The First Book of Soprano

This is among the most widely used teaching repertoire for singers in the U.S. Over 30 songs in each book, including American and British art songs, folk song arrangements, sacred songs and a sampling of beginning songs in German, Italian, Spanish and French. There is a completely different song selection for each voice type.

• Bel Piacere  Composed by George Frideric Handel, G Major
• Bonne Nuit   Composed by Jules Massenet, Bb Major
• El majo discreto  Composed by Enrique Granados, A Major
• Et Tra La La Y El Punteado  Composed by Enrique Granados, A Major
• Everywhere I Look  Composed by Molly Carew, F Major
• The Green Dog  Composed by Herbert Kingsley, Eb Major
• Have You Seen But A White Lily Grow?  Composed by Anonymous, F Major
• Hear My Cry, O God  Composed by Cesar Auguste Franck, G Major
• Heffle Cuckoo Fair   Composed by Martin Shaw, A Major
• I Love All Graceful Things  Composed by Eric H. Thiman, Ab Major
• Into The Night  Composed by Clara Edwards, G Major
• The K’e   Composed by Celius Dougherty, A Minor
• Let My Song Fill Your Heart  Composed by Ernest Charles, Db Major
• Let Us Dance, Let Us Sing  Composed by Henry Purcell, G Major
• Lied Der Mignon  Composed by Franz Schubert, G Minor
• A Little China Figure  Composed by Franco Leoni, G Major
• Little Elegy  Composed by John Duke, D Minor
• Love Has Eyes   Composed by Sir Henry Bishop, Bb Major
• Lullaby  Composed by Cyril Scott, F Major
• The Mermaid’s Song  Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn, C Major
• My Johann  Composed by Edvard Grieg, E Minor
• Night Is Falling  Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn, F Major
• O Peace, Thou Fairest Child Of Heaven  Composed by Thomas Augustine Arne, G Minor
• Oh, What A Beautiful City!  Composed by Edward Boatner, Bb Major
• Piercing Eyes  Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn, G Major
• Rose Softly Blooming  Composed by Louis Spohr, A Major
• Si Mes Vers Avaient Des Ailes  Composed by Reynaldo Hahn, E Major
• Waldensamkeit  Composed by Max Reger, G Major
• Water Parted From The Sea   Composed by Thomas Augustine Arne, F Major
• When I Have Sung My Songs  Composed by Ernest Charles, F Major
• The Beatitudes  Composed by Albert Hay Malotte, G Major
• The Crucifixion  Composed by Samuel Barber, A Minor
• Minnelied  Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn, A Major