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This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central. (Well, sort of…)

Book Title: Babes in Toyland; A musical extravaganza
Composer: Victor Herbert (1859-1924)
Published: 1903

I don’t know that I’d actually post any of the numbers from this show as individual songs, though I imagine there could be a call for “Toyland,” especially at Christmas time.

And I should mention right up front that there is some potentially offensive material in this original version of the show. For this and other reasons, one is unlikely to encounter a completely unedited performance. Indeed, the publicly available versions of this show range from heavily edited to almost completely rewritten. But since none of them satisfied my wife and I, we decided to work on our own version.

I discovered that the original 1903 script was available in the Performing Arts reading room at the Library of Congress, though no unedited copy appears to exist that I could find. Copies of the published 1903 score are far more plentiful, but none appeared to exist online.

So, my wife took a trip to the Library of Congress and transcribed the 1903 script (with a few very minor corrections and the unfortunate omission of a page of dialogue) and I scanned the 1903 score, with the hope that a scholar or dramaturg wishing to make their own adaptation would not have to jump through all the hoops that we did… The script will be forthcoming, but the score can be downloaded here: Babes in Toyland.

Contents:

1. Country Dance
2. With Downcast Eye
3. Never Mind BoPeep We Will Find Your Sheep
4. Floretta
5. Barney O’Flynn
6. Jane
7. Go To Sleep, Slumber Deep
8. The Birth of the Butterfly
9. Opening Chorus
10. A Legend
11. Song of the Poet
12. March of the Toys
13. Military Ball
14. Toyland
15. Gavotte
16. In the Toymaker’s Workshop
17. Before and After
18. Mignonette
19. The Moon Will Help You Out

Additional notes:
There may be several other numbers that date from the original production which are not in this score, most notably “I Can’t Do The Sum.” However, they seem to be available online in multiple locations, including the Historic American Sheet Music project.

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: 114 Songs
Composer: Charles Ives (1874-1954)
Published: 1922

Please see the notes at the bottom of this post for additional information.

This volume is available at IMSLP, and at Harvard.

Contents:

1. Majority
2. Evening
3. The Last Reader
4. At Sea
5. Immortality
6. The New River
7. Discosure
8. The Rainbow
9. (a) Duty (b) Vita
10. Charlie Rutlage
11. Lincoln The Great Commoner
12. Remembrance
13. Resolution
14. The Indians
15. The Housatonic at Stockbridge
16. Religion
17. Grantchester
18. Incantation
19. The Greatest Man
20. Hymn
21. Luck and Work
22. “Nov. 2, 1920″
23. Maple Leaves
24. Premonitions
25. Ann Street
26. Like a Sick Eagle
27. The Swimmers
28. On the Counter
29. The See’r
30. From “Paracelsus,”
31. Walt Whitman
32. The Side-Show
33. Cradle-Song
34. La Fede
35. August
36. September
37. December
38. The Collection
39. Afterglow
40. The Innate
41. “123,”
42. Serenity
43. The Things Our Fathers Loved
44. Watchman
45. At The River
46. His Exaltation
47. The Camp-Meeting
48. Thoreau
49. In Flanders Fields
50. He is There!
51. Tom Sails Away
52. Old Home Day
53. In the Alley
54. A Song of a Gambolier
55. Down East
56. The Circus Band
57. Mists
58. Evidence
59. Tolerance
60. Autumn
61. Nature’s Way
62. The Waiting Soul
63. Those Evening Bells
64. The Cage
65. Spring Song
66. The Light that is Felt
67. Walking
68. Ilmenau (Over All the Treetops)
69. Rough Wind
70. Mirage
71. There is a Lane
72. Tarrant Moss
73. Harpalus
74. The Children’s Hour
75. I Travelled Among Unknown Men
76. Qu’il M’irait bien
77. Elegie
78. Chanson de Florian
79. Rosamunde
80. Weil’ auf mir
81. The Old Mother [Die alte Mutter]
82. In Summerfields [Feldeinsamkeit]
83. Ich Grolle Nicht
84. Night of Frost in May (From)
85. Dreams
86. Omens and Oracles
87. An Old Flame
88. A Night Song
89. A Song — For Anything
90. The World’s Highway
91. Karen
92. Marie
93. Berceuse
94. Where the Eagle
95. Allegro
96. Romanzo (di Central Park)
97. The South Wind
98. Naught that Country
99. Forward into the Light
100. A Christmas Carol
101. My Native Land
102. Memories: (a) Very Pleasant (b) Rather Sad
103. The White Gulls (From the Russian)
104. Two Little Flowers
105. West London (A Sonnet)
106. Amphion
107. A Night Thought
108. Songs My Mother Taught Me
109. Waltz
110. The World’s Wanderers
111. Canon
112. To Edith
113. When Stars Are in the Quit Skies
114. Slow March

Notes:
This volume was originally self published by Ives in 1922. He made 500 copies, and when they ran out, he printed 1000 more, distributing them to friends and musicians. In the years since, it has been republished with copyright notices affixed to all of the songs, though a reasonable inspection of the scores suggest that there were no changes made. As recently as a few years ago, however, I don’t believe anyone had yet tried to assert the fact that these songs were in the public domain in the US.

Harvard, operating conservatively, simply asserts fair use in their hosting of these songs, and IMSLP operates under Canadian law.

The US law seems to be clear that these are in the public domain. Not only were they published before 1923, but they were also published without a copyright notice, which before 1976 appears to have been grounds for forfeiture of copyright.

However, I presume it would be possible that the current publishers, who charge a hefty sum for this volume, might try to assert that the songs weren’t actually “published” in 1922. At the time, there was no standard definition of the word “published”. The 1976 copyright law defines it thusly: “Publication is the distribution of copies or phonorecords of a work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending. The offering to distribute copies or phonorecords to a group of persons for purposes of further distribution, public performance, or public display constitutes publication.” Indeed, Ives went to great pains to suggest that he didn’t make these “publicly” available, but only distributed them to 1500 of his closest friends…

It seems unlikely to me that a convincing case could be made, but I’m going to hold off hosting any of these songs until there is more clarity on the issue.

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: Second Book of Airs
Author: John Dowland (1563-1626)
Editor: Edmund Fellowes (1870-1951)
Publisher: Stainer & Bell
Copyright: 1922

Google Books has Dowland’s Second Book of Airs, Part 1 and Part 2 available for download.

Contents, Part 1:

• I saw my lady weep
• Flow, my tears
• Sorrow, stay
• Die not before thy day
• Mourn! Day is with darkness fled
• Time’s eldest son, Old Age (first part)
• Then sit thee down and say (second part)
• When others sing Venite (third part)
• Praise blindness, eyes
• O sweet woods

Contents, Part 2:

• If floods of tears
• Fine knacks for ladies
• Now cease, my wandering eyes
• Come ye heavy states of night
• White as lilies was her face
• Woeful heart
• A shepherd in a shade
• Faction that ever dwells
• Shall I sue?
• Toss not my soul
• Clear or cloudy
• Humour, say what mak’st thou here?

Note: I have posted a few of these songs already, but only the versions in which the lute tabulature was transcribed. I encourage performers to avoid the versions with rewritten accompaniments.

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: First Book of Songs or Ayres of foure parts, with Tableture for the Lute
Author: John Dowland (1563-1626)
Editor: Edmund Fellowes (1870-1951)
Publisher: Stainer & Bell
Copyright: 1920

Google Books has Dowland’s First book of airs, part 1 available for download.

Contents, Part 1:

• Unquiet Thoughts
• Who ever thinks or hopes of love for love
• My thoughts are winged with hopes
• If my complaints could passions move
• Can she excuse my wrongs with virtue’s cloak?
• Now, O now I needs must part
• Dear, if you change I’ll never choose again
• Burst forth, my tears
• Go, crystal tears
• Think’st thou then by thy feigning?

Note: I have posted many of these songs already, but only the versions in which the lute tabulature was transcribed. I encourage performers to avoid the versions with rewritten accompaniments.

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: Modern Music and Musicians for Vocalists (5 volumes of sheet music)
Editor: Louis C. Elson et. al.
Publisher: The University Society
Copyright: 1918

Each volume is available at Google Books, and is linked below.

Contents:

Volume 1: Song Classics

• Le Rosier – Rousseau
• Bois épais, redouble ton ombre – Lully
• Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes – Old English Air
• Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes – Original Setting
• Nymphs and Shepherds – Purcell
• The Lass with the Delicate Air – Arne
• Wenn die Rosen blühen – Reichardt
• Caro mio ben – Giordani
• My Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair – Haydn
• The Violet – Mozart
• Adelaïde – Beethoven
• In Questa Tomba – Beethoven
• Edward – Loewe
• The Favorite Spot – Mendelssohn
• Voici l’instant supreme – Weyrauch (Attr. Schubert)
• Die Allmacht – Schubert
• Hark! Hark! the Lark! – Schubert
• Der Erlkönig – Schubert
• Am Meer – Schubert
• Du bist die Ruh’ – Schubert
• Was ist Sylvia – Schubert
• Der Wanderer – Schubert
• Im Herbst – Franz
• Gute Nacht! – Franz
• Aus meinen grossen Schmerzen – Franz
• Es hat die Rose sich beklagt – Franz
• Widmung – Franz
• Mädchen mit dem roten Mündchen – Franz
• Die beiden Grenadiere – Schumann
• Die Lotusblume – Schumann
• Mondnacht – Schumann
• Widmung – Schumann
• Der Nussbaum – Schumann
• Ich grolle nicht – Schumann
• The Maiden’s Wish – Chopin
• Kennst du das Land? – Liszt
• Du bist wie eine Blume – Liszt
• Die Lorelei – Liszt
• The Asra – Rubinstein
• Du bist wie eine Blume – Rubinstein
• Ein Ton – Cornelius
• Träume – Wagner
• Sapphisches Ode – Brahms
• Wie bist du meine Königin – Brahms
• Wiegenlied – Brahms
• Wie Melodien zieht es mir – Brahms
• Meine Liebe ist grün – Brahms
• O mer, ouvre toi (Arioso) – Delibes
• Als die alte Mutter – Dvorak
• Gute Nacht – Dvorak
• Er ist’s – Wolf
• Verborgenheit – Wolf
• Lebewohl! – Tchaikowsky
• Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt – Tchaikowsky
• Warum? – Tchaikowsky
• Allerseelen – Strauss
• Die Nacht – Strauss
• Ständchen – Strauss
• Le Mariage des Roses – Franck
• Clair de lune – Fauré
• La cloche – Saint-Saëns
• Les Cloches – Debussy
• Romance – Debussy
• Il pleure dans mon coeur – Debussy
• Herbst – Arensky
• Der Adler – Arensky
• Lass das Fragen sein – Arensky
• Sie schwebt’ mir noch kurzlich im Arme – Arensky
• The Robin Sings in the Apple-Tree – McDowell
• La manoir de Rosemonde – Duparc
• Extase – Duparc
• Morgen-Hymne – Henschel
• Berceuse – Gretchaninow
• O, du wogendes Feld! – Rachmaninow
• Ich harre dein – Rachmaninow

Volume 2: Modern Art Songs

• The Maid and the Butterfly – Eugen d’Albert
• A Song of Thanksgiving – Frances Allitsen
• If Love Were What the Rose Is – Paul Ambrose
• Il Bacio – Luigi Arditi
• The Wind is Awake – Homer N. Bartlett
• Chant Hindou – H. Bemberg
• May Dew – Sterndale Bennett
• Love – Irénée Bergé
• Komm, lass uns spielen, du herziges Kind – J. Bleichmann
• Still wie die Nacht – Bohm
• La Princesse endormie – Borodine
• A Dissonance – Borodine
• Du bist mein All – Th. Bradsky
• As the Dawn – Otto Cantor
• Oh Fair, Oh Sweet and Holy – Otto Cantor
• Minha terra tem palmeiras – A. Cantú
• Madrigal – Chaminade
• Ritournelle – Chaminade
• Rosemonde – Chaminade
• L’été – Chaminade
• A Lover’s Envy – F. S. Converse
• In deinem Antlitz lass ich – Cui
• Oceano Nox – Cui
• Cradle Song – Reginald de Koven
• Villanelle – Eva dell’Acqua
• Un doux lien – A. Delbrück
• Love and Life – Nicholas deVore
• Le givre en fleur – Gustave Doret
• Dans le bois fleuri – Gustave Doret
• Clocher lointain – Gustave Doret
• Au petit jour du matin – Gustave Doret
• June – Lulu Jones Downing
• Deux yeux – Ernesto Drangosch
• Salut d’amour – Edward Elgar
• The Unseen Garden – G. Ferrata
• Desio di Nozze – G. Ferrata
• Heimliche Grüsse – Alex. von Fielitz
• Im Wunderbuch – A. Förster
• Ich liebe dich – A. Förster
• Dusk in June – Fay Foster
• Fior de speranza – C. Gatto
• Mistica – C. Gatto
• La pluie – Alex. Georges
• Dites-moi – B. Godard
• Chanson de Florian – B. Godard
• Chantez, riez, dormez – Gounod
• Au Printemps – Gounod
• Mit einer Primula Veris – Grieg
• Di Prinzessin – Grieg
• Ich liebe dich – Grieg
• Ein Schwan – Grieg
• Solvejg’s Lied – Grieg
• What the Flowers Say – Henry K. Hadley
• Si mes vers avaient des ailes – R. Hahn
• L’heure exquise – R. Hahn
• Reverie – R. Hahn
• Just as it used to do – Victor Harris
• Noël d’Irlande – Augusta Holmès
• En Chemin – Augusta Holmès
• A des oiseaux – Georges Hüe
• J’ai pleuré en rêve – Georges Hüe
• Lehn’ deine Wang’ an meine Wang – A. Jensen
• Murmelndes Lüftchen – A. Jensen
• Phantasy – A. Walter Kramer
• In Explanation – A. Walter Kramer
• Patria – Hugo Kaun
• Mit der Gänsen – Hugo Kaun
• L’escalve – Ed. Lalo
• On an April Apple Bough – Margaret Ruthven Lang
• Titania’s Cradle – Liza Lehmann
• At the Making of the Hay – Liza Lehmann
• The Night Wind – Harvey Worthington Loomis
• Elegy – Massenet
• Bonne nuit – Massenet
• Altdeutscher Liebesreim – Meyer-Helmund
• The Daily Question – Meyer-Helmund
• Ballgeflüster – Meyer-Helmund
• The Weary Hours – W. H. Neidlinger
• Psyché – E. Paladilhe
• Cantigas – A. Nepomuceno

Volume 3: Modern Art Songs [continued] • Sacred Songs • Duets: Sacred and Secular

• Coração Indeciso – A. Nepomuceno
• Trovas – A. Nepomuceno
• Morning Song – Horatio Parker
• Les yeux qui songent – Carlos Pedrell
• J’ai pleuré en rêve – Carlos Pedrell
• Et s’il revenait un jour – Carlos Pedrell
• The Burning Bush – Alex. Pero
• Bedouin Love Song – Pinsuti
• Sei still – Raff
• Serenade – Raff
• Metamorfosis – Sanchez de Fuentes
• Io amo un fiore – V. Scaramuzza
• To the South Wind – P. A. Schnecker
• Boat Song – Gerrit Smith
• A Song of May – Wilson G. Smith
• Orpheus with his Lute – Sullivan
• Une nuit de Mai – A. Goring Thomas
• Winds in the Trees – A. Goring Thomas
• Ma voisine – A. Goring Thomas
• Printemps nouveau – Paul Vidal
• Ariette – Paul Vidal
• Mon bras pressait – Ch. M. Widor
• S’il est un Charmant Gazon – Ch. M. Widor
• Nuit d’étoiles – Ch. M. Widor
• Vidalita – Alberto Williams
• Yaravi – Argentine melody
• Carmena – H. Lane Wilson
• Lend Me Thy Lance – R. Huntington Woodman

Sacred Songs

• Agnus Dei (from “L’Arlésienne”) – Bizet
• One Sweetly Solemn Thought – Ambrose
• At Benediction – Odoardo Barri
• The Good Shepherd – Odoardo Barri
• Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur – Beethoven
• A Prayer – Beethoven
• Come Unto Me – Willem Coenen
• Charité – J. B. Faure
• Crucifix – J. B. Faure
• Les rameaux – J. B. Faure
• Ave Maria – Bach-Gounod
• Parce Domine – Gounod
• There Is a Green Hill Far Away – Gounod
• Hosanna! – Jules Granier
• Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht – Franz Gruber
• Ein feste Burg – Martin Luther
• Ave Maria – Luigi Luzzi
• Jerusalem – Henry Parker
• Plegaria – R. Pastor
• Hearken, O Lord – A. Randegger
• Calvary – Paul Rodney
• Sion – Paul Rodney
• Shepherd’s Cradle Song – Arthur Somervell
• Jesus, Lover of My Soul – B. Tours
• Sei Du mit mir – F. Hiller
• Babylon – Michael Watson

Sacred Duets

• I Waited For The Lord – Mendelssohn
• The Lord Is My Shepherd – Henry Smart
• Love Divine! All Love Excelling – John Stainer
• The Moon Has Rais’d Her Lamp Above – J. Benedict
• Nearest and Dearest – Luigi Caracciolo
• Still wie die Nacht – Carl Götze
• Friendship – Th. Marzials
• I Would that My Love – Mendelssohn
• Auf Flügeln des Gesanges – Mendelssohn
• La ci darem la mano (from “Don Giovanni”) – Mozart
• Barcarolle (from “Tales of Hoffmann”) – J. Offenbach
• O Morning Land! – E. H. Phelps
• Wanderer’s Nachtlied – Rubinstein
• Falling Leaves – Schumann
• O, that We Two Were Maying – Alice M. Smith

Volume 4: Opera and Oratorio Excerpts

• Instant Charmant (from “Manon”) – Massenet
• Obeissons, quand leur voix (from “Manon”) – Massenet
• Vision Fugitive (from “Hérodiade”) – Massenet
• Il est doux, il est bon (from “Hérodiade”) – Massenet
• Lied des Sandmännchens (from “Hänsel und Gretel”) – Humperdinck
• Abendsagen (from “Hänsel und Gretel”) – Humperdinck
• Swan Song (from “Lohengrin”) – Wagner
• Walther’s Preislied (from “Die Meistersinger”) – Wagner
• Gebet der Elizabeth (from “Tannhäuser”) – Wagner
• O du, mein holder Abendstern (from “Tannhäuser”) – Wagner
• Ave Maria (from “Cavalleria Rusticana”) – Mascagni
• Voce di Donna (from “La Giaconda”) – Ponchielli
• Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix (from “Samson et Dalila”) – Saint-Saëns
• L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (from “Carmen”) – Bizet
• Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre (from “Carmen”) – Bizet
• Les filles de Cadix – Delibes
• Arioso (from “La mort de Jeanne d’Arc”) – Bemberg
• Connais tu le pays? (from “Mignon”) – Ambroise Thomas
• Je suis Titania (from “Mignon”) – Ambroise Thomas
• Salut! Demeure (from “Faust”) – Gounod
• Dio possente (from “Faust”) – Gounod
• Quando a te lieta (from “Faust”) – Gounod
• C’era un re di Thulé (from “Faust”) – Gounod
• Ah! I Have Sighed to Rest Me (from “Il Trovatore”) – Verdi
• Il balen del suo sorriso (from “Il Trovatore”) – Verdi
• Home to Our Mountains (from “Il Trovatore”) – Verdi
• Bel raggio (from “Semiramide”) – Verdi
• Una voce poco fa (from “Il Barbiere di Seviglia”) – Rossini
• Leise, leise (from “Der Freischütz”) – Weber
• Batti, batti (from “Don Giovanni”) – Mozart
• Within this Sacred Dwelling (from “The Magic Flute”) – Mozart
• Voi, che sapete (from “Le Nozze di Figaro”) – Mozart
• O mio Fernando (from “La Favorita”) – Donizetti
• Il segreto per esser felice (from “Lucretia Borgia”) – Donizetti
• Voyez sur cette roche (from “Fra Diavolo”) – Auber
• Che farò (from “Orfeo”) – Gluck
• Lascia ch’io pianga (from “Rinaldo”) – Handel
• Ombra mai fu (from “Xerxes”) – Handel
• Nina – Pergolesi
• Pur dicesti, o bocca bella – Lotti

Favorite Opera Selections

• The Heart Bow’d Down (from “The Bohemian Girl”) – Balfe
• I Dreamt that I Dwelt in Marble Halls (from “The Bohemian Girl”) – Balfe
• Then You’ll Remember Me (from “The Bohemian Girl”) – Balfe
• Killarney (from “Innisfallen”) – Balfe
• How So Fair (from “Martha”) – Flotow
• Lullaby (from “Erminie”) – Jakobowski
• The Sabre of my Father (from “The Grand Duchess”) – Offenbach
• Scenes That are Brightest (from “Maritana”) – Wallace
• Yes! Let me Like a Soldier Fall (from “Maritana”) – Wallace

Oratorio Songs

• My Heart Ever Faithful – Bach
• Angels ever Bright and Fair – Handel
• Comfort ye, My People – Handel
• Ev’ry Valley Shall be Exalted – Handel
• He Shall Feed His Flock – Handel
• I Know that My Redeemer Liveth – Handel
• With Verdure Clad – Haydn
• O Rest in The Lord – Mendelssohn
• It is Enough – Mendelssohn
• But the Lord is Mindful of His Own – St. Paul
• Cujus Animam – Rossini
• Israfel – King
• Eye Hath not Seen – Gaul
• Hear Our Prayer – Saint-Saëns
• Panis Angelicus – Franck

Volume 5: Popular Ballads of All Countries

American

• In Exchange – Arthur Gray
• I Love My Jean – Lulu Jones Downing
• The Bird and the Rose – Amy Elise Horrocks
• A May Song – Mary Carmichael
• You – Alfred G. Robyn
• Apart – Beardsley Van de Water
• Constancy – Charles F. Webber
• In Thy Dreams – Dudley Buck
• O Loving Heart, Trust on – L. M. Gottschalk

British

• Polly Willis – Arne
• Bid Me to Love – D’Auvergne Barnard
• Love’s Old Sweet Song – J. L. Molloy
• I’ll Sing Thee Songs of Araby – Fred. Clay
• My Dearest Heart – Sullivan
• The Lost Chord – Sullivan
• Once Again – Sullivan
• Birds in the Night – Sullivan
• An Old Garden – Hope Temple
• In Sweet September – Hope Temple
• ‘Tis All That I Can Say – Hope Temple
• Leaving, Yet Loving – Theo. Marzials
• In the Chimney Corner – Frederick H. Cowen
• The Mission of a Rose – Frederick H. Cowen
• Snow-flakes – Frederick H. Cowen
• The Gift – A. H. Behrend
• The Flight of Ages – Frederick Bevan
• Only Once More – Frank L. Moir
• Pierrot – William M. Hutchison
• Dawn – H. Somerset
• I’ve Something Sweet to Tell You – Eaton Faning
• Dreaming – Milton Wellings
• Absent Yet Present – Maude Valerie White
• How Do I Love Thee – Maude Valerie White
• Without Thee – Guy d’Hardelot
• O That We Two Were Maying – Gounod
• Out on the Deep – Frederic N. Löhr
• The Arrow and the Song – Balfe
• Unless – Luigi Caracciolo
• Dear Heart – Tito Mattei
• The Garden of Sleep – Isadore de Lara
• Song of Farewell – Isadore de Lara
• If – Ciro Pinsuti
• I Fear No Foe – Ciro Pinsuti
• Beauty’s Eyes – F. Paolo Tosti
• Could I! – F. Paolo Tosti
• Good-bye – F. Paolo Tosti
• Venetian Song – F. Paolo Tosti

French

• Obstination – H. de Fontenailles
• Vous dansez, Marquise – Gaston Lemaire
• Si vous n’avez rien à me dire – Baroness de Rothschild
• J’ai tant de choses à vous dire – G. Ferrari
• Le Véritable Manola – Emile Bourgeois
• Bonjour, Suzon! – Francis Thomé

Italian

• O Sole Mio – Eduardo di Capua
• Ideale – F. Paolo Tosti
• Quisiera Morir – F. Paolo Tosti
• Pienso – F. Paolo Tosti
• Capelli Bianchi – Arturo Faleni
• Musica Proibita – S. Gastaldon

German and Austrian

• Ständchen – Schubert
• Verlegenheit – Abt
• Frühlingszeit – Reinhold Becker
• Among the Lilies – A. Czibulka
• Frühlingslied – Willem Coenen
• Schöne Zeit, O sel’ge Zeit – Carl Götze
• Im Volkston – Eugen Hildach
• Allerseelen – E. Lassen
• Es war ein Traum – E. Lassen
• Mit deinen blauen Augen – E. Lassen
• Mädchenlied – Meyer-Helmund
• Der Schwur – Meyer-Helmund
• It Was Not Thus To Be! – Victor E. Nessler
• Sehnsucht – Kjerulf

Spanish and Latin-American

• Estrellita – M. M. Ponce
• Amar y Sufrir – Luis G. Jorda
• Perjura – Miguel Lerdo de Tejada
• Cubana – Ed. Sanchez de Fuentes
• La Palóma – Sebastian Yradier
• La Partida – F. M. Alvarez

Notes:
This is similar in scope to other publications of the University Society from this period, and indeed has some overlap with The World’s Best Music, La Mejor Musica, and the similarly titled (but more generally focused) Modern Music and Musicians.

The printing is generally clear and readable, and there is a nice selection of well known pieces, several of which are not in any other source currently linked by Art Song Central. Editorial quality is somewhat variable, and some significant variances exist between certain pieces as presented here and modern performance practice.

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: Elizabethan Love-Songs
Editor/Arranger: James Frederick Keel (1871-1954)
Publisher: Boosey & Co.
Copyright: 1909

Google Books has a downloadable copy of both volumes (combined) in a Low Voice edition.

Volume 1 Contents:

• As Flora slept – John Hilton
• A shepherd in a shade – John Dowland
• Come again – John Dowland
• Come, Phillis – Thomas Ford
• Deare, if you change – John Dowland
• Deare, though your mind – William Corkine
• Diaphenia – Francis Pilkington
• Fain would I change that note – Tobias Hume
• Faire, sweet, cruell – Thomas Ford
• Fine knacks for ladies – John Dowland
• Flow not so fast, ye fountains – John Dowland
• Go to bed, sweet Muse – Robert Jones
• Here she her sacred bower adornes – Thomas Campion
• If I urge my kind desires – Philip Rosseter
• If she forsake me – Philip Rosseter
• On a time – John Attey
• Phillis was a faire maide – Giles Earle’s MS.
• Shaded with olive trees – Thomas Greaves
• Shall I come, sweet Love, to thee? – Thomas Campion
• Sleepe, sleepe – Giles Earle’s MS.
• Sweet Cupid, ripen her desire – William Corkine
• Sweet Kate – Robert Jones
• Sweet nymph, come to thy lover – Thomas Morley
• There is a garden in her face – Thomas Campion
• Underneath a cypress tree – Francis Pilkington
• What if I seek for love – Robert Jones
• When Laura smiles – Philip Rosseter
• When lo! by breake of morning – Thomas Morley
• Why dost thou turn away? – Giles Earle’s MS.
• Woeful heart with grief oppressed – John Dowland

Volume 2 Contents:

• A pretty, pretty ducke – John Bartlet
• Away with these self-loving lads – John Dowland
• Beauty is but a painted hell – Thomas Campion
• Breake now, my heart, and die – Thomas Campion
• Come away – John Dowland
• Come, you pretty false-eyed wanton – Thomas Campion
• Downe-a-downe – F. Pilkington
• Ev’ry dame affects good fame – Thomas Campion
• Farewell, unkind farewell – John Dowland
• Flora, wilt thou torment me? – Thomas Morley
• Her rosie cheekes – Thomas Campion
• If there be any one – John Bartlet
• I heard of late – John Bartlet
• Now, O now, I needs must part – John Dowland
• O deare, that I with thee might live – Thomas Campion
• Oft have I sighed for him – Thomas Campion
• Shall a smile or a guileful glance? – William Corkine
• Shall I sue, shall I seek for grace? – John Dowland
• Sorrow, Sorrow, stay – John Dowland
• Stay, Time, awhile thy flying – John Dowland
• Sweet was the Song – John Attey
• The peaceful westerne winde – Thomas Campion
• Thrice tosse these oaken ashes in the air – Thomas Campion
• Weep you no more, sad fountaines – John Dowland
• What if I never speede? – John Dowland
• What if I speede? – Robert Jones
• What thing is love? – John Bartlet
• When from my love I lookte – John Bartlet
• Whither runneth my Sweetheart – John Bartlet
• Who doth behold my Mistress’ face – John Bartlet

Notes:
This two volume set was a popular source in the mid 20th century for lute songs. It’s main drawback is that the piano accompaniments are often changed from the original lute accompaniments or even entirely rewritten in a more romantic style. Still, it offers an abundance of interesting songs in English in both high and low keys, which are generally easy, of narrow range, and appropriate for beginners. More advanced students may wish to seek out more authoritative editions.

I have scanned both volumes in both low and high editions, and will post when they are cleaned up and prepared. Each of the songs in these volumes will be uploaded as song posts are created for them. If you would like me to give priority to a song that is not yet posted, please let me know via the contact page.

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Book Title: Forty Songs by Johannes Brahms
Editor: James Huneker (1857-1921)
Publisher: Oliver Ditson Company
Copyright: 1903

Google Books has a downloadable copy of the High Voice edition.

Contents:

• An die Nachtigall
• An eine Aeolsharfe
• An ein Veilchen
• Auf dem Schiffe
• Bei dir sind meine Gedanken
• Erinnerung
• Es hing der Reif
• Feldeinsamkeit
• Der Gang zum Liebchen
• Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer
• In Waldeinsamkeit
• Komm bald
• Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn?
• Lerchengesang
• Liebestreu
• Mädchenlied
• Die Mainacht
• Meine Liebe ist grün
• Meine Lieder
• Minnelied
• Nachtigall
• O kühler Wald
• O wüsst’ ich doch den Weg zurück
• Parole
• Ruhe, Sussliebchen
• Sandmännchen
• Sapphische Ode
• Ständchen
• Steig’ auf, geliebter Schatten
• Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht
• Die Trauernde
• Treue Liebe
• Vergebliches Ständchen
• Verrath
• Verzagen
• Vom verwundeten Knaben
• Von ewiger Liebe
• Wie bist du meine Königin
• Wiegenlied
• Wie Melodien zieht es mir

Notes:
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Book Title: The Melodies of Stephen C. Foster
Composer: Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864)
Publisher: T. M. Walker
Copyright: 1909

There is a complete copy available for download at Google Books.

There is an extensive biographical introduction.

Songs:

• Ah, May the Red Rose Live Alway
• Angelina Baker
• Annie, My Own Love
• Away Down Souf
• Beautiful Child of Song
• Beautiful Dreamer
• Bring My Brother Back to Me
• Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
• Come With Thy Sweet Voice Again
• Comrades, Fill No Glass for Me
• Cora Dean
• Dolcy Jones
• Dolly Day
• Don’t Bet Your Money on de Shanghai
• Down Among de Cane-Brakes
• A Dream of My Mother and My Home
• Ellen Bayne
• Eulalie
• Fairy-Belle
• Farewell, Mother Dear
• Farewell, My Lilly Dear
• Farewell, Old Cottage
• Farewell, Sweet Mother
• For the Dear Old Flag I Die
• For Thee, Love, For Thee
• Gentle Annie
• Gentle Lena Clare
• Give the Stranger Happy Cheer
• The Glendy Burke
• Gwine to Run All Night
• Hard Times Come Again No More
• The Hour for Thee and Me
• I Cannot Sing To-night
• I’d Be a Fairy
• If You’ve Only Got a Moustache
• I’ll Be a Soldier
• I’ll Be Home To-morrow
• I See Her Still in My Dreams
• I Will Be True to Thee
• I Would Not Die in Spring Time
• I Would Not Die in Summer Time
• Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
• Jenny June
• Jenny’s Coming O’er the Green
• Katy Bell
• Kiss Me, Dear Mother
• Larry’s Good Bye
• Laura Lee
• Lily Ray
• Linda Has Departed
• Linger in Blissful Repose
• Little Belle Blair
• Little Ella
• Little Jennie Dow
• Lizzie Dies To-night
• Lou’siana Belle
• The Love I Bear to Thee
• Lula Is Gone
• Maggie by My Side
• Mary Loves the Flowers
• Massa’s in de Cold Ground
• Melinda May
• Merry Little Birds Are We
• Mine is the Mourning Heart
• Molly, Dear, Good Night
• Molly, Do You Love Me?
• Mother, Thou’rt Faithful to Me
• Mr. and Mrs. Brown
• My Angel Boy
• My Boy is Coming from the War
• My Brudder Gum
• My Loved One and My Own — Eva
• My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night
• My Wife is a Most Knowing Woman
• Nell and I
• Nelly Bly
• Nelly was a Lady
• No Home, No Home
• None Shall Weep a Tear for Me
• Oh! Boys Carry Me ‘Long
• Oh! Lemuel
• Oh! Susanna
• Oh! Why Am I So Happy?
• Old Black Joe
• Old Dog Tray
• Old Folks at Home
• Old Memories
• Once I Loved Thee, Mary Dear
• Open Thy Lattice, Love
• Our Bright Summer Days Are Gone
• Our Willie Dear Is Dying
• Parthenia to Ingomar
• A Penny for Your Thoughts
• Poor Drooping Maiden
• Ring, Ring de Banjo
• Sadly to Mine Heart Appealing
• She Was All the World to Me
• Slumber, My Darling
• The Soldier’s Home
• A Soldier In the Colored Brigade
• Some Folks
• The Song of all Songs
• The Spirit of My Song
• Stay, Summer Breath
• Summer Longings
• Sweet Little Maid of the Mountain
• Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair
• That’s What’s the Matter
• There Are Plenty of Fish in the Sea
• There Is No Such Girl As Mine
• There’s a Good Time Coming
• There’s a Land of Bliss
• There Was A Time
• Thou Art the Queen of My Song
• Turn Not Away!
• Uncle Ned
• Under the Willow She’s Sleeping
• The Village Maiden
• Virginia Belle
• The Voice of By-Gone Days
• The Voices That Are Gone
• Was My Brother in the Battle?
• ‘Way Down in Cairo
• We Are Coming, Father Abraam
• We’ve a Million in the Field
• What Must a Fairy’s Dream Be?
• Where Has Lula Gone?
• Where Is Thy Spirit, Mary?
• When Old Friends Were Here
• When This Dreadful War is Ended
• Why Have My Loved Ones Gone?
• Why No One to Love?
• The Wife
• Willie Has Gone to the War
• Willie My Brave
• Willie, We Have Missed You
• Wilt Thou Be Gone, Love?
• Wilt Thou Be True?

Hymns:

• The Angels Are Sighing Unto Me
• The Beautiful Shore
• Bury Me in the Morning, Mother
• Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread
• He Leadeth Me Beside Still Waters
• Little Ella’s An Angel
• Leave Me With My Mother
• Oh! ‘Tis Glorious
• Suffer Little Children to Come Unto Me
• Seek and Ye Shall Find
• There Is a Land of Love
• Tears Bring Thoughts of Heaven
• Willie’s Gone to Heaven
• We’ll Still Keep Marching On
• We’ll All Meet Our Saviour

Instrumental

• The Tioga Waltz
• Old Folks at Home – With Variations
• Old Folks Quadrille
• Village Bells Polka
• Village Festival

Notes:
Each of the songs in this volume will be uploaded as song posts are created for them. If you would like me to give priority to a song that is not yet posted, please let me know via the contact page.

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Book Title: Four Indian Love Lyrics: from “The Garden of Kama”
Composer: Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860-1919)
Poet: Adela Florence Nicolson (1865-1904) using the pseudonym Laurence Hope
Publisher: Boosey & Co.
Copyright: 1903

Google Books has a downloadable copy of Four Indian Love Lyrics.

Contents:

1. The Temple Bells
2. Less than the dust
3. Kashmiri Song
4. Till I wake

Notes:
Kashmiri Song in particular had some enduring popularity.

Each of the songs in this volume will be uploaded as song posts are created for them. If you would like me to give priority to a song that is not yet posted, please let me know via the contact page.

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Book Title: One Hundred Folksongs of All Nations (Medium voice)
Editor: Granville Bantock (1868-1946)
Publisher: Oliver Ditson Company
Copyright: 1911

This volume is available for download in its entirety at Google Books.

There is an extensive text preceeding the printed music with detailed notes on each song. I may at some point transcribe that and place it here.

Contents:

England

• Sally in our Alley
• O Willow, Willow
• The Vicar of Bray
• Come, lasses and lads

Scotland

• Annie Laurie
• My ain kind dearie, O
• The Laird o’ Cockpen
• O Logie o’ Buchan

Ireland

• The Las Rose of Summer
• The Minstrel Boy
• The Daughters of Erin
• The Pretty Girl milking her Cow

Wales

• All through the night (Ar hyd y nos)
• Hunting the Hare (Hela’r ‘sgyvarnog)
• The Ash Grove (Llwyn On)

Manx

• Hunt the Wren

France

• In our happy village (Dans notre village)
• There was a little maiden (Il était un’ bergère)
• Sing to me, sweet Musetta (O ma tendre Musette)
• On the bridge of Avignon (Sur la pont d’Avignon)

Troubadours

• When the nightingale shall sing (Quant li Rosignol jolis)
• Early strolling at my leisure (L’autrier par la matinée)

Minnesingers

• Summertime (Sommerlied)
• Minstrel Song (Minnelied)

Germany

• Annie of Tharau (Aennchen von Tharau)
• O thou dearest maiden mine (O du lieber Augustin)
• True Love (Treue Liebe)
• The Loreley (Die Lorelei)
• Must I go (Muss i denn)
• The Broken Ring (Das zerbrochene Ringlein)
• All’s the same to me (‘S ist mir Alles Eins)
• Farewell (Lebewohl)
• In cellar cool (Im kühlen Keller)
• O faithful pine (O Tannenbaum)
• The Hostess’ Daughter (Der Wirthin Töchterlein)

Switzerland

• From these dear mountains (Von meinem Bergli)
• In Aargau dwelt two sweethearts (Im Aergäu sind zwei Liebe)

Austria

• Wooing (Werbung)

Tyrol

• Tyrolese are blithesome (Tyroler sind lustig)
• On the Alma (Auf der Alma)

Styria

• From the mountain’s height (Hoch vom Dachstein)

Hungary

• Hungaria’s Treasure (Magasan repül a daru)
• Varadi’s Highways (Seprik a Väradi utczát)

Bohemia

• The Treasure (Wiak nam tak nebude)

Netherlands

• Where’er man ranges (Waer dat men sich)
• Rosa

Italy

• The Fair Maid of Sorrento (La Vera Sorrentino)
• Oh, come to me (La Ricciolella)
• Santa Lucia (Barcarolle)

Sicily

• So this is sad love’s ending (Forsi pirchi nun m’ami)

Spain

• Unto a poor blind lover (A un niño ciegocito)
• If ’tis sorrow so to love thee (Yo m’alegro de habèr sido)
• May Song (Cancion de Maja)

Portugal

• Song of the Fig-tree Orchard (Canção de Figueiral)
• Wherefore have thy lips denied me (Modinha)

Denmark

• I wander through woodlands (Gaaer jeg udi skoven)
• Marstig’s Daughter (Marsk Stigs Døttre)

Iceland

• Bravely sails my bark (Tölf Synir)

Norway

• I laid me down to rest (Jeg lagde mig saa silde)
• Homeward from the mountains (Hjemreise fra Saeteren)
• Dearest Maiden (Kau fra Hallingdalen)

Sweden

• Little Katie (Liten Karin)
• Wermeland (Vermeland)
• On a crystal throne (Necken’s Polska)

Russia

• Over fields and over meadows (Vo polé tuman zatumanelsya)
• O’er the distant lonely mountains (Dalekaya i blezkaya)
• In the shade of the garden strolling (Kak po sodéku)
• ‘Neath the shadow of a tree (Chanson des Rues)
• Ah! see the old pear-tree (Zéléna grusha)
• Come and twine the slim boughs (Zaplaitesya plaiten)

Poland

• Dearest maiden, hark, I pray thee (Krakowiak)
• Little cottage lowly (Mazurek)

Finland

• Home my sweetheart comes from roving (Runo-laulu)

Lapland

• There’s ne’er a blossom (Laulu Lapista)

Lithuania

• From afar returns my well-beloved (Daina)

Bosnia

• Why so silent, tell me, birdie (Paun i kalo)

Servia

• Come, my dearest (Pjesma)

Bulgaria

• The Outlaw (Tri godini)

Turkey

• The sun hangs high (Charki Hidjaz)

Greece

• The Musician

Syria

• Sleep, my child (Aïnte)
• Upon thy lovely lips (Charo)

Morocco

• Zohra

Algeria

• My Beloved (Ma Gazelle)

Tunis

• Soleima (Chanson Mauresque)

Tripoli

• Stamboul

Egypt

• Love-song (Doos ya lellee)
• There’s no Deity but God (Lá ilahá illalláh)

Arabia

• Thine eyes are bright with fire

Persia

• Deign my voice to hear (Guschi ki behakk)
• Rustic Song (Durwan’s Song)

India

• Snake-Charmer’s Song (O re bho lá ma-n re)

China

• Jasmin-Flower (Moo-lee-hava)

Japan

• New Year Song (Haru-no-uta)
• Cherry-Bloom (Sakura)

American Indian

• Pawnee War-Song (Ka de la wats)
• Dakota Serenade (Shicé Shicé)

United States of America

• Old Folks at Home
• Tenting on the old Camp Ground
• Dixie

Notes:
Songs from this volume will be uploaded as song posts are created for them. If you would like me to give priority to a song that is not yet posted, please let me know via the contact page.

UK composer Oliver Barton (b.1948) has put a number of his own songs up on his site for free download in PDF form. His music and texts demonstrate his fanciful imagination and strong sense of humor.

Available Songs:

• At the Fishing Hole
• I Stood Jigging
• A Bit of a Song
• An Awkward Song
• Beauty
• The Immortals
• In the Pond
• A Newt

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Book Title: Five Shakespeare Songs
Composer: Roger Quilter (1877-1953)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Copyright: 1921

Contents:

• Fear no more the heat o’ the sun
• Under the greenwood tree
• It was a lover and his lass
• Take, o take those lips away
• Hey, ho, the wind and the rain

All of the pre-1923 works of Igor Stravinsky have recently been made available online, thanks to Aztekera: Stravinsky’s pre-1923 works

This includes the following vocal pieces:

• 2 Mélodies, Op. 6
• 2 Poems by Konstantin Belmont
• 2 Poems by Paul Verlaine, Op. 9
• 3 Histoire pour Enfants
• 3 Japanese Lyrics (piano reduction, full score)
• 3 Little Songs ‘Recollections of my Childhood’
• 4 Chants russes
• Berceuses du Chat (piano reduction, full score)
• Le roi des étoiles
• Pastorale
• Pulcinella (piano/vocal score)
• Con queste paroline (from Pulcinella)
• Pribaoutki (piano reduction, full score)
• The Faun and the Shepherdess, Op. 2

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Book Title: My Favorite French Songs
Collected by: Emma Calvé (1858-1942)
Publisher: Oliver Ditson Company
Copyright: 1915

The Internet Archive has Volume 1 available for download: My Favorite French Songs

Contents, Volume 1:

• Folksong – Va loin
• Bemberg – Chant hindou
• Bizet – De mon amie, fleur endormie
• Bizet – L’amour est un oiseau rebelle
• Chausson – Chanson perpétuelle
• Dalayrac – Jeune fillete
• Debussy – La chevelure
• Debussy – La mort des amants
• Debussy – Mandoline
• Delibes – Jours passés
• Delibes – Les filles de Cadix
• Duparc – Le manoir de Rosemonde
• Duparc – L’invitation au voyage
• Duparc – La vie antérieure
• Fauré – Les berceaux
• Fauré – Nell
• Fauré – Les roses d’Ispahan
• Franck – Lied
• Franck – La procession
• Godard – Chanson de Florian
• Godard – Embarquez-vous!
• Godard – Te souviens-tu?
• Old Provençal Noël – La belle table est mise
• Bérat – Souvenirs de Lisette
• David – Les hirondelles
• Niedermeyer – Le lac
• Niedermeyer – Adieu, belle France

Notes:
This book appears to be a quality edition, in keeping with the standards set in other Oliver Ditson publications from this period.

Each of the songs from this volume, when appropriate, will be uploaded as song posts are created for them. If you would like me to give priority to a song that is not yet posted, please let me know via the contact page.

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Book Title: Chansons et Rondes Enfantines
Arranger: Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin (1821-1910)
Publisher: Garnier Frères, Libraires-Éditeurs
Published: 1870

This collection is available for download at the Internet Archive: Chansons et Rondes Enfantines

Contents:

• Ah! mon beau château (ronde)
• Ah! vous dirai-je, maman
• Ainsi font, font, font
• L’Alouette et le Pinson
• A ma main droite
• A Paris, sur un petit cheval gris
• Arlequin tient sa boutique
• Au clair de la lune
• Autrefois le rat de ville
• Aux quatre coins de Paris
• Avoine, avoine, avoine (chanson de jeu)
• Biquette
• Bonjour, belle Rosine
• Le bon roi Dagobert
• La Boulangère a des écus (ronde)
• Cadet Rousselle
• C’était un roi de Sardaigne
• Combien vendez-vous vos ognons?
• Dans notre village (ronde)
• Derrière chez mon père
• Dodo, l’enfant do
• Fais dodo, ma p’tit’ soeur
• Frère Jacques
• Giroflé, girofla (chanson de jeu)
• Guilleri
• Il court, il court, le furet (chanson de jeu)
• Il était trois petits enfants
• Il était un avocat
• Il était une bergère (ronde)
• Il était une dame Tartine
• Il était un petit homme
• J’ai descendu dans mon jardin
• J’ai du bon tabac
• J’ai un beau laurier de France (ronde)
• Je suis un petit poupon (la bonne aventure)
• La plus aimable à mon gré (ronde)
• Malbrough
• Mam’selle, entrez chez nous (ronde)
• La Mère Michel
• Meunier, tu dors
• La Mistenlaire (ronde)
• Mon père m’a donné des rubans
• Nous n’irons plus a bois (ronde)
• Où est la Marguerite? (chanson de jeu)
• Polichinelle (chanson de jeu)
• Pour amuser tout le monde (ronde)
• Promenons-nous dans les bois (chanson de jeu)
• Quand Biron voulut danser
• Qu’est-ce qui passe ici si tard?
• Ratapataplan
• Savez-vous planter des choux? (chanson de jeu)
• Sur le pont d’Avignon (chanson de jeu)
• Tant que la vie durera
• La tour, prends garde (chanson de jeu)
• Trempe ton pain, Marie
• Une petite fillette
• Une poule sur un mur

Notes:
This beautifully illustrated volume, while not central to the mission of ASC, is brimming with simple arrangements of French folk songs for children. Game and dance songs are accompanied by descriptions of how to do them.

Songs like “Au claire de la lune,” “Sur le pont d’Avignon,” “Frère Jacques,” and “Il était une bergère” should be widely familiar, even outside of France.

The simplicity of the songs and the decorative presentation ought to make this a pleasant source of practice material for a diction class.

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Book Title: Songs That Never Die
Compiled by: Henry Frederick Reddall
Editor: Dudley Buck
Publisher: W. J. Holland
Copyright: 1894

The Internet Archive has Songs That Never Die available for download.

Contents:

• Abide With Me
• Annie Laurie
• Araby’s Daughter
• Auld Lang Syne
• Auld Robin Gray
• Barney Buntline
• Battle Hymn of the Republic
• The Bay of Biscay
• Beautiful Nell
• Believe Me If All Those Enduring Young Charms
• Ben Bolt
• Black-Eyed Susan
• Blest Be the Tie That Binds
• Bliss Forever Past
• Blissful Dreams Come Stealing Over Me
• The Bloom Is On the Rye
• Blue Bells of Scotland
• Bonnie Blue Flag
• Bonnie Dundee
• Bright Waves Are Dancing
• The Broken Ring
• By the Sad Sea Waves
• Call Her Back and Kiss Her
• The Campbells Are Coming
• The Canadian Boat Song
• Champagne Charley
• Cheer, Boys, Cheer
• Christians Awake
• Christmas Prayer
• Columbia, God Preserve Thee Free
• Columbia the Gem of the Ocean
• Come Back to Erin
• Come gracious Spirit (Federal Street)
• Come In and Shut the Door
• Come, Thou Almighty King
• Come With the Gipsy Bride
• Comin’ Thro’ the Rye
• The Danube River
• Days of Absence
• The Dear Little Shamrock
• The Dearest Spot
• Do They Think of Me At Home?
• Dolly Varden
• Don’t Forget to Say Your Prayers
• Dost Thou Love Me, Sister Ruth?
• Douglas, Tender and True
• Down the Quiet Valley
• Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
• Dublin Bay
• Ein’ feste Berg
• Embarrassment
• Evening Song
• Ever of Thee
• The Exile of Erin
• Fairly Caught
• Far Away
• The Farmer and the Pigeons
• Fine Old English Gentleman
• Fly Forth, O Gentle Dove
• From Greenland’s Icy Mountain
• The Girl I Left Behind Me
• God Save Our President
• God Save the Queen
• The Golden Shore
• Gone Where the Woodbine Twineth
• Good-by Dear Mother
• The Good-bye At the Door
• Good-Bye, Sweetheart, Good-Bye
• Good Night
• Good-night, Ladies
• Grandmother’s Chair
• The Groves of Blarney
• Hail Columbia
• Hail to the Chief
• The Harp That Once Through Tara’s Halls
• Heart Bowed Down
• Hearts and Homes
• Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still
• Highland Mary
• Home Again
• Home So Blest
• Home Sweet Home
• Homeward Bound
• Hour of Parting, The
• How Can I Leave Thee?
• Humming Like the Bee
• Hymne de Riego
• I Built a Bridge of Fancies
• I Cannot Sing the Old Songs
• I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls
• I Love My Love
• I Love to Tell the Story
• I Wandered By the Brookside
• I’d Be a Star
• I’ll Hang My Harp on the Weeping Willow Tree
• I’ll Plant a Rose Beside Thy Grave
• I’m Called Little Buttercup
• I’ve Been Roaming
• I’ve Brought Thee An Ivy Leaf
• I’ve No Mother, Now I’m Weeping
• If My Wishes Would Come True
• In Happy Moments
• In the Gloaming
• Irish Emigrant’s Lament
• Isle of Beauty
• Jamie’s On the Stormy Sea
• Jeannette and Jeannot
• Jerusalem the Golden
• Jessie, the Flower of Dumblane
• Jesus, Lover of My Soul
• John Anderson, My Jo
• John Brown’s Body
• Juanita
• Katy’s Letter
• Killarney
• King Christian Stood Beside the Mast
• Larboard Watch
• The Last Greeting
• The Last Rose of Summer
• Let Me Dream Again
• The Letter in the Candle
• A Life on the Ocean Wave
• The Light of Other Days
• Lights Far Out At Sea
• Lilly Dale
• Litany Hymn
• The Little Fishermaiden
• Little Gipsy Jane
• Little Maggie May
• Long, Long Ago
• Looking Back
• Love Not
• Love’s Old Sweet Song
• Love’s Young Dream
• The Low-Backed Car
• Lullaby (Peep of Day)
• Maggie’s Welcome
• Maid of Athens
• A Maiden Fair to See
• The Maple Leaf Forever
• Marseilles Hymn
• Mary of Argyle
• Mary of the Wild Moor
• The May Breeze
• Meet Me in the Twilight
• Men of Harlech
• The Merry Heart
• The Minute Gun At Sea
• Moet and Chandon; or The New Champagne Charlie
• The Moon Is Beaming O’er the Lake
• My Blue Eyed Nellie
• My Little Child
• My Maryland
• My Old Kentucky Home
• Nancy Lee
• National Hymn (My Country ‘Tis of Thee)
• Never a Care I Know
• No, Sir!
• Nothing Else to Do
• Oft in the Stilly Night
• Oh Mother! Take the Wheel Away
• Oh, No! We Never Mention Her!
• Oh Ye Tears
• Oh You Little Darling
• Old Hundred
• The Old Oaken Bucket
• The Old Sexton
• On the Rocks By Aberdeen
• Only a Face
• Only a Lock of Her Hair
• Only Friends and Nothing More
• Open the Pearly Gate
• The Open Window
• Over the Garden Wall
• Over the Stars is Rest
• Paddle Your Own Canoe
• The Party At the Zoo
• The Pilot
• Primrose Farm
• Pull Down the Blind
• Pulling Hard Against the Stream
• Quaker Cousins
• Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel
• Rest for the Weary, Rest
• The Roast Beef of Old England
• Robin Adair
• Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep
• Rule, Britannia
• Saint Patrick Was a Gentleman
• Sally In Our Alley
• Scenes That Are Brightest
• Scots Wha’ Hae Wi’ Wallace Bled
• Serenade to Ida
• She Wore a Wreath of Roses
• Shells of Ocean
• Softly the Night is Sleeping
• Soldiers’ Chorus
• Some Day
• Speak to Me (Only Be Kind)
• Spring! Gentle Spring!
• The Star-Spangled Banner
• A Starry Night For a Ramble
• Strangers Yet
• The Stray Dove
• Sun of My Soul
• Sunday Morning
• Sweet and Low
• Sweet Birdie, Sing
• Sweet Love of Mine
• Switzer’s Farewell
• Take Back the Heart
• Tallis’ Evening Hymn
• Tapping At the Garden Gate
• Then You’ll Remember Me
• There Are Friends That We Shall Never Forget
• Thousand Leagues Away
• Three Fishers
• Thy Face
• Time of Apple Blossom
• Tippecanoe and Tyler Too
• Tired
• Tom Bowling
• Too Late to Marry
• The Torpedo and the Whale
• Touch the Harp Gently
• Turnham Toll
• Twenty Years Ago
• Twickenham Ferry
• Under the Sod
• Wait For the Turn of the Tide
• Wait For the Wagon
• Wait Till the Moonlight Falls on the Water
• A Warrior Bold
• Waste Not, Want Not (You Never Miss the Water Till the Well Runs Dry)
• The Watch on the Rhine
• The Water Mill
• We Sat By the River
• We’d Better Bide a Wee
• We’re Nearing the River
• Wearing of the Green
• The Wee Bird
• A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea
• What Are the Wild Waves Saying?
• What Will You Do Love?
• When the Autumn Leaves Are Falling
• When the Corn Is Waving, Annie Dear
• When the Mists Have Cleared Away
• When the Swallows Homeward Fly
• Where Are the Friends of My Youth?
• Wherefore?
• The Wife
• Within a Mile of Edinboro Town
• Won’t You Tell Me Why, Robin?
• Yankee Doodle
• Ye Banks and Braes of Bonnie Doon
• Yesterday
• You’ll Soon Forget Kathleen

Notes:
Similar in scope and quality to Heart Songs, Songs That Never Die contains little music that would be appropriate for the concert stage, and a portion of the songs are presented in four part arrangements. However it does represent the literature which was popular in the late 19th Century, and has a number of well known chestnuts.

There are a number of piano selections at the end of the book. Only the vocal music has been listed.

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: The Song Folio: standard vocal music with accompaniment for piano or organ by favorite composers.
Publisher: Thos. Hunter
Copyright: 1883

Google Books has an online copy of The Song Folio.

Contents:

• Roeckel – A Bird in Hand
• Marzials – A Summer Shower
• Pinsuti – As You Like It
• Wellings – At the Ferry
• “Scotch” – Auld Lang Syne
• Gounod – Ave Maria
• Adams – A Warrior Bold
• Wellings – Banbury Cross
• Sullivan – Birds in the Night
• Roeckel – Bride Bells
• Benedict – By the Sad Sea Waves
• Gabriel – Cleansing Fires
• Molloy – Darby and Joan
• Scott – Douglass
• Levey – Esmerelda
• Diehl – Fairly Caught
• Lindsay – Far Away
• Claribel – Five O’Clock in the Morning
• Tosti – Forever and forever
• Ganz – Forget Me Not
• Audran – Gobble Song
• Sullivan – Golden Days
• Hatton – Good-Bye, Sweetheart, Good-Bye
• Abt – He Giveth His Beloved Sleep
• Bishop – Home, Sweet Home
• Claribel – I Cannot Sing the Old Songs
• Balfe – I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls
• Pinsuti – I Fear No Foe
• Pinsuti – If
• Pinsuti – In the Golden Eventide
• Harrison – In the Gloaming
• Cowen – It Was a Dream
• Dufferin – Katey’s Letter
• Sullivan – Let Me Dream Again
• Gatty – Lights Far Out at Sea
• Sullivan – Little Maid of Arcadee
• Molloy – London Bridge
• Sullivan – Looking Back
• Molloy – Mistress Prue
• Blumenthal – My Queen
• Adams – Nancy Lee
• Wakefield – No, Sir!
• Gatty – O Fair Dove! O Fond Dove!
• Molloy – Oh, How Delightful!
• Claribel – Oh, Mother! Take the Wheel Away
• Tovey – Old Timber Toes
• Tours – Only Come
• Gatty – On the Rocks by Aberdeen
• Campana – Our Crew
• Wellings – Primrose Farm
• Roeckel – Prince Charming
• Molloy – Punchinello
• “Scotch” – Robin Adair
• Ganz – Sing, Sweet Bird
• Wellings – Some Day
• Sullivan – Sometimes
• Stark – Stranded
• Claribel – Strangers Yet
• Sullivan – Sweethearts
• Cowen – Sweet Love of Mine
• Claribel – Take Back the Heart
• Roeckel – That Traitor Love
• Pinsuti – The Arrow and the Song
• Molloy – The Baby and the Fly
• Blumenthal – The Bend in the River
• Adams – The Blue Alsatian Mountains
• Carew – The Bridge
• Lindsay – The Bridge
• Blumenthal – The Broken Flower
• Dolores – The Brook
• Molloy – The Clang of the Wooden Shoon
• Sainton-Dolby – The Cottage on the Moorland
• Aïde – The Danube River
• Balfe – The Day is Done
• Molloy – The Dustman
• Marzials – The Fairy Jane
• Taubert – The Farmer and the Pigeons
• Molloy – The First Letter
• Gatty – The Golden Shore
• Roeckel – The Hour of Rest
• Molloy – The Kerry Dance
• Watson – The King’s Champion
• Molloy – The King’s Highway
• Flotow – The Last Rose of Summer
• Roeckel – The Longest Way Round
• Sullivan – The Lost Chord
• Guglielmo – The Lover and the Bird
• Allen – The Maid of Athens
• Adams – The Midshipmite
• Faure – The Palms
• Adams – The Tar’s Farewell
• Marzials – The Three Sailor Boys
• Audran – The Torpedo and The Whale
• Gatty – The Trysting Tree
• Barri – The Unforgotten Song
• Diehl – The Water Mill
• Dolby – The Way Thro’ the Wood
• Balfe – Then You’ll Remember Me
• Lindsay – Tired
• Thomas – ‘Tis But a Little Faded Flower
• Wellings – Turnham Toll
• Marzials – Twickenham Ferry
• Campana – Twilight Time
• Molloy – Two Little Lives
• Roeckel – Two’s Company, Three’s None
• Roeckel – Unforgotten Days
• Pinsuti – Unrequited
• Blumenthal – Waiting
• Gabriel – Weary
• Claribel – We’d Better Bide a Wee
• Pinsuti – Weclome, Pretty Primrose
• Roeckel – What a Little Bird Said
• Pinsuti – When the Swallow Comes
• Sullivan – Will He Come?
• Claribel – Won’t You Tell Me Why, Robin?
• Wakefield – Yes, Sir!

Notes:
This is another volume that was focused on the home audience of the late 19th century. The typography for the music is dated, but clear.

Much of the content is ephemeral, though there are some notable gems from the period, including some which have fallen out of favor despite their quality. There are a number of songs by the popular composers Tosti, Pinsuti, Marzials and Arthur Sullivan. Notable pieces in this collection include Sullivan’s “The Lost Chord”, Pinsuti’s “Welcome, Pretty Primrose”, and J. Faure’s “The Palms”. (The latter of which is available elswhere on this site, in better editions, as Les Rameaux.)

I will probably not post individual songs from this collection, but if you feel one deserves more attention, please let me know via the contact page.

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: The Good Old Songs We Used to Sing
Compiler: J. C. H.
Publisher: Oliver Ditson Company
Copyright: 1895

Google Books has an online copy of Volume 2.

Contents, Volume 2:

• Septimus Winner – Whispering Hope
• Will S. Hays – Driven From Home
• W. Vincent Wallace – Scenes that are brightest (from “Maritana”)
• J. R. Thomas – The Old Time
• John Parry – Dost thou love me, Sister Ruth?
• Balfe – The heart bowed down (from “Bohemian Girl”)
• C. W. Cherry – Shells of Ocean
• George F. Root – The Hazel Dell (quartet)
• George F. Root – There’s Music in the Air (quartet)
• Frederick Buckley – I’d Choose to be a Daisy
• Isaac Beverly Woodbury – If I Were a Voice
• Nannie – Love’s Chidings
• N. J. Sporle – The Star of Glengary
• Charles C. Converse – Aileen, Aroon!
• Walter Kittredge – Tenting on the Old Camp Ground
• Claribel – I Cannot Sing the Old Songs
• H. M. Higgins – The Old Musician and His Harp
• Wm. Vincent Wallace – Good Night and Pleasant Dreams
• M. J. (arr.) – Murmur, Gentle Lyre
• F. Stockhausen – ‘Twere Vain to Tell Thee All I Feel
• Stephen C. Foster – Fairy Belle
• M. J. (arr.) – Sunrise
• J. S. R. – The Lords of Creation
• Anon. – Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes (quartet)
• J. C. Johnson – The Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow
• Anon. – Am I Not Fondly Thine Own? (quartet)
• Miller (arr.) – Scotch Lassie Jean
• Will S. Hays – We Parted by the River Side
• Wm. Vincent Wallace – Sweet Spirit, Hear My Prayer
• J. C. M. (arr.) – Love’s Young Dream
• Mason – Work, For the Night is Coming
• B. R. Hanby – Darling Nelly Gray
• John Barnett – I once knew a Normandy maid
• Himmel – The Battle Prayer
• J. C. Baker – My Trundle Bed
• C. H. Rodwell – The Banks of the Blue Moselle
• W. V. Wallace – The Bell-Ringer
• L. V. H. Crosby – Dearest Mae
• S. C. Foster – Gentle Annie
• Samuel Lover – What Will You Do, Love?
• Colin Coe (arr.) – John Anderson, My Jo
• Franz Abt – When the Swallows Homeward Fly
• a Lady – Thou Hast Wounded the Spirit that Loved Thee
• Bernard Covert – Jamie’s On the Stormy Sea
• Dan. Emmett – Dixie’s Land
• J. T. Surenne (arr.) – When The Kye Comes Hame
• Foster – Oh! Susanna
• Trad. – On the banks of Allan Water
• James E. Stewart – Jennie, The Flower of Kildare
• J. Benedict – By the Sad Sea Waves
• J. R. Thomas – Rose of Killarney
• F. Boott – Baby Mine; or The Sailor’s Wife
• J. W. Turner – Mary of the Wild Moor
• John Sinclair – Dumbarton’s Bonny Dell
• W. R. Dempster – I’m Alone, All Alone
• F. Boott – I Am Weary With Rowing
• C. A. White – The Widow in the Cottage by the Sea-side
• Mrs. Groom – Over the Sea
• Fletcher – When I Saw Sweet Nellie Home
• Anon. – No One to Love
• J. E. Winner – The Little Brown Jug
• John Demar – When Ye Gang Awa, Jamie
• Henry R. Allen – Maid of Athens
• S. C. Foster – Gwine to Run All Night; or De Camptown Races
• W. E. (arr.) – Oh! How Brightly
• T. Bissell – The Moon Behind the Hill
• Hutchinson – Mrs. Lofty and I
• B. E. L. – I Know Not Why I Love Thee
• D. Wood – I’ve Brought Thee an Ivy Leaf
• Will S. Hays – Take This Letter to My Mother
• Wm. S. Pitts – The Little Brown Church
• W. T. Wrighton – The Dearest Spot of Earth
• Kelly and T. Comer – Last Week I Took a Wife
• Mendelssohn – O, Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast
• Will S. Hays – Mollie Darling
• J. C. J. (arr.) – Where Are You Going, My Pretty Maid
• H. Millard – Whip-poor-will’s Song
• C. C. – O Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad
• John P. Ordway – Twinkling Stars are Laughing, Love
• Ernest Leslie – Rock Me to Sleep, Mother
• Anon. – Johnny Sands
• W. V. Wallace – The Winds that Waft My Sighs to Thee
• J. E. Winner – We Have Met, Loved, and Parted
• J. C. Engelbrecht – The Separation
• James Ballantine – Castles in the Air
• H. S. Thompson – Cousin Jedediah
• Theo. Von La Hache – Near the Banks of That Lone River
• W. Willing – Faded Flowers
• A. J. Higgins – Mabel Clare
• J. P. Ordway – Dreaming of Home and Mother
• Louie Brewster – The Dying Nun
• W. S. Hays – You’ve Been a Friend to Me
• M. N. Balfe – The Light of Other Days
• Brinley Richards – Oh! Whisper What Thou Feelest
• J. M. Hubbard – Robin Redbreast
• N. Barker (arr.) – Hurrah for Old New England
• J. A. Butterfield – When You and I Were Young, Maggie
• M. C. (arr.) – Wildwood Flowers
• Hamilton Aïde – The Danube River
• J. R. Thomas – The Cottage by the Sea
• Hemans – Evening Song to The Virgin
• Apsley Street – The Birdies’ Ball
• W. T. Wrighton – Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still
• Edward L. White – Billy Boy
• S. Lover – The Low-Backed Car
• Stephen C. Foster – Massa’s in de Cold Ground
• M. Keller – The American Hymn
• O. M. Brewster – We Girls Never Mean Half We Say
• W. Vincent Wallace – Cradle Song

Notes:
There is a soft spot in my heart for volumes like this one, though many of its songs are inappropriate for the main thrust of the site. I love that so many of the songs truly were popular, rather than having been made so through effective marketing. I’m glad they preserve some tunes that I knew as standards, even if they are no longer known by today’s youth. And also that they preserve tunes which were lost to my generation, but which were widely known at the time.

Take, for example, “No one to love” on page 92. A Google search turns up virtually no modern references to this song, yet it was featured in a bunch of late 19th century novels with the clear presumption that it would be familiar to the reader. It seems to be a fine song, worth bringing back into the canon. (I imagine Patsy Cline singing it as I read through the score.)

There are, of course, several standards included which might be appropriate for beginning students, or those with an interest in folksongs or parlor songs.

I will probably not post individual songs from this collection, but if you feel one deserves more attention, please let me know via the contact page.

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: Modern Music and Musicians Part 1: Compositions (Volume 3)
Editor: Louis C. Elson et. al.
Publisher: The University Society
Copyright: 1912

This volume has been posted at Google Books.

Contents:

• MacDowell – The Robin sings in the Apple-tree
• Bach – Mein gläubiges Herze frohlocke
• Becker – Frühlingszeit
• Franz – Aus meinen grossen Schmerzen
• Gerrit Smith – Boat Song
• Chaminade – Summer (English only)
• Wilson G. Smith – A Song of May
• Pinsuti – I Fear No Foe
• di Capua – ‘O Sole Mio!
• Rossini – Bel raggio lusinghier
• Gounod – Au Printemps
• Ponchielli – Voce di donna o d’angelo
• Schnecker – A Kiss in the Rain
• Stanford (arr.) – My Love’s an Arbutus
• Lang – On an April Apple Bough
• Tchaïkovsky – Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt
• Bizet – Votre toast je peux vous le rendre (from Carmen)
• Handel – I know that my Redeemer liveth (from Messiah)
• Hope Temple – ‘Tis all that I can say
• Delibes – Les Filles de Cadix
• Gottschalk – O Loving Heart, Trust On
• Saint-Saëns – Mon coeur s’ouvre a ta voix (from Samson et Dalila)
• Schubert – Du bist die Ruh
• “old French song” – La Charmante Marguerite
• Holmès – Noël d’Irlande (An Irish Noël)
• Mendelssohn – O rest in the Lord (from Elijah)
• Beach – An Indian Lullaby (Part song for women’s voices)
• Dvořák – Gute Nacht
• Harris – Just as it used to do
• Thomas – Je suis Titania (from Mignon)
• Franz – Widmung
• Mascagni – Ave Maria (adapted from Cavelleria Rusticana)
• Robyn – You
• Bemberg – Chant Hindou
• Grieg – Solvejgs Lied
• Wagner – Gebet der Elizabeth (from Tannhaüser)
• Franck – Le Mariage des Roses
• Schumann – Die beiden Grenadiere
• Bourgeois – Le Veritable Manola
• Beethoven – Faithfu’ Johnie
• Ambrose – If love were what the rose is
• Debussy – Romance
• Isidore de Lara – The Garden of Sleep
• Lemaire – Vous Dansez, Marquise
• Franz – Im Herbst
• Millard – Ave Maria
• Rossini – Una voce poco fa (from Il Barbiere di Siviglia)
• Henry K. Hadley – The Garden Old
• Wagner – O du mein holder Abendstern
• Chaminade – Ritornelle
• Hahn – Rêverie
• Massenet – Gavotte (from Manon)
• Amy Elise Horrocks – The Bird and the Rose
• Bemberg – Arioso from “La Mort de Jeanne d’Arc”
• Chopin – The Maiden’s Wish (Könnt’ ich als Sonne hoch)
• William Coenen – Lovely Spring (Frühlingslied)
• Pinsuti – Bedouin Love Song
• Hahn – L’Heure Exquise
• Gounod – Chantez, Riez, et Dormez
• Massenet – Bonne Nuit
• Gottschalk – La Ninnarella
• Debussy – Les Cloches
• Chaminade – Rosemonde
• Neidlinger – The Weary Hours
• Parker – Morning Song
• Converse – A Lover’s Envy
• Neidlinger – Sweet Miss Mary
• Schumann – Die Lotosblume
• Leopold Damrosch – Jessie
• Anonymous – Good Night
• Louis C. Elson – The Daffodils

Notes:
This is similar in scope to other publications of the University Society from this period, and indeed has some overlap with The World’s Best Music and La Mejor Musica.

Like The World’s Best Music, it has a graded index, giving a rough idea of the difficulty of each selection, and which can be an aid in finding or assigning repertoire.

The printing is generally clear and readable, and there is a nice selection of well known pieces, several of which are not in any other source currently linked by Art Song Central.

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Collection Title: Treasury of Modern Song
Publisher: G. Schirmer
Copyright: 1902

The volume for high voice (soprano/tenor) is available for download via Google Books: Treasury of Modern Song.

Contents:

• Brahms – Wie Melodien zieht es
• Brahms – Am Sonntag Morgen
• Bungert – Ich hab’ ein kleines Lied erdacht
• Bungert – Bettler-Liebe
• Bungert – Singend über die Haide
• Cocquard – Haï luli!
• Delbruck – Un doux lien
• Dvořák – Ich weiss, das meiner Lieb’ zu dir
• Fauré – Après un rêve
• Fielitz – Die stille Wasserrose
• Fielitz – Frühlingslied
• Fielitz – Aus der Rosenzeit
• Franz – Stille Sicherheit
• Grieg – Am schönsten Sommerabend war’s
• Grieg – Im Kahne
• Grieg – Verborg’ne Liebe
• Hahn – L’heure exquise
• Hahn – Si mes vers avaient des ailes
• Haynes – Gute Nacht
• Henschel – Morgen-Hymne
• Henschel – Viel Träume
• Hildach – Im Volkston
• Lalo – L’esclave
• Lassen – Ich wandle unter Blumen
• Pomasanski – Grusisches Lied
• Rückauf – Lockruf
• Sinding – Es schrie ein Vogel
• Sinding – Perlen
• Stange – Die Bekehrte
• Strauss – Die Nacht
• Strauss – Allerseelen
• Sucher – Liebesglück
• Thomé – Sonnet d’amour
• Tschaikowsky – Kein Wort von dir, der Freude oder Klage
• Vidal – Chant d’exil

Notes:
The engraving on this edition is well done, and the original language texts are thankfully on top and in normal type. The volume contains an interesting mix of familiar standards and pieces long fallen out of favor. (Those that are unfamiliar may be gems waiting to be rediscovered…)

I’m hoping to locate a copy of the low voice version of this collection as well.