For aspiring and professional singers who love Broadway; Alfreds Singers Library of Musical Theatre presents an elegant collection of the best-loved musical theatre songs in their original keys; authentically transcribed from their original vocal scores. Perfect for study; and equally suitable for the most important auditions and performances; each volume is dedicated to a specific vocal range; and contains dozens of songs from a variety of shows that span decades of theatre history. Multiple volumes are available for each of four vocal ranges: Soprano; Mezzo-Soprano/Alto; Tenor; and Baritone/Bass. Authoritative historical and contextual commentary; audition tips; and 16-bar cut suggestions for each song make it the most useful and relevant song library of its kind. Titles: Green Finch and Linnet Bird (Sweeney Todd)*How Could I Ever Know? (Secret Garden)*The Lady Is a Tramp (Babes in Arms)*Look to the Rainbow (Finians Rainbow)*Someone to Watch Over Me (Oh; Kay!)*Summertime (Porgy and Bessreg;) and more.
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Review
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. A novel approach to analyzing Wagners worksBy CaldogFor the Wagner enthusiast a must read. if you can get past the verbosity. Here is no musical analysis; this volume has nothing in common with the numerous leitmotif anthologies that have been written (and recorded) since the composers day. Rather it is a view of the music dramas in terms of the psychological and philosophical motivations of the characters. Serious Wagner scholars may challenge Tanners conclusions whereby he views all the works as coming out of a common theme - hero and rescue. and the role of art. Tanner sees the operas from Das Rheingold on as working through the pessimistic lenses of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche.Oddly. there is no mention of "Die Sieger." Wagners prose sketch of a Hindu/Buddhist drama which closely matches Parsifal. Rather Tanner views Parsifal entirely in Christian terms. ignoring the subtle Buddhist themes. Indeed Wagner became interested in eastern religion. vegetarianism and antivivisectionism. Tanner makes no mention of this. and gives scant attention to Wagners devotion to the Greek dramatists. Since Wagner was a gifted composer it seems unlikely that his operas can be given a just account without fully describing his use of music to fill out the psychological and philosophical aspects of the dramas.Other reviewers have commented on the incomprehensible style in which this book is written. Did Tanner attempt to imitate Wagners prose with some choice Anglicanisms thrown in for good measure ("vouchsafe" - really?). Occasionally sentences seem to sag under their own weight defying common rules of grammar.In much of the Wagner literature. there is often a rather shallow discussion of the dramas in terms of character and message. Tanner seeks to remedy this. and hopefully others will follow his path as well.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Three StarsBy Tanya PattersonAn interesting overview of other Wagnerians view point re Richard. who still remains an eclectic personality to day.2 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Laboriously tortured EnglishBy Purple WizardWhile the concepts in this book are edifying. the language in which it is written is. at times. almost incomprehensible. One wonders whether the author first wrote this in German and then translated it into English. and then while translating added parenthetical asides that hadnt occurred to him in the original writing.
