![]() Written in the key of F Major it is easily singable for almost any choir since it is only the octave range. The text is beautifully depicted with the pattern of rising intervals of a fourth beginning on the dominant note and climbing to the octave. Our Purcell ensemble for novice singers ages eight through twelve has just performed John DOWLAND’S Come Again, Sweet Love. These pieces are ideal for not only increasing vocabulary and one’s ability to articulate more precisely our thoughts, but for teaching scales, unpredictable rhythms, asymmetry, and patterns. ![]() These are not necessarily easy pieces and the text is profoundly meaningful and often times words we unfortunately no longer use in our everyday conversations. ![]() There is poignant poetry scored for choir in madrigals and folk songs from around the globe. Sometimes, you just remember what has always been beautiful and will always remain so. Sometimes, the restriction of a budget can send you to the pieces that have collected dust in your choral library or are in the public domain. The “Complete” set is comparable to a retail price of $49.95 if components are bought separately.We don’t always have to have the newest, latest piece of music to introduce to our choirs. ![]() ![]() This compilation includes the High, Medium High, Medium, Medium Low, and Low editions in one book, perfect for teacher reference. Also includes international phonetic alphabet for each song text, word for word translations for study, historical introduction for each aria, and a preface on Parisotti and his approach to this music. The collection includes the original contents of 24 Italian Songs and Arias of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries plus four additional Parisotti editions. This newly researched edition, with updated composer attributions, features new, clean music engravings. Most voice teachers and singers still prefer the pianistic, wonderfully gratifying editions made by Alessandro Parisotti (1853-1913) of early Italian arias. ![]()
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