Francesca Caccini
RANGE: D4-D5
TESSITURA: F4-B4
Strophic, scalar, syllabic,
simple rhythms. Does contain different meters which could be difficult for some.
Isabella Colbran
RANGE: A3-D5
TESSITURA: D4-D5
Piano occasionally doubles the voice, simple melody, syllabic. Good for approaching Bel Canto style.
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Clara Edwards
RANGE: C4-E5
TESSITURA: G4-C5
Simple, repetitive piano accompaniment. Repetitive triplet rhythms, tessitura in the middle regsiter, E5 optional at the end, syllabic but sustains at the ends of phrases.
Corona Schröter
RANGE: C-sharp4-C-sharp5
TESSITURA: E4-A5
Piano doubles vocal melody, strophic, syllabic, triadic melody, repetitive dotted rhythms throughout. Good for working on varied text interpretation.
Marjory Kennedy-Fraser
RANGE: D4-D5
TESSITURA: E4-F-sharp4
Piano occasionally doubles the voice, simple melody, simple rhythms, English translation includes some Gaelic phrases. Fun and upbeat.
Dora Pejacevic
RANGE: B3-E5
TESSITURA: B3-G-sharp4
Piano doubles the vocal melody, scalar with some leaps, lower tessitura, shorter song with shorter phrases. Beautiful, Romantic style melody.
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Emilie Zumsteeg
RANGE: D-sharp4-C-sharp5
TESSITURA: G-sharp4-B5
Strophic, repetitive dotted rhythms, syllabic, some intervallic leaps of a fifth. Great for teaching early German Romantic style.
Cécile Chaminade
RANGE: C4-C5
TESSITURA: F4-C5
Chordal piano, simple melody, simple rhythm, middle tessitura. Good first song in French.
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