Vocal Repertoire for the Twenty-First Century, Volume 1 - Works Written Before 2000

Vocal Repertoire for the Twenty-First Century is an insightful and practical interpretive guide to contemporary repertoire assembled by celebrated soprano Jane Manning. This first of the two-volume set covers works composed prior to the year 2000.

List of contents

• Introduction


• Guide to Gradings


• About the Companion Website


• Featured Works


• ADÈS, Thomas LIFE STORY soprano/any voice


• ALLBRIGHT, Terence TWO SONGS baritone


• ALWYN, William MIRAGES baritone


• ANTHEIL, George FIVE SONGS soprano/tenor


• ASIA, Daniel PINES SONGS soprano/mezzo


• ASTON, Peter FIVE SONGS OF CRAZY JANE solo soprano


• BABBITT, Milton THE WIDOW'S LAMENT IN SPRINGTIME mezzo


• BAULD, Alison BANQUO'S BURIED soprano/mezzo


• BECKWITH, John FIVE LYRICS OF THE T'ANG DYNASTY soprano/tenor


• BEDFORD, David COME IN HERE, CHILD soprano/amplified piano


• BENNETT, Richard Rodney A GARLAND FOR MARJORY FLEMING soprano


• BINGHAM, Judith THE CATHEDRAL OF TREES solo soprano/tenor


• BLAKE, David BEATA L'ALMA soprano/tenor


• CAGE, John THE WONDERFUL WIDOW OF EIGHTEEN SPRINGS and A FLOWER. any voice ( closed piano)


• CARTER, Elliott OF CHALLENGE AND OF LOVE soprano/mezzo


• CASKEN, John IA ORANA, GAUGUIN soprano


• CHILD, Peter EMILY DICKINSON SONGS soprano


• CRAWFORD SEEGER, Ruth FIVE SONGS (1929) contralto


• CRESSWELL, Lyell EIGHT SHAKER SONGS soprano/tenor


• CROCKETT, Donald THE PENSIVE TRAVELLER soprano/tenor


• CRUMB, George APPARITION soprano/mezzo


• DEL TREDICI, David FOUR SONGS ( 1958-1960) soprano/tenor


• DICKINSON, Peter EXTRAVAGANZAS medium voice


• EDWARDS, Ross THE HERMIT OF GREEN LIGHT counter-tenor


• EMMERSON, Simon TIME PAST IV soprano /electronics


• FIELD, Corey THREE LULLABIES soprano/tenor


• FINE, Irving MUTABILITY mezzo


• FIRSOVA, Elena TWO SONNETS OF SHAKESPEARE soprano


• GORB, Adam WEDDING BREAKFAST solo mezzo/soprano + tambourine


• GRANT, Julian DESPONDENT NONSENSES soprano/tenor


• HAGEN, Daron MULDOON SONGS medium voice


• HALADYNA, Jeremy TWO SONNETS OF SIR PHILIP SIDNEY soprano/tenor


• HARBISON, John MIRABAI SONGS soprano/mezzo


• HARRISON, Lou MAY RAIN any voice /prepared piano


• HENZE, Hans Werner THREE AUDEN SONGS tenor


• HOLMAN, Derek THE CENTRED PASSION baritone


• HOROVITZ, Joseph LADY MACBETH soprano/mezzo


• HUMBLE, Keith EIGHT CABARET SONGS medium voice


• HUSA, Karel TWELVE MORAVIAN SONGS medium voice


• KIM, Earl LETTERS FOUND NEAR A SUICIDE high/medium voice


• KING, Matthew DIVES AND LAZARUS soprano/tenor


• KNUSSEN, Oliver FOUR LATE POEMS AND AN EPIGRAM OF RAINER


• MARIA RILKE solo soprano


• KRENEK, Ernst THE FLEA soprano/tenor


• LARSEN, Libby SONGS FROM LETTERS soprano


• LEES, Benjamin SONGS OF THE NIGHT soprano/tenor


• LEFANU, Nicola BUT STARS REMAINING solo soprano


• LUTYENS, Elisabeth IN THE TEMPLE OF A BIRD'S WING baritone


• MACONCHY, Elizabeth SUN, MOON AND STARS. soprano


• McDOWALL, Cecilia FOUR SHAKESPEARE SONGS soprano


• MacMILLAN, James THREE SCOTTISH SONGS medium voice


• McCABE, John REQUIEM SEQUENCE soprano


• McLEOD, John PEACOCKS WITH A HUNDRED EYES counter-tenor (or


• mezzo/baritone)


• MARSH, Roger A LITTLE SNOW solo voice (any)


• MARTINO, Donald THREE SONGS bass


• MATHIAS, William A VISION OF TIME AND ETERNITY contralto


• MATTHEWS, David FROM COASTAL STATIONS medium voice


• MAW, Nicholas THE VOICE OF LOVE mezzo


• MAXWELL DAVIES, Peter THE MEDIUM solo mezzo/soprano


• MILNER, Anthony OUR LADY'S HOURS soprano/tenor


• MUSGRAVE, Thea A SUITE O'BAIRNSANGS medium/high voice


• PAYNE, Anthony EVENING LAND soprano/mezzo


• PÉCOU, Thierry MAMMAL DREAMS mezzo


• PERERA, Ronald FIVE SUMMER SONGS medium voice


• PHILIPS, Julian AN AMHERST BESTIARY soprano/tenor


• PICKER, Tobias THE RAIN IN THE TREES soprano/tenor


• POWELL, Mel HAIKU SETTINGS soprano/tenor


• PREVIN, André FIVE SONGS mezzo


• PRIMOSCH, James THREE SACRED SONGS medium voice


• RAINIER, Priaulx CYCLE FOR DECLAMATION tenor/soprano


• RITCHIE, John FOUR ZHIVAGO SONGS mezzo


• ROCHBERG, George FANTASIES medium voice


• ROMANO, Kate WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN? soprano


• SALTER, Timothy LIFE soprano /tenor


• SAMUEL, Rhian THE HARE IN THE MOON soprano


• SCHUMAN, William TIME TO THE OLD medium/high voice


• SCHWANTNER, Joseph TWO POEMS OF AGUEDA PIZARRO soprano


• (+ crotales)


• SESSIONS, Roger ON THE BEACH AT FONTANA soprano/tenor


• SILVER, Sheila TRANSCENDING baritone


• SINGER, Malcolm I AM A LITTLE CHURCH soprano/mezzo


• SKEMPTON, Howard THE MALDIVE SHARK baritone


• SOHAL, Naresh POEMS OF TAGORE I soprano


• SOMERS, Harry EVOCATIONS mezzo


• STRAVINSKY, Igor THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT medium voice


• WHEELER, Scott SERENATA baritone


• WHITEHEAD, Gillian AWA HEREA soprano


• WIEGOLD,Peter LES ROSES soprano


• WILLIAMSON, Malcolm CELEBRATION OF DIVINE LOVE soprano/tenor


• WILSON, James FIRST FROST bass


• Glossary


• Programming Suggestions


• Recommended Reading


• Useful Anthologies


• Useful Addresses


• Permissions

About the author

Jane Manning, OBE is a freelance singer, teacher, and academic, currently a Professor in the Vocal Studies Department of Guildhall School of Music, and Visiting Professor at the Royal College of Music. In the U.S., she has been Visiting Professor at Mills College, and has given guest seminars at Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, MIT, New England Conservatory, Princeton, Stanford, USC and Yale. A soprano with over 50 years' experience as a celebrated contemporary music performer, she holds Honorary Doctorates from Universities of York, Keele, Durham, and Kingston, and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy and the Royal College of Music. Over the course of her career, she has given over 3 hundred world premieres and has worked with the composers Harrison Birtwistle, Pierre Boulez, John Cage, Elliott Carter, Oliver Knussen, Peter Maxwell Davies and Judith Weir. She is author of Voicing Pierrot (2012),New Vocal Repertory: An Introduction (OUP,1994), and New Vocal Repertory, Vol. 2 (OUP,1999).

Summary

Vocal Repertoire for the Twenty-First Century is an insightful and practical interpretive guide to contemporary repertoire assembled by celebrated soprano Jane Manning. This first of the two-volume set covers works composed prior to the year 2000.

Additional text

Dr. Manning provides a singer's account of 160 English-language songs: insightful remarks on tessitura, vocal color, appropriate voice-type, text, interpretation, level of complexity and technical difficulty. It's the fruit of unparalleled experience in singing hundreds of vocal works over the past half-century.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Manning, Jane (Professor of Vocal Studies Manning, Manning Jane
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.11.2020
• EAN: 9780199391035
• ISBN: 978-0-19-939103-5
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music theory; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Techniques, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Choral, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Composition, Theory of music & musicology, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Theory of music and musicology, Choral Music