This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.
Book Title: Wagner Lyrics for Soprano
Editor: Carl Armbruster
Publisher: Oliver Ditson Company
Copyright: 1904
Google Books has a downloadable copy of Wagner Lyrics for Soprano.
Note that this volume includes two sets of Lieder.
Contents:
- Three Melodies (Trois Mélodies)
- No. 1. Lullaby (Dors, mon enfant)
- No. 2. The Rose (Mignonne)
- No. 3. Waiting (Attente)
- Five Poems (Fünf Gedichte)
- No. 1. The Angel (Der Engel)
- No. 2. Stand Still! (Stehe still!)
- No. 3. In the Greenhouse (Im Treibhaus), Study for “Tristan und Isolde”
- No. 4. Grief (Schmerzen)
- No. 5. Dreams (Träume), Study for “Tristan und Isolde”
- Rienzi
- Song of the Messenger of Peace (Arie des Freidensboten), Act II, No. 1
- Der fliegende Holländer
- Spinning Song (Spinnerlied), Act II, No. 2
- Senta’s Ballad (Senta’s Ballade), Act II, No. 3
- Tannhäuser
- Song of Venus (Gesang der Venus), Act I, Scene 2
- The Shepherd’s Song (Lied des Hirtenknaben), Act I, Scene 3
- Elizabeth’s Aria (Arie der Elisabeth), Act II, Scene 2
- Elizabeth’s Prayer (Gebet der Elisabeth), Act III, Scene 1
- Lohengrin
- Elsa’s Dream (Elsa’s Traum), Act I, Scene 2
- Elsa’s Song to the Breezes (Elsa’s Gesang an die Lüfte), Act II, Scene 2
- Elsa’s Admonition to Ortrud (Elsa’s Ermahnung an Ortrud), Act II, Scene 2
- Bridal Song (Brautlied), Act III, Scene 1
- Tristan and Isolda (Tristan und Isolde)
- Isolda’s Narrative to Brangaena (Isolde’s Erzählung an Brangäne), Act I, Scene 3
- Barngaena’s Reply to Isolda (Brangäne’s Antwort an Isolde), Act I Scene 3
- Tristan and Isolda’s Love Duet (Tristan und Isolde’s Liebesduett), Act II, Scene 2
- Isolda’s Reply to Tristan (Isolde’s Antwort an Tristan), Act II, Scene 3
- Isolda’s Love Death (Isolde’s Verklärung), Act III, Scene 3
- The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
- Eva’s Baptismal Verse (Eva’s Taufspruch), Act III, Scene 4
- The Valkyr (Die Walküre)
- Brünnhilde’s Appeal to Wotan (Brünnhilde’s Bitte an Wotan), Act III, Scene 3
- Siegfried
- Brünnhilde’s Appeal to Siegfried (Brünnhilde’s Bitte an Siegfried), Act III, Scene 3
- The Dusk of the Gods (Götterdämmerung)
- Brünnhilde’s Farewell to Siegfried (Brünnhilde’s Lebwohl an Siegfried), Prologue
- Parsifal
- Kundry’s Narrative (Kundry’s Erzählung), Act II, Scene 2
Notes:
Each of the arias 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.