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Resources for Singers: Mezzo-soprano

Mezzo-Soprano Song Literature

This list contains common song collections that you can borrow from the library or find easily enough for purchase. Some collections come with a sound recording that contains the piano accompaniments and/or IPA coaching.

15 selected songs / Gabriel Fauré

edited by Richard Walters ; Martha Gerhart, translations and International Phonetic Alphabet . -- Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard, c2008.
Audio record 23405 CD
FOLIO M1620.F27 W25 2008

The Purcell collection : 50 songs : realizations by Benjamin Britten / music by Henry Purcell

the figured basses realized by Benjamin Britten ; the vocal parts edited by Peter Pears ; edited by Richard Walters. -- [United States?] : Boosey & Hawkes ; Milwaukee, Wis. : Distributed by Hal Leonard Corp., c2008.
FOLIO M1620.P98 B778 2008

50 collected songs / Ned Rorem ; compiled by Richard Walters

consultant, Kurt Ollmann. [United States] : Boosey & Hawkes ; Milwaukee, Wis. : Distributed by Hal Leonard Corp., [2008?]
FOLIO M1620.R68 W35 2008

The G. Schirmer collection of American art song : 50 songs by 29 composers / compiled and edited by Richard Walters.

New York : G. Schirmer ; Milwaukee, Wis. : Distributed by Hal Leonard, c2007.
FOLIO M1619 .G22 2007

Art songs and arias : 29 selections / Leonard Bernstein ; edited by Richard Walters.

[United States] : L. Bernstein Music ; [S.l.] : Boosey & Hawkes ; [Milwaukee, Wis.] : [Distributed by] Hal Leonard, c2007.
FOLIO M1620.B49 V63 2007

Art songs and arias / Aaron Copland.

[United States] : Boosey & Hawkes ; Milwaukee, Wis. : Distributed by Hal Leonard, c2007.
FOLIO M1620.C64 V63 2007

Complete folksong arrangements : 61 songs / Benjamin Britten ; edited by Richard Walters.

London] : Boosey & Hawkes ; Milwaukee, Wis. : distributed by Hal Leonard, c2006.
FOLIO M1620.B858 F65 2006

28 American art songs : for low voice and piano.

[New York] : G. Schirmer, Inc., [2015]
FOLIO M1619 .T85 2015

Theatrical songs : 51 songs for medium/low voice and piano / William Bolcom.

New York : Edward B Marks Music, c2012
FOLIO M1620.B68 T532 2012

Minicabs : minicabaret songs for medium/low voice / William Bolcom.

New York : Edward B. Marks Music, c2010
FOLIO M1621.B64 M56 2010

Collected songs : for medium voice and piano / John Musto.

New York : Peermusic, [2015]
FOLIO M1620.M985 S62 2015

Standard vocal literature for mezzo-soprano / edited by Richard Walters.

Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard, 2004.
Audio record 20780 CD
FOLIO M1619 .S822 2004

The Lieder anthology complete package : low voice / edited by Virginia Saya and Richard Walters

translations and International Phonetic Alphabet by Martha Gerhart ; diction lesson recordings by Irene Spiegelman ; accompaniment recordings by Laura Ward.
Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard, [2013]
Audio record 36808 CD
M1619 .L4352 2013

Concert arias: for low soprano and contralto / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Kassel : Bärenreiter, c2013.
FOLIO M1612.M84 S4 2013a

65 songs / Samuel Barber ; edited by Richard Walters.

New York, NY : G. Schirmer ; Milwaukee, Wis. : Distributed by Hal Leonard, c2010.
FOLIO M1620.B27 S332 2010

The singer's musical theatre anthology : a collection of songs from musicals, teens edition / compiled and edited by Richard Walters.

Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard, [2010]
Audio record 29803 CD
FOLIO M1507.S6363 T42 2010

Anthology of Spanish song / edited by Maria DiPalma and Richard Walters.

Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Corp., [2001]
FOLIO M1619 .A727 2001

15 selected songs / Johannes Brahms.

Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Corp., c2008
Audio record 23537 CD
FOLIO M1620.B8 W352 2008

Collected songs : 54 songs including 8 Cycles or sets, / Gerald Finzi.

[England?] : Boosey & Hawkes ; Milwaukee, Wis. : Distributed by Hal Leonard Corp., [2008?]
FOLIO M1620.F569 S663 2008

The Purcell collection : 50 songs : realizations by Benjamin Britten / music by Henry Purcell

the figured basses realized by Benjamin Britten ; the vocal parts edited by Peter Pears ; edited by Richard Walters. -- [United States?] : Boosey & Hawkes ; Milwaukee, Wis. : Distributed by Hal Leonard Corp., c2008.
FOLIO M1620.P98 B779 2008

50 collected songs / Ned Rorem ; compiled by Richard Walters

consultant, Kurt Ollmann. [United States] : Boosey & Hawkes ; Milwaukee, Wis. : Distributed by Hal Leonard Corp., [2008?]
FOLIO M1620.R68 W352 2008

The G. Schirmer collection of American art song : 50 songs by 29 composers / compiled and edited by Richard Walters.

New York : G. Schirmer ; Milwaukee, Wis. : Distributed by Hal Leonard, c2007.
FOLIO M1619 .G23 2007

Art songs and arias : 33 selections / Leonard Bernstein ; edited by Richard Walters

[United States] : L. Bernstein Music ; [S.l.] : Boosey & Hawkes ; [Milwaukee, Wis.] : [Distributed by] Hal Leonard, c2007.
FOLIO M1620.B49 V64 2007

Art songs and arias / Aaron Copland.

[United States] : Boosey & Hawkes ; Milwaukee, Wis. : Distributed by Hal Leonard, c2007.
FOLIO M1620.C64 V64 2007

Complete folksong arrangements : 61 songs / Benjamin Britten ; edited by Richard Walters.

London] : Boosey & Hawkes ; Milwaukee, Wis. : distributed by Hal Leonard, c2006.
FOLIO M1620.B858 F66 2006

30 art songs in original keys : for medium [or] high voice and piano / Celius Dougherty.

New York : G. Schirmer ; Milwaukee, WI : Distributed by Hal Leonard, c2004.
FOLIO M1620.D68 S6 2004

The Lieder anthology / edited by Virginia Saya and Richard Walters.

Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard, c2003.
Audio record 36808 CD
M1619 .L4352 2003

The songs of Richard Rodgers : low voice / edited by Richard Walters ; Bryan Stanley, assistant editor.

[New York] : Williamson Music ; Milwaukee, WI : exclusively distributed by Hal Leonard, [2002?]
FOLIO M1507.R7 M872 2002

The French song anthology / edited by Carol Kimball & Richard Walters ; Joel K. Boyd, assistant editor.

Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard Corp., [2001]
M1619 .F74972 2001

Songs by 22 Americans : a collection of songs by outstanding American composers / compiled by Bernard Taylor.

[New York] : G. Schirmer ; Milwaukee, WI : distributed by Hal Leonard, c1960.
FOLIO M1619.T25 S62 1960

 

This is a short list of recently acquired song cycles featuring mezzo-soprano.

 

Neruda songs : for mezzo-soprano and piano / Peter Lieberson ; poems by Pablo Neruda.

New York : Associated Music Publishers ; Milwaukee, Wis. : Distributed by Hal Leonard Corp., [2011], c2005.
FOLIO M1614.L734 N47 2011

Farewell, Auschwitz : songs for soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone with clarinet, violin, cello, contrabass and piano / Jake Heggie ; piano/vocal score ; lyrics by Gene Scheer.

[San Francisco, CA] : Bent Pen Music, [2014?] Mainz ; New York : Schott, c2011.
FOLIO M2019.3.R678 T68 2011
 

Of all the moons : for mezzo-soprano and piano / Kevin Puts.

[New York] : Aperto Press, [2014]
FOLIO M1621.4.P88 O3 2014

Spaces of blank : song cycle in three parts : for mezzo-soprano, orchestra and soundtrack / Michel van der Aa.

Berlin : Boosey & Hawkes : Bote & Bock, [2012?]
M1613.A12 S7 2012

Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht : BWV 55 / BC A 157 / Johann Sebastian Bach

Stuttgart : Carus Verlag, c2011.
FOLIO M2020 .B16 BWV 55 2011

This is a short list of recently sacred works featuring mezzo-soprano.

Modlitwa = Prayer : for mezzo-soprano and piano / Roxanna Panufnik.

London : New York : C. F. Peters, [2009], c1999.
FOLIO M2113.P33 M6 2009

Salve Regina : per mezzosoprano e organo = für Mezzosopran und Orgel = for mezzo-soprano and organ / Nino Rota.

Mainz ; New York : Schott, c2009.
FOLIO M2113.R67 S35 2009

Song of songs fragments : for mezzo-soprano, clarinet, and piano / Samuel Adler.

King of Prussia, Pa. : Theodore Presser, c2007.
M2113.3.A45 S66 2007
 

Adam lay ybounden : for mezzo-soprano & English horn / Sydney Hodkinson.

King of Prussia, PA : Merion Music : sole representative, T. Presser, c2001.
FOLIO M2113.H58 A32 2001

From the wall : flute, cello, piano and mezzo-soprano / Michael Cohen.

St. Louis, MO : MMB Music, c2005.
M2103.3.C64 F76 2005
 

Psalm of the distant dove : canticle for mezzo-soprano and piano / Hugo Weisgall ; [texts] translated from Hebrew by Raymond P. Scheindlin.

Bryn Mawr, Pa. : Merion Music : T. Presser, sole representative, c1995.
M2113.W45 P73 1995