Medium-high voice and piano - Singstimme hoch bis mittel und Klavier
English Songs of the 17th and 18th centuries contains a selection of some of the greatest British songs of the baroque and classical era.
From some of the most popular songs by Henry Purcell (including Dido’s Lament and Fairest Isle), through perfect examples of the lyricist/composer’s art by Thomas Campion, to classic Shakespeare settings by Thomas Arne, this collection provides an ideal collection of essential songs for the student singer.
Contents:
Arne, Thomas – When daisies pied
Arne, Thomas – Where the bee sucks
Campion, Thomas – Oft have I sigh’d
Campion, Thomas – The peaceful western wind
Campion, Thomas – There is a garden in her face
Ford, Thomas – Fair sweet cruel
Ford, Thomas – Since first I saw your face
Gibbons, Orlando – The silver swan
Morley, Thomas – I saw my lady weeping
Morley, Thomas – I was a lover and his lass
Munro, George – My lovely Celia
Purcell, Henry – Ah! how pleasant ’tis to love
Purcell, Henry – Fairest Isle (Address to Britain)
Purcell, Henry – If music be the food of love
Purcell, Henry – I saw that you were grown so high
Purcell, Henry – Love quickly is pall’d
Purcell, Henry – Man is for the woman made
Purcell, Henry – Music for a while
Purcell, Henry – Nymphs and shepherds
Purcell, Henry – Since from my dear
Purcell, Henry – The Knotting Song
Purcell, Henry – Turn then thine eyes
Purcell, Henry – What shall I do
Purcell, Henry – When I am laid in earth (Dido’s Lament)
Rosseter, Philip – When Laura smiles
Rosseter, Philip – If she forsake me
Reihe: Edition Peters Repertoire Library