Singing: techniques Books
Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Singing Exam Pieces from
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Hal Leonard Corporation Everyday Voice Care
Book SynopsisThe human voice expresses more than words more than music. Vocal expression links the listener directly to another person''s inner feelings body and soul.ÞKeeping the voice healthy used to be as mysterious as the power of voice itself. Modern science has revealed much about the vocal mechanism and its health requirements but simple information for the average voice user has remained hard to find and harder to trust. In ÊEveryday Voice Care: The Lifestyle Guide for Singers and TalkersÊ respected voice therapist Joanna Cazden brings together a wealth of practical tips and advice to help keep your own expressive voice in top working order.ÞDrawing from her experience as a singer theater artist and a licensed speech pathologist who has treated more than 1 000 voice patients Cazden integrates up-to-date medical information with common-sense suggestions and sympathy for the demands of contemporary life. Chapters on food and drink cold remedies loud parties travel fitness routines
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Rowman & Littlefield The Functional Unity of the Singing Voice
Book SynopsisThis expanded edition includes a new introduction by John Nix as well as a new appendix offering case studies and practical insights from teachers about how Barbara Doscher has impacted their voice instruction.An understanding of how the singing voice functions should be a prerequisite for all those who wish to teach singing. And fundamental to any safe and efficient teaching method is the recognition that the singing voice is a functional unit. Consequently, this second edition, like the first, describes the anatomy and physiology of breathing and phonation and examines the acoustical laws necessary for an understanding of resonation. It is designed primarily as a textbook for college vocal pedagogy courses.The book includes detailed illustrations and an expansion of the appendix on vocal misuse and abuse, including data on subglottic air pressure/air flow ratios, the phonatory mode known as belting, and the aging voice, especially as it is affected by hormonal changes in the body. It also feature an extensive bibliography.
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Indiana University Press Singing Early Music
Book SynopsisAn invaluable resource on the pronunciation of historic European languages for singers, scholars, actors, and readers of early music and literature With CDTrade Review"... it certainly belongs in every institutional library and among the holdings of all those interested in any way in early music and literature. Singing Early Music is a pioneering work of surpassing quality that can not be too highly recommended." Journal of Singing "Commendable in its scholarship, this sturdily bound book should prove of interest to linguists, medievalists, and Renaissance academicians, as well as to fastidious performers of early music." Choice "This book ... addresses the needs of the performer directly, giving historical pronunciation for a range of languages, sample texts, and just enough explanation of how we know... " Early Music "... required study for any musician venturing seriously into the performance of early Western European vocal music." Notes "I highly recommend this book for singers and teachers of early music eager to add an extra dimension to their singing." European Journal of Early MusicTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsHow to Use This GuideCommon Abbreviations1. Introduction Phonetics, David N. Klausner Overview of European Languages, A. G. Rigg Latin, A. G. RiggBritain2. English, David N. Klausner Diachronic Sound Chart Sample Texts3. Sixteenth-Century Scots, David N. Klausner Sample Texts4. Anglo-Latin, A. G. Rigg Diachronic Sound Chart Sample TextsFrance5. Old French, Robert Taylor Diachronic Sound Chart Picard Sounds (Typical Picard Sounds) Sample Texts6. French Latin, Harold Copeman Diachronic Sound Chart Sample Texts7. Occitan, Robert Taylor Sample TextsIberian Peninsula8. Catalan, Beata FitzPatrick Diachronic Sound Chart Sample Texts9. Spanish (Castilian), James F. Burke Diachronic Sound Chart Sample Texts10. Spanish Latin, Harold Copeman Sample Texts11. Galician-Portuguese, Joseph T. Snow and James Burke Diachronic Sound Chart Sample Texts12. Portuguese Latin, Harold Copeman Sample TextsItaly13. Italian, Gianrenzo Clivio Sample Texts14. Italian Latin, harold Copeman Sample TextsGermany and the Low Countries15. Middle High German, Peter Frenzel Sample Texts16. Late Medieval German and Early New High German, Peter Frenzel Diachronic Sound Chart Sample Texts17. German Latin, Harold Copeman and Vera U. G. Scherr Sample Texts18. Flemish (Dutch), William Z. Shetter Sample Texts19. Netherlands Latin, harold Copeman Sample TextsGlossaryIndex to Compact DiskContributorsPhonetic Chart, David N. Klausner
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MH - Indiana University Press The Music of the Troubadours
Book SynopsisA comprehensive critical study of the 315 extant melodies of the troubadours of Occitania. It begins with an overview of their social and political milieu in the 12th and 13th centuries and then, provides brief biographies of the 42 troubadours whose music survives.Trade ReviewThis is the place to come to learn about the manuscripts, about the copying of text and music, about forms, rhetorical devices, compositional techniques and biographies... a down-to-earth treatment of the discernible facts, ordered according to the types of evidence that survives. It is a book to sober up the discipline." --Times Literary Supplement "Specialists and general readers alike will be grateful to have this fine book ..." -Choice "The book is the fruit of many years of research the information collected, sifted and made available to scholars will be very useful indeed." --The Medieval Review 1/2The Music of the Troubadours studies the 315 extant melodies of the troubadours of Occitania, whose poetry and music reflect the social and political milieu of the late medieval Mediterranean world. "[I]nvaluable for musicologists and troubadour scholars interested in knowing about the 'whole song', and it also provides an excellent introduction to troubadour music for the historian, philologist or, indeed, anyone with a passing interest." --David Cashman, Parergon "It is a down-to-earth treatment of the discernible facts, ordered according to the type of evidence that survives. It is a book to sober up the discipline." --Daniel Leech-Wilkinson,Times Literary Supplement "[A] welcome guide for the growing number of performers wishing to recreate these magical treasures from the medieval Midi." --Donna Mayer-Martin, Notes"Table of ContentsGlossarySigla and AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Historical Background2. Transmission3. Poetics and Music4. Genre5. Form6. Style7. PerformanceNotesBibliographyGeneral IndexSong Index
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Indiana University Press Guide to the Aria Repertoire
Book SynopsisA guide to some of the demanding aria excerpts, with insightful commentary from world-famous artists.Trade ReviewClark . . . has compiled a guide to opera repertory for solo voice. . . . This work can be compared to Berton Coffin's Singer's Repertoire (2nd ed., 1962), which covers the art song in much the same manner. . . . Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. Soprano Arias1. Lyric Coloratura Nos. 1–142. Soubrette Nos. 15–253. Lyric Nos. 26–584. Dramatic Coloratura Nos. 59–735. Full Lyric Nos. 74–876. Spinto Nos. 88–957. Dramatic Nos. 96–106Part II. Mezzo-Soprano Arias8. Lyric Coloratura Nos. 1–189. Lyric Nos. 19–5410. Dramatic Nos. 55–8711. Contralto Nos. 88–99Part III. Tenor Arias12. Leggiero Nos. 1–2013. Lyric Nos. 21–8114. Spinto Nos. 82–10015. Dramatic Nos. 101–102Part IV. Baritone and Bass Arias16. Lyric Baritone Nos. 1–3917. Dramatic Baritone Nos. 40–6418. Bass-Baritone Nos. 65–8319. Bass Nos. 84–99Index A. Arias Listed AlphabeticallyIndex B. Arias by OperaIndex C. Arias by LanguageIndex D. Arias by Historical Period
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Psalm Songs for Ordinary Time v 3
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Penguin Random House LLC Dream Come True
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Faber Music Ltd The Language Of Song Intermediate Low Voice
Book SynopsisA graded series of songbooks that provide classic song repertoire, selected to develop the vital skills required to sing in a foreign language. It is suitable for those taking graded singing exams, and for singers of any age exploring international song repertoire up to university and college level.Trade ReviewThis excellent anthology series is a good source for reference, study, and performance. Journal of Singing (National Association of Teachers of Singing), May 2010 These books offer a very valuable learning experience; they are very carefully thought out, and offer the best introduction to singing in other languages that I have come across. If I mention the fact that nearly all the pieces are to be found in the examination syllabi of the ABRSM and the Trinity Guildhall, do not be tempted to look at them simply as exam material. This very practical consideration means that the books may well be bought with a specific exam piece in mind, but they will then be used and studied by both teachers and students long after. Singing Magazine (Association of Teachers of Singing), Winter 2006
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Faber Music Written on Skin
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Faber Music Ltd The Language Of Song Advanced Medium Voice
Book SynopsisA graded series of songbook that provide classic song repertoire, carefully selected to develop the vital skills required to sing in a foreign language.Trade ReviewThis excellent anthology series is a good source for reference, study, and performance. Journal of Singing (National Association of Teachers of Singing), May 2010 The advanced editions…of this excellent series provides a wealth of classic repertoire, selected and presented to develop the skills needed to sing in a foreign language, and will doubtless prove a prime resource for teacher and students…..The reason these books take the Book of the Month slot is that the precision in every aspect of this book – the most valuable publications for the serious singer for some time – simply ooze with care and attention. The purpose is functional – aimed squarely at the highest level of education, but the pages carry a lot of the emotion of the editors, as well as that of the composers. Put simply: quite superb editions. Mi Pro Magazine, December 2008 The books are such a tremendous achievement, and such a valuable addition to the singing teacher's armoury… Singing Magazine (Association of Teachers of Singing), Winter 2008Table of ContentsPur dicesti, o bocca bella (Lotti); O del mio dolce ardor bramato oggetto (Gluck); La conocchia (Donizetti);Per pietà, bell’ idol mio (Bellini); La pastorella delle Alpi (Rossini); Mattinata (Leoncavallo); Widmung (Schumann); Du bist die Ruh (Schubert); Verborgenheit (Wolf); Unglückliche Liebe (Mozart); Du bist wie eine Blume (Schumann); Wir wandelten (Brahms); Die Nacht (Strauss); Après un rêve (Fauré); Notre amour (Fauré); Les roses d’Ispahan (Fauré); Les filles de Cadix (Viardot); Villanelle (Berlioz); Chanson triste (Duparc); Mandoline (Debussy); Le colibri (Chausson); C (Poulenc); None But The Lonely Heart (Tchaikovsky); Believe It Not, My Friend (Tchaikovsky); The Stars Looked Tenderly Upon Us (Tchaikovsky); Spring Waters (Rachmaninov)
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Faber Music Ltd Kiss Me Kate
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAlways True To You In My Fashion; Another Op’nin’, Another Show; Bianca; Brush Up Your Shakespeare; I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple; I Hate Men; I Sing Of Love; I’ve Come To Wive It Wealthily In Padua; Overture–Kiss Me, Kate; So In Love; Tom, Dick, Or Harry; Too Darn Hot; We Open In Venice; Were Thine That Special Face; Where Is The Life That Late I Led?; Why Can’t You Behave?; Wunderbar
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Faber Music Ltd The Best Of Singing Grades 1 3 High Voice
Book SynopsisThe Best Of Singing Grades 1-3 (High Voice) celebrates the wealth of exciting repertoire featured on the current ABRSM and Trinity Guildhall singing syllabuses.Trade ReviewBoth volumes offer very enjoyable and rewarding repertoire, and it certainly would be possible to travel the journey from Grade 1 to Grade 5 ABRSM with just these two volumes, if that is your chosen journey. Singing, Summer 2012 (Association of Teachers of Singing) Celebrates the repertoire featured on the current ABRSM and Trinity Guildhall singing syllabuses. As well as a carefully-selected range of classical, contemporary and folk songs, the books bring jazz standards and Broadway hits ever written. MiPro Magazine, June 2012Table of ContentsMy Grandfather’s Clock; Bugiolio R Gwenith Gwyn (Watching The Wheat); Lavender’s Blue; Orange And Yellow And Brown; Seagull; Marienwürmchen (Ladybird); We’re Off To See The Wizard; It’s A Lovely Day Today; After The Ball; Let’s Go Fly A Kite; Cockles And Mussels; Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry; Ma Bella Bimba (How Beautiful The Ballerina); Earth, Sea And Sky; Wiegenlied (Lullaby); Sans Day Carol; Singin’ In The Rain; Flash, Bang, Wallop!; Daisy Bell; Hushabye Mountain; Pretty Polly Oliver; Camptown Races; I Know Where I’m Goin’; Butterfly; Zweibrauneaugen (Two Brown Eyes); The Gower Wassail; ChimChim Cher-ee; The Deadwood Stage; Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?; Let’s Face The Music And Dance
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Faber Music Ltd Language of Folk 2 Intermediate to Advanced
Book SynopsisThe Language of Folk: Grades 5 to 8 offers a wealth of folk repertoire from around the British Isles and further afield, carefully selected and arranged to develop the key skills and vocal styles integral to folk song. Produced in association with The Sage Gateshead and its nationally renowned folk music programme.Trade ReviewIt is good that the introduction and notes recognise some inherent difficulties in notating folk songs, unaccompanied singing, ornamentation, embellishment of the vocal line and the importance of speech rhythms and respect for dialect words in making credible performances. The book tweaks the terms most frequently used in classical music for ornaments, using ‘flick’ for ‘mordent’ and ‘roll’ for ‘turn’ for example and this is refreshing. English Dance & Song Magazine, Autumn 2013 For those like me who come from a very ‘classical’ background, these books are an excellent eye-opener in to the vibrant world of the folk-singer. …..thanks are due to Kathryn Davidson and the Sage for devising the learning programme that has given rise to such inspiring and enlightening books. In my opinion they should definitely be in the library of every singing teacher. And not just to provide new repertoire for the ABRSM folk-song requirements! Singing Magazine (AOTOS), Spring 2013Table of ContentsSir Eglamore; The Pit Boys; The Wee Weaver; Maid On The Shore; Dance To Your Daddy; T Stands For Thomas; Sair Fyel’d Hinny (Sorely Failed, Honey); Ho, Ho, Bonny Lass; Accompanied; Ye Mar’ners All; The Three Ravens ; Thirty Foot Trailer; The Cruel Mother; Bonny At Morn: Seven Yellow Gypsies; Elsie Marley; The Rosebud In June
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Faber Music Ltd Written on Skin
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Faber Music Ltd Improve your sightsinging Grades 45
Book SynopsisFirmly rooted in Paul Harris' Simultaneous Learning approach, this new edition of Improve your sight-singing! Grades 4-5 is designed to help overcome all the stumbling blocks to successful sight-singing
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Samuel French Ltd Dracula The Musical
Book SynopsisThis delightful spoof of the classic horror tale is an unparalleled romp from start to finish.
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Samuel French Ltd Im Getting My ACT Together and Taking It on the
Book SynopsisThe story of a thirty-nine-year-old songwriter who is making a comeback, throwing out the crap of the past - her commercial sex kitten image - in order to forge a new identity, writing songs that express how she really feels and who she really is. Her manager (a former lover) is appalled. He likes her the way she used to be and says he can''t sell this new woman. They battle it out to a bittersweet, triumphant conclusion.
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Samuel French Ltd Alice in Concert
Book SynopsisThis music hall version of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glasswas a New York Shakespeare Festival production. Swados composed the score adaptedthe book and directed for the stage. Meryl Streep starred as Alice at New York's PublicTheatre. Later aired on PBS and titled Alice at the Palace this imaginative rendering of the LewisCarroll classic is performed concert-style on a bare stage the actors in modern rehearsalclothes. Stylistically the music ranges from rock to country/western to calypso as theoutlandish characters of Wonderland are reinterpreted in this story theatre-type setting.
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Samuel French Ltd Scrambled Feet
Book SynopsisThis intimate musical revue is a zany, hilarious spoof dedicated to satirizing every conceivable aspect of show business. Among the many skits are a pointed parody of theatre party ladies, a wrestling match between the Elephant Man and the paraplegic hero of Whose Life Is It Anyway?, the traumas of a suburban couple getting to and going from the theater, a madrigal on the popularity of British plays and performers, and takeoffs on critics and Joseph Papp and his Public Theatre. It''s a perfect show for anyone involved with the theatre.
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Concord Theatricals Hamlet Cha Cha Cha
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Hal Leonard Corporation Footloose Vocal Selections Piano Vocal and
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Hal Leonard Corporation Singers Musical Theatre Soprano Volume 3
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Hal Leonard Corporation Singers Musical Theatre Mezzo Soprano Volume 3
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Hal Leonard Corporation Popular Ballads for Classical Singers The Vocal
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Hal Leonard Corporation Popular Ballads Classical Singers Low Voice
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Hal Leonard Corporation The Sacred Collection
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Hal Leonard Corporation The Teens Musical Theatre Collection Young Womens
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Hal Leonard Corporation The Singers Book of Jazz Standards Womens
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Hal Leonard Corporation The Lieder Anthology High Voice Vocal Library
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Hal Leonard Corporation Favorite Spanish Art Songs Vocal Collection
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Hal Leonard Corporation Standard Vocal Literature Soprano
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Hal Leonard Corporation The Broadway Ingenue
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Hal Leonard Corporation Steel Pier vocal selections
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Alfred Publishing Co Inc.,U.S. Singers Library of Arias Low Voice 15 Vocal
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Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. I Sing You Sing Too
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£26.21
Alfred Music Blues Vocals The Ultimate Beginner Series
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Hamilton Books Head First The Language of the Head Voice A
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWOW! I must say that you have done a fabulous job....A great piece of work. -- Birgit Nilsson, Swedish opera legend, Soprano. (b. 1918 - d.2005)Denes Striny has been my teacher for over fourteen years now, and his incredible teaching has been invaluable in my success performing roles from the bel canto to Berio. -- Lauren FlaniganThe book is remarkable, everything you write on the Head Voice is interesting and good. Thanks! -- Christa Ludwig, German opera legend, Mezzo-SopranoI am impressed with the clarity of his thoughts and the wisdom of his ideas. His book is an important addition to the field of vocal pedagogy and it is especially timely today when the art of good sining is limited to so few people. -- Michael Cordovana, Dallas Opera - 25 years, RetiredAnd I am sorry to say...I spoiled what could have been a successful career with wrong ideas...with the assistance of teachers that made that happen. When I read your book, I could...remember what my voice had wanted to do and was able to do when everything felt easy and joyful. Well, it's too late for a career, but it's not too late for searching and (returning) to something that brought so much joy and happiness. -- Rolf Knapper, Hedmark University CollegeI am so excited by the principles that Mr. Striny puts forth in his book that I have incorporated them into my own teaching and am recommending him and his book to everyone who is serious about 'singing smart' and having a long, healthy and prosperous singing career. Finally I can say 'Thank You' for finding the way. -- Carmen Balthrop, Chair, Voice/Opera Division, School of Music, University of MarylandWhat I've read is always engaging, clearly expressed, and well phrased-a reader wants to read on. You have much to be proud of. -- Peter G. Davis, Music Critic * New York Magazine *...passionate and direct. Vocal students and teachers will have much to chew on, and even part-time opera fans will find food for thought. -- Joseph Dalton * Albany Times Union *Striny neatly encapsulates his directives for singing...the exercises, and Striny's directions, are excellent...What Striny has to say...will resonate with pedagogues who wonder why there are fewer singers with long careers. -- Debra Greschner, Lecturer of Voice at Lamar University in Beaumont, TX * National Association Of Teachers Of Singing *I consider your book a masterpiece in the genre of vocal literature...Your book should be required reading for all voice students and voice faculties across America. -- Robin HendrixTable of ContentsPart 1 Dedication: In Remembrance (of Birgit Nilsson ) Part 2 Foreword: A Letter from Birgit Nilsson Part 3 Preface Chapter 4 Introduction Part 5 Choices Chapter 6 Head Voice and Chest Voice: Registers and Voices Chapter 7 Breathing—No Big Deal Chapter 8 All the Stuff You Want: Pitch, Text, Musicality, Carrying Power Chapter 9 Vocal Constriction and Health Part 10 Getting There Chapter 11 Bel Canto and Head Voice: What Happened? Chapter 12 The Passaggio: From What? To What? Chapter 13 Finding a Voice Chapter 14 About Teachers Chapter 15 Getting in the Zone Chapter 16 The Final Analysis, Do You Deserve It? Chapter 17 The Learning Process and the Exercises Part 18 Exercises Part 19 Appendix Part 20 Index
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Hal Leonard Corporation Opera Anthology Arias for Soprano
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Hal Leonard Corporation Three Irish Folk Song Settings Voice and Flute
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Hal Leonard Corporation Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
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Hal Leonard Corporation The Oratorio Anthology
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Hal Leonard Corporation The Oratorio Anthology
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Hal Leonard Corporation The Oratorio Anthology
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Hal Leonard Corporation I Pagliacci G Schirmer Opera Score Editions
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Hal Leonard Corporation Operatic Anthology Volume Ii MezzoSoprano And
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Hal Leonard Corporation Singers Musical Theatre Soprano Volume 2
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Hal Leonard Corporation Lloyd Webber Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
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