This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.
Book Title: Gems of Foreign Song; A collection of German, French and Italian Songs and Duetts.[sic] With English Translation
Publisher: White, Smith & Company
Copyright: 1881
Google Books has a complete version for download as a PDF file: Gems of Foreign Song
Contents: (Original foreign language may be guessed. See Notes.)
- Du bist wie eine Blume (Anton Rubinstein)
- Der Kleine Vogel (W. Th. Sóderberg)
- Der Asra (Anton Rubinstein)
- Romanza (Tito Mattei)
- Chanson de l’abeille (V. Masse)
- C’est mon ami (Marie Antoinette)
- Odi tu? (Tito Mattei)
- Wanderer’s Nachtlied (Anton Rubinstein)
- Chantez, riez, dormez (Charles Gounod)
- Die Sternlein (A. Fesca)
- Sei mir gegrüsst (F. Schubert)
- Fliege du Vöglein (Franz Abt)
- Süsses Bild der besten Mutter (J. B. Andre)
- Der Engel (Anton Rubinstein)
- Sognai (F. Schira)
- Gelb rollt mir zu Füssen (Anton Rubinstein)
- Charité (J. Faure)
- Sehnsucht (Anton Rubinstein)
- Terzetto from Attila (Verdi)
- Heimwärts (Franz Abt)
- La jeune fille et l’oiseau (P. D. Guglielmo)
- Ah! Che la morte ognora (Verdi)
- Voi che sapete (Mozart)
- Ich bin der kleine Postillion (Franz Abt)
- Sull’aria (Mozart)
- Aprile (Concone)
- Alice, ou donc es tu (J. Ascher)
- Ungeduld (Fr. Curschmann)
- La notte e bella (Guglielmo)
- Schlummerlied (Kücken)
- In dunkler Nacht (Gustav Luther)
- Schlaf wohl, du süsser Engel du (Franz Abt)
- Ave Maria (Schubert)
- Lascia ch’io pianga (Handel)
- Si tu savais (M. W. Balfe)
- Liebes bitte (A. Reichardt)
- Adieu! (Weyrauch, Attr. Schubert)
- Bei der Wiege (Mendelssohn)
- Ai nostri Monti (Arr. by Wm. J. Lemon)
- Agatha (Franz Abt)
- Sage mir, Vogel (Franz Abt)
- In der Fremde (W. Taubert)
- Robert, toi que j’aime (Meyerbeer)
- Letter Song from La Périchole (Offenbach)
- Morgengruss (Mendelssohn)
- Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
- M’appari tutt’ amor/Ach so fromm (Flotow)
- So muss mein Liebchen sein (Franz Abt)
- Auf Wiedersehn (Louis Liebe)
- Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen (Schubert)
- Romance aus der oper “Zemire und Azor” (L. Spohr)
- Seh’ ich die weite grüne au’ (Ferd. Gumbert)
- La valse des adieux (G. Nadaud)
- Der Fichtenbaum (Jul. E. Meyer)
- Spento ancor (Mrecadante)
- Il segreto per esser felici (Donizetti)
- Ständchen (J. Raff)
- Du bist die Welt (Franz Abt)
- Du hast mir viel gegeben (Luttwitz)
- Cantique pour Noël / O Holy Night (Adam)
- Aus meinen grossen schmerzen (R. Franz)
- Una voce poco fa (Rossini)
- Libiamo ne lieti calici / Brindisi (Verdi)
- Gute Nacht, du mein herziges Kind (Franz Abt)
- Über den Sternen is Ruh (Franz Abt)
- Vögele in Tannewald (M. H. Hauser)
Notes:
The typography of this edition is less than ideal, as is the editorial quality. Consult another edition if you can. However, many songs in this volume are no longer in the standard repertoire, and are unlikely to be easily accessible to most people. Texts are in original language, with English on top, and occasionally three or even four languages for a song.
The index only lists the English titles. Some effort was made to determine the correct foreign language titles and list them here. Contents are listed here in the order they appear in the book.
Songs from this volume will be uploaded, when appropriate, 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.
