These collections of 30 songs each, released over 50 years ago, have been a mainstay of classical vocal study. There is a different song list for each voice type. Now accompaniment CDs are available that match each book. Special CD-ROM features are added to the audio CD which allow the tempo on the accompaniments to be adjusted without changing the pitch, or also, allow transposition.
Song List
ADELAIDE (BEETHOVEN)
AMARYLLIS (CACCINI)
AS EVER I SAW (WARLOCK)
BROOKLET, THE (LODER)
E'EN AS A LOVELY FLOWER (BRIDGE)
FROM FAR, FROM EVE AND MORNING (FROM “ON WENLOCK EDGE”) (VAUGHAN WILLIAMS)
I'LL SAIL UPON THE DOG-STAR (PURCELL)
IS IT BLISS, OR IS IT SORROW (SIND ES SCHMERZEN, SIND ES FREUDEN) (BRAHMS)
IS SHE NOT PASSING FAIR? (ELGAR)
KNOTTING SONG, THE (PURCELL)
LOVE SONG (MINNELIED) (BRAHMS)
MOONLIGHT (MONDNACHT) (SCHUMANN)
NIGHT IS MOURNFUL (L'OMBRE EST TRISTE) (RACHMANINOFF)
NOW SLEEPS THE CRIMSON PETAL (QUILTER)
ON WINGS OF SONG (AUF FLÜGELN DES GESANGES) (MENDELSSOHN)
REIGN HERE A QUEEN WITHIN THE HEART (WIE BIST DU, MEINE KÖNIGEN) (BRAHMS)
REST, SWEET NYMPHS (PILKINGTON)
SECRET, THE (GEHEIMES) (SCHUBERT)
SIGH NO MORE, LADIES (STEVENS)
SLEEP (GURNEY)
THOU'RT LIKE A LOVELY FLOWER (DU BIST WIE EINE BLUME) (SCHUMANN)