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Vocal Solo Books
24 Italian Songs & Arias of the 17th and 18th Centuries* (ML, MH) - Various
26 Italian Songs & Arias (MH, ML) - John Glen Paton
30 Spirituals - Hall Johnson
50 Art Songs From the Modern Repertoire - Various
Album of 25 Favorite Songs for Girls (Revised) - Various
Album of Negro Spirituals (H, L)- Harry T. Burleigh
All Time Favorite Art Songs From the Modern Repertoire - Various
American Folksongs (H, L) - arr. Bryan Stanley
Anthology of Art Songs of Black Composers - Various
Anthology of Italian Song of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Books 1 & 2) - Various
Anthology of Modern French Song (39 songs) (H, L) - Spicker
Anthology of Spanish Song (H, L) - Various
Arnold Book of Old Songs - Roger Quilter
Art Song - Compiled by Alice Howland and Poldi Zeitlin
Art Song Collection (MH) - Various
Art Songs for School and Studio (MH, ML) - Glen/Spouse
Classical Contest Solos (S, A, T, B) - Various
Coloratura Arias for Soprano - Robert Larson
Contemporary American Sacred Songs - Various
Contemporary Art Songs - British and American
Deep River Collection, Vol 1 (H, L) - Moses Hogan
Easy Songs for Beginning Singers* (S, A, T, B) - Joan Frey Boytim
Encores for Solo Singers (MH, ML) - ed. Jay Althouse
English Songs Renaissance to Baroque (H, L) - ed. Stolen and Walters
Favorite French Art Songs (H, L) - Various
Favorite German Art Songs (H, L) - Various
Favorite Sacred Classics for Solo Singers (MH, ML) - Patrick Liebergen
Fifteen American Art Songs (H, L) - ed. Gary Arvin
Fifty Five Art Songs - Spaeth/Thompson
Fifty Selected Songs (L, H) - Schubert/Schumann/Brahms
Fifty-Six Songs You Like to Sing - Various
Fifty-Two Sacred Songs You Like to Sing - Various
First Book of Baritone/Bass Solos Vol.1 & 2* - comp. by Joan Frey Boytim
First Book of Mezzo-Soprano Solos Vol. 1 & 2* - comp. by Joan Frey Boytim
First Book of Soprano Solos Vol. 1 & 2* - comp. by Joan Frey Boytim
First Book of Tenor Solos Vol. 1 & 2* - comp. by Joan Frey Boytim
Five Folk Songs (L, H) - Luigi Zaninelli
Folk Songs for Solo Singers (MH, ML) Vol. 1 & 2 - ed. Jay Althouse
French Song Anthology, The (H, L) - Various
Gateway for German Lieder (H, L) - John Glenn Paton
Great Art Songs of 3 Centuries (H, L) - Various
Great Opera Composers for Young Singers (Sop, Mezzo, Tenor, Bari, Bass) - Various
Hall Johnson Collection - Hall Johnson
Heroes and Vagabonds (Solo Songs for the Male Changing Voice) - Mark Patterson
New Anthology of American Song (H) - Various
New Imperial Edition (various voices) - Sydney Northcote
Old American Songs (Set 1 & 2) - Aaron Copeland
Pathways of Song* (Vol. 1-4 L, Vol. 1-4 H) - Various
Reliquary of English Songs Vol. 1 - Potter
Romantic American Art Songs (H) - comp. Richard Walters
Sacred Solos for All Ages (H, M, L) - comp. Joan Frey Boytim
Solo Songs for Young Voices - Audrey Snyder
Solos for the Changing Male Voice - Dave & Jean Perry
Solos for Young Voices - Dave & Jean Perry
Songs By Twenty-Two Americans (H, L) - Bernard Taylor
Songs for Bass in a Comfortable Range - Leonard Van Camp
Songs of Travel (H, L) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Spirituals for Solo Singers (ML, MH) - ed. Jay Althouse
Spirituals of Harry T. Burleigh, The (H, L) - Harry T. Burleigh
Ten Folk Songs for Solo Voice (MH, ML) - arr. Mark Hayes
Ten Spirituals for Solo Voice (MH, ML) - arr. Mark Hayes
Thirty-Six Solos for Young Singers - Joan Frey Boytim
Young Singer, The (S, A, T, B) - Richard D. Row

* Denotes “highly recommended.”

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