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The following has just a few suggestions for books to investigate when first starting lessons. There are many good books of music out there from which to choose.
Recommended for Learning to Read Music / Music Theory
Practical Theory by Sandy Feldstein (Alfred Music publisher)
Vocal Books for Beginning Study:
Classical Songbooks (compilations with songs in different languages):
Italian Songbooks:
Musical Theatre:
The following has just a few suggestions for books to investigate when first starting lessons. There are many good books of music out there from which to choose.
Recommended for Learning to Read Music / Music Theory
Practical Theory by Sandy Feldstein (Alfred Music publisher)
Vocal Books for Beginning Study:
Classical Songbooks (compilations with songs in different languages):
- Soprano:
- First Book of Soprano Solos (Hal Leonard publisher. Parts 1, 2 & 3 combined. Can also be purchased separately. CD of practice piano accompaniments are also available)
- Second Book of Soprano Solos (Hal Leonard publisher. In two volumes purchased separately). Next level up from the First Book of Solos
- Mezzo-Soprano/Alto:
- First Book of Mezzo-Soprano/Alto Solos. (Hal Leonard publisher. Parts 1, 2, & 3 combined. Can also be purchased separately. CD of practice piano accompaniments are also available)
- Second Book of Mezzo-Soprano/Alto Solos. (Hal Leonard publisher. In two volumes, purchased separately) Next level up from the First Book of Solos
- Tenor:
- First Book of Tenor Solos. (Hal Leonard publisher. Parts 1, 2, & 3 combined. Can also be purchased separately. CD of practice piano accompaniments are also available)
- Second Book of Tenor Solos. (Hal Leonard publisher. In two volumes, purchased separately) Next level up from the First Book of Solos
- Bass
- First Book of Baritone/Bass Solos. (Hal Leonard publisher. Parts 1, 2, & 3 combined. Can also be purchased separately. CD of practice piano accompaniments are also available)
- Second Book of Baritone/Bass Solos. (Hal Leonard publisher. In two volumes, purchased separately) Next level up from the First Book of Solos
Italian Songbooks:
- 26 Italian Songs and Arias. Medium-high voice (Alfred Music publisher)
- 26 Italian Songs and Arias. Medium-low voice (Alfred Music publisher)
Musical Theatre:
- Singer's Musical Theatre Anthologies by Richard Walters (Hal Leonard publishing) are excellent books arranged by voice type (soprano, mezzo/belter, tenor, baritone/bass) which come in 5 different volumes for each voice type. Also available from the same publisher are books with 16 bar cuts from songs (again arranged by voice type) specifically designed for auditions.