| Description |
1 vocal score (xxii, 176 pages) ; 31 cm |
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vocal score |
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accompaniment reduced for keyboard |
| Language |
Staff notation. |
| Note |
"This Dover edition, first published in 2013, is a modified republication of Song from the operas for alto, originally published by the Oliver Ditson Company, New York, in 1909. Lyrics appear in their original language only"--Title page verso. |
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This rich selection of twenty-nine alto-range opera arias spans from the dawn of Italian opera to the late nineteenth century, featuring early arias by Lully, Purcell, and Scarlatti; eighteenth-century compositions by Handel and Gluck; and latter-day works by Meyerbeer, Rossini, Donizetti, Glinka, and Verdi. |
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Includes Krehbiel's original preface, and a new introduction by Roelof Oostwoud. |
| Contents |
Amadis. Gloomy woods, in darkness receive me = Bois épais, redouble ton ombre / J.-B. de Lully -- Mitrane. Ah! Give me back thy heart = Ah! Rendimi / F. Rossi -- Dido and Aeneas. When I am laid in earth / H. Purcell -- Tigrane. To achieve all the glamor of glory = All'acquisto di gloria / A. Scarlatti -- Amadigi. Torment unending = Pena tiranna ; Alcina. Verdant meadows, groves enchanting = Verdi prati, selve amene / G.F. Handel -- La Clemenza di Tito. When around thy dear face = Se mai senti / L. Leo -- Demofoonte. Father, have merch = Padre, perdona / J.A. Hasse -- Orfeo ed Euridice. I have lost my Euridice = Che farò senza Euridice ; Paride ed Elena. Oh, from my tender love = O del mio dolce ardor / C.W. Gluck -- Canst thou believe = Caro mio ben / G. Giordani -- Ariodant. O lover mine, most faithful-hearted = O des amants le plus fidèle / E.-N. Méhul -- Les Huguenots. No, I'll engage that you have never = Non, non, non, vous n'avez jamais ; Le prophète. Ah! My son = Ah! Mon fils / G. Meyerbeer -- Tancredi. For all the pains I bear = Di tanti palpiti ; Cenerentola. No more lonely, hopeless waiting = Non più mesta accanto al fuoco ; Semiramide. Live this day in memory shining = Ah! Quel giorno! / G. Rossini -- Donna Caritea. Ah, since vainly I now implore thee = Ah! S'estinto ancor mi vuoi / G.S. Mercadante -- Anna Bolena. Why, since thy heart in sadness weeps = Deh! Non voler costringere ; Lucrezia Borgia. It is better to laugh than be sighing = Il segreto per esser felici / G. Donizetti -- Russlan and Ludmilla. The shades of night = Die Gluth des heissen Tages / M.I. Glinka -- Mignon. I am here in her boudoir -- Me voici dans son boudoir / A. Thomas -- Martha. Dismal care -- Esser mesto / F. von Flotow -- Un ballo in Maschera. King of the shades = Re dell' abisso / G. Verdi -- Faust. When all was young = Si le bonheur ; Cinq Mars. Night radiant in splendor = Nuit resplendissante / C.-F. Gounod -- La Gioconda. Light to my dark soul bringing = Voce di donna / A. Ponchielli -- Jean de Nivelle. Now while the daylight still lingers = Tant que le jour dure / L. Delibes -- Nadeshda. My heart is weary = Schwer liegt auf dem Herzen / A.G. Thomas. |
| Language |
Italian, French, or German words, variously. |
| Subject |
Operas -- Excerpts -- Vocal scores with piano.
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Operas -- Excerpts -- Vocal scores with piano. |
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Songs (Low voice) with piano.
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Songs (Low voice) with piano. |
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Operas.
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Operas.
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Arrangements (Music)
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Arrangements (Music)
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Vocal scores.
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Vocal scores.
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Excerpts.
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Excerpts.
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| Added Author |
Krehbiel, Henry Edward, 1854-1923, editor.
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Oostwoud, Roelof, writer of added commentary.
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Container of (expression): Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687.
Amadis. Bois épais. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Rossi, Francesco, 1627-approximately 1700.
Mitrane. Ah! rendimi. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Dido and Aeneas. When I am laid in earth. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Scarlatti, Alessandro, 1660-1725.
Tigrane. All'acquisto di gloria. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Amadigi. Pena tiranna. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Alcina. Verdi prati. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Leo, Leonardo, 1694-1744.
Clemenza di Tito. Deh! se mai senti spirarti sul volto. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Hasse, Johann Adolf, 1699-1783.
Demofoonte. Padre, perdona. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.
Orfeo ed Euridice. Che farò senza Euridice. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.
Paride ed Elena. O del mio dolce ardor. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Giordani, Giuseppe, 1751-1798.
Caro mio ben. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Méhul, Etienne Nicolas, 1763-1817.
Ariodant. Ô des amants le plus fidèle. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864.
Huguenots. Non, vous n'avez jamais, je gage. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864.
Prophète. Ah! mon fils. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
Tancredi. Di tanti palpiti. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
Cenerentola. Non più mesta. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
Semiramide. Ah! quel giorno ognor rammento. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Mercadante, Saverio, 1795-1870.
Caritea, regina di Spagna. Ah s'estinto ancor mi vuoi. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Anna Bolena. Deh! non voler costringere. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Lucrezia Borgia. Segreto per esser felici. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Glinka, M. I. (Mikhail Ivanovich), 1804-1857.
Ruslan i Li͡udmila. Arii͡a Ratmira. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896.
Mignon. Me voici dans son boudoir. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Flotow, Friedrich von, 1812-1883.
Martha. Bange Trauer, dies kann mein Herz ja nicht. Vocal score. Italian.
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Container of (expression): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Ballo in maschera. Re dell'abisso affrettati. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Faust. Si le bonheur à sourire t'invite. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Cinq Mars. Nuit resplendissante. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886.
Gioconda. Voce di donna o d'angelo. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891.
Jean de Nivelle. Tant que le jour dure. Vocal score.
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Container of (expression): Thomas, A. Goring (Arthur Goring), 1850-1892.
Nadeshda. My heart is weary. Vocal score. German.
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| Added Title |
Songs from the operas for alto.
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Twenty nine opera arias for altos |
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Opera arias for altos |
| ISBN |
9780486497518 |
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0486497518 |
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