Jane Manning • New Vocal Repertory

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.) P