This post is an attempt to categorize every song within the five Baritone/Bass volumes of The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology. I have chosen to categorize songs using the following musical styles as guidelines: Operetta, Jazz Standard, Golden Age Standard, Post-Golden Age Standard, Contemporary Mixed, Musical Theatre Pop, Musical Theatre Rock, Sondheim, and Disney. Other criteria like character name, age, and song tempo may be added at a later time. For a complete songlist with volume numbers included, click here.
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OPERETTA STANDARDS | 1870s-1920s
| As Some Day It May Happen | The Mikado (1885) | |
| I Am the Very Model | The Pirates of Penzance (1879) | |
| I Want What I Want When I Want It | Mlle. Modiste (1905) | |
| When I Was a Lad | H.M.S. Pinafore (1878) | |
| When You’re Lying Awake | Iolanthe (1882) |
JAZZ AGE STANDARDS | 1920s-1940s
| All Through the Night | Anything Goes (1934) |
| Lullaby of Broadway | 42nd Street (1980) |
| Mack the Knife | The Threepenny Opera (1928) |
| Puttin’ on the Ritz | Puttin’ on the Ritz (1930) |
| September Song | Knickerbocker Holiday (1938) |
| There’s Nowhere to Go But Up | The Boys from Syracuse (1938) |
| What Chance Have I with Love? | Louisiana Purchase (1940) |
GOLDEN AGE STANDARDS | 1940s-1960s
| All of My Life | Do Re Mi (1960) |
| All At Once You Love Her | Pipe Dream (1955) |
| All of You | Silk Stockings (1955) |
| Camelot | Camelot (1960) |
| C’est Moi | Camelot (1960) |
| Colorado, My Home | The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1960) |
| Come Back to Me | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1965) |
| Cool | West Side Story (1957) |
| Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful? | Cinderella (1957) |
| Dulcinea | Man of La Mancha (1965) |
| Edelweiss | The Sound of Music (1959) |
| Fate | Kismet (1953) |
| A Fellow Needs a Girl | Allegro (1947) |
| Get Me to the Church on Time | My Fair Lady (1956) |
| Gigi | Gigi (1958) |
| The Girl That I Marry | Annie Get Your Gun (1946) |
| Gonna Be Another Hot Day | 110 in the Shade (1963) |
| Gonna Build a Mountain | Stop the World – I Want to Get Off (1961) |
| Grand Knowing You | She Loves Me (1963) |
| The Highest Judge of All | Carousel (1945) |
| How to Handle a Woman | Camelot (1960) |
| I Wonder What the King is Doing Tonight | Camelot (1960) |
| I’ll Never Say No | The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1960) |
| I’m a Bad, Bad Man | Annie Get Your Gun (1946) |
| I’ve Come to Wive It Wealthily in Padua | Kiss Me, Kate (1948) |
| I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face | My Fair Lady (1956) |
| If Ever I Would Leave You | Camelot (1960) |
| If I Loved You | Carousel (1945) |
| If I Were a Rich Man | Fiddler on the Roof (1964) |
| Ilona | She Loves Me (1963) |
| The Impossible Dream | Man of La Mancha (1965) |
| It Only Takes a Moment | Hello, Dolly! (1964) |
| It’s All Right with Me | Can-Can (1953) |
| It’s Love | Wonderful Town (1953) |
| Jet Song | West Side Story (1957) |
| Joey, Joey, Joey | The Most Happy Fella (1956) |
| Just in Time | Bells are Ringing (1956) |
| Leaning on a Lamp Post | Me and My Girl (1937) |
| Lonely Room | Oklahoma! (1943) |
| Lonely Town | On the Town (1944) |
| Long Before I Knew You | Bells are Ringing (1956) |
| Look at That Face | The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (1965) |
| Lost in the Stars | Lost in the Stars (1949) |
| Luck Be a Lady | Guys and Dolls (1950) |
| Lucky to Be Me | On the Town (1944) |
| The Man I Used to Be | Pipe Dream (1955) |
| Man of La Mancha (I, Don Quixote) | Man of La Mancha (1965) |
| Marian the Librarian | The Music Man (1957) |
| More I Cannot Wish You | Guys and Dolls (1950) |
| My Defenses are Down | Annie Get Your Gun (1946) |
| My Name | Oliver! (1960) |
| My Time of Day | Guys and Dolls (1950) |
| Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ | Oklahoma! (1943) |
| Ol’ Man River | Show Boat (1927) |
| On a Clear Day | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1965) |
| Once in Love with Amy | Where’s Charley? (1948) |
| Once Upon a Time | All American (1962) |
| A Quiet Girl | Wonderful Town (1953) |
| Real Live Girl | Little Me (1962) |
| Relax | Wish You Were Here (1952) |
| Reviewing the Situation | Oliver! (1960) |
| A Rhyme for Angela | The Firebrand of Florence (1945) |
| The Sadder but Wiser Girl | The Music Man (1957) |
| A Secretary is Not a Toy | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961) |
| Soliloquy | Carousel (1945) |
| Some Enchanted Evening | South Pacific (1949) |
| The Surrey with the Fringe on Top | Oklahoma! (1943) |
| Ten Minutes Ago | Cinderella (1957) |
| There’s No Reason in the World | Milk and Honey (1961) |
| They Call the Wind Maria | Paint Your Wagon (1951) |
| This is the Life | Love Life (1948) |
| This Nearly Was Mine | South Pacific (1949) |
| Thousands of Miles | Lost in the Stars (1949) |
| Try Me | She Loves Me (1963) |
| Try to Remember | The Fantasticks (1960) |
| Wand’rin’ Star | Paint Your Wagon (1951) |
| Were Thine That Special Face | Kiss Me, Kate (1948) |
| What Kind of Fool Am I? | Stop the World – I Want to Get Off (1961) |
| Where is the Life That Late I Led | Kiss Me, Kate (1948) |
| Who Can I Turn To? | The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (1965) |
| A Wonderful Day Like Today | The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (1965) |
| With a Little Bit of Luck | My Fair Lady (1956) |
| Wouldn’t You Like to Be on Broadway | Street Scene (1946) |
| Ya Got Trouble | The Music Man (1957) |
| You’re the Fairest Flower | Little Mary Sunshine (1959) |
POST-GOLDEN AGE STANDARDS | 1960s-1970s
| All I Care About | Chicago (1975) |
| The Bulls | Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (1968) |
| Don’t Go | Cabaret (1972) |
| Funeral Tango | Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (1968) |
| I Don’t Remember You | The Happy Time (1968) |
| I Rise Again | On the Twentieth Century (1978) |
| I Won’t Send Roses | Mack and Mabel (1974) |
| I’ve Heard it All Before | Shenandoah (1975) |
| It’s Not Where You Start | Seesaw (1973) |
| Mama, a Rainbow | Minnie’s Boys (1970) |
| Meditation I | Shenandoah (1975) |
| Meditation II | Shenandoah (1975) |
| Molasses to Rum | 1776 (1969) |
| Promises, Promises | Promises, Promises (1968) |
| Razzle Dazzle | Chicago (1975) |
| Something was Missing | Annie (1977) |
| Where Was I When They Passed Out Luck | Minnie’s Boys (1970) |
CONTEMPORARY MIXED* | 1970s-present
| Along Came Bialy | The Producers (2001) |
| Coffee Shop Nights | Curtains (2007) |
| The Colors of My Life | Barnum (1980) |
| Drink with Me | Les Miserables (1987) |
| Empty Chairs at Empty Tables | Les Miserables (1987) |
| Funny | City of Angels (1989) |
| The Greatest Star of All | Sunset Boulevard (1993) |
| Guido’s Song | Nine (1982) |
| Haben sie gehoert das Duetsche Band? | The Producers (2001) |
| I Hate Musicals | Ruthless (1992) |
| I Miss Music | Curtains (2007) |
| I Wanna Be a Producer | The Producers (2001) |
| If I Sing | Closer Than Ever (1989) |
| In Every Age | Titanic (1997) |
| In Old Bavaria | The Producers (2001) |
| Javert’s Suicide | Les Miserables (1987) |
| Justice Will Be Done | Martin Guerre (1996) |
| The King of Broadway | The Producers (2001) |
| King’s Dilemma | Victor/Victoria (1995) |
| Laughing Matters | When Pigs Fly (1996) |
| Lost in the Darkness | Jekyll & Hyde (1997) |
| Love Sneaks In | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005) |
| Make Them Hear You | Ragtime (1998) |
| Marry Me | The Rink (1984) |
| Marry Well | Grey Gardens (2006) |
| Masculinity | La Cage aux Folles (1983) |
| Only with You | Nine (1982) |
| Other Pleasures | Aspects of Love (1989) |
| Paris by Night | Victor/Victoria (1995) |
| Sam and Me | When Pigs Fly (1996) |
| Sometimes a Day Goes By | Woman of the Year (1981) |
| Stars | Les Miserables (1987) |
| There’s a Sucker Born Ev’ry Minute | Barnum (1980) |
| There She Is | Titanic (1997) |
MUSICAL THEATRE POP SONGS | 1960s-present
| Always Look on the Bright Side of Life | Monte Python’s Spamalot (2004) |
| The Baby Song | I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (1996) |
| The Devil You Know | Side Show (1997) |
| Fantasies Come True | Avenue Q (2003) |
| Greased Lightnin’ | Grease (1971) |
| Heroes All Around | Elegies for Angels, Punks, and Raging Queens (2001) |
| I Confess | Footloose (1998) |
| I Wish I Could Go Back to College | Avenue Q (2003) |
| I’ll Be Here | Wild Party (2000) |
| I’m Not Wearing Underwear Today | Avenue Q (2003) |
| It’s Hard to Speak My Heart | Parade (1998) |
| The Kid Inside | Is There Life After High School? (1982) |
| The Kite | You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1967) |
| Last One Picked | Whoop-Dee-Doo! (1993) |
| A Lot of Livin’ to Do | Bye Bye Birdie (1960) |
| Private Conversation | Side Show (1997) |
| Purpose | Avenue Q (2003) |
| Put on a Happy Face | Bye Bye Birdie (1960) |
| River in the Rain | Big River (1984) |
| Robin’s Song | Monte Python’s Spamalot (2004) |
| Shouldn’t I Be Less in Love with You? | I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (1996) |
| Smile | Smile (1986) |
| Those Canaan Days | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1968) |
| Waitin’ for the Light to Shine | Big River (1984) |
| What Do You Do with a B.A. in English? | Avenue Q (2003) |
| Wonderful | Wicked (2003) |
| You Should Be Loved | Side Show (1997) |
| You Won’t Succeed on Broadway | Monte Python’s Spamalot (2004) |
MUSICAL THEATRE ROCK SONGS | 1960s-present
| All That’s Known | Spring Awakening (2006) |
| Pilate’s Dream | Jesus Christ Superstar (1971) |
| Real Life | tick, tick… BOOM! (2001) |
| Santa Fe | Rent (1996) |
SONDHEIM SONGS | 1960s-present
| Bring Me My Bride | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962) |
| Comedy Tonight | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962) |
| Everybody Says Don’t | Anyone Can Whistle (1964) |
| Good Thing Going | Merrily we Roll Along (1981) |
| Happily Ever After | Company (1970) |
| In Praise of Women | A Little Night Music (1973) |
| Isn’t It? | Saturday Night (1954) |
| Marry Me a Little | Company (1970) |
| The Right Girl | Follies (1971) |
| The Road You Didn’t Take | Follies (1971) |
| Sorry-Grateful | Company (1970) |
| With So Little to Be Sure Of | Anyone Can Whistle (1964) |
| Your Eyes are Blue | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962) |
DISNEY SONGS
| Gaston | Beauty and the Beast (1994) |
| If I Can’t Love Her | Beauty and the Beast (1994) |
| Les Poissons | The Little Mermaid (2007) |
| Me | Beauty and the Beast (1994) |
| No Other Way | Tarzan (2006) |
| Santa Fe | Newsies (1992) |
| When She Loved Me | Toy Story 2 (1999) |
* This category includes contemporary songs that are not easily categorized. Most of these songs fall into either the ‘Pop Opera’ or ‘Contemporary Musical Comedy’ sub-categories. In some cases, they may be categorized differently depending on audition requirements.
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