24 Italian Songs and Arias - Medium High Voice (Book/CD): Medium High Voice

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	24 Italian Songs and Arias - Medium High Voice (Book/CD): Medium High Voice - Book/CD (Vocal Collection) G. Schirmer, Inc., 1992 - 104 pages average customer review:based on 18 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

For well over a century, the G. Schirmer edition of 24 Italian Songs and Arias of the 17th and 18th Centuries has introduced millions of beginning singers to serious Italian vocal literature. Offered in two accessible keys (ISBN 0793515130 for Medium High Voice; ISBN 0793515149 for Medium Low Voice) 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 recorded on CD 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.

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I Love the Addition of the Accompaniment CD!

I had this book previously and had studied and sung many of the songs. After years of not singing these songs, I had the opportunity to sing at an Italian Festival,on rather short notice. There was no pianist available and I was about to say that I could not do it when I found myself online looking for possible accompaniments. I ran across this book with the CD accompaniments. The book arrived the next day. I found enough accompaniments for songs that I knew. I used three of the accompaniments, which I recommend highly, those being Amarilli, Mia Bella, "Gia il Sole dal Gange" and "O, del Mio Dolce'Ardor." These are all played at a slower tempo than the accompaniments of these in the Paton book, which are all played too fast, especially "O, del Mio Dolce'Ardor," which is just played at a ridiculous, unsingable, really unmusical pace in the Paton book. I could not use the "Sebben Crudele" accompaniment from this book as it was played too fast. However, the good thing about this CD is that you actually can slow these accompaniments down on your computer, but I didn't have time to mess with that for this performance. In general, this Book/CD set is a boon to singers and well worth the money. I agree with a previous reviewer however - it would have been nice if they had included the melody which could then be turned off after it was learned.

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It is what it is

I received this song book as advertised. Best price I could find, and a great price too. Came with CD. All new and delivered timely. This is the song book that many voice teachers have their students learn from.

A great first aria book

I was given this book by my voice teacher when I was a 12 year old young soprano and it has served me for all these years. As a more mature singer now I often use these songs as warm ups. They are a great introduction for beginning voice students to Italian. The songs are all pretty short, pretty, and easy to sing. I use it with my own students now. Voice Lessons To Go's -Vocalize! (I vocalize with that first).

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This book is great!

This book is great! I really enjoy working on the songs, but the accompanying CD is not high quality. That is why I gave it four stars and not five. At least my CD has a very muffled sound that even my mixer could not make much better.

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