Art Songs Collections

This collection of 10 masterwork duets from the Renaissance through the Romantic Era offers outstanding vocal repertoire for both student and teacher. Extensive performance information for each is included

Lauridsen, Morten. Poem By Rilke Published by Peer Music, New York. Copyright 1995. The work is adapted and arranged from Les Chansons Des Roses, a choral cycle based on poems of Rainer Maria Rilke.

Based on the composer's lifelong affection and admiration of duets from Broadway musicals, this collection of songs likewise seeks to combine timeless, unforgettable lyric melodies and texts. Setting the

Compiled, edited, and arranged by Patrick M. Liebergen, A Soprano's Duet Book features ten masterwork duets that represent a wide range of styles and composers from the Baroque, Classical, and

Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) dedicated his "Cien Sonetos de Amor" to his wife, and it remains among the world's most revered collections of love poems. Among these hundred poems is the gorgeous

Langston Hughes' text is set for two solo voices with a percussive and virtuosic piano accompaniment. The text emphasizes the powerful rhythms of African drums and the sensual appeal of the dance. Bonds'

Based on the Dana Gioia poem of the same name, Prayer may be performed alone or as a companion piece to the mixed duet setting of Sure On This Shining Night (10069958).... view details

This vocal duet arranged for treble and bass or equal voices is just as feisty as the original SATB version. Based on a protest song from the 16th-century German Peasants' War, this song was reintroduced in

On the surface, this 1941 Elizabeth Bishop poem is about roosters. More specifically, roosters in Key West, where the poet spent a decade. But the subtexts could not be any more appropriate in terms of

A 30-minute dramatic song cycle for soprano, baritone, and piano with brilliant and witty texts by Mark Twain, this four-movement work is both whimsical and deeply moving. The narrative expresses the

This song is from a projected musical film created by director/writer Margaret Constantas. On the Wentloog Levels near Cardiff, two artisan shoemakers, husband and wife, have fallen on hard times. Their

Following his recent series of monodramas setting Shakespeare's scenes and soliloquys, Thomas Pasatieri continues with Antony and Cleopatra. Scored for soprano, baritone and piano, the

Here's a charming duet (or duel!) between a woman who loves music and a man who loves poetry, from a text by Richard Barnfield written in 1598. The battle begins with a flourish of alternating lines traded