Easy Songs for the Beginning Mezzo-Soprano/Alto

This series was designed to supplement traditional vocal instruction and works perfectly as preparatory literature for The First Book of Solos and The First Book of Solos Part II. Each piece is in English and has a limited vocal range as well as a piano accompaniment that is playable by a student pianist. The pieces include art songs, folksongs, humorous songs, and suitable vintage popular songs and are all appropriate for contest solos. The book includes a code for professionally-recorded accompaniments available online for download or streaming.

Table of Contents:

• You Are Free (Jacobi)
• Who'll Buy My Lavender? (German)
• Vienna, My City of Dreams (Sieczynski)
• There Are Plenty of Fish in the Sea (Foster)
• That's an Irish Lullaby (Shannon)
• Snowbells (Schumann)
• Sing Me to Sleep (Greene)
• Shepherd, Play a Little Air! (Stickles)
• Oh, Come Again, Beautiful Spring (Weckerlin)
• Now Is the Month of Maying (Morley)
• Mother, Oh Sing Me to Rest (Franz)
• The Maiden's Wish (Chopin)
• The Lotus Flower (Schumann)
• Long, Long Ago (Bayly)
• Little Wild Rose (Schubert)
• Last Night (Kjerulf)
• It Was a Lover and His Lass (Morley)
• If No One Ever Marries Me (Lehmann)
• Gently, Johnny, My Jingalo (arr. Sharp)
• The First Primrose (Grieg)
• Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit
• Early One Morning (arr. Williams)
• At Parting (Rogers)

Publisher:	G. Schirmer
Composer/Author:	Various
Arranger/Editor:	Boytim, Joan Frey
Catalog Number:	50483757
Pages:	72