Selected Art Songs for Medium Voice Accompanied Helen C. Crane Book Two: American composer

By Bernard Crane

a collection of representative songs from Helen Crane's late period - all are English: three groupings - "Love Poems of Marie von Vorst", "Old English Songs" featuring pre-nineteenth century poets; texts by Shakespeare, Campion, Dekker, Robert Herrick; then, "Newer English Songs" encompassing poets nineteenth century to time of composition: about 1923. poetic texts by W.B. Yeats, Francis Thompson, Robert Burns, William Wordsworth Austin Dobson, William Watson & Katherine Hinkson. The pieces are written with the medium voice in mind, with a range between middle C and F an octave and a fourth above. Early pieces have a Wolf - ian lyricism and the latter are more adventuresome harmonically but remain tonal and very accessible.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1735888281
• ISBN13: 9781735888286
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Grenier Hall Publishing
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"