Art Songs Collections

Unlock the magic of poetry with this captivating collection featuring texts by renowned poets including Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Sara Teasdale, Edgar Allen Poe, and more. Set to music by contemporary

A collection of four songs for high voice and piano, these 'Wing' songs are inspired by the many characters of birds portrayed in poetry and folksongs. The tiny swallow is a mournful bird, weeping in

Comprising four German lieder, this song cycle is written for high, medium, or low voice with piano. Songs include Das Rosenband (The Rose-Chain); Für funfzehn

Volume 10 of the new Urtext edition of Schubert's lieder contains works composed between September 1816 and August 1817. In addition to clear, uncluttered engraving, this edition also includes a foreword on

Part of a series of operatic aria anthologies subdivided by vocal register, this collection is drawn from Antonio Vivaldi's surviving musical works for the theater. Its sources include 24 musical dramas,

Fifteen women composers are featured in this collection of lieder themed around evening, night, and longing. In this Urtext edition, all 15 songs appear in their original German language text and are

Written for Jun Mo Yang, a young tenor studying in the graduate Vocal Arts Program at the Bard Conservatory, this piece fulfilled his class assignment to seek out repertoire from a living composer whose

Commissioned by musicians Richard Lee and Karen Lerner as a gift for their daughter, soprano Katherine Lerner Lee, this art song was premiered in Katherine's master's degree recital at the Bard College

Walt Whitman's eight-part poem is the basis for the text of this art song composed for either soprano, mezzo-soprano, or tenor and piano. Very brief pause may be taken between each of the eight sections;

This collection of Argentinean tangos for either high voice or medium-low voice and piano offers a cross section of tango across the ages, from the beginnings through the Gardel era, the golden age and

One of the better-known settings of the Ave Maria text, Gounod's version from 1852 added a melody with its own operatic climax to the famous arpeggios of the C-major Prelude BWV 846 from Bach's

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

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

This song cycle for high voice is fitting for experienced singers wishing to add contemporary art songs to their repertoire. The witty Carl Sandburg text comes to life with atonal though melodic writing and

Thomas Traherne's text from Poems of Felicity was set as a commission by Sasha Cooke and premiered on January 30, 2022 at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California. 

Part of a series of operatic aria anthologies subdivided by vocal register, this collection is drawn from Antonio Vivaldi's surviving musical works for the theater. Its sources include 24 musical dramas,

Take your listeners on a journey through time with this arrangement of the theme song to the popular TV show Outlander. This 19th-century Scottish folk song tells the story of a young lad or lass on a

This edition based on the text of Richard Strauss Works – Critical Edition includes the songs Dream in the Twilight; Longing Hearts and At Night. The high-voice

This edition based on the text of Richard Strauss Works – Critical Edition (RSW) includes the songs To None Will I My Love E’er Discover; Longing; Love's Pleading; Sweet Lovely May and

Among the many works that Richard Strauss wrote for his wife Pauline de Ahna, these four songs occupy a special position, for the composer gave these "to my beloved Pauline" as a wedding present on

Based on three poems by Langston Hughes, the American poet who spearheaded the Harlem Renaissance, these contemporary art songs by Rosephanye Powell are an important and welcome addition to the modern vocal

A comedic poem by Vachel Lindsay set in a delightful and spirited manner offers much fun for the singer (and pianist!) and audience alike. In a similar manner to Rossini's Comic Duet for Two Cats,

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'

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