For My Fellow Baritones

[JudasIscariot]

Posted: 3/1/05 at 9:03pm

I thought I would save all of us baritones some trouble, and type up a list of all the baritone songs from all the other threads. If you have any that should be on the list, post them.


If I Can't Love Her - Beauty and the Beast
Empty Chairs At Empty Tables - Les Miserables
If Ever I Would Leave You - Camelot
Mama Says - Footloose
The Impossible Dream - Man of La Mancha
Soliloquy - Carousel
I'll Never Say No - The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Me - Beuty and the Beast
Wouldn't You Like to Be on Broadway? - Street Scene
She Loves Me - She Loves Me
A Sword and A Rose and A Cape - Carnival
In Praise Of Women - A Litte Night Music
My Rules - Goodbye Girl
They Couldn't Compare To You - Out Of This World
Ballad Of A Social Director - Wish You Were Here
Progress Is The Root Of All Evil - Li' Abner
Heil Myself - The Producers
Betrayed - The Producers
Dentist - Little Shop Of Horrors
Gotta Be Sincere - Bye Bye Birdie
What Is It About Her? - Wild Party
The Boy Next Door - The Boy From Oz
Superstar - Jesus Christ Superstar
Mistofelees - CATS
Rum Tum Tugger - CATS
Heaven On Their Minds - Jesus Christ Superstar
Isn't Over Yet - Parade
Gaston - Beauty and the Beast
Rent - RENT
Stars - Les Miserables
Luck Be A Lady - Guys And Dolls
This Is The Moment - Jekyll and Hyde
I'll Cover You (Reprise) - Rent
Private Conversation - Slide Show
She Cries - Songs For A New World
If That Was Love - New Girl In Town
Old Man River
Oh What A Beautiful Morning - Oaklahoma
And They're Off - New Brain
Javert's Suicide - Les Miserables
Epiphany - Sweeney Todd
Johanna - Sweeney Todd
No More - Into the Woods
Guido's Song - Nine
A Man - Full Monty
They Call The Wind Maria - Paint Your Wagon
Try To Remember - Fantastiks
On A Clear Day - On A Clear Day
Finishing The Hat - Sunday In The Park
I Am What I Am - La Cage
One Song Glory - Rent
Close Every Door - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

[Jwei123]

Posted: 3/1/05 at 9:04pm

that list is amazing!

Thank you so much!


...i love being a bari-tenor :)

[JudasIscariot]

Posted: 3/1/05 at 9:12pm

No problem.

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 3/1/05 at 9:15pm

That is a GREAT list.

Depending on range Finch's part in "I believe in you" (especially during the "And when my faith in my fellow man" part) is a very good song for a baritone. It shows emotion, tenderness, power, and (if done correctly) comedic style.

[IMsooHyprToday]

Posted: 3/1/05 at 9:18pm

daaaannnggg... that is a BIG list...

i think i'll print it.

[Jwei123]

Posted: 3/1/05 at 9:19pm

IMsoo, thats what i was thinking too

[JudasIscariot]

Posted: 3/1/05 at 10:13pm

Thought I should bump this.

[timote316]

Posted: 3/1/05 at 10:29pm

Bookmarking thread

Thanks!

[OrdinaryJukebox1]

Posted: 3/1/05 at 10:36pm

How about "I Don't Care Much" from "Cabaret," and "Poor Child" from "The Wild Party"?

-Vincent

[renthead2005z]

Posted: 3/1/05 at 10:48pm

i copied and pasted on to windows and saved it...haha

[teth]

Posted: 3/1/05 at 10:52pm

HOLY CRAP!

This is so great! THANKS!

Wait...One Song Glory is a song for baritones!?

[peterjoshua]

Posted: 3/2/05 at 11:10am

No, One Song Glory is not a song for baritones. But neither are Superstar, Heaven on Their Minds, or This is the Moment. Close Every Door, Johanna, and Empty Chairs at Empty Tables are close, but not quite. And Old Man River is in the Bass range.

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 3/2/05 at 11:27am

Thanks for the list, although you might want to break it down into more specific categories, like "Bass-Baritone" or "High Baritone" or whatever, as it's unlikely that someone who can sing a good "Old Man River" would have the range to do something like "Heaven on Their Minds." Also, some songs on the list, although within baritone range, are really better-suited for tenors, like "Empty Chairs At Empty Tables," the aforementioned "Heaven on Their Minds," and "Johanna." Updated On: 3/2/05 at 11:27 AM

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

Posted: 3/2/05 at 11:32am

How about "That Face" from "Carnival"? One of my favorites...

[teth]

Posted: 3/2/05 at 3:29pm

Thanks for the clarification.

I was wondering myself why Johanna was a baritone song...when I knew the highest note had to be above a G.

[MarkCohen]

Posted: 3/2/05 at 3:48pm

Johanna actually only goes up to an Eb...but its all the time and sustained.

And I'm pretty sure One Song Glory has Abs.....but the list is stil freaking awesome. Thanks alot.

[JudasIscariot]

Posted: 3/2/05 at 3:51pm

I really just browsed and took the songs from the list. I do agree with One Song Glory.

[JudasIscariot]

Posted: 3/27/05 at 11:13pm

I thought I should bump this.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 3/27/05 at 11:14pm

thanks so much! *copy/paste on word document*

[Derech2]

Posted: 3/27/05 at 11:31pm

Thank you so much! This is really great. I would also agree with either categorizing by low, medium, and high baritone or put the song range in parentheses.

Close Every Door as I've heard Donny Osmond sing it is definitely a tenor song. But every other arrangment I've heard of it, the song only reached an F so definitely for baritones.

Empty Chairs at Empty Tables goes to G so that might be getting up there for most baritones, but the song also goes down to some nice low notes that could be tricky for some tenors.

I've never seen the music for This is the Moment and have only heard the song a couple of times, but it seemed to me to be rather beyond a normal baritones, like up to A / A flat.

Both Stars and Javert's Suicide are great though, especially if you can hold a smooth, strong F on shall his crimes be reprieved? (something I'm still working on *sniff*).

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 3/27/05 at 11:36pm

Ah, hooray! Hooray for being a baritone/bari-tenor!
Thanks for the list. I'm always looking for more songs.

~Steven

[broadway86]

Posted: 3/27/05 at 11:47pm

Add to that list:

"Anthem" - Chess
"I'd Rather Be Sailing" - A New Brain
"Make Someone Happy" - Do-Re-Mi
"My Funny Valentine" - Babes in Arms
"I Don't Remember You" - And the World Goes 'Round
"Leadville" - The Unsinkable Molly Brown

[LostLeander]

Posted: 3/28/05 at 12:50am

It's Hard to Speak My Heart from Parade too.
Good stuff there.

I'll Cover You (Reprise)? That's pretty darn high. I mean, I guess you don't have to sing it high. I don't actually know what's written in the music, so I'll shut up.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 3/28/05 at 1:01am

Hmmm, I'd say it's kinda baritone-ish. It's hard because it goes really low and really high. A low F# to a high B. Wow, you have to have a big range to sing that song.

~Steven

[ljay889]

Posted: 3/28/05 at 1:04am

I really want to sing "What is it about her" from TWP. Does anyone know what the highest note is?

I'm not sure if I can hit some of the higher notes. Sure, I can always transpose the song, but I feel like im cheating if I do.