IPA files for the entire collection!

by: David - August 29th, 2009   Filed under: IPA, news Add Comment

I have finished transcribing (with the help of IPANow software) every song from the song index into IPA (except for English and Spanish, which IPANow does not handle.) I have saved a separate PDF file for the text and transcription of each song.

It will take some time to add links to each individual song post, so here are all the files currently available (as of 8/29/09), zipped by language.

Please note that with a few exceptions, these are unedited from the direct output of IPANow. The generally high quality of the transcriptions is a testament to this program, but there are bound to be mistakes, especially in the difficult and controversial world of French liason, or in words that don’t follow the “rules” of a language…

Please remember as you use these files that IPA cannot completely express the nuances of language. Use them as a basic guide, and make your own modifications as you see fit for more controversial elements (such as how to transcribe the final e in Italian.)

If you notice actual mistakes in a transcription, please leave a comment here, so it can be fixed. Thanks!

Beethoven – Ich liebe Dich (Zärtliche Liebe)

by: David - November 11th, 2007   Filed under: German, IPA, Low, Medium, Songs, Wedding Add Comment

Song Information

Title: Ich liebe Dich (Zärtliche Liebe)

Music: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

Text: Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Herrosee (1764-1821)

Sheet Music

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  • Transcribed at the Choral Public Domain Library
    • Key: PDF files available in F Major and G Major
    • Range: C4 – E♭5 and D4 – F5
    • Finale 2001 file available to edit or transpose

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Text:

Ich liebe dich, so wie du mich,
Am Abend und am Morgen,
Noch war kein Tag, wo du und ich
Nicht teilten unsre Sorgen.

Auch waren sie für dich und mich
Geteilt leicht zu ertragen;
Du tröstetest im Kummer mich,
Ich weint in deine Klagen.

Drum Gottes Segen über dir,
Du, meines Lebens Freude.
Gott schütze dich, erhalt dich mir,
Schütz und erhalt uns beide.

IPA Transcription:

IPA for Ich liebe dich, courtesy of IPANow! transcription software.

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Gluck – O del mio dolce ardor

by: David - November 5th, 2007   Filed under: High, IPA, Italian, Medium, Songs Add Comment

Song Information

Title: O del mio dolce ardor (from Paride ed Elena)

Music: Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)

Text: Ranieri de’ Calzabigi (1714-1795)

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O del mio dolce ardor
Bramato oggetto,
L’aura che tu respiri,
Alfin respiro.

O vunque il guardo io giro,
Le tue vaghe sembianze
Amore in me dipinge:
Il mio pensier si finge
Le più liete speranze;
E nel desio che così
M’empie il petto
Cerco te, chiamo te, spero e sospiro.

IPA Transcription:

IPA for O del mio dolce ardor, courtesy of IPANow! transcription software.

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Note: Art Song Central uses the Unicode symbols for sharps (♯) and flats (♭) in these song posts. If you are not able to see these, consider installing a more universal Unicode font on your computer.

Debussy – Beau Soir

by: David - September 29th, 2007   Filed under: French, High, IPA, Low, Medium Add Comment

Song Information

Title: Beau Soir

Music: Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Text: Paul Bourget (1852-1935)

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Lorsque au soleil couchant les rivières sont roses,
Et qu’un tiède frisson court sur les champs de blé,
Un conseil d’être heureux semble sortir des choses
Et monter vers le cœur troublé;

Un conseil de goûter le charme d’être au monde,
Cepandant qu’on est jeune et que le soir est beau,
Car nous nous en allons, commes s’en va cette onde:
Elle à la mer, nous au tombeau.

IPA Transcription:

IPA for Beau Soir, courtesy of IPANow! transcription software.

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Pergolesi (attr.) – Se tu m’ami, se sospiri

by: David - September 1st, 2007   Filed under: IPA, Italian, Medium, Songs Add Comment

Song Information

Title: Se tu m’ami, se sospiri

Music:

Text: Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687-1765) (Link is to Italian Wikipedia entry)

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  • There are many live recordings on YouTube
  • There is an MP3 recording here

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Se tu m’ami, se sospiri
Sol per me, gentil pastor,
Ho dolor de’ tuoi martiri,
Ho diletto del tuo amor,
Ma se pensi che soletto
Io ti debba riamar,
Pastorello, sei soggetto
Facilmente a t’ingannar.

Bella rosa porporina
Oggi Silvia sceglierà,
Con la scusa della spina
Doman poi la sprezzerà.
Ma degli uomini il consiglio
Io per me non seguirò.
Non perché mi piace il giglio
Gli altri fiori sprezzerò.

IPA Transcription:

IPA for Se tu m’ami, se sospiri, courtesy of IPANow! transcription software.

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Note: Art Song Central uses the Unicode symbols for sharps (♯) and flats (♭) in these song posts. If you are not able to see these, consider installing a more universal Unicode font on your computer.

Caldara – Sebben, crudele

by: David - August 31st, 2007   Filed under: IPA, Italian, Medium, Songs Add Comment

Song Information

Title: Sebben, crudele

Music: Antonio Caldara (ca. 1671-1736)

Text: Unknown authorship

Sheet Music

Important note: This Baroque Italian aria is perhaps best known as it appears in Schirmer’s Twenty-Four Italian Songs and Arias, most of which had appeared previously in the Anthology of Italian Song of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. The pieces in that collection were sometimes set with less than historically accurate accompaniments. For more stylistically correct versions of most of these common Italian songs and arias, consider purchasing 26 Italian Songs and Arias, edited by John Glenn Paton, which is available in Medium High and Medium Low editions that each come with an accompaniment CD.

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Text:

Sebben, crudele,
Mi fai languir,
Sempre fedele
Ti voglio amar.

Con la lunghezza
Del mio servir
La tua fierezza
Saprò stancar.

IPA Transcription:

IPA for Sebben, crudele, courtesy of IPANow! transcription software.

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Duparc – Chanson Triste

by: David - July 31st, 2007   Filed under: French, High, IPA, Songs Add Comment

Song Information

Title: Chanson Triste

Music: Henri Duparc (1848-1933)

Text: Henri Cazalis (1840-1909) (Using the pseudonym Jean Lahor)

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Dans ton coeur dort un clair de lune,
Un doux clair de lune d’été,
Et pour fuir la vie importune,
Je me noierai dans ta clarté.

J’oublierai les douleurs passées,
Mon amour, quand tu berceras
Mon triste coeur et mes pensées
Dans le calme aimant de tes bras.

Tu prendras ma tête malade,
Oh! quelquefois, sur tes genoux,
Et lui diras une ballade
Qui semblera parler de nous;

Et dans tes yeux pleins de tristesse,
Dans tes yeux alors je boirai
Tant de baisers et de tendresses
Que peut-être je guérirai.

IPA Transcription:

IPA for Chanson Triste, courtesy of IPANow! transcription software.

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Brahms – Wiegenlied

by: David - July 20th, 2007   Filed under: German, IPA, Medium, Songs 1 Comment

Song Information

Title: Wiegenlied
Alternative Title: Brahms’ Lullaby

Music: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Text:

  • First verse is adapted from a text in Des Knaben Wunderhorn
  • Second verse, added after its composition, is by Georg Scherer (1824-1909)
  • The text is widely attributed to Karl Joseph Simrock (1802–1876), who had apparently included the text in his Deutschen Volksbücher.

Sheet Music

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  • The first verse only has been transcribed at the Werner Icking Music Archive.
    • Key: E♭ Major
    • Range: E♭4 – E♭5
    • ABC source file also available to edit or transpose.

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Guten Abend, gut Nacht, mit Rosen bedacht,
Mit Näglein besteckt, schlupf unter die Deck’:
Morgen früh, wenn Gott will, wirst du wieder geweckt.
Morgen früh, wenn Gott will, wirst du wieder geweckt.

Guten Abend, gut Nacht, von Englein bewacht,
Die zeigen im Traum, dir Christkindleins Baum:
Schlaf nun selig und süß, schau im Traum’s Paradies.
Schlaf nun selig und süß, schau im Traum’s Paradies.

IPA Transcription:

IPA for Wiegenlied, courtesy of IPANow! transcription software.

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Bach (attr.) – Bist du bei mir

by: David - July 16th, 2007   Filed under: German, High, IPA, Songs Add Comment

Song Information

Title: Bist du bei mir

Music:

Text: Unknown

Sheet Music

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  • Carolina Classical has an article about Bist du bei mir with a PDF of the sheet music at the bottom.
    • Key: E♭ Major
    • Range: E♭4 – A♭5

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  • The Lotte Lehmann Foundation has a version sung by… Lotte Lehmann

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Song Text

Text:

Bist du bei mir, geh’ ich mit Freuden
zum Sterben und zu meiner Ruh’.
Ach, wie vergnügt wär so mein Ende,
es drückten deine lieben Hände
mir die getreuen Augen zu!

Google Translation: Bist du bei mir

IPA Transcription:

IPA for Bist du bei mir, courtesy of IPANow! transcription software.

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Adam – Cantique de Noël

by: David - July 13th, 2007   Filed under: Christmas, French, High, IPA, Medium, Songs Add Comment

Song Information

Title: Cantique de Noël
Alternative Title: O Holy Night
Alternative Title: Minuit Chrétiens

Music: Adolphe Adam (1803-1856)

Text: Placide Cappeau (1808-1877)

Sheet Music

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  • Transcribed at Mutopia as Minuit Chrétiens (the first words of the song.)
    • Key: PDF available in C Major
    • Range: C4 – E5
    • Lilypond source file also available to edit or transpose.

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Search for this song on YouTube.

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  • The US Air Force Band features an arrangement, in French, on their site.

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Text:

Minuit, chrétiens, c’est l’heure solennelle,
Où l’Homme-Dieu descendit jusqu’à nous
Pour effacer la tache originelle
Et de Son Père arrêter le courroux.
Le monde entier tressaille d’espérance
En cette nuit qui lui donne un Sauveur.

Peuple à genoux, attends ta délivrance.
Noël, Noël, voici le Rédempteur,
Noël, Noël, voici le Rédempteur!

Le Rédempteur a brisé toute entrave:
La terre est libre, et le ciel est ouvert.
Il voit un frère où n’était qu’un esclave,
L’amour unit ceux qu’enchaînait le fer.
Qui Lui dira notre reconnaissance,
C’est pour nous tous qu’Il naît,
Qu’Il souffre et meurt.

Peuple debout! Chante ta délivrance,
Noël, Noël, chantons le Rédempteur,
Noël, Noël, chantons le Rédempteur!

IPA Transcription:

IPA for Cantique de Noël, courtesy of IPANow! transcription software.

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  • Wikipedia has an entry for O Holy Night, including two singing translations.

Schubert – An die Musik

by: David - July 12th, 2007   Filed under: German, High, IPA, Songs Add Comment

Song Information

Title: An die Musik

Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Author: Franz von Schober (1798-1882) (Linked bio is in German)

Sheet Music

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  • Transcribed at Mutopia: An die Musik
    • Key: PDF available in D Major
    • Range: C♯4 – F♯5
    • Lilypond source file also available to edit or transpose.

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Du holde Kunst, in wieviel grauen Stunden,
Wo mich des Lebens wilder Kreis umstrickt,
Hast du mein Herz zu warmer Lieb entzunden,
Hast mich in eine beßre Welt entrückt!

Oft hat ein Seufzer, deiner Harf’ entflossen,
Ein süßer, heiliger Akkord von dir
Den Himmel beßrer Zeiten mir erschlossen,
Du holde Kunst, ich danke dir dafür!

IPA Transcription:

IPA for An die Musik, courtesy of IPANow! transcription software.

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Schumann – Widmung

by: David - June 25th, 2007   Filed under: German, High, IPA, Low, Medium, Songs, Wedding 1 Comment

Song Information

Title: Widmung

Composer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Author: Friedrich Rückert (1788–1866)

Sheet Music

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  • Mutopia has Widmung transcribed in the original key.
    • Key: A♭ Major (original)
    • Range: B3 – G♭5
    • Lilypond source file also available to edit or transpose.

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Du meine Seele, du mein Herz,
Du meine Wonn’, O du mein Schmerz,
Du meine Welt, in der ich lebe,
Mein Himmel du, darein ich schwebe,
O du mein Grab, in das hinab
Ich ewig meinen Kummer gab.

Du bist die Ruh, du bist der Frieden,
Du bist vom Himmel mir beschieden.
Daß du mich liebst, macht mich mir wert,
Dein Blick hat mich vor mir verklärt,
Du hebst mich liebend über mich,
Mein guter Geist, mein beßres Ich!

IPA Transcription:

IPA for Widmung, courtesy of IPANow! transcription software.

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Giordani – Caro mio ben

by: David - June 5th, 2007   Filed under: IPA, Italian, Low, Medium, Songs 1 Comment

Song Information

Title: Caro mio ben

Composer: attributed to Giuseppe Giordani (1744-1798)

[John Glenn Paton cites evidence that the actual composer is Tommaso Giordani (1730-1806)]

Author: Unknown

Sheet Music

Important note: This 18th century Italian aria is perhaps best known as it appears in Schirmer’s Twenty-Four Italian Songs and Arias. The pieces in that collection were generally set with very romanticized accompaniments. Though they aren’t very stylistically correct, they are perhaps the most familiar. The editions linked here may differ somewhat, but they are also likely to be overly romantic in style. For more stylistically correct versions of most of these common Italian songs and arias, consider purchasing 26 Italian Songs and Arias, edited by John Glenn Paton, which is available in Medium High and Medium Low editions that each come with an accompaniment CD.

Free at Art Song Central:

Elsewhere on the Internet:

  • Transcribed at Mutopia: Caro mio ben
    • Key: PDF available in D Major
    • Range: C♯4 – E5
    • Lilypond source file also available to edit or transpose.

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  • A variety of recordings are available via Classic Cat

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Song Text

Text:

Caro mio ben, credimi almen,
senza di te languisce il cor.
Il tuo fedel sospira ognor.
Cessa, crudel, tanto rigor!

IPA Transcription:

IPA for Caro mio ben, courtesy of IPANow! transcription software.

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Fauré – Nell

by: David - May 31st, 2007   Filed under: French, High, IPA, Songs Add Comment

Song Information

Title: Nell

Music: Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Text: Leconte de Lisle (1818-1894)

Sheet Music

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  • Transcribed at the Werner Icking Music Archive
    • Key: PDF available in G♭ Major
    • Range: F4 – A5
    • Finale 2005 source file also available to edit or transpose.

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Ta rose de pourpre à ton clair soleil,
Ô Juin, étincelle enivrée,
Penche aussi vers moi ta coupe dorée:
Mon coeur à ta rose est pareil.

Sous le mol abri de la feuille ombreuse
Monte un soupir de volupté:
Plus d’un ramier chante au bois écarté.
Ô mon coeur, sa plainte amoureuse.

Que ta perle est douce au ciel enflammé.
Étoile de la nuit pensive!
Mais combien plus douce est la clarté vive
Qui rayonne en mon coeur, en mon coeur charmé!

La chantante mer. Le long du rivage,
Taira son murmure éternel,
Avant qu’en mon coeur, chère amour.
Ô Nell, ne fleurisse plus ton image!

IPA Transcription:

IPA for Nell, courtesy of IPANow! transcription software.

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