Each of the five connected movements in this choral cycle contains references to 'Light,' assembled from various sacred Latin texts. I composed Lux Aeterna in response to my mother's final illness and found great personal comfort and solace in setting to music these timeless and wondrous words about Light, a universal symbol of illumination at all levels - spiritual, artistic and intellectual.
The work opens and closes with the beginning and ending of the Requiem Mass, with the central three movements drawn respectively from the Te Deum, O Nata Lux and Veni, Sancte Spiritus. The opening Introitus introduces several themes that recur later in the work and includes an extended canon on “et lux perpetua.” In Te, Domine, Speravi contains, among other musical elements, the cantus firmus “Herzliebster Jesu” (from the Nuremburg Songbook, 1677) and a lengthy inverted canon on “fiat misericordia.” O Nata Lux and Veni, Sancte Spiritus are paired songs, the former an a cappella motet at the center of the work and the latter a spirited, jubilant canticle. A quiet setting of the Agnus Dei precedes the final Lux Aeterna, which reprises the opening section of the Introitus and concludes with a joyful celebratory Alleluia.
--Morten Lauridsen
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This collection of carefully prepared recorded piano accompaniments (John Keene, pianist) will become a valuable tool for any student of singing. The book has long been a standard in teaching literature and is very likely to be the first publication a voice teacher would ask a beginning student to buy. John Keene is a concert accompanist and vocal coach based in New York City. He has performed throughout the United States and for radio and television. Educated at the University of Southern California, he has taught accompanying at the university level and collaborated with Gian Carlo Menotti and Thea Musgrave on productions of their operas.
Contents: Alma Del Core • Amarilli, Mia Bella • Caro mio ben • Che Fiero Costume • Comme Raggio di Sol • Danza, Danza, Fanciulla Gentile • Gia Il Sole Dal Gange • Il Mio Bel Foco • Lasciatemi Morire • Le Violette • Nel Cor Piu Non Sento • Nina • Non Posso Disperar • O Cessate Di Piagarmi • O Del Mio Dolce Ardor • Per La Gloria D'Adorarvi • Pieta, Signore • Pur Dicesti, O Bocca Bella • Se Florindo E Fedele • Se Tu M'ami, Se Sospiri • Sebben, Crudele • Tu Lo Sai • Vergin, Tutto Amor • Vittoria, Mio Core.
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This collection of carefully prepared recorded piano accompaniments (John Keene, pianist) will become a valuable tool for any student of singing. The book has long been a standard in teaching literature and is very likely to be the first publication a voice teacher would ask a beginning student to buy. John Keene is a concert accompanist and vocal coach based in New York City. He has performed throughout the United States and for radio and television. Educated at the University of Southern California, he has taught accompanying at the university level and collaborated with Gian Carlo Menotti and Thea Musgrave on productions of their operas.
Contents: Alma Del Core • Amarilli, Mia Bella • Caro mio ben • Che Fiero Costume • Comme Raggio di Sol • Danza, Danza, Fanciulla Gentile • Gia Il Sole Dal Gange • Il Mio Bel Foco • Lasciatemi Morire • Le Violette • Nel Cor Piu Non Sento • Nina • Non Posso Disperar • O Cessate Di Piagarmi • O Del Mio Dolce Ardor • Per La Gloria D'Adorarvi • Pieta, Signore • Pur Dicesti, O Bocca Bella • Se Florindo E Fedele • Se Tu M'ami, Se Sospiri • Sebben, Crudele • Tu Lo Sai • Vergin, Tutto Amor • Vittoria, Mio Core.
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Both published keys are combined, especially for teacher reference, in this convenient, value priced collection.
Contents: Alma Del Core • Amarilli, Mia Bella • Caro mio ben • Che Fiero Costume • Comme Raggio di Sol • Danza, Danza, Fanciulla Gentile • Gia Il Sole Dal Gange • Il Mio Bel Foco • Lasciatemi Morire • Le Violette • Nel Cor Piu Non Sento • Nina • Non Posso Disperar • O Cessate Di Piagarmi • O Del Mio Dolce Ardor • Per La Gloria D'Adorarvi • Pieta, Signore • Pur Dicesti, O Bocca Bella • Se Florindo E Fedele • Se Tu M'ami, Se Sospiri • Sebben, Crudele • Tu Lo Sai • Vergin, Tutto Amor • Vittoria, Mio Core.
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For well over a century, the G. Schirmer edition of 24 Italian Songs & Arias of the 17th and 18th Centuries has introduced millions of beginning singers to serious Italian vocal literature. Offered in two accessible keys suitable for all singers, it is likely to be the first publication a voice teacher will ask a first-time student to purchase. The classic Parisotti realizations result in rich, satisfying accompaniments which allow singers pure musical enjoyment. For ease of practice, carefully prepared accompaniments are also available that were recorded by John Keene, a New York-based concert accompanist and vocal coach who has performed throughout the United States for radio and television. Educated at the University of Southern California, Keene has taught accompanying at the university level and collaborated with Gian Carlo Menotti and Thea Musgrave on productions of their operas.
Contents: BONONCINI: Per la gloria d'adorarvi • CACCINI: Amarilli, mia bella • CALDARA: Alma del core • com e raggio di sol • Sebben, crudele • CARISSIMI: Vittoria, mio core! • DE LUCA: Non posso disperar • DURANTE: Danza, danza, fanciulla gentile • Vergin, tutto amor • GIORDANI: Caro mio ben • GLUCK: O del mio dolce ardor • LEGRENZI: Che fiero costume • LOTTI: Pur dicesti, o bocca bella • MARCELLO: Il mio bel foco • MONTEVERDI: Lasciatemi morire! • PAISIELLO: Nel cor piu non mi sento • PERGOLESI: Se tu m'ami, se sospiri • Nina • A SCARLATTI: Gia il sole dal Gange • Le Violette • O cessate di piagarmi • Se Florindo e fedele • STRADELLA: Pieta, Signore! • TORELLI: Tu lo sai
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This collection of carefully prepared recorded piano accompaniments (John Keene, pianist) will become a valuable tool for any student of singing. The book has long been a standard in teaching literature and is very likely to be the first publication a voice teacher would ask a beginning student to buy. John Keene is a concert accompanist and vocal coach based in New York City. He has performed throughout the United States and for radio and television. Educated at the University of Southern California, he has taught accompanying at the university level and collaborated with Gian Carlo Menotti and Thea Musgrave on productions of their operas.
Contents: Alma Del Core • Amarilli, Mia Bella • Caro mio ben • Che Fiero Costume • Comme Raggio di Sol • Danza, Danza, Fanciulla Gentile • Gia Il Sole Dal Gange • Il Mio Bel Foco • Lasciatemi Morire • Le Violette • Nel Cor Piu Non Sento • Nina • Non Posso Disperar • O Cessate Di Piagarmi • O Del Mio Dolce Ardor • Per La Gloria D'Adorarvi • Pieta, Signore • Pur Dicesti, O Bocca Bella • Se Florindo E Fedele • Se Tu M'ami, Se Sospiri • Sebben, Crudele • Tu Lo Sai • Vergin, Tutto Amor • Vittoria, Mio Core.
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Each package includes over 90 songs, all at the same level of difficulty, conveniently and affordably priced for teacher reference. “Complete” pack would retail for $44.97 if components were purchased separately.
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We proudly present these convenient new value packages! Each package includes over 90 songs, all at the same level of difficulty, conveniently and affordably priced for teacher reference. Each “complete” pack would retail for $44.97 if components were purchased separately.
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We proudly present these convenient new value packages! Each package includes over 90 songs, all at the same level of difficulty, conveniently and affordably priced for teacher reference. Each “complete” pack would retail for $44.97 if components were purchased separately.
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Most voice teachers and singers still prefer the pianistic, wonderfully gratifying arrangements of this early Italian material made by Alessandro Parisotti in the 1880s. This new edition, newly researched and engraved, includes the original Schirmer “24” plus four additional songs: Sento nel core (A. Scarlatti), O leggiadri occhi belli (anonymous), Intorno all'idol mio (Cesti), Delizie contente, che l'alma beate (Cavalli). With IPA, word for word translations, and historical information on each song and composer. The recording includes piano accompaniments and pronunciation lessons and is available online for streaming or download.
Contents: ANONYMOUS: Nina • O leggiardri occhi belli • Pieta, Signore! • BONONCINI: Non posso disperar • Per la gloria d'adorarvi • CACCINI: Amarilli • CALDARA: Alma del core • Sebben, crudele • Come raggio di sol • CARISSIMI: Vittoria, vittoria! • CAVALLI: Delizie contente • CESTI: Intorno all'idol mio • DURANTE: Danza, danza • Vergin, tutt'amor • GIORDANI: Caro mio ben • GLUCK: O del mio dolce ardor • LEGRENZI: Che fiero costume • LOTTI: Pur dicesti, o bocca bella • MARCELLO: Quella fiamma che m'accende • MONTEVERDI: Lasciatemi morire! • PAISIELLO: Nel cor piu non me sento • PARISOTTI: Se tu m'ami • A SCARLATTI: Gia sole dal Gange • Le violette • O cessate di piagarmi • Se Florindo e fedele • Sento nel core • TORELLI: Tu lo sai
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A new, easier to read music engraving of these perennial voice studio favorites with recorded audio accompaniment for practice and historical introduction.
Contents: The Vagabond • Let Beauty Awake • The Roadide Fire • Youth and Love • In Dreams • The Infinite Shining Heavens • Whither Must I Wander? • Bright is the Ring of Words • I Have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope
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We proudly present these convenient new value packages! Each package includes over 90 songs, all at the same level of difficulty, conveniently and affordably priced for teacher reference. Each “complete” pack would retail for $44.97 if components were purchased separately.
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Folksongs especially arranged for a child's solo voice (including a unchanged boy's treble voice), with a limited range, designed to encourage lyric singing, and easy piano accompaniments. Contents: All the Pretty Little Horses • Animal Fair • Annabel Lee • The Ash Grove • Bill Grogan's Goat • Cradle Song • Every Night When the Sun Goes In •Father's Whiskers • The Generous Fiddler • How Can I Keep from Singing • Hush, Little Baby • The Lark in the Morn • Little Brown Dog • The Mermaid • My White Horse • On Mondays I Never Go to Work • Poor Lonesome Cowboy • The Red River Valley • Scarborough Fair • Shenandoah • Simple Gifts • The Streets of Laredo • Sweet the Evening Air of May • Tell Me Why • The Water Is Wide.
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