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.
