Easy Songs for the Beginning Soprano (Schirmer)

(Includes CD)

Each piece is in English and has a limited vocal range as well as a piano accompaniment that is playable by a student pianist. Thepieces include art songs, folksongs, humorous songs, and suitable vintage popular songs and are all appropriate for contest solos. The book includes companion recorded accompaniments.

Song List:

• Alice Blue Gown
• April Showers
• Butterflies (Schulz)
• Cradle Song (Brahms)
• Evening Prayer from_Hansel and Gretel_(Humperdinck)
• The False Prophet (Scott)
• Florian’s Song (Godard)
• Golden Slumbers (English folksong)
• It Was a Lover and His Lass (Austin)
• Ladybird (Schumann)
• The Lilac Tree (Gartlin)
• The Little Sandman (arr. Brahms)
• My Little Heart (Weckerlin)
• The Nightingale (Alabieff)
• Oh! Dear, What Can the Matter Be? (16th Century)
• Oh, Pretty Birds (Rigel)
• The Rosebush (Himmel)
• The Sweetest Flower that Blows (Hawley)
• Two Marionettes (Cooke)
• The Willow Song (16th Century)
• The Willow Tree (arr. Reimann)
• The Winter It Is Past (arr. Hopekirk).