The G. Schirmer Collection of American Art Song - 50 Songs by 29 Composers

This comprehensive collection is the best one-volume source available on the topic, with a mix of familiar recital standards and intriguing material awaiting discovery. Includes composers from c. 1900 into the 21st century. Some songs make their first published appearance in American Art Song: Gian Carlo Menotti's moving The Old Man's Song, Michael Tilson Thomas' inspired Grace, dedicated to Leonard Bernstein, and Aaron Jay Kernis' A Good Boy, as well a boogie-woogie art song by the editor, Blue Monday. The same songs appear in High Voice and Medium/Low Voice.

Songs Include:

• A Good Boy
• A Prayer To Saint Catherine
• A Slumber Song Of The Madonna
• Amor
• Animal Passion
• At The Well
• Blue Monday
• Breakfast Song
• Calm Is The Night
• Christmas At The Cloisters
• Debts
• Do Not Go, My Love
• Evening
• Farewell To The House In Bonac
• Forever Young
• Fort Tryon Park: September
• Good Morning Midnight
• Grace
• I Carry Your Heart
• I Love The Dark Hours Of My Being
• I Thank All Who Have Loved Me
• In A Myrtle Shade
• In The Mornin'
• Love In The Dictionary
• Love Song
• Meadow-Larks
• Meet Doctor Livermore
• Night Wanderers
• Odor
• On The Seashore Of Endless Worlds
• Once Upon A Universe
• Orpheus With His Lute
• Review
• Reward
• Serenity
• Song To The Witch Of The Cloisters
• St. Ita's Vision
• Strings In The Earth And Air
• The Breath Of A Rose
• The Bustle In A House
• The Cloak, The Boat, And The Shoes
• The Lamb
• The Lament Of Ian The Proud
• The Monk And His Cat
• The Old Man's Song
• The Shepherd
• The Spring And The Fall
• The Swing
• The Unicorn
• Where The Music Comes From

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