English Songs: Renaissance to Baroque is a high voice vocal collection featuring 34 English songs by renowned Renaissance and Baroque composers, including Dowland, Purcell, Handel, Arne, Campion, Morley, Gibbons, and others. Part of The Vocal Library series, this collection provides vocal sheet music and online audio accompaniments, making it a valuable resource for singers, vocal instructors, and performers exploring English-language repertoire from these influential musical periods.
The collection includes recorded piano accompaniments by Laura Ward, accessible through a unique online code included with the book. The accompanying recordings can be streamed or downloaded and feature PLAYBACK+, an interactive audio player that allows users to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and adjust left-right balance for flexible rehearsal and performance preparation.
Edited and arranged by Richard Walters and Steven Stolen, the repertoire serves as an excellent alternative or companion to traditional Baroque Italian songs and arias.
Song List
As I Walked Forth One Summer Day * Blow, blow thou winter wind * Come And Trip It * Diaphenia * Fain Would I Change That Note * Fair, if you expect admiring * Flow my tears * Hark! The Echoing Air * Have You Seen But a White Lily Grow? * Here Amid the Shady Woods * How Happy Art Thou * I Attempt from Love's Sickness to Fly * I'll Sail Upon The Dog Star * If music be the food of love (First Version) * In Sherwood Lived Stout Robin Hood * It Was A Lover And His Lass * Jack And Joan * Let Me Wander Not Unseen * My Lovely Celia * Nymphs and Shepherds * O Come, O Come, My Dearest * Pastime With Good Company * Rest Sweet Nymphs * Silver Swan, The * Since First I Saw Your Face * Tell Me No More * Thou Soft Flowing Avon * Weep You No More, Sad Fountains * What If I Never Speed * When Daisies Pied * When Laura Smiles * and more.
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