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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).
For mezzo-soprano and piano, and for mezzo-soprano solo with SA chorus, hand bells and piano: Song originally written in 1995, expanded and arranged for mezzo-soprano with SA chorus, hand bells and piano in 1998. Vocal: 1996: On the Road to Christmas: Texts by A.E. Housman, Frederica von Stade, John Jacob Niles, Emily Dickinson and Jake Heggie
She is widely recognized for her dynamic performances of contemporary music, and has created roles in a number of world premieres, including Wife (Greek), Auntirosa (Baa-Baa Black Sheep), Markolfa (The Nightingale's to Blame) and Ma (House of the Gods), [8] as well as having several new works written specifically for her, including Gary ...
for mezzo-soprano and orchestra: Incidental music: 146: ... 2 Folk Song Fragments (2 Northumbrian Folk Tunes) ... for soprano, female chorus and string orchestra:
The Folk-Song Quartet was Foxton Ferguson's invention and was composed of Beatrice Spencer, soprano, Florence Christie, mezzo-soprano, Louis Godfrey, tenor, and Foxton Ferguson as the bass. [22] Singing repertoire from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales the group was well-loved and performed extensively in England in the early part of the ...
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.
Rakatka – for mixed choir and big folk orchestra on folk text, 1996; Sumerian scripts – for two sopranos and string orchestra, on the poetry by Mihail Rendjov and Frederiko Garcia Llorka; Five music vignettes – for soprano, violin and piano, on the poetry by Mihail Rendjov, 1999; Three songs – for mezzo-soprano and symphonic orchestra
Három Weöres-dal (Three Weöres Songs), voice and piano (1946–47) Négy lakodalmi tánc (Four Wedding Dances, adaptions of Hungarian folk songs), three voices or female choir (SMezA) and piano (1950) Öt Arany-dal (Five Arany Songs), voice and piano (1952) Der Sommer, voice and piano (1989)