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Aural Tests
Group A: Songs in a dramatic context
A(i): Opera, Operetta & Oratorio
| Key & range | Composer | Piece | Book | Publisher & Code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F; f'-f” | Flotow | (F) The Last Rose of Summer (Martha) (Flotow version only) | The First Book of Soprano Solos Part II | Schirmer GS82064 |
| 2 | A♭; E♭'-a♭” [F] | Handel | Dove sei (Art Thou Troubled♭) (Rodelinda) | Art Thou Troubled♭ | Novello NOV170006 (high), NOV170007 (medium) |
| 3 | E; B-e' | Handel | (M) How Willing my Paternal Love (Samson) | Samson: vocal score | Novello NOV070144 |
| 4 | D; b-d” | Handel | Sorge nel petto (Solace to my Heart) (Rinaldo) | Aria Album from Handel's Operas (Mezzo-Soprano/Contralto) | Bärenreiter BA10253 |
| 5 | E♭; B♭-d♭”” (E♭””) | Handel | (F) Sweet Rose and Lily (Theodora) | Theodora: vocal score | Novello NOV070459 |
| 6 | F; d-f' [D] | Lully | (M) Bois épais (Amadis) | The Language of Song: Elementary | Faber 0571523455 (high), 0571523463 (low) |
| 7 | Fm; f'-f” | Mozart | (F) L'ho perduta (Barbarina's aria) (Le nozze di Figaro) | Great Mozart Arias for Soprano | Dover DP19635 |
| 8 | F; c'-e” | Sullivan | (F) My Lord, a Suppliant at thy Feet (recit. and air) (Iolanthe) | Gilbert and Sullivan for Singers (Mezzo-Soprano) | Hal Leonard HL00740215 |
| 9 | F; c'-f” | Sullivan | (F) When a Merry Maiden Marries (The Gondoliers) | The Authentic Gilbert and Sullivan Songbook | Dover 0486234827 |
A(ii): Musical Theatre & Film
| Key & range | Composer | Piece | Book | Publisher & Code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | F; c'-E♭” | Arlen | Any Place I Hang my Hat is Home | The Judy Garland Souvenir Songbook | Hal Leonard HL00312157 |
| 11 | E♭; c'-f” | Arlen | Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz) (performances must include the section starting ‘When all the world is a hopeless jumble', as printed in Over the Rainbow) | Over the Rainbow | Trinity Faber TCL011480 |
| 12 | Fm; c'-f” | Bart | Reviewing The Situation (Oliver!) | Over the Rainbow | Trinity Faber TCL011480 |
| 13 | B♭; c-E♭' | Berlin | My Defences are Down (Annie Get Your Gun) | Over the Rainbow | Trinity Faber TCL011480 |
| 14 | F; c'-d” | Bernstein | A Little Bit in Love (Wonderful Town) (no cuts) | Wonderful Town: Vocal Selections | Boosey M060936401 |
| 15 | Cm; c'-e” | Bock | (F) Far from the Home I Love (Fiddler on the Roof) | Whistle Down the Wind | Trinity Faber TCL011497 |
| 16 | C; c-e' | Coleman | (M) Museum Song (with extended ending) (Barnum) | Barnum: Vocal Selections | Hal Leonard HL00313355 |
| 17 | E♭; c-g' | Coleman | (M) Stay with Me (City of Angels) | City of Angels: Vocal Selections | Hal Leonard HL00313356 |
| 18 | E♭; E♭'-f” | Gershwin | (M) Bidin' My Time (Girl Crazy) | The Best of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin | Faber 0571525768 |
| 19 | E♭; d'-f” | Gershwin | But Not for Me (Girl Crazy) | Whistle Down the Wind | Trinity Faber TCL011497 |
| 20 | G; d-e' | Gershwin | (M) Somebody Loves Me (George White's Scandals of 1922) | The Best of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin | Faber 0571525768 |
| 21 | F; c'-f” | Gershwin | Swanee (Capitol Revue) | The Best of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin | Faber 0571525768 |
| 22 | E♭; B♭-E♭” | Gesner | The Kite (Charlie Brown's Kite) (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown) | You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown: Vocal Selections | Hal Leonard HL00740595 |
| 23 | G; g-c#” | Gore | Out Here on My Own (Fame) (including repeat) | Teen Pop Broadway Collection | Cherry Lane HL02501597 |
| 24 | A; a-e” | Grossman | Mama, a Rainbow (Minnie's Boys) | The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 3 (Baritone/Bass) | Hal Leonard HL00740125 |
| 25 | B♭; c'-d” | Kern | (F) Bill (Show Boat) | The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 1 (Soprano) | Hal Leonard HL00361071 |
| 26 | B♭; g-eb” | Lloyd Webber | (F) Memory (Cats) | The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 1 (Mezzo-Soprano) | Hal Leonard HL00361072 |
| 27 | B♭m; A-b♭ | Lloyd Webber | (M) Pilate's Dream (Jesus Christ Superstar) | The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 2 (Baritone/Bass) | Hal Leonard HL00747033 |
| 28 | F; B-d' | Loesser | (M) Guys and Dolls (Guys and Dolls) | Guys and Dolls: Vocal Selections | MPL AM70061 |
| 29 | C; b-g” | Loewe | (F) I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady) | My Fair Lady: Vocal Selections | Faber 0571526632 |
| 30 | F; A-d' | Loewe | (M) They Call the Wind Maria (Paint your Wagon) | The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 1 (Baritone/Bass) | Hal Leonard HL00361074 |
| 31 | C; B♭-e” | Maltby & Shire | I Want to Go Home (Big) | Over the Rainbow | Trinity Faber TCL011480 |
| 32 | D; c'-d” | McConaghie | There Must Be More (Grace Online) | Whistle Down the Wind | Trinity Faber TCL011497 |
| 33 | G; d'-f” | Menken | Cold Enough to Snow (Life with Mikey) | Alan Menken Songbook | Hal Leonard HL00313198 |
| 34 | D; a-d” | Menken | Home (Beauty and the Beast, the Broadway Musical) | Contemporary Disney | Hal Leonard HL00313169 |
| 35 | G; b-c” | Menken | Somewhere that's Green (Little Shop of Horrors) | Broadway Presents! Teens' Musical Theatre Anthology (Female Edition) | Alfred 32024 |
| 36 | E; g#-e” | Menken | When Will My Life Begin♭ (Tangled) | The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs | Hal Leonard HL00256650 |
| 37 | B♭; B♭-d” | Miller | Everlasting (Tuck Everlasting) | Tuck Everlasting: Vocal Selections | Hal Leonard HL00190505 |
| 38 | B♭; f-e” | Minchin | My House (Matilda the Musical) | Singing Grade 5 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031648 |
| 39 | G; g-d” | O'Keefe & Benjamin | Legally Blonde (Legally Blonde) | Over the Rainbow | Trinity Faber TCL011480 |
| 40 | F; b-c” | Porter | Brush up your Shakespeare (Kiss Me Kate) | Whistle Down the Wind | Trinity Faber TCL011497 |
| 41 | G; b-e” | Rodgers | People Will Say We're in Love (Oklahoma!) (no repeat) | The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection | Williamson HL00313207 |
| 42 | E♭; c'-b♭' | Rodgers | Shall we Dance♭ (The King and I) | The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection | Williamson HL00313207 |
| 43 | E; d#-e' | Rodgers | The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (Oklahoma!) | The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 2 (Baritone/Bass) | Hal Leonard HL00747033 |
| 44 | D♭; c'-f” | Rodgers | (F) What's the Use of Wond'rin' (Carousel) | The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 1 (Soprano) | Hal Leonard HL00361071 |
| 45 | A; e'-f#” | Russell | (M) I'm Not Saying a Word (Blood Brothers) | Singing Grade 5 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031648 |
| 46 | D♭; E♭-b♭' | Russell, Willis & Bray | Too Beautiful for Words (The Color Purple) | Singing Grade 5 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031648 |
| 47 | E♭; G♭-c” | Schönberg | (F) I Dreamed a Dream (Les Misérables) | The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 2 (Mezzo-Soprano) | Hal Leonard HL00747031 |
| 48 | b-e” | Schönberg | (F) When Will Someone Hear♭ (Martin Guerre) | 50 Showstoppers: The White Book | Music Sales AM953843 |
| 49 | E♭; B♭-E♭” | Sondheim | Anyone Can Whistle (Anyone Can Whistle) | Singing Grade 5 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031648 |
| 50 | D♭; d'-f” | Stiles | Different (Honk!) | Whistle Down the Wind | Trinity Faber TCL011497 |
| 51 | B♭; f-b♭' | Styne | (F) Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) | The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 1 (Mezzo-Soprano) | Hal Leonard HL00361072 |
| 52 | F; c'-f” | Weill | My Ship (Lady in the Dark) | Over the Rainbow | Trinity Faber TCL011480 |
| 53 | G; b-e””(g””) | Weill | Oh the Rio Grande (Cowboy Song) (Johnny Johnson) | Kurt Weill Songs: A Centennial Anthology vol. 2 | Alfred PF9922 |
| 54 | C; c'-E♭” | Weill | September Song (Knickerbocker Holiday) (NB 1 verse only to be sung: either first verse (male) or second verse (female)) | Kurt Weill Songs: A Centennial Anthology vol. 2 | Alfred PF9922 |
| 55 | C#m; b-d””” | Wildhorn | Once Upon a Dream (Jekyll and Hyde) | The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 3 (Soprano) | Hal Leonard HL00740122 |
| 56 | A♭; b-e” | Wildhorn | Only Love (The Scarlet Pimpernel) | Over the Rainbow | Trinity Faber TCL011480 |
| 57 | G; b-d” | Wildhorn | When I Look at You (The Scarlet Pimpernel) | Whistle Down the Wind | Trinity Faber TCL011497 |
Group B: General Song Repertoire in English
| Key & range | Composer | Piece | Book | Publisher & Code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | E♭; E♭'-E♭” | Adams | Love Response | Singing Grade 5 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031648 |
| 59 | F; c'-f” | Arne | The Lass with the Delicate Air | The Lass with the Delicate Air | Banks OSS49 |
| 60 | F; c'-f” [D] | Barber | The Daisies, op. 2 no. 1 | 15 American Art Songs | Schirmer GS82645 (high), GS82607 (low) |
| 61 | F; c'-f” | R R Bennett | A Song at Evening | A Song at Evening | Novello NOV170621 |
| 62 | A; c#'-e” | R R Bennett | The Bird's Lament | The Aviary | Universal UE14168 |
| 63 | D; A-d' | Blow | (M) The Self-Banished | The New Imperial Edition of Bass Songs | Boosey M051904501 |
| 64 | G; c#'-f#” [E♭] | Blow | Tell Me No More | English Songs: Renaissance to Baroque | Hal Leonard HL00740018 (high), HL00740019 (low) |
| 65 | B♭; a-E♭”” [C] [E♭]” | Brahe | Bless this House | Bless this House | Boosey M060013591 (in B♭), M060013607 (in C), M060013614 (in E♭) |
| 66 | C; f'-f” | Britten | Begone Dull Care! | Friday Afternoons, op. 7 | Boosey M060105005 |
| 67 | E; b-e” | Britten | (F) The Birds | The Birds | Boosey M060013980 (medium voice) |
| 68 | E; c#'-f” | Bullard | Come Live with Me and Be My Love | Come Live with Me and Be My Love | Colne CE37 |
| 69 | D; d-e' | Butterworth | (M) When I was One and Twenty | A Shropshire Lad and Other Songs | Stainer B333 |
| 70 | A♭; E♭'-f” | Campion | Fair, if You Expect Admiring | Fair, if You Expect Admiring | Trinity 🕮 |
| 71 | F#m; d'-e”” [Em]” | Chilcott | All for Love of One | Oxford Solo Songs: Secular | OUP 9780193556805 (high), 9780193556812 (low) |
| 72 | Am; e'-g” [Em] | Clucas | Evenfall | Evenfall | Recital RMS125 |
| 73 | A♭; E♭'-E♭” | Copland | Simple Gifts | The Boosey & Hawkes 20th Century Easy Song Collection | Boosey M060112256 |
| 74 | Cm; c'-E♭” | Dove | (F) Weep Not, My Wanton (On Spital Fields) | Songs & Arias for Soprano | Peters EP7898 |
| 75 | Gm; f#-f” | Dowland | Come Away, Come Sweet Love | English Lute Songs book 2 | Stainer B617 |
| 76 | B♭; g'-g” | Dowland | Flow Not So Fast | English Lute Songs book 2 | Stainer B617 |
| 77 | Am; e'-f” | Dowland | What if I Never Speed | English Lute Songs book 2 | Stainer B617 |
| 78 | E♭; E♭'-g” [C] | Dunhill | The Cloths of Heaven | The Cloths of Heaven | Stainer H183 (high), SS15 (low) |
| 79 | B♭m; f'-f” [Gm] | A Gibbs | Five Eyes | Five Eyes | Boosey M060030840 (high), M060030833 (low) |
| 80 | G; e'-g” | Haydn | Piercing Eyes | The Chester Book of Celebrated Songs book 3 | Chester CH55319 |
| 81 | F; c'-f” | Head | Sweet Chance that Led my Steps Abroad | Song Album 1: Songs of the Countryside | Boosey M051922260 |
| 82 | A♭; E♭'-a♭” [F] | Head | The Little Road to Bethlehem | The Little Road to Bethlehem | Boosey M060032400 (in A♭), M060032394 (in F) |
| 83 | E♭; B♭-E♭””(g””) | Head | When Sweet Ann Sings | When Sweet Ann Sings | Boosey M060831836 |
| 84 | G; d'-f” | Hely- Hutchinson | The Owl and the Pussy Cat | Three Nonsense Songs | Patersons PAT00706 |
| 85 | Em; d'-e” | Higginson | Fear No More the Heat o' the Sun (Cymbeline) | The Boosey & Hawkes Shakespeare Song Album | Boosey M060104657 |
| 86 | F; c'-d” | Ireland | Spring Sorrow | The Complete Works for Voice and Piano vol. 4 | Stainer B599 (medium voice) |
| 87 | E♭; B♭-E♭' | Keel | Trade Winds | Trade Winds | Boosey M060034510 |
| 88 | E; b-e” | Munro | My Lovely Celia | Singing Grade 5 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031648 |
| 89 | Gm; g'-f” | Pilkington | Rest, Sweet Nymphs | English Lute Songs book 2 | Stainer B617 |
| 90 | C; c'-f” | Price | Night | Art Songs and Spirituals by African-American Women Composers | Hildegard 491-00494 |
| 91 | G; c#'-e” | Purcell | I Attempt from Love's Sickness to Fly (The Indian Queen) | Singing Grade 5 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031648 |
| 92 | C; e'-g” [A♭] | Purcell | (M) Man is for the Woman Made, Z605 | 40 Songs | IMC 2071 (high), 2072 (low) |
| 93 | E; b-f#” | Quartel | All the Way Home | Singing Grade 5 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031648 |
| 94 | Dm; d'-e” | Quilter | By the Sea (Three Songs of the Sea) | 55 Songs | Hal Leonard HL00740225 (high), HL00740226 (low) |
| 95 | G♭; E♭'-g♭” | Quilter | Dream Valley | The New Imperial Edition of Mezzo-Soprano Songs | Boosey M051904105 |
| 96 | D♭; f'-f” | Quilter | How Should I Your True Love Know♭ | A Century of English Song vol. 1 (Soprano) | Thames TH978421 |
| 97 | F; d'-f”” [E] [D]” | Quilter | June | June | Boosey (custom print) M060021725 (high), M060021718 (medium), 0002500086 (low) |
| 98 | Fm; E♭'-g” [Dm] | Quilter | Weep You No More | 7 Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12 | Boosey M060021879 (high), M060021862 (low) |
| 99 | D; a-d” | Rich | American Lullaby | Singing Grade 5 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031648 |
| 100 | B♭; d'-f” | Rorem | Early in the Morning | 50 Collected Songs | Boosey M051933952 (high), M051933969 (medium/low) |
| 101 | F; c'-e” [E♭] | Rutter | A Flower Remembered | Oxford Solo Songs: Secular | OUP 9780193556805 (high), 9780193556812 (low) |
| 102 | F; B♭-d””(g””) | Rutter | All Things Bright and Beautiful (NB only this version may be used) | All Things Bright and Beautiful | OUP 9780193420625 |
| 103 | C; d'-g” | Shield | Ye Balmy Breezes Gently Blow | O Tuneful Voice | OUP 9780193457461 |
| 104 | B♭; c'-f” [G] | Shield, arr. Britten” | The Plough Boy (NB must be Britten arrangement) | Folksong Arrangements vol. 3 | Boosey M060014352 (high), M060014345 (medium) |
| 105 | E♭; D♭'-E♭” | Stove | Lullaby | Lullaby | Wirripang M720041070 |
| 106 | G♭; G♭'-a♭” | Trad., arr. Britten” | The Salley Gardens (NB must be Britten arrangement) | Singing Grade 5 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031648 |
| 107 | C; B♭-E♭” | Trad., arr. Harty | My Lagan Love | The New Imperial Edition of Bass Songs | Boosey M051904501 |
| 108 | G; d'-e” | Vaughan Williams | Linden Lea | Song Album vol. 1 | Boosey M060074912 |
| 109 | E♭; E♭'-f” [C] | Warlock | Balulalow | Sing Solo: Christmas | OUP 9780193854055 (high), 9780193851986 (low) |
| 110 | A; e'-e” | Warlock | Chopcherry | The Chester Book of Celebrated Songs book 2 | Chester CH55318 |
| 111 | F; e'-d””(f””) [D]” | Wood | A Brown Bird Singing | A Brown Bird Singing | Music Sales AM947936 (in F), AM947947 (in D) |
| 112 | c#'-d” | Yates | An Angry Cactus Does No Good | The Trouble with Geraniums | Wirripang M720011097 |
| 113 | b-e” | Yates | The Trouble with Geraniums | The Trouble with Geraniums | Wirripang M720011097 🕮 |
Group C: General Song Repertoire in other languages
| Key & range | Composer | Piece | Book | Publisher & Code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114 | G; d'-d” | Anon., attrib. Rosa” | Star Vicino | Singing Grade 5 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031648 |
| 115 | F; f'-f” | Boulanger | Cantique | Mélodies pour voix moyenne | Hamelle HA09725 |
| 116 | G; d'-g”” [F] [E♭]” | Brahms | Sonntag, op. 47 no. 3 | Lieder 1 or The Language of Song: Elementary | Peters EP3201a (high), EP3201b (medium), EP3201c (low) or Faber 0571523455 (high), 0571523463 (low) |
| 117 | Em; e'-e” [Cm] | Caldara | Sebben, crudele | 26 Italian Songs and Arias or The Language of Song: Elementary | Alfred 3402 (medium high), 3403 (medium low) (with CD: 3396/3397) or Faber 0571523455 (high), 0571523463 (low) |
| 118 | E♭; B♭-E♭” or G [E♭] | Chausson | Le charme | Mélodies pour chant et piano or The Language of Song: Intermediate” | Leduc HA09024 or Faber 0571523439 (high), 0571523447 (low) |
| 119 | F; c-f' | Delibes | (M) Bonjour, Suzon | The First Book of Tenor Solos Part II | Schirmer GS82066 |
| 120 | G; f#'-e” | Franck | Panis Angelicus (O Lord, Most Holy) | Songs of Prayer or Sacred Tenor Arias” | Mayhew 1450213 or 3611735 |
| 121 | D♭; e'-f” | Franz | Stille sicherheit | The First Book of Tenor Solos Part II | Schirmer GS82066 |
| 122 | C; c'-c” | Gasparini | Caro laccio, dolce nodo | Singing Grade 5 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031648 |
| 123 | E♭; c'/d'-g” | Greger | Frühlingshymne | Lieder Album | Furore 6790 |
| 124 | Dm; d'-g” | Grieg | (F) The Princess | The Chester Book of Celebrated Songs book 2 | Chester CH55318 |
| 125 | B; b-d#” | Hahn | L'heure exquise | Chansons grises | Heugel HE7784 |
| 126 | Fm; E♭'-E♭” | Hahn | Tyndaris, no. 7 | Études latines | Heugel HE20174 |
| 127 | F; c'-f” [E♭] | Martini | Plaisir d'amour | Plaisir d'amour | Schirmer GS28150 |
| 128 | G; d'-e” | Mendelssohn | Der Blumenstrauss | Der Blumenstrauss | Trinity 🕮 |
| 129 | A; e'-f#” | Mendelssohn | Minnelied | The First Book of Soprano Solos | Schirmer GS81173 |
| 130 | C; g'-g” | Mozart | Oiseau, si tous les ans | Oiseau, si tous les ans | Trinity 🕮 |
| 131 | F; f'-f” [D] | Reger | Mariä Wiegenlied (The Virgin's Slumber Song/Mary's Cradle Song) | The Language of Song: Intermediate | Faber 0571523439 (high), 0571523447 (low) |
| 132 | G; d'-g” | Reger | Waldeinsamkeit | Waldeinsamkeit | Trinity 🕮 |
| 133 | A♭; E♭'-f” [E♭] | Scarlatti | Già il sole dal Gange | 26 Italian Songs and Arias | Alfred 3402 (medium high), 3403 (medium low) (with CD: 3396/3397) |
| 134 | E; e'-g#” [C] | Schubert | Seligkeit, D433 | Gateway to German Lieder | Alfred 17611 (high), 17617 (low) |
| 135 | G; f#'-g” | Schubert | Trauer der Liebe, D465 | Easy German Classic Songs | Presser 431-41002 |
| 136 | A; c'-f#” [F] | Schubert | Was ist Silvia, D891 | First Vocal Album | Schirmer GS25443 (high), GS25444 (low) |
| 137 | Em; d'-e” | Tchaikovsky | A Legend (Légende), op. 54 no. 5 (in English or French) | 50 Art Songs from the Modern Repertoire” | Schirmer GS32754 |
| 138 | Bm; d'-f#” | Vivaldi, arr. Holloway” | Vieni, vieni o mio diletto (with repeats) | Vieni, vieni o mio diletto | Trinity 🕮 |
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