The well-known aria announcing the barber's entrance — "Figaro!… Eh, Figaro!" — highlights this comic romp of an opera. Based on Beaumarchais' Le Barbier de Seville, Rossini's 1816 classic began as Almaviva, or the Useless Precaution, in an attempt to avoid confusion with a highly successful Il Barbiere di Siviglia of a half-century earlier. An opening night fiasco and persistent interruptions during the premiere by fans of the older play were but momentary detours on the path of this masterpiece to international fame. With the now-famous overture in place, the work reached the operatic capitals of the world, becoming the first opera to be sung in Italian in New York. Ideal for conductors, soloists, chorus members, and rehearsal pianists, this practice and performance vocal score is based on the classic 1900 Schirmer edition. Please note that the lyrics appear in the original Italian only.

Ruddigore is a dark and haunting tale of dastardly deeds and gruesome ghosts whose evil plans get scuppered by a troupe of bridesmaids, a roguish sailor and a 'little book of etiquette'.

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The Kikapust Choral Series offers choirs an extensive choice of close-harmony a cappella arrangements. All of our arrangers / composers – Jonathan Rathbone, Ben Parry & Mark Williams – were long-standing members ofthe Swingle Singers.

The Kikapust Choral Series offers choirs an extensive choice of close-harmony a cappella arrangements. All of our arrangers / composers – Jonathan Rathbone, Ben Parry & Mark Williams – were long-standing members ofthe Swingle Singers.

The Kikapust Choral Series offers choirs an extensive choice of close-harmony a cappella arrangements. All of our arrangers / composers – Jonathan Rathbone, Ben Parry & Mark Williams – were long-standing members ofthe Swingle Singers.

The Kikapust Choral Series offers choirs an extensive choice of close-harmony a cappella arrangements. All of our arrangers / composers – Jonathan Rathbone, Ben Parry & Mark Williams – were long-standing members ofthe Swingle Singers.

This handsome, convenient compilation contains 89 songs, among them such masterpieces as Wartend, Frühlingsglaube, Neue Liebe, Auf Flügeln des Gesanges and many more, including 6 songs by Mendelssohn's sister, Fanny, plus one duet (Op. 8, No. 12). Includes song settings of lyrics by Byron, Goethe, Schiller, Heine, and other poets. Reprint of Lieder und Gesange für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte [Songs and Works for Solo Voice with Piano Accompaniment] from Serie 19 of Breitkopf & Härtel's Complete Works edition of the music of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Leipzig, 1874-77.

The first 10 songs from the celebrated cycle: Der Schildwache Nachtlied, Verlorne Muh', Trost im Ungluck, Wer hat dies Liedel erdacht?, Das irdische Leben, Lied des Verfolgten im Turm, Wo die schonen Trompeten blasen, Lob des hohen Verstandes, Rheinlegendchen, and Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt. German and English texts. Note. Contents. Instrumentation. Original selection of songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Orchesterbegleitung von Gustav Mahler, Universal-Edition, Vienna, 1905.

"These songs are a source of endless delight." — Grove's Dictionary. Sixty-four songs, published from 1877 to 1886, including such favourites as Geheimnis, Alte Liebe, and Vergebliches Standchen. Opp. 69, 70, 71, 72, 84, 85, 86, 91, 94, 95, 96, 97. Includes English translations of the original editor's commentary. Reprint of Volume 25 of Johannes Brahms; Sämtliche Werke: Ausgabe der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien, Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig, n.d.