Jane Manning • New Vocal Repertory
An Introduction (Vol 1) This book is an excellent introduction to part of the contemporary solo vocal repertoire from one of the outstanding vocalists of our time. Jane Manning has chosen over seventy English-language songs, written by a wide range of composers, predominantly British and American, and draws on her considerable experience as performer and lecturer to introduce them to recitalists and young singers. For each she gives a brief description, capturing the essence of the performance, showing where potential problems lie and how best to approach them. Some 100 musical examples illustrate the text. Songs are carefully graded into six parts, moving from the straightforward to the complex, and all voice types are represented. Jane Manning also makes suggestions on how to program each piece in a recital and gives full details on obtaining scores. Her book is thus indispensable to singers of all levels of ability, who will find a repertoire they perhaps considered difficult illuminated by this enthusiastic and refreshingly clear guide.
Table of contents
Three Theatrical Songs (1946) - Babbitt, Milton Pages 5-6
Chamber Music Book I (1981) - Seaman, Barry (et al.) Pages 7-10
Four Songs (1958) - Newson, George (et al.) Pages 11-14
One and All (1975) - Rasmussen, Karl Aage (et al.) Pages 14-16
May Rain (1941) - Harrison, Lou (et al.) Pages 17-18
The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs/A Flower (1942/1950) - Cage, John (et al.) Pages 18-21
Two Songs (1977) - Fricker, Peter Racine (et al.) Pages 21-23
Five Cabaret Songs (1985) - Humble, Keith Pages 23-25
A Suite o’ Bairnsangs (1953) - Musgrave, Thea (et al.) Pages 26-28
Five Summer Songs (1972) - Perera, Ronald (et al.) Pages 28-31
Dear Emily (1973) - Bauld, Alison (et al.) Pages 32-33
Five Lyrics of the T’ang Dynasty (1947) - Beckwith, John (et al.) Pages 34-36
Three Poems of Robert Frost (1942) - Carter, Elliott (et al.) Pages 36-38
The Exiled King (1984) - Dennis, Brian (et al.) Pages 39-42
Six de la Mare Songs (Nos. 1–4 and 6, 1966–71; no. 5, 1985) - Hugh-Jones, Elaine (et al.) Pages 43-47
Letters found near a Suicide (1954) - Kim, Earl (et al.) Pages 47-49
Five Songs (1978) - Previn, André (et al.) Pages 50-53
Bucolics op. 28 (1968) - Wilson, James (et al.) Pages 53-56
First Dream of Honeysuckle Petals Falling Alone (1978) - Caltabiano, Ronald Pages 56-58
Anerca (1966) - Freedman, Harry Pages 58-61
Meditation (1960) - Schuller, Gunther Pages 62-63
Something Rich and Strange (1976) - Hold, Trevor (et al.) Pages 64-66
Twelve Moravian Songs (1957) - Husa, Karel Pages 67-71
A Mini Song Cycle for Gina (1984) - Tavener, John (et al.) Pages 72-74
Come in here child (1968) - Bedford, David (et al.) Pages 74-76
A Garland for Marjory Fleming (1969) - Bennett, Richard Rodney (et al.) Pages 77-79
I Hate Music! (1943) - Bernstein, Leonard Pages 79-83
The Pensive Traveller (1981) - Crockett, Donald (et al.) Pages 83-88
Voice from the Tomb op. 36A (nos. 1–6, 1980; no. 7, 1973) - Crosse, Gordon (et al.) Pages 88-92
Songs of Summer (1954) - Hamilton, Iain Pages 92-95
Mirabai Songs (1982) - Harbison, John Pages 95-99
Wherever We May Be op. 46 (1982) - Holloway, Robin (et al.) Pages 99-103
Beautiful Lie the Dead (1954) - Roberts, Jeremy Dale Pages 104-105
Songs from the Thousand and One Nights (1959, revised 1967) - Steinitz, Richard Pages 106-108
Five Songs (1951) - Thomson, Virgil (et al.) Pages 109-114
Extravaganzas (1963–9) - Dickinson, Peter (et al.) Pages 114-117
The Hermit of Green Light (1979) - Edwards, Ross (et al.) Pages 117-120
Three Auden Songs (1983) - Henze, Hans Werner (et al.) Pages 121-124
Five Songs on English Poems (1974) - Manneke, Daniël Pages 124-128
Mutability (1952) - Fine, Irving (et al.) Pages 129-132
Three Songs (1961, revised 1970–71) - Smalley, Roger (et al.) Pages 132-134
Scotch Minstrelsy (1982) - Weir, Judith Pages 135-139
Mirages (1970) - Alwyn, William Pages 140-145
The Seven Deadly Sins (1979) - Beaser, Robert (et al.) Pages 146-150
Voices of the Prophets op. 41 (1952) - Bush, Alan Pages 150-154
Escape at Bedtime (1983) - Field, Corey (et al.) Pages 154-156
A Vision of Time and Eternity op. 61 (1972) - Mathias, William (et al.) Pages 156-160
Three Greek Epigrams (1937) - Rainier, Priaulx Pages 160-162
Four Songs (1970) - Heppener, Robert (et al.) Pages 163-167
Care Charmer Sleepe (1978) - Lawson, Peter Pages 167-171
Evening Land (1981) - Payne, Anthony (et al.) Pages 172-176
On the Beach at Fontana (1929) - Sessions, Roger (et al.) Pages 177-178
Graves Songs Set II Op. 22 (1977–82) - Wood, Hugh (et al.) Pages 179-182
Four Songs (1958–60) - Del Tredici, David (et al.) Pages 183-186
Love’s Philosophy op. 19 (1968–73) - Heininen, Paavo Pages 186-188
Three Songs (1955) - Martino, Donald (et al.) Pages 189-192
The Voice of Love (1966) - Maw, Nicholas (et al.) Pages 192-198
Sung Songs nos. 4 and 5 (1971) - Pentland, Barbara Pages 198-200
Three Leaves of Grass (1967) - Segerstam, Leif (et al.) Pages 200-202
At the Edge of Time (1982) - Elias, Brian (et al.) Pages 203-207
In the Temple of a Bird’s Wing (1956 and 1965) - Lutyens, Elisabeth (et al.) Pages 207-211
Poems of Tagore I (1970) - Sohal, Naresh (et al.) Pages 212-214
Ballad 2 (1970) - Rands, Bernard (et al.) Pages 214-218
Music as Climate (1984) - Robinson, Paul (et al.) Pages 218-222
Songs in Praise of Krishna (1970) - Rochberg, George Pages 222-228
Celebration of Divine Love (1961) - Williamson, Malcolm (et al.) Pages 228-232
Eight Shaker Songs (1985) - Cresswell, Lyell Pages 232-237
The Turning Wheel op. 95 (1979) - Joubert, John (et al.) Pages 238-242
Sun, Moon and Stars (1978) - Maconchy, Elizabeth (et al.) Pages 242-245
Peripheral Visions (1984) - Nicholson, George Pages 246-250
Beata l’alma (1966) - Blake, David (et al.) Pages 250-253
Cantata II — Three Lovescapes (1967) - Harvey, Jonathan (et al.) Pages 253-258
A Penny for a Song (1981) - LeFanu, Nicola Pages 258-262
i am a little church (1976) - Singer, Malcolm (et al.) Pages 263-265
Ia Orana, Gauguin (1978) - Casken, John Pages 266-270
Enitharmon (1973, revised 1984/5) - Pritchard, Gwyn (et al.) Pages 270-276
Oxford University Press, Paperback, english, 296 pages
