| Included Work | Nyman, Michael. Cook, the thief, his wife, and her lover. Miserere. |
| Included Work | Nyman, Michael. Orgie parisienne. |
| Included Work | Nyman, Michael. Celan songs. Selections. |
| Included Work | Nyman, Michael. Ariel songs. |
| Included Work | Nyman, Michael. I am an unusual thing. |
| Included Work | Nyman, Michael. Mozart on mortality. |
| Included Work | Nyman, Michael. Diary of Anne Frank. If. |
| Included Work | Nyman, Michael. Diary of Anne Frank. Why. |
| Included Work | Nyman, Michael. Cycle of disquietude. |
| Included Work | Nyman, Michael. Facing Goya. |
| Included Work | Nyman, Michael. Man and boy. Selections. |
| Included Work | Nyman, Michael. Acts of beauty. Life's chaos. |
| Uniform title | Songs. Selections |
| Variant title |
Songs and arias |
| Contents |
Miserere : from The cook, the thief, his wife and her lover -- Allez! On préviendra les reflux d'incendie ; Quand tes pieds ont dansé : from L'orgie Parisienne -- Es war erde in ihnen ; Nächtlich geschürzt : from Six Celan songs -- Ariel songs : from Prospero's books -- I am an unusual thing : from Letters, riddles and writs -- Mozart on mortality -- If ; Why : from The diary of Anne Frank -- Silence emerges ; I'm riding on a tram ; He sang in a gentle voice : from Cycle of disquietude -- Tortured prisoner ; As noses move ; You are my son : from Facing Goya -- This is what I found today ; Things the artist must not do today : from Man and boy : Dada -- Life's chaos : from Acts of beauty. |
| General note | Contains 16 songs and 7 arias. |
| General note | Includes excerpts from song cycles, arias from operas and songs used in films. |
| General note | "A few songs existed originally in voice and piano versions but mostly the piano accompaniments in this volume are specially-made reductions of scores generally written for the Michael Nyman Band"--Pref. by the composer. |
| General note | Those songs originally written for alto or tenor have been adapted to suit soprano. |
| General note | Includes preface in English by the composer. |
| Bibliography note | Includes discography. |
| Language | Words in English, French or German. |
| ISBN | 9781847726902 |
| ISBN | 1847726909 |
| Publisher number | CH66693 Chester Music |
| Stock number | Gardners Books, 1 Whittle Dr Eastbourne Bn3 6Qh Great Britain, Eastbourne, 412 SAN 011-7765 |
