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Folk Songs is a song cycle by the Italian composer Luciano Berio composed in 1964. It consists of arrangements of folk music from various countries and other songs, forming "a tribute to the extraordinary artistry" of the American singer Cathy Berberian , a specialist in Berio's music.
The mezzo-soprano is the middle female voice and the most common of the female singing voices, which tends to dominate in non-classical music, with vocal range that typically lies between the A below "middle C" (C 4) to the A two octaves above (i.e. A 3 –A 5).
In non-classical music, singers are primarily defined by their genre and their gender, not their vocal range. [4] When the terms soprano , mezzo-soprano , contralto , tenor , baritone , and bass are used as descriptors of non-classical voices, they are applied more loosely than they would be to those of classical singers and generally refer ...
1.4.6 Part songs for female ensemble and piano. 2 Lieder. Toggle Lieder subsection. ... D 725, Duet "Linde Weste wehen" for mezzo-soprano, tenor and piano (1821 ...
Two sopranos, mezzo-soprano and piano: Vocal: 1982 "Song for a Well-Loved Librarian" Soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and baritone: Dedicated to Fred Ferry, librarian to the Britten-Pears Library [3] Chamber: 1982: String Quintet: String quintet: two violins, viola, two cellos: Vocal: 1984: Homage to William Morris: Bass voice and string bass ...
Three Folk Songs: Traditional: For mezzo-soprano and piano: Barb'ry Allen; He's Gone Away; The Leather-Winged Bat; Dedicated to Frederica von Stade. Vocal: 1995: I shall not live in vain: Poetry by Emily Dickinson: For mezzo-soprano and piano, and for mezzo-soprano solo with SA chorus, hand bells and piano
The soprano singing voice is the voice of children and the highest type of female voice with vocal range that typically lies between "middle C" (C 4) and "high C" (C 6) [1] The soprano voice (unlike the mezzo-soprano voice) is stronger in the head register than the chest register, resulting in a bright and ringing tone. [2]
for mezzo-soprano and orchestra: Incidental music: 146: ... 2 Folk Song Fragments (2 Northumbrian Folk Tunes) ... for soprano, female chorus and string orchestra: