<p>Anyone know any good books with lots of sheet music with male solo songs?</p>
<p>A starting point might be the Singer’s Musical Theater Anthologies which are a series of books (bought separately) of musical theater songs according to voice type. For example, if a baritone, get the one for baritone, for tenor, likewise. I think there is one Baritone/Bass collection and three Tenor books.While some of the songs are common ones, it still would be a basic to own and may have some good songs for you. They are readily available through places like Amazon or Colony Music.</p>
<p>Also, listen to and become familiar with many musicals and songs and always be on the lookout for songs well suited to your voice and type and then you can order sheet music of those songs and not just rely on what happens to be available in books like Singers Musical Theater Anthology. Same with if you know particular musical theater actors who have a voice or type like you and look at their repertoire of songs and you may find something there as well.</p>
<p>Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology (pub. Hal Leonard) comes in 2 volumes for duets, and 4 volumes each for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano/Belter, Tenor, and Baritone/Bass. They also have the option of buying book only, or book with CD. Unless you have a built-in accompanist in your household, having the CD would probably be very helpful.</p>
<p>They also have (in each voice part) The 16 Bar Theatre Audition Book. That would be similar to searching for monologues in a monologue book - somewhat of a short cut, and after you find a song, even if you only “need” a 16 bar cut, you should prepare the entire thing (as well as researching the show). However, since it has 100 songs in the book, looking at it may be a quick repertoire lesson for a novice.</p>
<p>S needs “I Won’t Send Roses” in Eb M (he has it in C M now)</p>
<p>and Time Heals Everything - per Michael Feinstein recording of it.</p>
<p>HELP!</p>
<p>Have you tried Musicnotes.com? You can find many songs there to download and print out. And the software allows you to transpose songs.</p>
<p>Thanks Anothermom - but he has looked there and no luck!</p>
<p><a href=“http://arranging.dbhaynes.com/services.html[/url]”>http://arranging.dbhaynes.com/services.html</a></p>
<p>This person will transpose pieces for you ($11 a page) and has an amazing turn around rate. I have had very good success with them and was EXTREMELY pleased with the outcome (you could possibly use this to transpose “I won’t send roses”).</p>
<p>typecastme- thanks for posting that link. I took a look at it… they can do some pretty nifty stuff! Must be very talented.</p>
<p>You could also do it yourself by downloading a free software copy of Finale! A bit time consuming but once you get the hang of it, it goes fairly quickly.</p>