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.

A critical and popular success from its 1786 debut, Mozart's musical comedy elevated the opera buffa to new heights. Le nozze di Figaro ("The Marriage of Figaro"), ossia la folle giornata ("or The Day of Madness") reassembles characters from The Barber of Seville for a romantic romp involving mistaken identities, remarkable coincidences, and the triumph of true love. This authoritative practice and performance edition presents Lorenzo da Ponte's vocal score, originally published by Casa Ricordi, Milan. Ideal for study, practice, and performance, it contains the complete vocal music with a piano reduction of the orchestral score. Vocalists, voice majors and teachers, and rehearsal pianists will rejoice in this high-quality, low-cost edition of Mozart's masterpiece. Note: Lyrics are in the original Italian only. Dover (2001) republication of the vocal score from an authoritative early edition.

Remarkable for its bold characterization, color, atmosphere, and dramatic plot, Verdi's 1851 opera was an immediate success upon its Venice debut, and it remains a staple of the repertoire to this day. The tale of a despised hunchback and his beloved daughter marked the first appearance of the tragic jester in Italian opera and provided Verdi with a subject well suited to his talents. Amateur and professional performers alike will appreciate this handsome, moderately priced practice and performance edition of the opera's vocal score. Ideal for study, rehearsals, and recitals, it contains the complete music for voices with a piano reduction of the vocal score. Lyrics appear in the original Italian only. Reprint of the G. Ricordi, Milan, c. 1851 edition.

This volume contains newly edited versions of all William Walton's songs for voice and piano, together with Anon in Love for voice and guitar and songs from radio plays. It also includes the first publication of the scores of the orchestral versions of Anon in Love and A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table.William Walton wrote songs throughout his life, the first, 'Tell me where is Fancy bred?', written when he was a chorister at Christ Church, Oxford, the last, A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table, a song-cycle for Elisabeth Schwarzkopf written in the early 1960s. They all reveal his ear for word-setting, an imaginative response to the text, and an ability to conjure striking musical images from his chosen material. Shakespeare: Tell me where is Fancy bred? Shakespeare: Tell me where is Fancy bred? - arr. piano Four Swinburne Songs 1. Child's Song 2. Song 3. A Lyke-wake Song 4. The Winds William Drummond: Tritons Three Songs to poems by Edith Sitwell 1. Daphne 2. Through Gilded Trellises 3. Old Sir Faulk Shakespeare: Under the Greenwood Tree - low voice Shakespeare: Under the Greenwood Tree - medium voice Louis MacNeice: Beatriz's Song Louis MacNeice: Beatriz's Song - arr. piano Anon.: Anon. in Love 1. Fain would I change that note 2. O stay, sweet love 3. Lady, when I behold the roses 4. My Love in her attire 5. I gave her Cakes and I gave her Ale 6. To couple is a custom A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table Thomas Jordan: 1. The Lord Mayor's Table Wordsworth: 2. Glide Gently Arley: 3. Wapping Old Stairs Blake: 4. Holy Thursday Charles Morris: 5. The Contrast Anon.: 6. Rhyme Anon.: Anon. in Love - orchestral version 1. Fain would I change that note 2. O stay, sweet love 3. Lady, when I behold the roses 4. My Love in her attire 5. I gave her Cakes and I gave her Ale 6. To couple is a custom A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table - orchestral version Thomas Jordan: 1. The Lord Mayor's Table Wordsworth: 2. Glide Gently Arley: 3. Wapping Old Stairs Blake: 4. Holy Thursday Charles Morris: 5. The Contrast Anon.: 6. Rhyme

For baritone voice, tenor saxophone, and piano. New product for the week of Sept 10th, 2012.

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Influential 18th-century oratorio deals with the triumph of the Jewish warrior-hero Judas Maccabaeus over the invading enemies of the Israelites. Beauty, drama and brilliant originality of its arias, duets and choruses have kept the work constantly in the active repertoire. Reprinted from authoritative edition of the German Handel Society. Text underlay in English and German.

Exactingly reproduced from the authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel edition, this superb full-score edition offers music lovers a rare opportunity to study and follow performances of this great comic opera, one of the most engaging and least pretentious masterpieces in the repertory. The earliest of Mozart's five most famous operas and the first he wrote for the Viennese stage. Reprint of Die Enthführung aus dem Serail, Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig, n.d.

To help with music selection there is a useful index to suggest how each song might be used. For example, if you have a surfeit of travellers (and which school doesn’t?) hey presto! there are songs which will be ideal for moving all those bodies from one side of the stage to the other. If the innkeeper wants to add to his script, there’s a song especially for him. Snowmen, Santa and Stars will be delighted there is music just for them.With this collection, all the important moments of the Christmas story are provided for with something for each key stage. A musical feast is guaranteed, with as much or as little dialogue as you might want to add. And as a bonus, we have recorded every song!

Though originally recorded by David Foster with Natalie Cole, the 1992 version by Amy Grant is largely responsible for this song's continued popularity. This inspiring ballad will add a special lift to any holiday concert, and Michael's great-sounding arrangement can be performed effectively with or without a vocal soloist.