REPERTOIRE & STUDY MATERIALS

Vaccai Metodo Pratico: High Voice, Medium Voice, Low Voice.
Twenty Four Vocalises Marchesi

Twenty-Six Italian Songs & Arias (Ed. John Glen Paton) High Voice, Low Voice.
Twenty-Six Italian Songs & Arias (Ed. John Glen Paton) with CD accompaniment: High Voice, Low Voice.
Twenty-Four Italian Songs & Arias (Schirmer) Medium to High Voice, Medium to Low Voice
Twenty-Four Italian Songs & Arias (Schirmer) with CD accompaniment: High Voice (with 2 CDs), Low Voice.
Anthology of Italian Songs of the 17th & 18th Century Book 1
Anthology of Italian Songs of the 17th & 18th Century Book 2

Italian Art Songs of the Romantic Era High Voice Low Voice (Low voice with CD)

Gateway to German Lieder (John Glen Paton) High Voice, Low Voice.

J.S. Bach - Christmas Oratorio, Coffee Cantata, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben BWV147a,
                 Magnificat, Mass in B Minor, St. John Passion, St. Matthew Passion 
 
Vincenzo Bellini – Canzoni per Voce e Pianoforte, Norma, Il Pirata, I Puritani, La Somnambula, 
Bizet - Carmen: Vocal Score DVD CD & Tracks
John Blow - Ten Songs for High Voice
Brahms - Selected Songs High Voice, Low Voice, Requiem (version in German only)
Frank Bridge - Five Early Songs 

Britten - Complete Folk Song Arrangements High Voice
Britten - Twelve Selected Folk Songs: High Voice, Low Voice

Gaetano Donizetti - Anna Bolena, Don Pasquale, L'Elisir D'Amore, La Fille du Regiment,
                             Lucia di Lammermoor, Maria Stuarda 

Dowland Songs - Volume 1: High Voice, Low Voice; Volume 2: High Voice, Low Voice.

Gabriel Fauré - Twenty-Five Songs: High Voice, Low Voice. Requiem
Charles Gounod - Faust

Handel - Semele: English Chamber Orchestra, Johannes Somary (1973).
                                English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson (1993), MP3 TRACKS  
                                  Study Score here from IMSLP or Abridged Edition

Haydn - Songs for Voice & Piano, The Creation

John Ireland - The Complete Works for Voice and Piano
                     Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5.

Eight Songs for Upper Voice & Piano, Five 16th Century Poems, 3 Arthur Symons Songs,
                        Eleven Songs, The Land of Lost Content and other songs, Sea Fever E-G, B-D

Ruggiero Leoncavallo - I Pagliacci

Songs of the Linleys High Voice

Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana

Mozart Lieder High Voice, Low Voice
Mozart Operas: Cosi Fan Tutte, Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflöte, Le Nozze di Figaro.

Jacques Offenbach - Les Contes D'Hoffman

Purcell - Songs Volume 1 High Voice, Volume 5 Low Voice

Roger Quilter - Twelve Songs, Three Shakespeare Songs High (+CD) Voice, Low Voice

Betty Roe These Growing Years, Four Shakespeare Songs, Nine Songs,
                   Madam Song (Soprano & Double Bass).

Rossini - La Cenerentola,  Il Barbiere Di Siviglia, L'italiana in Algeri, Pettite messa di solennelle,
              Duetto Buffo di Due Gatti

Schubert - Fifteen Selected Songs High Voice, Low Voice,
                  PetersEdition (Urtext) Lieder Volume 1 High Voice, Medium Voice, Low Voice

Schumann - Selected Songs
Stephen Storace - Seven Songs High Voice

Sullivan -The Yeoman of The Guard Download the Study Score from IMSLP

Cecil Sharp One Hundred English Folk Songs

Giuseppe Verdi - Aida, Un Ballo In Maschera, Don Carlo, Falstaff, La Forza Del Destino, Macbeth, Otello,
                         Requiem, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Il Trovatore

Hugo Wolf - The Complete Morike Songs, Spanish & Italian Song Books 
                   45 songs of Goethe & Eichendorff

SONG ANTHOLOGIES

Soprano Songs, Mezzo Soprano Songs, Contralto Songs.
Tenor Songs, Baritone Songs, Bass Songs.

Early Georgian Songs: Book One Medium Voice, Book Two High Voice
English Songs Renaissance to Baroque High Voice, Low Voice.

French Songs: Bergettes Romances et Chansons du XVIIIe Siecle (or here)

REFERENCE
Oxford Concise Dictionary of Music
Oxford Concise Dictionary of Opera
Lieder Line by Line – Lois Phillips
Interpretation of French Song – Pierre Bernac
A History of Western Music – D. J. Grout
Essential Dictionary of Orchestration - Dave Black & Tom Gerou
And The Rest Is Noise - Alex Ross (Kindle version)
History of Opera Theatre useful website resource (kindly suggested by Connie, thank you.)


Collins Dictionaries: Italian (Italian Kindle version), German, French, Latin

SINGING GRADES
Associated Board: Prep Test, Graded Songbooks: 1 2 3 4 5

The Art of Song Grade 6 High, Medium, Low
The Art of Song Grade 7 High, Medium, Low

The Language of Song Elementary: High, Low
The Language of Song Intermediate: High, Low.
The Language of Song Advanced: High, Medium, Low.


Betty Roe - Ten Ponder & William Songs
Songs of Ireland - arr. Margery Hargest Jones
Sing Together (Traditional Songs) Appleby & Fowler Voice & Piano Edition, Melody Edition

RUDIMENTS & THEORY
The Rough Guide to Reading Music & Basic Theory - Hugo Pinksterboer

London College of Music Theory Exams Downloadable Grade Workbooks
Grade:  Step, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Step and Grades 1-8 click here to purchase Theory Workbooks as downloadable .pdf

LCM past Theory papers - click here to purchase .pdf


AB Guide to Music Theory: Part I, Part II
Music Theory in Practice Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8.
Practise Theory exam papers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory Book 1, 2, 3

Music Theory for Young Musicians - (Ying Ying Ng) Grade 1 2 3 4 5
Theory Made Easy: My First Theory Book,  Level 1 2
Music Theory for Very Young Children - (YYN) 1 2 3

Theory is Fun - (Maureen Cox Grade) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

MuseScore - Free music writing software (MAC & PC), alternative to Sibelius or Finale.


NOTEBOOKS & MANUSCRIPT BOOKS
Manuscript Books: Small A5 Landscape, small A5 Landscape 6 staves,
                                 A4 12 Stave 32 pages, A4 12 Stave 64 pages.

Alfred Complete Adult Beginner Level One, Two, Three
Keyboard Skills for the Reluctant Pianist - Sue Anderson


FOR LCM STUDENTS
LCM Music Performance and Diploma Syllabus
Diploma Repertoire List
Diploma Entry Forms UK
LCM Exams Contacts