Modern Music and Musicians for Vocalists

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.