A descendant of a long line of Italian church organists and the son of a Metropolitan Opera vocal coach, composer Norman Dello Joio wrote for all instruments, but most naturally, for voice. Carl Fischer has compiled 12 of his vocal works in this collection as a tribute to his legacy. The collection opens with a heartfelt foreword from revered tenor Paul Sperry, well-known for championing of the American art song and his work on the subject at Manhattan School of Music. The Norman Dello Joio Vocal Collection features works for mostly medium and high voices, such as Lament and There is a Lady Sweet and Kind, but also includes The Assassination for low voice. For intermediate to advanced-level singers.

Contents:

• Preface by Paul Sperry
• All Things Leave Me (Waltz Song) Arthur Symons Medium
• The Assassination (Two Fates Discuss a Human Problem) Adapted by the Composer from the Peom by Robert Hillyer low
• The Dying Nightingale Stark Young high
• Eyebright J. Addignton Symonds medium
• How Do I Love Thee? Words Adapted by the Composer from the Poem by Elizabeth B. Browning high
• Lament Poem by Chidiock Tichborne (ca. 1558-1586) Written on the eve of the poet’s execution medium
• The Listeners Poem by Walter de la Mare medium
• Meeting at Night Poem by Robert Browning high
• Mill Doors Poem by Carl Sandburg high
• New Born Words by Lenore G. Marshall medium
• There Is a Lady Sweet and Kind Poem by an Anonymous Elizabethan medium
• Why So Pale and Wan, Fond Lover? Poem by John Suckling medium