The Broadway Song: A Singer's Guide

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SOPRANO/HIGH MEZZO
Falling in love with love
Waitin' for my dearie
If I were a bell
I have to tell you
Somebody, somewhere
Warm all over
My white knight
Love, look away
When did I fall in love?
Ice Cream
Far from the home I love
What makes me love him?
Another suitcase
Moonfall
It hurts to be strong
Anytime (I am there)
Some things are meant to be
The light in the piazza
Will you?
MEZZO-ALTO
Anything goes
So far
An English teacher
Is it really me?
Old maid
Not a day goes by
Aldonza
Cabaret
Applause
Time heals everything
Crossword puzzle
You can always count on me
Trina's song
The story goes on
Children of the wind
Since you stayed here
I'm not alone
Heaven help my heart
Hold on
It might as well be Spring
I will be loved tonight
A new life
Raise the roof
Through the mountain
A part of that
Still hurting
I'm not that girl
Astonishing
Don't ever stop saying I love you
I miss the mountains
Fly away
TENOR/HIGH BARITONE
Come with me
Kansas City
Younger than Springtime
No other love
What kind of fool am I
I believe in you
On the street where you live
The only home I know
Anthem
Marta
Your eyes
This is the moment
Sailing
Old red hills of home
Tell my father
You walk with me
At the fountain
I miss the music
All that's known
Absolom
Beautiful City
Goodbye
Santa Fe (Prologue)
BARITONE
If I loved you
There but for you go I
Luck be a lady
If ever I would leave you
Once upon a time
Rain Song
It only takes a moment
Dulcinea
Being alive
I won't send roses
All I care about is love
I've heard it all before
The pickers are coming
Funny
Lullaby of Broadway
There's a sucker born every minute
Colors of my life
Don't go, Sally
You should be loved
Shouldn't I be less in love with you
It's hard to speak my heart
Love who you love
I was here
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Truly powerful vocal performance in musical theater is more than just the sum of good vocal tone and correct notes. As experienced teacher, director, and performer Mark Ross Clark lays out in The Broadway Song, powerful performance communicates the central function of a song within the context of the surrounding narrative, or the "truth" of a song. Because unstaged performances of a song, such as auditions, are key to the success of all aspiring singers, Clark provides here the essential practical manual that will help performers choose the right pieces for their vocal abilities and identify the key truths of them. Clark begins by walking readers conceptually through how a song's truth is based in contexts: what show is a song from? Which character sings it? When in the show does it occur? Answering these questions will lead readers to more convincing performances that are grounded in the text, music, character, context, and larger environment (setting, time frame, and circumstances). The Broadway Song provides a comprehensive guide to the formal characteristics of key Broadway songs on a song-by-song basis, including main voice type, secondary voice qualities (such as soprano-lyric or alto-comic), range and tessitura, as well as larger contextual materials about the source -- from the musical's background, information about the character singing, and synoptic narrative information for the song -- that provide the performer a way into the character. Clark moreover brings his wide-ranging and extensive experience as a director, performer, and teacher to bear in his performance notes on the individual pieces. Additionally, he includes excerpts from short interviews with artists that provide insight into the song from the perspective of those who first created (or re-created) it. The interviews, conducted with composers, lyricists, performers, and -- in one case -- book collaborators, are snapshots into the creative process, and act as conduits to further study of the selected songs.

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