The singing book /

Dayme, Meribeth Bunch

The singing book / Meribeth Dayme and Cynthia Vaughn - 3rd edition. - New York ; London : Norton, 2014 - 352 p. ; - Voice, piano

Part 1: The first steps to singing easily [Healthy singin; Preparing to sing; Selecting music to sing; Learning music efficiently; Practice habits; Performing]-- Part 2: Improvisations and songs -- Traditional songs, world songs, and rounds -- Popular songs -- Art songs and arias -- Part 3: How the voice works List of songs:- Improvisation: Ballad (major key) -- Swingin' in Minor Blues-- Circle of Friends -- Dance Your Dream Come True -- Ballad (Major Key) Popular Songs:- There's a fine, fine line, from Avenue Q (Lopez/Marx) -- Someone Like You, from Jekyll & Hyde (Bricusse/Wildhorn) -- Goodnight, My Someone, from The Music Man (Willson) -- Not while I'm around, from Sweeney Todd (Sondheim) -- Oh, what a beautiful mornin', from Oklahoma (Rodgers/Hammerstein) -- I got the sun in the morning, from Annie get your gun (Berlin) -- Over the Rainbow, from The Wizard of Oz (Harburg / Arlen) -- Sing!, from Sesame Street (Raposo) -- Somewhere Out There (duet), from An American Tail (Horner/Mann/Weill) -- I sing for you, from Camp (Gore/Ahrens) -- Fields of gold (Sting) -- Puttin' on the Ritz (Berlin) -- Blue skies, from Betsy (Berlin) -- When I Fall in Love (Heyman/Young) -- Skylark (Mercer/Carmichael) -- Side by side (Optional duet) (Kahn/Woods) Art Songs and Arias:- Come again, sweet Love (Dowland, 1563-1626) -- Donzelle, fuggite (Cavalli, 1602-1676) -- Star vicino (Anonymous, 17th century) -- Caro mio ben [medium-high/medium-low] (Giordani,1730-1806) -- Adieu [medium-high/medium-low] (Faure, 1845-1924) -- La paloma blanca (arr. Kilenyi, 1884-1968) -- When love is kind (Moore, 1779-1852) -- I cannot sing tonight (Foster, 1826-1864) -- El majo timodo (Granados, 1867-1916) -- Evening prayer (duet), from Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck, 1854-1916) -- Summertime, from Porgy and Bess (Gershwin, 1898-1937) -- Come Ready and See Me (Hundley, b. 1931)

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Singing --Instruction and study
Singing --Physiological aspects
Musicals
Popular songs
Songs with piano
Folk songs