Art Songs: Overlooked Vocal Repertoire
Lieder, Lullabyes, Madrigals, Motets, Parlor songs, and Spirituals, including Solo Baritone, Bass, Contralto, Mezzo, Tenor; Some Duets and Trios
Anna Amalia, Duchess (1739-1807):
Auf dem land in der stadt Mezzo 2:07 min
https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHW_ljDVq3k
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/auf-dem-land-und-in-der-stadt-21907774.html?srsltid=AfmBOopAyoymltaNHjYw0FFH15Zcn-yNrQrBBLkPUvm9Tor3jniUKSg6: Digital download upon payment
Charlotte Arlington Barnard:
Take back the heart (1890) 3:08 min Soprano
Amy Beach:
Four Songs for Voice and Piano, Op.29 (1895) Baritone 10:14 min T
I. Within Thy Heart II. The Wandering Knight III. Sleep, Little Darling IV. Haste, O Beloved
I send my heart up to thee : Three Browning Songs, Op. 44/No.3 (1899/1900) 3:16 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/3_Browning_Songs%2C_Op.44_(Beach%2C_Amy_Marcy): Third song in list
Beatriz, Comtessa de Dia:
A chanter m’er de so (c.1175) 4:23
https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/id_no/1147068/product.aspx -Digital download upon payment
Antonia Bembo:
Ha, que l’absence ( an “urban air”) (ca 1700)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PFeQpU-N0c&t=37s 4:19 min Soprano
https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_No/888299/Product.aspx?currency=USD: Paper score to purchase
Hildegard Von Bingen (1098-1179):
O Frondens Virga (O branch, coming into leaf) Soprano/Mezzo 2:19 min
O Ignis Spiritus Soprano 5:49 min
O Magne Pater (12th c) 4:07 min
O Virtus Sapientie (antiphon) 3:01 min
Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de St. Georges):
Sul Margine D’un Rio (n.d.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xq3ZDWDsqM starts @ 1:58 min
L’amtre jour a l’ombrage
Carrie Jacobs Bond:
Just awearyn’ for you (1901) - Soprano 2:29 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy_rFIMnjpY - Bass w/orch * Paul Robeson
https://imslp.org/wiki/7_Songs_as_Unpretentious_as_the_Wild_Rose_(Jacobs-Bond%2C_Carrie) : scroll down to #3
FREE Download to print From Connecticut College Digitized Historic Sheet Music Collection.
I love you truly (1912) Soprano/Mezzo 2:21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PxWY2b1DRc
https://imslp.org/wiki/7_Songs_as_Unpretentious_as_the_Wild_Rose_(Jacobs-Bond%2C_Carrie): No 5 in list
Nadia Boulanger:
Cantique Soprano 1:51 min
Chanson (1909) Tenor 1:25 min
Chanson: She stole my heart for a song (1922) Soprano 1:36 min
https://www.stretta-music.net/boulanger-mlodies-1-nr-151234.html: Sheet music to purchase includes most songs above
Anne Louise (Madame) Brillon Du Jouy:
O Nuit, que tu me semble belle (n.d.) Soprano 4:24 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/O_nuit%2C_que_tu_me_semble_belle_(Brillon_de_Jouy%2C_Anne_Louise): Sixth in list
Harry T. Burleigh:
Deep river (spiritual arr.) Tenor 2:48
Contralto 3:06 (Marian Anderson)
Just you (1915) Baritone 2:01 min
Soprano 2:23 min
https://www.loc.gov/item/2011562074/ Score to print out
Little mother of mine (1917) - Tenor 2:23 min
https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-28847/? JohnMcCormack
Lovely Dark and lonely one (1935)
Tenor 2:10 min
Baritone 1:59
Score to borrow from Indiana University library: https://search.worldcat.org/title/Lovely-dark-and-lonely-one/oclc/713485059
My lord what a mornin’ (spiritual arr.) Tenor 2:46 min
You ask me if I love you (1907) Baritone 3:27 min
Soprano 2:31 min
https://www.loc.gov/item/2011562161/ Score to print out -for high voice
Francesca Caccini (1587-c.1641):
Chia Dessia di Saper (canzonetta) (1618)
https://www.hildegard.com/product/chi-desia-di-saper-francesca-caccini-digital/: Digital download upon payment
Maddelena Casulana (1544-1590):
Attesa/ Expectation 1:46 min
Available in Multitude of Voices Sacred Music by Women Composers ,Volume 3, No. 14. Purchase through www.multitudeofvoyces.co.uk
Cecile Chaminade:
L'anneau d'argent - Le cher anneau d'argent /silver ring (1891) Mezzo 1:40 min
L’ Amour Captif (1893) Mezzo 1:27 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IPHzPA-CkU with score
https://imslp.org/wiki/L'amour_captif_(Chaminade%2C_Cécile) -For high and medium voice
Chanson triste Baritone 2:39 min
Mots d’Amour (1898) Mezzo 2:56 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Chant_d'amour_(Chaminade%2C_Cécile) -For high and low voice
L’ Ete (1894) Soprano 4:45 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/L%27été_(Chaminade,_Cécile): For high and low voice
R’eve d’un soir Soprano 1:55 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Rêve_d'un_soir_(Chaminade%2C_Cécile): For high and low voice
Veux-tu? Tenor 2:54 min https://open.spotify.com/track/67ZK6KeSepvfKOlkU9g7ks
https://imslp.org/wiki/Veux-tu_(Chaminade,_Cécile): For low voice only
ISABELLA COLBRAIN:
Six Canzoncine ou petits airs italiens (Part of 24 Canzonnes) 1805-1809
Gia la notte s'avvicina No.1
No.2 Il pie s'allontana
https://imslp.org/wiki/24_Canzoncine_(Colbran,_Isabella): Second song in list
So che un sogno e la sperenza Soprano 4:42 min No.4 (1809)
https://imslp.org/wiki/24_Canzoncine_(Colbran,_Isabella): Sixteenth song in list
Chi sa qual core No.6
https://imslp.org/wiki/24_Canzoncine_(Colbran,_Isabella): Fourteenth song in list
Mi lagnero tacendo. Mezzo. 2:37 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/24_Canzoncine_(Colbran,_Isabella): Twelfth song in list
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor:
Big lady moon, from Five Fairy Ballads (1909) Soprano 2:09 min
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/aa_sheet_music/68/ : Free download from University of South Florida
You lay so still in the sunshine (c1910-1920) Mezzo 2:07 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Songs_of_Sun_and_Shade_(Coleridge-Taylor,_Samuel): First song in list
Thou art risen, my beloved (1911) Baritone 2:54 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Songs_of_Sun_and_Shade_(Coleridge-Taylor,_Samuel): Fourth song in list
When I am dead my dearest, from Six Sorrow Songs, Op.57 (c1910-1920) Soprano 2:34 min
https://www.performersedition.com/catalog/product/view/id/26409: Paper copy to purchase
Lady Mary Dering:
When I First Saw Fair Doris’ Eyes (1655) 2:30 min
Clara Edwards:
Into the Night (1880) Soprano 2:40 min
https://www.amazon.com/Night-Voice-Piano-Medium-Edwarwds/dp/B01N14QMD4 : Paper copy to purchase
Carlotta Ferrari:
Six Songs/Melodies for Voice and Piano (1856)
https://open.spotify.com/track/3z7RN2JZU3okSwHCLBIwG0 (sequence is not in number order) 1. Non t'accostare all'urna 2. Sull'orme del mio gregge 3. Natura tace4. Povero il fiore che non ha profumo 5. Son figliuola d'una fata6. Rondinella pellegrina
Maria Grever (1885-1951):
Jurame/Swear to Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDrMO3TgWag Soprano 3:17 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlXR9oj0gZk Tenor 3:32 min
JOSEPHINE LANG (1815-1880):
Abschied Op. 13 No.1, Six Lieder Tenor
https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Lieder%2C_Op.13_(Lang%2C_Josephine): First song in list
Frühzeitiger Frühling /Early Spring, From 4 German Lieder, Op.6 Soprano 2:21 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/4_Deutsche_Lieder%2C_Op.6_(Lang%2C_Josephine): Third song in list
Lied des Katers : Hiddigeigei /Song of the tomcat at the end of his days, Op.45, no.5 Baritone 2:54 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/5_Lieder_aus_dem_%27Trompeter_von_Säckingen%27%2C_Op.45_(Lang%2C_Josephine)” Fifth song in list
Mignons Klage from Six Lieder, Op.10 Mezzo Soprano 2:10 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Lieder%2C_Op.10_(Lang%2C_Josephine): Second song in list
Liza Lehmann (1862-1918):
Bird Songs : woodpigeon; starling; yellowhammer; wren; owl 8:26 min T
https://www.performersedition.com/catalog/product/view/id/239040: Paper copy to purchase
There Are Fairies at the Bottom of Our Garden (1917) Soprano 2:51 min
https://digitalcollections-baylor.quartexcollections.com/Documents/Detail/there-are-fairies-at-the-bottom-of-our-garden-song/2272110?item=2272115 : Online Digital copy of score for medium voice
www. prestomusic.com sells various versions as sheet music
Myself when young (Rubiyat of Omar Khayam): From In a Persian Garden (1896) Baritone/Bass 2:34min
https://www.jwpepper.com/Myself-When-Young/5081641.item?srsltid=AfmBOooNUY0RmQvPVi52ybgg5L0zaVK37F0dCnVK6yC5l6awGNm4IrO0: Paper copy to purchase
Amy Mahler (1879-1911):
Bei dir ist es traut /I feel warm and close with you ( pub.1910) Mezzo 1:58
https://imslp.org/wiki/5_Lieder_(Mahler%2C_Alma): Fourth song in list
Laue Sommernacht ( pub.1910) Mezzo 2:40 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/5_Lieder_(Mahler%2C_Alma) : Third song in list
Maria Malibran (1808-1836):
La voix qui dit: je t'aime 4:47 min
Nuova Tarantella 2:43 min
Rataplan 2:28 min Mezzo-( Bartolli)
Emilie Mayer:
Du bist wie eine Blume: 3 Lieder, Op.7 (c1848) Soprano 2:02 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXmUYBS6VQ4- First in list
Abendstern : 3 Lieder, Op. 7 (c1848) Soprano 3:34 min
https://open.spotify.com/track/2dYF5qap3Nlb4G7GvrVywH- Third in list
https://imslp.org/wiki/3_Lieder%2C_Op.7_(Mayer%2C_Emilie) - Includes both songs above
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel:
Bergeslust/Mountain Rapture, Op. 10: No.5 (1847) Soprano 1:45 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/5_Lieder,_Op.10_(Hensel,_Fanny) -Fifth song in list
Der Nachtwanderer (1840) Mezzo 2:34
https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Lieder,_Op.7_(Hensel,_Fanny) First song in list
Es rauscht das rote Laub (1846) Tenor 2:24 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwwGJ_rwuQQ&t=67s; among newly published lieder,
https://www.alfred.com/fanny-mendelssohn-hensel/p/00-4963/ -Paper score to purchase
Aus meinen Tränen sprießen (1838) Duet Soprano and Mezzo 1:48 min
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f4686d03ef364053a5282cd/t/667dd9c991a5ce0151777d09/1719523785837/H327_v1.4.pdf Free online Score
Italien (Felix /Qn Victoria story) (1822) Soprano 1:33 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/3_Songs_(Hensel%2C_Fanny): Second song in list
Sehnsucht -Was zieht mir des herz so ? /what pulls at my heart so ? H-U 340 (Goethe) (1824-1826)
Soprano 4:43 min
Baritone 3:15 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQBvgJtlpzQ&t=7s
https://www.ipasource.com/product/sehnsucht-was-zieht-mir-das-herz-so-2/:
https://www.ipasource.com/product/sehnsucht-was-zieht-mir-das-herz-so-2/:
Download upon payment
Waldruhe /Forest Rest (1841) Trio for Soprano, Alto and Tenor 3:16 min
https://furore-verlag.de/en/produkt/waldruhe-partitur-2/: Paper score to purchase
Johanna Muller-Hermann:
Die stille stadt, Op.4, No.2 (1904) Baritone 2:59 min
Print/digital copy upon payment
Eleonora Orsini:
Per pianto la mia carne si distilla- w/lute (c1610-1617) 2:18 min
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/per-pianto-la-mia-carne-22200513.html: Digital download upon payment
Maria Theresia Von Paradis:
Morgenlied eines armen Mannes (1784-1786)
Tenor 4:12 min
Soprano: 2:51 min
Julie Pinel:
Boccages Frais: Brunette a Deux Dessus (Soprano/Mezzo duet) 5:05 min
Manuel M. Ponce:
Estrellita/Little Star (1912). Soprano. 3:36 min
Florence Price:
Night (1946) Soprano 2:06 min
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/night-22344747.html: Digital download upon payment
Songs to the dark Virgin, from Songs from the Weary Blues (1941)
Mezzo-Soprano 2:01 min
Baritone 2:17 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/4_Songs_from_The_Weary_Blues_(Price,_Florence): Second in the list.
Lillian Ray:
The sunshine of your smile (1913-14) (with guitar) Mezzo 3:19 min
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2537&context=mmb-vp: Free print download
Louise Reichardt:
Unruhiger Schlaf (1810) Soprano 2:01 min
https://musescore.com/openscore-lieder-corpus/score-5001911: Free print download
Ignatius Sancho:
From a Collection of New Songs (c1769):
Sweetest Bard. Soprano 2:04 min
Countertenor 2:34 m
Kate of Aberdeen . Soprano 1:55 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/A_Collection_of_New_Songs_(Sancho,_Ignatius): Includes both songs above
Clara Schumann:
Lieder, Op.12: Liebst du um Schonheit (1841) Mezzo 2:11 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Lieder,_Op.12_(Schumann,_Clara): Second song in list
Lieder, Op.12: Warum willst du and’re fragen (1841) Soprano 2:33 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Lieder,_Op.12_(Schumann,_Clara): Third song in list
Lorelei Soprano 2:31 min Diana Damrau
Corona Schroeter:
Die Liebe (Lieder #14) (1786) Soprano 3:14 min
Margarette Schweikert:
Wolkenlieder : Wolke I (1923)
Soprano 1:26
Baritone
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/wolken-lieder-spate-lieder-19961885.html: Paper score to purchase (Voice type unclear)
Barbara Strozzi:
Amore e Bandito(1657) Soprano 2:00 min
https://www.hildegard.com/product/amore-e-bandito-barbara-strozzi/ : Digital download upon payment
Lagrime Mie , from Diporti di Euterpe, Op.7 (cantata) 9:48 min
https://www.franciscocallejo.es/hm5/strozzi.pdf: Paper score to print
Arie a voce sola, Op. 8: Luci belle deh ditemi perche 10:19 min
https://cordonatoeditions.com/product/luci-belle-deh-ditemi-perche/ : Digital download upon payment
Canto di bello boca, Op.1 Soprano/Alto duet (1644) 5:40 min
https://cordonatoeditions.com/product/canto-di-bella-bocca/: Digital download upon payment
Maria Syzmanowska (1789-1831):
Se Spiegar Soprano 1:35 min
https://www.hildegard.com/product/se-spiegar-maria-szymanowska/:Digital download upon payment
Switezianka, Ballad (from Six Romances) Soprano 4:31 min
https://www.hildegard.com/product/six-romances-maria-szymanowska/: Paper copy to purchase: Third song in list
Pauline Viardot:
The Absence - from a Spanish Folk Poem (1850) 1:54 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/10_Mélodies_(Viardot,_Pauline): Third song in list
Der Gartner/The Gardener (1870) Soprano 1:27 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/3_Lieder_(Viardot%2C_Pauline): Third song in list
Ha Lui (1880):
Mezzo 3:57 min (Bartoli)
Soprano
https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Mélodies_et_une_havanaise_(Viardot%2C_Pauline): Fourth song in list
Havanaise (1880)
Mezzo 4:49 min Mezzo (Bartoli)
https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Mélodies_et_une_havanaise_(Viardot%2C_Pauline): Seventh song in list
La Jota (1846) Soprano/Baritone duet 3:41 min
Les Filles de cadix .es Mezzo 2:50 min (Bartolli)
https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Mélodies,_VWV_1133-1137/1176_(Viardot,_Pauline): Sixth song in list
Madrid 2:12 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Mélodies,_VWV_1133-1137/1176_(Viardot,_Pauline): Fifth song in list
Povera Me (1878) Mezzo 2:24 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/5_Canti_popolari_toscani_(Viardot,_Pauline): Fourth song in list
Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana:
O Mangum mysterium (1623) Soprano 3:33 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Componimenti_Musicali_de_Motteti_a_una_e_più_voci_(Vizana%2C_Lucretia_Orsina): Eighth song in list.
Sonnet vox tua (1623) Soprano, Mezzo etc. 5:55 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Componimenti_Musicali_de_Motteti_a_una_e_più_voci_(Vizana%2C_Lucretia_Orsina): Second song in list.
Usquequo oblivisceris me in Finem ? (1623) 3:02 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Componimenti_Musicali_de_Motteti_a_una_e_più_voci_(Vizana%2C_Lucretia_Orsina): Seventh song in list
Ilse Weber (1903-1944):
Ich wander durch Theresienstadt Mezzo 2:38 min
https://www.prestomusic.com/sheet-music/products/7184359--weber-i-ich-wandre-durch-theresienstadt :: Paper score to purchase : First song in list
Wiegala lullabye (c1941) Mezzo 2:47min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2x4uN23fCw&t=6s Anne Marie Sophie
https://www.prestomusic.com/sheet-music/products/7184359--weber-i-ich-wandre-durch-theresienstadt: -Paper Score to purchase : Last song in list
Maude Valerie White:
The throstle (1890) (Tennyson) Tenor 2:30 min
Paper score to purchase : Fifth song in list
So We’ll go no more a’rovin (c1880)
Baritone 3:58 min
Soprano 4:40 min
Amy Woodforde-Finden:
Kashmiri Song or Pale hands I loved: from Four Indian Love Lyrics (1923) 3:06 min
Bass-Baritone
Tenor
Soprano
https://imslp.org/wiki/4_Indian_Love_Lyrics_(Woodforde-Finden%2C_Amy): Third song in list, All Voices
Amy Aldrich Worth:
Midsummer (1913)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=gBaxpYHlU8I Soprano 1:31 min
https://open.spotify.com/track/64A4C4FklpZZISIrlqEXnb Soprano 1:20 min
Links checked: Jan.21, 2025
Catherine Rae Sheldon M.Ed M.L.S.
Advocate for Overlooked Classical Music
Bellingham, WA
catraes@gmail.com