Choral Overlooked Repertoire: Sacred and Secular

Vittoria Aleotti:

T’amo mia vita (c1593)   2:22 min
 
 
 

Catarina Assandra:

Motteti, Op. 2: Duo Seraphim (c1609)   4:45 min
https://musescore.com/user/80345557/scores/19969576: score for large mixed choir (as sung above) : orig. 3 voices only

 

 

Amy Beach:

Grand Mass in E Flat Major, Op. 5 (1889/1892) 1:01:35 min
Commmonwealth Chorale & New England Philharmonic, Nov 2017; Vancouver B.C. Cantata Singers, April 2024
 
 
 
 

Maddalena Casulana:

Morir non può il mio cuore. 4 voice Madrigal (c1544) 1:58 min
 
 
 
 

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor:

Now Late on the Sabbath Day (1901) 7:10 min
 
Whispers of Summer. (1910) 5:27 min
 
 
 
 

Chiara Margarita Cozzolani:

 
Vespro della Beata Vergine /Vespers for the Blessed Virgin (1650)  1:39:03 min
 
 Magnificat Primo from the Salmi a Otto Voci Concertati (1650) 8:59 min
 
Magnificat Secondo from the Salmi  a Otto Voci Concertati (1650)  8:47 min
 
 
 

Isabella Leonarda:

 
 Alma Redemptoris Mater  5:47 min
 
Magnificat, Op.19, from Salmi Concertati  (1619 )  9:17 min
Vancouver, BC, Elektra Womens Choir, March 2020; Bellingham, WA, Vox Pacifica (Soprano-Alto) Choir, Dec 2024
 
Mesa Prima, Op.XVIII  (1696) 41:33 min

Surge Virgo, Op.10 (1684) 7:59 min

Paper score to purchase
 
 
 
 

Vicente Lusitano (Afro-Portuguese):

Inviolta integra et casta es /You are inviolate, untouched, and chaste, Mary (1551) 12:12 min
 
 
 

Marianna Martines:

Dixit Dominus (1774) 26:22 min
 
 
 

Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel:

Cholera Musik: Oratorium nach Bildung der Bibel  (Oratorium on words of the Bible; aka  Cantata nach Aufhoren der Cholera im Berlin, 1831 (Cantata after the Cessation of the Cholera in Berlin)  (1831) 33:43  min
 
Hiob Cantata for Choir and Orchestra  ( 1831 )
Paper score to purchase
 
 
 

Undine Smith Moore:

We Shall Walk through the Valley (arr. traditional spiritual) (1977) 3:26min
 
 
 

Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia  (Afro-Brazilian):

Magnificatdas Vesperas de Sao Jose (1810)  9:25 min
 
Christmas Matins (1799) 28 min
 
 Miserere (1798) 15:20 min
 
Double Missa Pastoril para noite de nata/ Mass for Christmas Night (1811)   29:07 min
 
Requiem Mass in D (1816 ) 36:23 min
Helsinki Phil. Orchestra, 2019
 
 
 
 

Maria Von Paradis (1759-1824):

Es ist ein’ Ros’/A Rose Has Sprung Up   3:32 min
Available in : Multitude of Voyces: Sacred Music by Women Composers Volume 3, No. 17 https://www.multitudeofvoyces.co.uk/p... https://www.multitudeofvoyces.co.uk/d... for a digital offprint
 
 
 

Camilla de Rossi:

The Sacrifice of Abraham (Oratorio) (1708)   1:14:56 min T
 
 
 

Florence Price:

Resignation  (1850)   2:42 min:
 
 
 

Ethel Smyth:

 Mass in D  Major (1891) 1:54:00 min
BBC Symph & Proms, Aug 2022; Seattle Pro Musica (w/Mozart C Minor Mass) May, 2023; American  Symphony Orchestra, NYC, 2023
 
The Prison: Symphony for Soprano and Bass-Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra (1930) 1:03:58 min
 
 
 

Judith Weir:

Life as the Hart:  Psalm 42: 1–7 (2022) (for Qn Eliz funeral)   3:12 min
https://www.jwpepper.com/11422716E.item: Paper score to purchase  OR
 
 
 
 

Arias: Overlooked Vocal Repertoire from Cantatas, Offeratorios, Operas and Oratorios: voice type noted

Anna Amalia, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel:

Opera: Erwin and Elmira (1776) Aria:
Das Veilchen  Elmire (The violet, Goethe poem)  3:19 min  w/chamber orch
(scroll down to audio link bar)
 
 

Marie Emmanuelle Bayon Louis

Opera : Fleur d’epine  (1776) Arias:
La Calme Renart     Tenor (6:21)
 
Quard H’imen Viart Couronner L’amour    Soprano  (6:04)
https://timelessmoon.getarchive.net/media/fleur-depine-libretto-7b345e: Scanned libretto from Library of Congress and
 
 
 

JOSEPH BOLOGNE (CHEVALIER):

Opera: L’ Amant Anonyme /Anonymous Lover (1780) Arias:
"Enfin une foule... L'Amour, devient propice"   Soprano   5:37 min
 
Valcour’s  Air    Tenor   1:54 min
 
Trio “Ah! Quel trouble”    Soprano, Tenor, Bass-Baritone   3:33 min
 
 
Paper score of complete opera to purchase -online preview available
 
 
 

ANA BON  di Venezia (1738-1769):

Astra coelli iam intonate: Aria for Soprano    9:12 min
 
 

FRANCESCA CACCINI:

Opera: La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina (1625)   Arias:

Chia Dessia di Saper -  Mezzo/ Soprano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z39HqtdNgzM    2:43 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Chi_desia_di_saper_(Caccini,_Francesca)

Per le Pia vaga e bella /Aria of the Shepherd    Soprano    2:39 min - with flute & harpsichord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3DXiowABWM&t=3s

Pastore’s Aria    Tenor   1:48 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffiKf1OI9Hc&t=29s

Serena’s Song    2:04 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxvcMDNc6aA : Soprano with online score
https://www.scribd.com/document/321066773/La-liberazione-di-Ruggiero-dall-Isola-di-Alcina-Francesca-Caccini : Free downloadable score to complete opera

Primo Libro delle Musiche: Sacred and Secular Songs and Arias:

La Pastorella Mia (aria) (1618)  4:08  min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFGsA9W_--8
https://imslp.org/wiki/Primo_Libro_delle_Musiche_(Caccini%2C_Francesca):
scroll down to #17
https://www.hildegard.com/product/aria-la-pastorella-mia-francesca-caccini-digital/: Digital download upon payment

 

 
 
 

ALMA DEUTSCHER:

Opera: Cinderella. (2016)  Arias:
When the Day Falls into Darkness   Soprano   6:02 min
 
 
 
 

ELIZABETH JACQUET de la GUERRE:

Opera: Cephale et Procris (1694) Aria:
Passe-Pieds and Nymphs   Soprano Duet   1:52 min   w/string ensemble
 
 

Camilla de Rossi:

Oratorio: Il Sacrifizio di Abramo (1708) Arias:
Chi non rimira  in cicelo   Soprano  (Sarah)   3:33 min
 pages 13-17
 
Accostatevi a queste pupille   Tenor (Abraham)  3:57 min
 
 
 

PAULINE VIARDOT:

Opera: Cendrillion (1904) Arias:
 
Baron’s Aria    Baritone   2:28 min
 
Ari de La Fee (The Fairy) (aka Aria de la Hada) : Je viens te rendre l'esperance: Soprano    2:52 min:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpvUKWmbJ-w : Aria  with score animation
 
 
 
 

MARIA ANTONIA WALPURGIS:

Opera: Talestri, Regina delle Amazzoni (1760) Aria:
 
Da me ti dividi   Soprano   4:18 min
 
3 additonal Talestri  arias :
 
 
 

WILHELMINE Von BAYREUTH of PRUSSIA:

Opera : Agenore  Four Arias (1740) 38:48 min T
"S'avvien ch'il destino rio"  (Adagio con sordine)starts @00:00  (Soprano) 13:10 min
"Quel tuo valor primiero" (Allegro) starts @ 13:12  Tenor  6:50  min
 "Non dura una sventura" (Allegro)starts @20:06 Soprano  7:55 min
"Ah per pietad' alemeno" (Adagio) starts @  28:08 Tenor 10:35 min
“Un certo fredd orrore” (Martesia’s aria) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKxaTTEySgQ   Soprano.  7:01 min
 
 

 
Links checked : Jan. 21, 2025

Songs: Overlooked Repertoire

ART SONGS, LIEDER, LULLABYES, MADRIGALS, MOTETS, PARLOR SONGS and SPIRITUALS, incl. Solo Baritone, Bass, Contralto, Mezzo, Tenor; Some Duets and Trios.

 
 

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
 
 

Beatriz, Comtessa de Dia:

A chanter m’er de so (c.1175)   4:23
 
 

Antonia Bembo:

Ha, que l’absence ( an “urban air”) (ca 1700)
 
 

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
 
 
 
 
 

Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de St. Georges):

Sul Margine D’un Rio  (n.d.)
 
L’amtre jour a l’ombrage
 
 

Carrie Jacobs Bond:

Just awearyn’ for you  (1901) - Soprano   2:29  min
FREE Download  to print From Connecticut College Digitized  Historic Sheet Music Collection.
 
 
 
 

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
 

 

 

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
 
 Little mother of mine (1917) -  Tenor   2:23 min
 
Lovely Dark and lonely one  (1935)
       Tenor      2:10 min
      Baritone    1:59
 
 
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)
 
 
 
 
 

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
 
 
Chanson triste   Baritone  2:39  min
 

Mots d’Amour (1898) Mezzo  2:56 min

 
L’ Ete (1894)  Soprano  4:45  min
 
R’eve d’un soir   Soprano  1:55 min
 
 
 
 
 

ISABELLA COLBRAIN:

Six Canzoncine ou petits airs italiens (Part of 24 Canzonnes)  1805-1809
or Six small Italian melodies for voice and harp/ piano:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCB-guHjPTU
 
Gia la notte s'avvicina   No.1
 
No.2 Il pie s'allontana
 
So che un sogno e la sperenza  Soprano   4:42 min  No.4 (1809)
 
Chi sa qual core   No.6
 
Mi lagnero tacendo. Mezzo.  2:37 min
 
 
 

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
 
Thou art risen, my beloved  (1911)  Baritone  2:54 min
 
When I am dead my dearest, from Six Sorrow Songs, Op.57 (c1910-1920)   Soprano   2:34 min
 
 
 
 

Lady Mary Dering:

When I First Saw Fair Doris’ Eyes (1655)   2:30 min
 
 

Clara Edwards:

Into the Night (1880) Soprano   2:40 min
 
 
 

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
 
 
 

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

 
Lied des Katers : Hiddigeigei /Song of the tomcat at the end of his days,   Op.45, no.5   Baritone  2:54 min
 
Mignons Klage from Six Lieder, Op.10    Mezzo Soprano         2:10 min
 
 

Liza Lehmann (1862-1918):

 
Bird Songs : woodpigeon; starling; yellowhammer; wren; owl   8:26 min T
 
There Are Fairies at the Bottom of Our Garden (1917)   Soprano     2:51 min
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
 
 
 

Amy Mahler  (1879-1911):

 Bei dir ist es traut /I feel warm and close with you ( pub.1910)   Mezzo    1:58
 
Laue Sommernacht  ( pub.1910)  Mezzo      2:40 min
 
 
 
 

 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
 
Abendstern : 3 Lieder, Op. 7 (c1848)  Soprano  3:34 min
 

 

 

Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel:

Bergeslust/Mountain Rapture, Op. 10: No.5 (1847)   Soprano 1:45 min
 
Der Nachtwanderer  (1840)  Mezzo   2:34
 
Es rauscht das rote Laub (1846) Tenor  2:24 min
 
Aus meinen Tränen sprießen (1838) Duet Soprano and Mezzo  1:48 min
 
Italien (Felix /Qn Victoria  story) (1822)  Soprano  1:33 min
 
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

Download upon payment

 
Waldruhe /Forest Rest (1841) Trio for Soprano, Alto and Tenor  3:16 min
 
 
 

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
 
 
 

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
 
Songs to the dark Virgin, from Songs from the Weary Blues (1941)
 Mezzo-Soprano    2:01 min
  Baritone    2:17 min
 
 
 

 

Lillian Ray:

The sunshine of your smile (1913-14)  (with guitar)  Mezzo 3:19 min
 
 
 

 

Louise Reichardt:

Unruhiger Schlaf  (1810)  Soprano   2:01 min
 
 
 

 

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
 

 

 

 

Clara Schumann:

Lieder, Op.12: Liebst du um Schonheit  (1841)  Mezzo  2:11 min
 
Lieder, Op.12: Warum willst  du and’re fragen (1841)  Soprano  2:33 min
 
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
 
 
 

 

Barbara Strozzi:

Amore e Bandito(1657)   Soprano   2:00 min
 
Lagrime Mie , from Diporti di Euterpe, Op.7  (cantata)     9:48 min
 
Arie a voce sola, Op. 8: Luci belle deh ditemi perche   10:19 min
 
Canto di bello boca, Op.1   Soprano/Alto duet  (1644)  5:40 min
 
 
 

 

Maria Syzmanowska (1789-1831):

Se Spiegar    Soprano   1:35 min
 
 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
 
Der Gartner/The Gardener  (1870)  Soprano  1:27  min
 
 

Ha Lui (1880):

Mezzo 3:57 min  (Bartoli)
   Soprano
 
 

Havanaise (1880)

Mezzo  4:49 min   Mezzo (Bartoli)

 
La Jota (1846)  Soprano/Baritone duet   3:41 min
 
Les Filles de cadix .es   Mezzo  2:50 min (Bartolli)
 
Madrid    2:12 min
 
Povera Me (1878)   Mezzo  2:24 min
 
 
 
 

Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana:

O Mangum mysterium (1623) Soprano   3:33 min
 
Sonnet vox tua (1623) Soprano, Mezzo etc.  5:55 min
 
Usquequo oblivisceris me in Finem ?  (1623)   3:02 min
 
 
 
 

 

Ilse Weber (1903-1944):

Ich wander durch Theresienstadt     Mezzo  2:38 min
 
Wiegala lullabye (c1941)  Mezzo  2:47min
 
 
 

 

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
 
 

 

Amy Aldrich Worth:

Midsummer (1913)

 
 
 

 
Links checked: Jan.21, 2025
 
 

Catherine Rae Sheldon     M.Ed     M.L.S.
Advocate for Overlooked Classical Music     
Bellingham, WA
catraes@gmail.com