| To: vocalist From: Valerie Langfield Subject: Re: Art songs in English Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
>do you have a >favorite art song for mezzo in English? I need a new piece to start >working on for the spring semester and have not yet found something >that sends me soaring (like O del mio dolce ardor!) I'm 30 and have >been taking voice lessons only since last April, so I'm not experienced
Sorry for the late reply.
To add to all the other excellent suggestions - Quilter is perhaps the English artsong composer par excellence (I'm biassed). Although many of his 100+ songs are better sung by a man, and many are out of print, many aren't, and there is a brilliant collection of 12 songs (called 'Twelve Songs - Roger Quilter', in the 'Heritage of English Song' series) available through Elkin Music Services. Try from that collection 'Music and Moonlight' or 'Autumn Evening'.
-- Valerie Langfield http://www.minuet.demon.co.uk/quilter.htm rcq-at-minuet.demon.co.uk
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