Recommended Repertoire Resources for Intermediate-Advanced High School Aged Students or Amatuer Adults.
26 Italian Songs and Arias,
Published by Alfred, is highly recommended for any young student seeking to
continue music in college. It is between
$10 for book only and $20 for book/CD.
(Again, the CD is recommended.)
This book has pronunciation and historical guides, as well as suggested
ornamentation. It comes in Medium-High
and Medium-Low Voice.
In addition to The Second Book of… series edited by
Joan Boytim, the Vocal Library Series is a trusted source. These books give historical background for
all songs, and translations for foreign language songs. These books come in single composer
compilations (Debussy, Mozart, Brahms etc) and in genre compilations (French,
German etc). Also available in this
series are Christmas, sacred and folk songs compilations. These have arrangements that are favorable to
a classically trained singer.
Standard Vocal Repertoire, part of the Vocal Library series, has
a volume for each voice type. This is
for an advanced high school student or amateur adult. The songs are perfect for college audition
repertoire and scholarship contests.
Along with translations, historical background and written pronunciation
guides, the CD that automatically comes with this has pronunciation help for
foreign language songs. There is a wide
variety of repertoire to choose from in these books. Price range is $20-$25.
The books in the series Arias for … (Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor,
Bass) are useful for the most advanced student (One ready for college,
in college, or adult). These books have
popular arias from operas, and give translations, historical background and
synopses. There is a second volume to
each voice type that has additional arias of the same level. There is no CD accompaniment for these books…
if you’re good enough to sing these, you’re good enough to find your own
accompanist to practice with! The price
range is about $20-$25.
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