Music-Instruction & Study -Voice

A brief history of gospel music ministry in America from pre-slavery to the beginning of the 21st century and the impact of the Gospel Music Workshop of America on the genreAuthor: Kathryn B. KempISBN-10: 0983363005ISBN-13: 9780983363002Publisher: Joyful Noise PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/31/2011Pages: 250Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize:...

Critically acclaimed soprano Janet Williams has put together a step by step guide to help classical singers conquer nerves, incorporate the four essential elements of optimal performance, and win auditions in as little as 30 days. Includes exercises and worksheets for performance enhancing strategies...

Raise Your Voice, by glass shattering vocal coach Jaime Vendera, is considered by many to be the "Singer's Bible." This groundbreaking vocal training manual features Jaime's truly unique approach to vocal technique and voice training which is keeping famous singers on the road, performing...

The Ultimate Breathing Workout, from Raise Your Voice author, Jaime Vendera, is THE program for singers who wish to develop lungs of steel This compact 80 page book features the most intense breathing program ever created for vocalists. Based on a nine step breathing...

Paul McCartney: The Songs He Was Singing traces the ups-and-downs of a remarkable career. Using facts, figures and anecdotes, it reveals the influences and stories behind every song written by Paul McCartney from 1967 to 1979, who played on them, where and when. Taking...

(Vocal Collection). The world's most trusted source for great theatre literature for singing actors. The book features authentic editions of each song in the original keys. The songs have been carefully chosen for each voice type and are culled from a wide selection of...

(Vocal Collection). The world's most trusted source for great theatre literature for singing actors. The book features nearly 50 authentic editions of each song in the original keys. The songs have been carefully chosen for each voice type and are culled from a wide...

(Vocal Selections). One of the longest running shows on Broadway, A Chorus Line won nine Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Our updated songbook features vocal lines with piano accompaniment for ten songs: At the Ballet * Dance: Ten; Looks: Three *...

Singing and the Etheric Tone introduces a practical, joyful approach to singing that draws its strength and inspiration from Gracia Ricardo's work with Rudolf Steiner.Chapter 1 deals with the tone, the onset of the tone, the humming approach, and the relations between vowels, consonants,...

Singing Jazz looks at the ups and downs of this tough profession through the eyes of legendary jazz singers, well-established performers, and some newcomers. Drawing on accounts from vocalists of yesterday and today in all major jazz styles, the book explores the musical influences...

Singing and the Actor takes the reader step by step through a practical training programme relevant to the modern singing actor and dancer. A variety of contemporary voice qualities including Belting and Twang are explained, with excercises for each topic.Author: Gillyanne KayesISBN-10: 0878301984ISBN-13: 9780878301980Publisher:...

Britsh Unitarian and Free Christian hymn book, containing lyrics and hymn tunes. Widely used in British congregtions.Author: David DawsonISBN-10: 0853190755ISBN-13: 9780853190752Publisher: Lindsey PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/14/2007Pages: 472Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.19lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.95d

(Music Sales America). The Absolute Beginners approach has been designed to make learning to sing easier than ever before! Suitable for both male and female beginners, this step-by-step guide takes you through the basics, from how to stand and breathe correctly, to singing your...

Tomatis was one of the earliest pioneers in the field now known as psychoacoustics, and his book L'Oreille et la Voix is considered a classic by many in that field. Although Tomatis initially applied his theories to vocal performance, it soon became clear that...

With this volume, Howard Smither completes his monumental History of the Oratorio. Volumes 1 and 2, published by the University of North Carolina Press in 1977, treated the oratorio in the Baroque era, while Volume 3, published in 1987, explored the genre in the...

Yarrington provides practical advice on how to get started, offers techniques that work to establish a good sound, suggests music suitable for youth, deals with the challenge of changing voices, and more.Author: John YarringtonISBN-10: 080662454XISBN-13: 9780806624549Publisher: Augsburg Fortress PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1990Pages: 92Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize:...

(Vocal Selections). This "Author's Edition" includes, for the first time in any publication, all of the songs from the 1966 original Broadway production, the 1972 film score, and the 1998 revival, plus songs cut from the original production, in new, revised piano/vocal arrangements by...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). This unique book contains piano/vocal/guitar arrangements of the national anthems from 56 countries, with lyrics in the original language and with an English translation. As a special bonus, historical notes and a full-color section showing each country's flag are also included. Anthems...

(Vocal Collection). Compiled and edited by Steven Stolen and Richard Walters, this collection has been specifically compiled to be extraordinarily useful to student singers. 17 composers are represented with historical information and 34 songs. Contents: As I Walked Forth One Summer Day * Blow,...

(Vocal Collection). A major new critical edition of important standard repertory with 61 songs in 2 volumes. All songs are presented only in the original key, with no transpositions. All the song cycles and groupings appear in one of the two volumes. Years in...

(Vocal Collection). 35 songs by Kentucky-born John Jacob Niles, one of the most loved American vocal composers, whose songs are a staple of contest solo lists. 11 songs have been added for the 2015 expanded edition. Includes Gambling Songs and a collection of Niles'...

(Vocal Collection). A must for any accompanist, this book contains the celebrated Schubert Ave Maria as well as the Bach/Gounod Ave Maria . After a history of both versions, each is presented in three keys with a choice of piano or organ accompaniment. Solo...

Handel wrote over 100 cantatas, compositions for voice and instruments that describe the joy and pain of love. In Handel as Orpheus, the first comprehensive study of the cantatas, Ellen Harris investigates their place in Handel's life as well as their extraordinary beauty. The...

(Vocal Collection). Even more great solos for high school and college singers at the same level as The First Book of Solos and The First Book of Solos Part II, with a variety of over 30 classical songs per volume, and a completely different...

(Vocal Collection). Even more great solos for high school and college singers at the same level as The First Book of Solos and The First Book of Solos Part II, with a variety of over 30 classical songs per volume, and a completely different...

(Vocal). This collection features celebrated arias as interpreted by the great Marilyn Horne. In addition to a brief biography, each selection, in standard voice and piano format, is followed by notes which indicate the variants, breaths, fermatas, and all of the nuances that Horne...

(Vocal). With both recorded full performances and orchestra accompaniments, this book presents the standard voice and piano reduction of each aria, a short plot summary and translation. Includes: 8 arias from Un ballo in maschera, I due Foscari, Edgar, La favorita, La forza del...

Author: Giuseppe VerdiISBN-10: 0634072633ISBN-13: 9780634072635Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2004Pages: 260Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.65lbsSize: 10.60h x 7.90w x 0.80d

(Vocal Score). Complete vocal score to the Scottish Opera 1989 edition.Author: Leonard BernsteinISBN-10: 0634046764ISBN-13: 9780634046766Publisher: Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co.Language: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2002Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.20lbsSize: 11.90h x 8.90w x 0.70d

(Vocal Collection). This landmark series collects compelling, useful, singer-friendly arias from a distinctly American opera tradition. Each volume includes information about every opera and an aria plot note. A majority of the music in the four volumes has never before been available outside of...

(Vocal Collection). Songs include: Adelaide's Lament (from Guys and Dolls) * As Long As He Needs Me (from Oliver ) * A Bushel and a Peck (from Guys and Dolls) * Can You Feel the Love Tonight (from The Lion King) * Candle on...

(Vocal Collection). There has been an urgent need for a large collection of art songs in Spanish for voice studios. Surprisingly, a comprehensive publication on this topic has never existed in the American market. This anthology of 50 songs by 15 composers is sure...

(Musicians Institute Press). Stop straining to hit those high notes Unlock your true potential and start singing easily and effortlessly with this book by Musicians Institute vocal instructor Dena Murray. She teaches how to: breathe naturally; improve your speaking voice; stop holding, pushing and...

(Vocal Collection). 35 songs. Highlights: Alive (Jekyll & Hyde) * Almost Like Being in Love (Brigadoon) * Any Dream Will Do (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) * Buddy's Blues (Follies) * Corner of the Sky (Pippin) * Hey There (The Pajama Game) *...

The Tommy Keene Handbook is a comprehensive reference guide to the music of underground pop-rock legend Tommy Keene, including: Musical History: an overview of Tommy Keene's entire musical career from his days as a member of the Rage, Razz, and the Pieces through his...

The 'Pump Boys' sell high octane on Highway 57 in Grand Ole Opry country and the 'Dinettes', Prudie and Rhetta Cupp, run the Double Cupp diner next door. Together they fashion an evening of country western songs that received unanimous raves on and off...

Simplified Revised Version Musical comedy Book and Lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden Music by Cy Coleman Based on a play by Ben Hecht and Charles McArthur and also a play by Bruce Milholland 17 Principal roles, plus chorus (doubling possible) Whether performed...

Based on Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. Musical Drama / 9m, 6f, chorus and extras / Unit set This winner of Tony and Grammy awards as Best Musical ran for three years on Broadway and enjoyed a record breaking national tour. A...

Following the successful television series based on Barbara Euphan Todd's children's classic, Keith Waterhouse, Willis Hall and Denis King bring us a new, effervescent stage musical of the story of Worzel Gummidge. The naughty, petulant, greedy, yet always lovable scarecrow is here with all...

In The Singing of the New World Gary Tomlinson offers histories of ancient music long since silent: the songs of the Indians that Europeans met in the sixteenth century. Merging recent cultural history, early European accounts, archaeological findings, and rare indigenous documents for the...

Paolo Fabbri's Monteverdi, first published in Italian, is the leading study of the greatest composer of late Renaissance and early Baroque Italy, rightly called the "father of modern music." A large number of contemporary documents, including some 130 of his own letters, offer rich...

Professor Temperley suggests that the Elizabethan metrical psalm tunes were survivors of a mode of popular music that preceded the familiar corpus of ballad tunes. Passed on by oral transmission through several generations of unregulated singing, these once lively tunes changed gradually into very...

One of Mozart's greatest operas, this work achieved immediate success upon its first performance in 1791 and has continued to enchant listeners ever since. A complex allegory glorifying Freemasonry and its emphasis on brotherhood, charity, and benevolence, the opera was particularly admired by Beethoven,...

The essence of Debussy's musical personality is in the songs and they exhibit virtually every aspect of his art. -- Oscar Thompson, Debussy: Man and Artist.Had Claude Debussy (1862-1918) been exclusively a composer of songs, his musical reputation would have been assured. Although his...

The first historical overview of vocal performance practice and style ever published, Singing In Style provides an introduction to how such issues as ornamentation, vibrato, rubato, portamento, articulation, tempo, language, and accompaniment with period instruments have been handled since the seventeenth century. Each chapter...

Understanding French Verse: A Guide for Singers explains the formal structure of the French language and sets out the basics of French versification, using examples drawn from a wide range of well-known song settings. In clear and concise style, it explains the Alexandrine meter...

Rodolfo Celletti, who has devoted his whole career to studying the voice from every historical, technical, and musical aspect, offers here a fascinating history of bel canto singing and the voice in operatic literature. He begins by discussing the links between bel canto and...

In shaping choral tone, directors often wish to improve the sound of their choir, but are challenged to pinpoint underlying problems or to guide singers toward solutions. Now, in Prescriptions for Choral Excellence, skilled vocal pedagogue Shirlee Emmons and leading choral director Constance Chase...

Oxford's highly successful listener's guides--The Symphony, The Concerto, and Choral Masterworks--have been widely praised for their blend of captivating biography, crystal clear musical analysis, and delightful humor. Now James Keller follows these greatly admired volumes with Chamber Music. Approaching the tradition of chamber music...

by Sister Mary Antonine Goodchild, O.P. What a wonderful find this is: an ideal textbook on chant for junior high, high school, or really any age. It is mercifully free of verbiage or exaggerated detail. It is short and completely clear on all aspects...