Each song or aria is given in its original key with the original text, and a faithful and singable English translation. Each volume contains an interesting preface by Mr. Krehbiel, with historic, descriptive, and interpretative notes on each song.
Portraits of the most noted composers represented are given in each volume.
Size of each volume, 9½ × 12½ inches.
SOPRANO SONGS FROM THE OPERAS
Contains twenty-three numbers by nineteen composers. The music covers 188 pages, the prefatory matter 25 pages. Portraits are given of Beethoven, Bellini, Gluck, Gounod, Meyerbeer, Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, and Weber.
MEZZO SOPRANO SONGS FROM THE OPERAS
Contains thirty numbers by twenty-five composers. The music covers 186 pages, the prefatory matter 29 pages. Portraits are given of Auber, Bizet, Donizetti, Handel, Massenet, Saint-Saëns, Spontini, Thomas, and Wagner.
ALTO SONGS FROM THE OPERAS
Contains twenty-nine numbers by twenty-two composers. The music covers 176 pages, the prefatory matter 20 pages. Portraits are given of Glinka, Gluck, Handel, Lully, Meyerbeer, Purcell, Rossini, Thomas, and Verdi.