Roger Quilter: 55 Songs : High Voice

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Summary: Beautiful Collection of Classic English Repertoire
Review: Roger Quilter is a minor figure in British music, but his art songs continue to be some of the most popular in the English repertoire. The music is indeed beautiful. Melodic, lush, dreamy, and heart-wrenching, these songs sound more like well-written popular love balads than the stodgy repertoire most young singers are exposed to. Given some time with these pieces, a young singer can devlop indefinate control, and ease of expression. This collection from Hal Leonard is incredibly well concieved. It is nice to look at for one thing. I'm actually surprized how usable the volume is. The music is beautifully rescribed - extremely readable size and beautiful figures. The print is in a lovely font, too. The paper much higher quality than most compilations of this nature. The binding is quite hardy. Some of the songs are available in keys you can't get anywhere else. The Low voice version is actually suitable for a medium-low voice, and the high voice version for a -medium high voice.

Hopefully this collection will be made more widely available (it currently is a bit difficult to track down a copy).