My Books

Books that I have written and edited:

“So that my students will know more about their music than I did when I was a student.”

~ WITH CLASSICAL VOCAL REPRINTS ~

1)  Antonio Caldara, Et incarnatus est, from Mass in F.  This is the original, liturgical music for alto voice and strings, which was later transformed into a Romantic song, “Come un raggio di sol.”  The publication includes introduction, voice and piano score, four string parts, and a voice part with the Latin and Italian vocal parts for comparison (either one can be sung with the string ensemble). (October 2018)

2)  Alessandro Scarlatti, Da sventura a sventura.  This is the only cantata for which Scarlatti fully notated a keyboard accompaniment.  I transcribed it according to manuscript sources in Milano and Aberystwyth and added an introduction.  (2019)

3)  Luigi Mancia, Star vicino, aria from Il re infante.  The first publication of the complete da capo aria, with its B section and with the correct identity of the composer and operatic source.  (2019)

~ TECHNIQUE ~

Vaccai’s Practical Method of Italian Singing. G. Schirmer, NYC
Based on the first edition (1834). Three keys.

Foundations in Singing, 5th through 8th editions.    McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., NYC
Textbook + anthology of 72 songs, with accompaniment CDs.  (OP)

~ ANTHOLOGIES ~

1) L’Aria Barocca. Leyerle Publications, Geneseo NY
12 arias from early manuscripts and first editions. Two keys.

2) Expressive Singing Song Anthology, 3rd edition. McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., NYC
Revised the work of Dr. Van A. Christy. 54 songs in six languages. Three keys. (OP)

3) 26 Italian Songs and Arias. Alfred Publishing Co., Van Nuys CA
From early manuscripts and first editions. Two keys, accompaniment CDs. (See “Publications Abroad” at the end of this page.)

4) Italian Arias of the Baroque and Classical Eras Alfred Publishing Co.
26 arias from early manuscripts and first editions. Three keys, accompaniment CDs.

5) Italian Songs from the Romantic Era. With Patricia Adkins Chiti. 14 songs from first editions. Alfred Publishing Co. Two keys.
Recorded accompaniments by Francesco Russo, pianist.

6) 12 Songs by Mozart.   Alfred Publishing Co. Two keys.

7) 24 Songs by Felix Mendelssohn and Fanny Hensel.   Alfred Publishing Co. Two keys.

(8) 16 Songs by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel.   Alfred Publishing Co.
All published for the first time with permission of the Mendelssohn Archive, Berlin. Two keys.

9) 20 Songs by Donizetti
Songs in Italian and French from manuscripts and first editions. Alfred Publishing Co. Two keys.

10) Songs and Duets by García, Malibran and Viardot
With Patricia Adkins Chiti. 14 songs in French, Italian and Spanish. Alfred Publishing Co. Two keys.

11) Spanish Theater Songs
With Carol Mikkelsen. 12 songs. Alfred Publishing Co. Two keys.

12)  12 Cantatas, by Rosanna Marcello, née Scalfi.  Contralto voice and continuo. With Deborah Hayes.  ClarNan Editions, Fayetteville AR.

~ CHORAL ~

Brahms Liebeslieder
Conductor’s score (including parts for two pianos) and chorus parts. Alfred Publishing Co.

~ GATEWAY SERIES ~

1) Gateway to German Diction. Alfred Publishing Co.
Book + pronunciation CD. (Teacher Supplements also available)

2) Gateway to German Lieder. Alfred Publishing Co.
48 songs. Two keys, with two accompaniment CDs.

3) Gateway to Italian Diction. Alfred Publishing Co.
Book + pronunciation CD. (Teacher Supplements also available)

4) Gateway to Italian Art Songs. Alfred Publishing Co.
31 songs (incl two solo cantatas). Two keys, with two accompaniment CDs.

5) Gateway to French Diction Alfred Publishing Co.
Book + pronunciation CD.  (Released November, 2012 (Teacher Supplements to be available)

6) Gateway to French Mélodies.  Alfred Publishing Co.
39 songs and 2 duets. Two keys, with two accompaniment CDs.  (Released May, 2012)

All accompaniment CDs are recorded by Joan Thompson, pianist, except as noted.
All editions supply translations, historical background and phonetics in IPA.

~ PUBLICATIONS ABROAD ~

26 Italian Songs and Arias has been published in three Asian countries.  In each case the songs appear with Italian texts, but my commentaries and translations are in the language of the country.

1) Japanese, translated by Akiko Masumoto, Tetsuyo Akiyama, and Yasushi Shiba, Tokyo, 2001.

2) Korean, translated by Dr. Chung Hee Shinn, Sangjiwon Co., Seoul, 2003.

3) Chinese, translated by Dan Shen, Shanghai Music Publishing, 2009.  (An unauthorized edition appeared in Chinese from a different publisher, copied from my edition and using some of my commentary.  The “editor” graced the book with a full page color photograph of herself.)

~TRANSLATIONS FOR CLASSICAL VOCAL REPRINTS ~

1) Gaetano Donizetti,  Le violon de Crémone d’Hoffmann (Hoffmann’s Cremona violin), edited by Barbara Garvey Jackson.  I contributed a translation.

2) Nicola Vaccai, 13 Ariette.  This is a reprint of a Ricordi publication, to which I added an introduction and translations of the anonymous texts.  (January 2019)

PROJECTED

Alessandro Scarlatti, Sento nel core, the three-movment cantata where the famous arietta originated.

Pietro Simone Agostini, Io son pur solo.  I copied this from a manuscript in the Vatican Library, added a realization and an introduction.