early age. He attended both the Juilliard School and Mannes College of Music in Manhattan...
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  • Caruso's Method of Voice Production: The Scientific Culture of the Voice by Marafioti, P. M.
    P. M. Marafioti

    Caruso's Method of Voice Production: The Scientific Culture of the Voice

    He was the greatest tenor of his day and probably of all time. Trained naturally in singing Neapolitan ballads, Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) achieved a vocal quality often described as "celestial" or "golden." His breath control was such that he could deliver the longest phrase...
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  • Ballet and Opera in the Age of "Giselle" by Smith, Marian
    Marian Smith

    Ballet and Opera in the Age of "Giselle"

    Marian Smith recaptures a rich period in French musical theater when ballet and opera were intimately connected. Focusing on the age of Giselle at the Paris Op駻a (from the 1830s through the 1840s), Smith offers an unprecedented look at the structural and thematic relationship...
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  • Berlioz in Time: From Early Recognition to Lasting Renown by Bloom, Peter
    Peter Bloom

    Berlioz in Time: From Early Recognition to Lasting Renown

    Fourteen revealing essays by a prominent Berlioz authority on some of the composer's acclaimed compositions (the Symphonie fantastique, Les Nuits d'été, Les Troyens) and writings (the celebrated Mémoires). Written for both music lovers and scholars, these essays probe some of Berlioz's major works, including...
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  • Birgit Nilsson: 100: An Homage by Reisch, Rutbert
    Rutbert Reisch

    Birgit Nilsson: 100: An Homage

    Though arguably the last of the "true" Wagnerians, Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson (1918-2005) was by no means limited to Wagner in her repertoire. Her roles as Isolde, Br nnhilde, Salome, Elektra, Dyer's Wife and Turandot were often collectively referred to as the "Nilsson repertoire."...
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  • Carmen (Book and CD's): The Complete Opera on Two CDs Featuring Grace Bumbry, Jon Vickers, and Mirella Freni [With 2 CD's] by Bizet, Georges
    Georges Bizet

    Carmen (Book and CD's): The Complete Opera on Two CDs Featuring Grace Bumbry, Jon Vickers, and Mirella Freni [With 2 CD's]

    The Black Dog Opera Library is the best, easiest and most informative and budget-friendly way to enjoy four of the greatest operas of all time. Finally available again, and packaged with gorgeous new covers, each book in the library includes the complete opera on...
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  • Black Diva of the Thirties: The Life of Ruby Elzy by Weaver, David E.
    David E. Weaver

    Black Diva of the Thirties: The Life of Ruby Elzy

    While undergoing routine surgery to remove a benign tumor, Ruby Elzy died. She was only thirty-five. Had she lived, she would have been one of the first black artists to appear in grand opera. Although now in the shadows, she was a shining star...
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  • Carmen by Bizet, Georges
    Georges Bizet

    Carmen

    Title: Carmen Composer: Georges Bizet Original Publisher: Choudens The complete score to Bizet's Carmen, as arranged for solo piano by Bizet, originally published by Choudens in 1875. Performer's Reprints are produced in conjunction with the International Music Score Library Project. These are out of...
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  • Carmen Abroad: Bizet's Opera on the Global Stage by Langham Smith, Richard
    Richard Langham Smith

    Carmen Abroad: Bizet's Opera on the Global Stage

    From the 'old world' to the 'new' and back again, this transnational history of the performance and reception of Bizet's Carmen - whose subject has become a modern myth and its heroine a symbol - provides new understanding of the opera's enduring yet ever-evolving...
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  • Arias for Soprano: Voice and Piano by Puccini, Giacomo
    Giacomo Puccini

    Arias for Soprano: Voice and Piano

    (Opera). 19 arias from 8 operas. Including all the major soprano arias from Manon Lescaut, La boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La fanciulla del West, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, and Turandot . Contents: Che tua madre dovra * Non la sospiri * Donde lieta *...
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  • Aspects of Wagner by Magee, Bryan
    Bryan Magee

    Aspects of Wagner

    Many music lovers find Wagner's operas inexpressibly beautiful and richly satisfying, while others find them revolting, dangerous, self-indulgent, and immoral. The man who W.H. Auden once called "perhaps the greatest genius that ever lived" has inspired both greater adulation and greater loathing than any...
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  • Bayreuth: A History of the Wagner Festival by Spotts, Frederic
    Frederic Spotts

    Bayreuth: A History of the Wagner Festival

    Germany's cultural glory and for a time Germany's political shame: the operatic festival established by Richard Wagner in 1876 is one of the most intriguing phenomena in modern European intellectual history. The oldest and best known of all musical festivals, Bayreuth soon after Wagner's...
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  • 100 Great Operas and Their Stories: Act-By-ACT Synopses by Simon, Henry W.
    Henry W. Simon

    100 Great Operas and Their Stories: Act-By-ACT Synopses

    An invaluable guide for both casual opera fans and aficionados, 100 Great Operas is perhaps the most comprehensive and enjoyable volume of opera stories ever written. From La Traviata to A da, from Carmen to Don Giovanni, here are the plots of the world's...
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  • A Mad Love: An Introduction to Opera by Schweitzer, Vivien
    Vivien Schweitzer

    A Mad Love: An Introduction to Opera

    A lively introduction to opera, from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century There are few art forms as visceral and emotional as opera -- and few that are as daunting for newcomers. A Mad Love offers a spirited and indispensable tour of opera's eclectic...
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  • American Aria: Encore by Milnes, Sherrill
    Sherrill Milnes

    American Aria: Encore

    What's it like to grow up on a small farm in Illinois only to find yourself, some 20 years later, performing on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House? And then to travel the world, singing in historic theaters from La Scala in Milan...
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  • African Theatre 19: Opera & Music Theatre by Matzke, Christine
    Christine Matzke

    African Theatre 19: Opera & Music Theatre

    Compelling inside views of what characterises opera and music theatre in African and African diasporic contexts. Music is often cited as a central artistic mode in African theatre and performance practices. However, little attention has been paid to music theatre on the continent in...
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  • A Companion to Wagner's Parsifal by Kinderman, William
    William Kinderman

    A Companion to Wagner's Parsifal

    New essays demonstrating and exploring the abiding fascination of Wagner's controversial work. Richard Wagner's Parsifal remains an inexhaustible yet highly controversial work. This "stage consecration festival play," as the composer described it, represents the culmination of his efforts to bring medieval myth and modern...
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  • Account Of The Terrific And Fatal Riot At The New York Astor Place Opera House, On The Night Of May 10, 1849 by Ranney, H. M.
    H. M. Ranney

    Account Of The Terrific And Fatal Riot At The New York Astor Place Opera House, On The Night Of May 10, 1849

    ""Account of the Terrific and Fatal Riot at the New York Astor Place Opera House, on the Night of May 10, 1849"" is a historical book written by H.M. Ranney. The book describes the events of a violent riot that took place in New...
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  • Amadeus: The Complete Guide to Her Recordings on Compact Disc by Ardoin, John
    John Ardoin

    The Callas Legacy: The Complete Guide to Her Recordings on Compact Disc

    THE CALLAS LEGACY LEGACY THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO HER RECORDINGS ON CD 4EDAuthor: John ArdoinISBN-10: 093134090XISBN-13: 9780931340901Publisher: AmadeusLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2003Pages: 264Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.21w x 0.58d
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  • 150 Years of Opera in Chicago by Marsh, Robert C.
    Robert C. Marsh

    150 Years of Opera in Chicago

    Chicago's love affair with opera began early, in 1850, when the frontier town welcomed its first traveling opera singers. A full house applauded the opening performance, but during a repeat performance the next day, the theater burned to the ground. Nonetheless, Chicago had been...
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  • Alban Berg: Lulu by Jarman, Douglas
    Douglas Jarman

    Alban Berg: Lulu

    This book is a guide to Berg's second opera, Lulu, written in non-technical language and intended for those students and music lovers wishing to become familiar with one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century music. Jarman presents a clear and concise introduction to the musical...
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  • A Most Ingenious Paradox: The Art of Gilbert and Sullivan by Wren, Gayden
    Gayden Wren

    A Most Ingenious Paradox: The Art of Gilbert and Sullivan

    Written more than a century ago and initially regarded even by their creators as nothing more than light entertainment, the fourteen operas of Gilbert & Sullivan emerged over the course of the twentieth century as the world's most popular body of musical-theater works, ranking...
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  • An Opera in 3 Acts, Starring Gino Quilico by Guzzo-McParland, Connie
    Connie Guzzo-McParland

    An Opera in 3 Acts, Starring Gino Quilico

    When young Louis Quilico meets upcoming concert pianist Lina Pizzolongo, a personal and musical collaboration begins that sees Louis become one of the most accomplished baritones in the world. Their son, Gino, follows in his father's footsteps to emerge as a globetrotting opera singer....
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  • Aida: An Opera in Four Acts by Verdi, Giuseppe
    Giuseppe Verdi

    Aida: An Opera in Four Acts

    This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as...
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  • An Invitation to the Opera, Revised Edition by Digaetani, John Louis
    John Louis Digaetani

    An Invitation to the Opera, Revised Edition

    In its revised third edition, this volume argues that an appreciation of opera is based on understanding of several key aspects: history, language, theatrical production, the power of the conductor, vocal tradition and standard repertory. This unique approach is intended for the newcomer curious...
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  • A View of Berg's Lulu: Through the Autograph Sources by Hall, Patricia
    Patricia Hall

    A View of Berg's Lulu: Through the Autograph Sources

    After 50 years of analysis we are only beginning to understand the quality and complexity of Alban Berg's most important twelve-tone work, the opera Lulu. Patricia Hall's new book represents a primary contribution to that understanding--the first detailed analysis of the sketches for the...
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  • A View of Berg's Lulu: Through the Autograph Sources by Hall, Patricia
    Patricia Hall

    A View of Berg's Lulu: Through the Autograph Sources

    After 50 years of analysis we are only beginning to understand the quality and complexity of Alban Berg's most important twelve-tone work, the opera Lulu. Patricia Hall's new book represents a primary contribution to that understanding--the first detailed analysis of the sketches for the...
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  • Aida by Verdi, Giuseppe
    Giuseppe Verdi

    Aida

    (Vocal Score). Italian/English. Translated by Kenney.Author: Giuseppe VerdiISBN-10: 0634070983ISBN-13: 9780634070983Publisher: RicordiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 318Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.60lbsSize: 10.50h x 7.80w x 0.80d
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  • A Pleasant Institution: Comedy in the Works of W.S. Gilbert by Moore, Richard
    Richard Moore

    A Pleasant Institution: Comedy in the Works of W.S. Gilbert

    This book - one of four written by the author about the development of Western comedy and Victorian music theatre - is a wide-ranging and authoritative examination of the key comic works of the famous dramatist W.S. Gilbert. Remembered today primarily for his partnership...
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  • America in the French Imaginary, 1789-1914: Music, Revolution and Race by Hallman, Diana R.
    Diana R. Hallman

    America in the French Imaginary, 1789-1914: Music, Revolution and Race

    Following the American Revolution, French authors often viewed the United States as a laboratory for the forging of new practices of liberté and égalité, in affinity with France's own Revolutionary ideals but in competition with lingering anti-American depictions of an inferior, untamed New World.The...
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  • Ariane & Bluebeard: From Fairy Tale to Comic Book Opera by Brown, Matthew G.
    Matthew G. Brown

    Ariane & Bluebeard: From Fairy Tale to Comic Book Opera

    Maurice Maeterlinck described his libretto Ariane et Barbe-bleue as "a sort of legendary opera, or fairy [opera], in three acts." In 1907, Paul Dukas finished setting Maeterlinck's libretto to music, and the opera's Paris premiere was lauded as a landmark in operatic history. Ariane...
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  • Ariane & Bluebeard: From Fairy Tale to Comic Book Opera by Brown, Matthew G.
    Matthew G. Brown

    Ariane & Bluebeard: From Fairy Tale to Comic Book Opera

    Maurice Maeterlinck described his libretto Ariane et Barbe-bleue as "a sort of legendary opera, or fairy [opera], in three acts." In 1907, Paul Dukas finished setting Maeterlinck's libretto to music, and the opera's Paris premiere was lauded as a landmark in operatic history. Ariane...
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  • A View from the Podium: A Memoir by Queler, Eve
    Eve Queler

    A View from the Podium: A Memoir

    From humble beginnings as a student of music in the Bronx to the founding of one of New York City's iconic performing arts organizations, Eve Queler ventured into the male-dominated world of orchestral conducting in the 1960s when there were few, if any, women...
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  • Aida: Full Score by Verdi, Giuseppe
    Giuseppe Verdi

    Aida: Full Score

    (Opera). Ricordi is proud to present the first titles in their new series of orchestral scores featuring engaging images (from Casa Ricordi's historical archives) and synopses in Italian, English, French and German. In addition, these scores feature heavier cover and paper stock plus stronger...
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  • A Madcap Princess: Comedy Opera In Three Acts (1904) by Major, Charles
    Charles Major

    A Madcap Princess: Comedy Opera In Three Acts (1904)

    A Madcap Princess is a comedic opera in three acts written by Charles Major and first published in 1904. The story follows Princess Isabella of San Morello, a young and impulsive royal who is determined to marry for love rather than political gain. When...
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  • Amahl and the Night Visitors: Full Score by Menotti, Gian-Carlo
    Gian-Carlo Menotti

    Amahl and the Night Visitors: Full Score

    (Full Score). English Only Cloth Score.Author: Gian-Carlo MenottiISBN-10: 0793566711ISBN-13: 9780793566716Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 112Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.50lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.90w x 0.60d
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  • Aida: Libretto by Verdi, Giuseppe
    Giuseppe Verdi

    Aida: Libretto

    Excerpt from Aida: Opera in Quattro Atti Qui'dove in dolce faspm0' Io ti chiamai Isoi*ella... Piangi delle tue {lacrime Svela il segreto me.Per per voi pavefiio. amneris Favelli il mer? 'ne s'agita. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and...
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  • A History of Opera by Abbate, Carolyn
    Carolyn Abbate

    A History of Opera

    Why has opera transfixed and fascinated audiences for centuries? Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker answer this question in their "effervescent, witty" (Die Welt, Germany) retelling of the history of opera, examining its development, the musical and dramatic means by which it communicates, and its...
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  • Arias for Baritone: G. Schirmer Opera Anthology by Hal Leonard Corp
    Hal Leonard Corp

    Arias for Baritone: G. Schirmer Opera Anthology

    (Vocal Collection). Contents: Mozart: Hai gia vinta la causa ...Vedro mentr'io sospiro (Le Nozze di Figaro) * Fin ch'an dal vino (Don Giovanni) * Deh vieni alla finestra (Don Giovanni) * Donne mie, la fate a tanti (Cosi fan tutte) * Der Vogelfanger bin...
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  • 24 Italian Songs & Arias of the 17th & 18th Centuries: Schirmer Library of Classics Volume 1722 Medium High Voice Book Only by Hal Leonard Corp
    Hal Leonard Corp

    24 Italian Songs & Arias of the 17th & 18th Centuries: Schirmer Library of Classics Volume 1722 Medium High Voice Book Only

    (Vocal Collection). This collection of carefully prepared recorded piano accompaniments (John Keene, pianist) will become a valuable tool for any student of singing. The book has long been a standard in teaching literature and is very likely to be the first publication a voice...
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  • A Night at the Opera: An Irreverent Guide to the Plots, the Singers, the Composers, the Recordings by Forman, Denis
    Denis Forman

    A Night at the Opera: An Irreverent Guide to the Plots, the Singers, the Composers, the Recordings

    "Delightful and anti-reverential"--Sunday Times (London) With an encyclopedic knowledge of opera and a delightful dash of irreverence, Sir Denis Forman throws open the world of opera--its structure, composers, conductors, and artists--in this hugely informative guide. A Night at the Opera dissects the eighty-three most...
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  • A Bit More Like Work, or Life After D'Oyly Carte by MacKie, David
    David MacKie

    A Bit More Like Work, or Life After D'Oyly Carte

    A Bit More Like Work - a sequel to Nothing Like Work - tells of the author's life after seven years with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. This includes the reconstruction of Sullivan's lost cello concerto, work for the Savoy Hotel and Grim's Dyke...
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  • 24 Italian Songs & Arias of the 17th & 18th Centuries: Medium High Voice - Book with Online Audio by Hal Leonard Corp
    Hal Leonard Corp

    24 Italian Songs & Arias of the 17th & 18th Centuries Book/Online Audio

    (Vocal Collection). This collection of carefully prepared recorded piano accompaniments (John Keene, pianist) will become a valuable tool for any student of singing. The book has long been a standard in teaching literature and is very likely to be the first publication a voice...
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