Fifty Shakspere Songs

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: Fifty Shakspere Songs

  • (Note: the title is not a typo. This is one of the ways Shakespeare spelled his own name, and was in common usage well into the early 20th century.)

Editor: Charles Vincent (1852-1934)
Publisher: Oliver Ditson Company
Copyright: 1906

The Internet Archive has a downloadable copy of the High Voice edition and I note a second copy in case there are problems with the first.

Curiously enough, Google Books now has the Low Voice edition available for download, and I note a second copy there as well.

I’ve compiled the songs of the high voice edition here, and the low voice edition here. Prefatory material can be read here.

Contents:

  • And let me the canakin clink (Harvey Worthington Loomis)
  • Autolycus’ Song (James Greenhill)
  • Bid me discourse (Sir Henry Rowley Bishop)
  • Blow, blow, thou winter wind (William Arms Fisher)
  • Come unto these yellow sands (John Banister)
  • Come unto these yellow sands (Henry Purcell)
  • Crabbed age and youth (Harvey Worthington Loomis)
  • Farewell, dear love (Robert Jones)
  • Fear no more the heat o’ the sun (Sir C. Hubert H. Parry)
  • Full fathom five thy father lies (Robert Johnson)
  • Full fathom five thy father lies (Henry Purcell)
  • Green-Sleeves (Unknown)
  • Hark, hark! the lark (Franz Schubert)
  • Hark, hark! the lark (Karl Friedrich Curschmann)
  • Heart’s Ease (Unknown)
  • Heigh-ho! for a husband (Unknown)
  • If music be the food of love, play on (John Charles Clifton)
  • It was a lover and his lass (Thomas Morley)
  • It was a lover and his lass (Gerard Barton)
  • It was a lover and his lass (H. Clough-Leighter)
  • Lawn as white as driven snow (John Wilson or Robert Johnson?)
  • Light o’ Love (Unknown)
  • No more dams I’ll make for fish (John Christopher Smith)
  • Now the hungry lion roars (William Linley)
  • O mistress mine (Unknown)
  • O mistress mine (S. Coleridge-Taylor)
  • Orpheus with his lute (Carl Busch)
  • Orpheus with his lute (Charles Fonteyn Manney)
  • Over hill, over dale (Thomas Simpson Cook)
  • Peg o’ Ramsay (Unknown)
  • She never told her love (Franz Joseph Haydn)
  • Sigh no more, ladies (R. J. S. Stevens)
  • Sigh no more, ladies (Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan)
  • Sigh no more, ladies (William Arms Fisher)
  • Take, O take those lips away (John Wilson)
  • The Willow Song (Unkown)
  • The Willow Song (Pelham Humfrey)
  • The Willow Song (Gioachino Rossini)
  • Three merry men be we (Unknown)
  • Under the greenwood tree (Carl Busch)
  • When daisies pied and violets blue (Thomas Augustine Arne)
  • When icicles hang by the wall (Thomas Augustine Arne)
  • When that I was a little tiny boy (Joseph Vernon)
  • When that I was a little boy (Robert Schumann)
  • Where the bee sucks (Robert Johnson)
  • Where the bee sucks (Pelham Humfrey)
  • Where the bee sucks (Thomas Augustine Arne)
  • Who is Sylvia? (Richard Leveridge)
  • Who is Sylvia? (Franz Schubert)
  • Who is Sylvia? (Monk Gould)

Notes:
Each of the 50 songs 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.

Oratorio Songs from the Standard Oratorios

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: Oratorio Songs from the Standard Oratorios New and Old
Volumes: 4 (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
Publisher: The John Church Company
Copyright: 1900

Indices here will be in the format “aria” (Oratorio) Composer.

Volume 1 (Soprano) Contents:
(Internet Archive has a complete copy of Volume 1 for Soprano available for download.)

  • “I will extol Thee, my God, O King” (Abraham) Molique
  • “Hast Thou for Me a Look, a Thought?” (Calvary) Spohr
  • “When this Scene of Trouble closes” (Calvary) Spohr
  • “And God said, Let the earth” (The Creation) Haydn
  • “With Verdure Clad” (The Creation) Haydn
  • “And God said, Let the waters” (The Creation) Haydn
  • “On mighty pens” (The Creation) Haydn
  • “Open unto me” (Eli) Costa
  • “I will extol Thee” (Eli) Costa
  • “Hear ye, Israel” (Elijah) Mendelssohn
  • “Dear Child of Bondage” (The Fall of Babylon) Spohr
  • “These are They which came” (The Holy City) Gaul
  • “Farewell, ye limpid springs” (Jephtha) Handel
  • “What’s sweeter than a new-blown rose? (Joseph) Handel
  • “Oh had I Jubal’s lyre!” (Joshua) Handel
  • “Hark! ’tis the linnet” (Joshua) Handel
  • “From mighty kings” (Judas Maccabeus) Handel
  • “Where have they laid him” (The Light of the World) Sullivan
  • “Lord, why hidest Thou Thy face” (The Light of the World) Sullivan
  • “I know that my Redeemer liveth” (Messiah) Handel
  • “Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion” (Messiah) Handel
  • “‘Tis in vain” (Mary Magdalen) Massenet
  • “Confounded be” (Naaman) Costa
  • “But oh! what art can teach (Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day) Handel
  • “Song of an Angel” (Paradise Lost) Rubinstein
  • “I follow Thee also” (The St. John Passion) Bach
  • “Only bleed, tender heart (The St. Matthew Passion) Bach
  • “Lover and friend” (The Rose of Sharon) Mackenzie
  • “Be of good comfort” (Ruth) Cowen
  • “Let the bright Seraphim” (Samson) Handel
  • “My heart to hear thy voice” (Samson and Delilah) Saint-Saëns
  • “Oh god-like youth!” (Saul) Handel
  • “O welcome now” (The Seasons) Haydn
  • “O how pleasing to the senses” (The Seasons) Haydn
  • “Elizabeth” (St. Elizabeth) Liszt
  • “O grant me in the dust to fall” (St. Ludmila) Dvořák
  • “Jerusalem, thou that killest the Prophets (St. Paul) Mendelssohn
  • “I will sing of Thy great mercies” (St. Paul) Mendelssohn
  • “I mourn as a dove” (St. Peter) Benedict
  • “Angels, ever bright and fair” (Theodora) Handel
  • “I will love Thee, O Lord” (The Woman of Samaria) Bennett

Volume 2 (Mezzo-Soprano/Alto) Contents:
(Internet Archive has a complete copy of Volume 2 for Alto available for download)

  • “And the Lord looked down from Heaven” (Abraham) Molique
  • “They kept not the law” (Abraham) Molique
  • “See now the bridegroom” (Christmas Oratorio) Bach
  • “Prepare thyself, Zion” (Christmas Oratorio) Bach
  • “Slumber, beloved” (Christmas Oratorio) Bach
  • “He was oppressed” (Christus) Kiel
  • “In the battle, fame pursuing” (Deborah) Handel
  • “Woe unto them who forsake Him” (Elijah) Mendelssohn
  • “O rest in the Lord” (Elijah) Mendelssohn
  • “The morning prayer” (Eli) Costa
  • “It is a good thing” (Eli) Costa
  • “The evening prayer” (Eli) Costa
  • “Eye hath not seen” (The Holy City) Gaul
  • “Come, ye blessed” (The Holy City) Gaul
  • “Thou shalt bring them in” (Israel in Egypt) Handel
  • “‘Twill be a painful separation” (Jephtha) Handel
  • “In gentle murmurs will I mourn” (Jephtha) Handel
  • “The peasant tastes the sweets” (Joseph) Handel
  • “The Lord is risen” (The Light of the World) Sullivan
  • “O ye that love the Lord” (The Lord is King) Barnby
  • “Behold! A virgin shall conceive” (Messiah) Handel
  • “O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion” (Messiah) Handel
  • “He was despised” (Messiah) Handel
  • “I dreamt I was in heaven” (Naaman) Costa
  • “It is finished” (The St. John Passion) Bach
  • “If Thy disciples” (The St. Matthew Passion) Bach
  • “Penitence” (The St. Matthew Passion) Bach
  • “Lord, can it be?” (The St. Matthew Passion) Bach
  • “All my tears” (The St. Matthew Passion) Bach
  • “We will open our mouth in a parable” (The Rose of Sharon) Mackenzie
  • “Like as a father” (Ruth) Cowen
  • “Return, oh God of Hosts” (Samson) Handel
  • “Dear love! thine aid” (Samson and Delilah) Saint-Saëns
  • “Within what gloomy depths” (Saint Ludmila) Dvořák
  • “But the Lord is mindful of his own” (St. Paul) Mendelssohn
  • “O thou afflicted” (St. Peter) Benedict
  • “Lord, Thy glory fills the Heaven” (Stabat Mater) Rossini
  • “Lord to Thee, each night and day” (Theodora) Handel
  • “O Lord, Thou has searched me out” (The Woman of Samaria) Bennett

Volume 3 (Tenor) Contents:

  • TBD

Volume 4 (Bass) Contents:
(Internet Archive has a complete copy of Volume 4 for Bass available for download)

  • “Lead me, O Lord” (Abraham) Molique
  • “Tears of Sorrow, shame and anguish” (Calvary) Spohr
  • “And God said, let the waters” (Creation) Haydn
  • “Rolling in foaming billows” (Creation) Haydn
  • “Mighty Lord, and King all glorious” (Christmas Oratorio) Bach
  • “My sons, my sons!” (Eli) Costa
  • “If Thou should’st mark iniquities” (Eli) Costa
  • “Although my house be not with God” (Eli) Costa
  • “Draw near, all ye people” (Elijah) Mendelssohn
  • “It is enough” (Elijah) Mendelssohn
  • “Almighty God of Israel” (Fall of Babylon) Spohr
  • “O what is man” (Fall of Babylon) Spohr
  • “Arm, arm, ye brave” (Judas Maccabeus) Handel
  • “With pious hearts” (Judas Maccabeus) Handel
  • “When the son of man” (The Light of the World) Sullivan
  • “Judas” (Mary Magdalen) Massenet
  • “Thus saith the Lord” (Messiah) Handel
  • “But who may abide the day of his coming” (Messiah) Handel
  • “Why do the nations so furiously rage together?” (Messiah) Handel
  • “Arise, O Lord” (Naaman) Costa
  • “His sceptre is the rod of righteousness” (Occasional Oratorio) Handel
  • “From my soul’s depths” (Paradise Lost) Rubinstein
  • “Consider, O my soul” (The St. John Passion) Bach
  • “Before the Father our Redeemer falling” (The St. Matthew Passion) Bach
  • “Bring me cross and cup” (The St. Matthew Passion) Bach
  • “Give me Jesus, I implore you” (The St. Matthew Passion) Bach
  • “O Lord God” (Rebekah) Barnby
  • “The daughters of the city (Rebekah) Barnby
  • “Unto my charger” (The Rose of Sharon) Mackenzie
  • “From the accursed” (Requiem) Verdi
  • “Honor and arms” (Samson) Handel
  • “I was not deceived” (Saint Ludmila) Dvořák
  • “At last the bounteous sun” (The Seasons) Haydn
  • “With joy the impatient husbandman” (The Seasons) Haydn
  • “Behold, along the dewy grass” (The Seasons) Haydn
  • “Through the mist of the valley” (St. Elizabeth) Liszt
  • “O God, have mercy” (St. Paul) Mendelssohn
  • “How great, O Lord” (St. Peter) Benedict
  • “Lord preserve me uncomplaining” (Stabat Mater) Rossini
  • “Jesus answered” (Woman of Samaria) Bennett
  • “Whosoever drinketh” (Woman of Samaria) Bennett

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.

Songs of the British Isles

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: Songs of the British Isles
Subtitle: A collection of forty popular English, Irish, Scotch and Welsh Songs with Piano Accompaniment
Editor: Max Spicker (1858-1912)
Publisher: G. Schirmer
Copyright: 1909

A complete copy is available via Google Books: Songs of the British Isles

Contents:

  • The Bailiff’s Daughter of Islington
  • Down Among the Dead Men
  • Drink to Me only with thine Eyes
  • Early one morning
  • Gaily the troubadour
  • Hearts of oak
  • Here’s to the maiden of bashful fifteen
  • I will give you the keys of heaven
  • John Peel
  • My lodging is on the cold ground
  • Sally in our alley
  • Twankydillo
  • The Vicar of Bray
  • The girl I left behind me
  • The harp that once thro’ tara’s hall
  • Kate Kearny
  • Kathleen Mavourneen
  • Kitty of Coleraine
  • The last rose of summer
  • The little red lark
  • The minstrel-boy
  • My love’s an arbutus
  • Oft in the stilly night
  • Tho’ the last glimpse of Erin
  • The Widow Malone
  • Annie Laurie
  • Auld Lang Syne
  • The Blue Bells of Scotland
  • The Campbells are Coming
  • Comin’ Through the Rye
  • The Land o’ the Leal
  • Leezie Lindsay
  • Loch Lomond
  • My heart is sair for somebody
  • Robin Adair
  • Scots wha hae
  • Within a mile of Edinboro Town
  • All through the night (Ar hyd y nos)
  • Men of Harlech (Rhy felgyrch Gwyr Harlech)

Notes:
Songs from these volumes 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.

Song Miscellany (Spicker)

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: Song Miscellany
Volumes: 4 (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
Editor: Max Spicker (1858-1912)
Publisher: G. Schirmer
Copyright: 1902

Volume 1 (Soprano) contents:
(The soprano volume can be downloaded in its entirety at Google Books)

  • Frühlingszeit (Becker)
  • Der Schwur (Bohm)
  • Vergebliches Ständchen (Brahms)
  • Negro Lullaby (Burleigh)
  • For Ever Mine (Cantor)
  • Petites roses (Cesek)
  • Si j’étais jardinier (Chaminade)
  • The Maiden’s Wish / Mädchens Wunsch (Chopin)
  • I’ve something sweet to tell you (Faning)
  • Aus meinen grossen Schmerzen (Franz)
  • A Dream of Paradise (Gray)
  • My Little Love (Hawley)
  • Mother, oh sing me to rest (Hildach)
  • Sérénade à Juanita (Jouberti)
  • Winterlied (Koss)
  • At the making of the hay (Lehmann)
  • Vous dansez, Marquise (Lemaire)
  • Seligkeit (Meyer)
  • Guide au bord ta nacelle (Meyerbeer)
  • Morgens send’ ich dir die Veilchen (Meyer-Helmund)
  • I attempt from love’s sickness to fly (Purcell)
  • Echo (Somerset)
  • A Song of Sunshine (Thomas)
  • Vorrei / Could I (Tosti)
  • Mon petit coeur soupire (Wekerlin)

Volume 2 (Alto) contents:
(The alto volume can be downloaded in its entirety at Google Books)

  • Faithfu’ Johnie (Beethoven)
  • Wie berührt mich wundersam (Bendel)
  • Sandmänchen (Brahms)
  • I doan’ want fu’ t’ stay hyeah no longah (Burleigh)
  • Lov’d by thee (Cantor)
  • Rosemonde (Chaminade)
  • In the chimney corner (Cowen)
  • Lockung (Dessauer)
  • Old folks at home (Foster)
  • Im Herbst (Franz)
  • The Heavenly Song (Gray)
  • Solvejg’s Wiegenlied (Grieg)
  • Rêverie (Hahn)
  • Sans toi (d’Hardelot)
  • Ah! ’tis a dream (Hawley)
  • She never told her love (Haydn)
  • Nirvana (Hervey)
  • Mein Liebster ist ein Weber (Hildach)
  • The Bird and the Rose (Horrocks)
  • Synnöves Lied (Kjerulf)
  • L’esclave (Lalo)
  • Serenade (Nevin)
  • Verwelkt! (Proch)
  • Lasciali dir, tu m’ami! (Quaranta)
  • Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix (Saint-Saëns)
  • Loch Lomond (Scottish Melody)
  • Sonnet d’amour (Thomé)
  • Abendlied (Wickede)

Volume 3 (Tenor) contents:
(The tenor volume can be downloaded in its entirety at Google Books)

  • The Lass with the Delicate Air (Arne)
  • Sunshine and Rain (Blumenthal)
  • Über’s Jahr! (Bohm)
  • My Merlindy Brown (Burleigh)
  • Rose-tide (Cantor)
  • Star of my heart (Denza)
  • Liebeständelei (Fitzenhagen)
  • Mädchen mit dem rothen Mündchen (Gall)
  • Donna Clara (Gastaldon)
  • There is a green hill far away / Le Calvaire (Gounod)
  • The Golden Pathway (Gray)
  • Were I a Star! (Hawley)
  • Sérénade du passant (Massenet)
  • When Love is kind (Old Melody)
  • O sag’ es noch einmal (Slansky)
  • The dear home-land (Slaughter)
  • In dieser Stunde (Spicker)
  • Orpheus with his lute (Sullivan)
  • O vision entrancing (Thomas)
  • Simple Aveu (Thomé)
  • Mattinata (Tosti)
  • Polly and I (Wakefield)

Volume 4 (Bass) contents:
(The bass volume can be downloaded in its entirety at Google Books)

  • Chanson du Toreador (Bizet)
  • Life (Blumenthal)
  • The Clang of the Hammer (Bonheur)
  • An Ante-bellum Sermon (Burleigh)
  • Sleep On (Cantor)
  • Abschied (Cavallo)
  • Gipsy John (Clay)
  • In shadowland (Denza)
  • Als die alte Mutter (Dvorak)
  • Le Cor (Flégier)
  • Obstination (Fontenailles)
  • Widmung (Franz)
  • Der schönste Engel (Graben-Hoffmann)
  • Greeting (Hawley)
  • Der letzte Gruss (Levi)
  • Spring Song (Mackenzie)
  • Punchinello (Molloy)
  • Rose-Marie (Molloy)
  • Drink to me only with thine eyes
  • An der Weser (Pressel)
  • Pretty Polly Oliver (Somervell)
  • Aus der Jugendzeit (Radecke)
  • The Clang of the Forge (Rodney)
  • Blow, blow, thou winter wind (Sarjeant)
  • Loyal Death (Stainer)
  • My Love’s an Arbutus (Stanford)
  • How do I love thee? (White)

Notes:
Songs from these volumes 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.

Operatic Anthology (Spicker)

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: Operatic Anthology
Subtitle: Celebrated Arias Selected from Operas by Old and Modern Composers
Volumes: 5 (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass)
Editor: Max Spicker (1858-1912)
Publisher: G. Schirmer
Copyright: 1903

Volume 1 (Soprano) contents:
(The entire soprano volume can be downloaded at the Internet Archive)

  • Chassons de nos plaisirs (Rameau)
  • As when the dove (Händel)
  • Ah! malgré moi (Gluck)
  • Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante (Bizet)
  • Pleurez, mes yeux (Massenet)
  • Plus de tourments (Massenet)
  • Non più di fiori (Mozart)
  • Plus de dépit, plus de tristesse (Grétry)
  • Pâles étoiles (Joncières)
  • O don fatale (Verdi)
  • O beaux rêves évanouis (Saint-Saëns)
  • En dormant c’est à moi (Halévy)
  • O nuit qui me couvre (Barthe)
  • Abscheulicher! wo eilst du hin? (Beethoven)
  • Traft ihr das Schiff (Wagner)
  • Madre, pietosa Vergine (Verdi)
  • Pace, pace (Verdi)
  • Und ob die Wolke sie verhülle (Weber)
  • C’era una volta un principe (Gomes)
  • Il est doux, il est bon (Massenet)
  • Nobles seigneurs (Meyerbeer)
  • Adieu, forêts! (Tchaikovsky)
  • Il va venir (Halévy)
  • Einsam in trüben Tagen (Wagner)
  • Je suis Titania (Thomas)
  • Mon coeur ne peut se changer (Gounod)
  • Deh vieni, non tardar (Mozart)
  • Voi che sapete (Mozart)
  • Ocean! Du Ungeheuer (Weber)
  • Del mio core (Haydn)
  • Domani, o me felice (Lillo)
  • Ave Maria (Verdi)
  • Me voilà seule dans la nuit (Bizet)
  • O Dieu Brahma (Bizet)
  • Ah! si je redevenais (Gounod)
  • Plus grand dans son obscurité (Gounod)
  • Il regardait mon bouquet (Monsigny)
  • Ah! Je veux vivre (Gounod)
  • Tout cède à vos doux appas (Colasse)
  • Dich, theure Halle (Wagner)
  • Elisabeth’s Gebet (Wagner)
  • Isolde’s Liebestod (Wagner)

Volume 2 (Alto) contents:
This entire volume is now available for download here at Art Song Central: Operatic Anthology (Alto)

  • Verdi prati (Handel)
  • Amour, que veux-tu de moi? (Lully)
  • Ah! parea che par incanto (Donizetti)
  • Deh! non voler costringere (Donizetti)
  • L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Bizet)
  • Près des remparts de Séville (Bizet)
  • Non più mesta (Rossini)
  • Humble fille des champs (Halévy)
  • Nuit respendissante (Gounod)
  • Mura felici (Rossini)
  • Terra adorata (Donizetti)
  • Si le bonheur à sourire (Gounod)
  • O mio Fernando! (Donizetti)
  • Sotto il bel ciel (Semet)
  • Voce di donna (Ponchielli)
  • Ah! se tu dormi (Vaccaj)
  • Bella, adorata incognita (Mercadante)
  • Il segreto per esser felice (Donizetti)
  • Per non istare in ozio (Donizetti)
  • Chi m’arresta? (Mercadante)
  • Connais-tu le pays? (Thomas)
  • Me voici dans son boudoir (Thomas)
  • Ah! rendimi (Rossini)
  • My heart is weary (Goring-Thomas)
  • Che farò senza Euridice? (Gluck)
  • Ah! mon fils! (Meyerbeer)
  • Donnez! donnez! (Meyerbeer)
  • Le gondolier dans sa pauvre nacelle (Halévy)
  • Gerechter Gott! (Wagner)
  • Cara sposa, amante cara (Handel)
  • Ferme les yeux, ô belle maitresse (Massenet)
  • Printemps qui commence (Saint-Saëns)
  • Amour! viens aider (Saint-Saëns)
  • Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix (Saint-Saëns)
  • Ô ma lyre immortelle (Gounod)
  • Generoso chi sol brama (Handel)
  • In si barbara (Rossini)
  • Ombra mai fu (Handel)
  • Di tanti palpiti (Rossini)

Volume 3 (Tenor) contents:
I have scanned this volume, but it still needs cleanup. In the meantime the entire volume is available here at Art Song Central: Operatic Anthology (Tenor)

  • O Paradis sorti de l’onde (Meyerbeer)
  • Celeste Aida (Verdi)
  • Tandis que tout sommeille (Grétry)
  • La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Bizet)
  • O Lola bianca (Mascagni)
  • Ô souverain, ô juge (Massenet)
  • Jour heureux (Sacchini)
  • Il mio tesoro intanto (Mozart)
  • Com’ è gentil (Donizetti)
  • Dal più remoto esilio (Verdi)
  • Unter blüh’nden Mandelbäumen (Weber)
  • Salut, demeure chaste et pure (Gounod)
  • Spirto gentil (Donizetti)
  • Durch die Wälder (Weber)
  • Cielo e mar! (Ponchielli)
  • Ne pouvant réprimer (Massenet)
  • Plus blanche que la blanche hermine (Meyerbeer)
  • Oh! ne t’éveille pas (Godard)
  • Champs paternels (Mehul)
  • Fantaisie aux divins mensonges (Delibes)
  • In fernem Land (Wagner)
  • Ah, la paterna mano (Verdi)
  • Ach! so fromm (Flotow)
  • Am stillen Herd (Wagner)
  • Walther’s Prize-song (Wagner)
  • Elle ne croyait pas (Thomas)
  • Anges du paradis (Gounod)
  • Tu pauvre seul ami (Auber)
  • Nymphes attentives (Gounod)
  • Source délicieuse (Gounod)
  • Bella del tuo sorriso (Braga)
  • Inspirez-moi! (Gounod)
  • Allmächt’ger Vater! (Wagner)
  • Vainement, ma bien-aimée (Lalo)
  • Forma sublime, eterea (Gomes)
  • Ô jours heureux (Gounod)
  • Ah si, ben mio; coll’essere (Verdi)
  • Siegmund’s Love-song (Wagner)
  • Dies Bildniss ist bezaubernd schön (Mozart)
  • Du moment qu’on aime (Grétry)

Volume 4 (Baritone) contents:

  • TBD

Volume 5 (Bass) contents:

  • TBD

Notes:
This set was, though reissued with some revisions by Kurt Adler, the absolute standard set of aria anthologies, until Schirmer came out with the new Robert Larsen editions in the early 1990s. These should generally be reliable, and what flaws exist should be well known to more experienced teachers.

The Soprano volume has a prefatory note, which gives me a good clue where to look for a complementary set:

It will be noticed, that various notable Arias are not found in this Volume. They were, however, intentionally omitted, as they had already appeared in the “Prima Donna Album,” and the Publishers desired to avoid duplication.

Arias from these volumes 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.

Moore’s Irish Melodies

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: Moore’s Irish Melodies (People’s Edition)
Arranger: Sir John Stevenson, Mus. Doc. & Sir Henry Bishop
Publisher: Addison, Hollier and Lucas
Copyright: 1859

Google Books has downloadable PDF copy: Moore’s Irish Melodies.

See also the 1895 edition entitled The Irish Melodies, with arrangements by Charles Villiers Stanford.

Contents:

  • Alone in crowds to wander on
  • And doth not a meeting like this make amends
  • As a beam o’er the face of the waters may glow
  • As slow our ship her foamy track
  • As vanquished Erin wept beside
  • At the mid hour of night, when stars are weeping
  • Avenging and bright fall the swift sword of Erin
  • Believe me, if all those endearing young charms
  • By that Lake, whose gloomy shore
  • By the Feal’s wave benighted
  • By the hope within us springing
  • Come o’er the sea, maiden, with me
  • Come, rest in this bosom, my own stricken deer
  • Come, send round the wine, and leave points of belief
  • Dear Harp of my Country! in darkness I found thee
  • Drink to her who long
  • Down in the valley, come, meet me to-night
  • Drink of this cup
  • Erin! the tear and the smile in thine eyes
  • Fairest! put on a while
  • Farewell! but whenever you welcome the hour
  • Fill the bumper fair
  • Fly not yet, ’tis just the hour
  • Forget not the field where they perish’d
  • From this hour the pledge is given
  • Go where glory waits thee
  • Has sorrow thy young days shaded
  • Here we dwell in holiest bowers
  • How dear to me the hour when daylight dies
  • How oft has the banshee cried
  • How sweet the answer Echo makes
  • I’d mourn the hopes that leave me
  • I saw from the beach, when the morning was shining
  • I saw thy form in youthful prime
  • I’ve a secret to tell thee, but hush! not here
  • I wish I was by that dim Lake
  • If thou’lt be mine, the treasures of air
  • In the morning of life, when its cares are unknown
  • In yonder valley there dwelt, alone
  • It is not the tear at this moment shed
  • Lay his sword by his side, it hath served him too well
  • Lesbia hath a beaming eye
  • Let Erin remember the days of old
  • Like the bright lamp that lay on Kildare’s holy shrine
  • My gentle Harp, once more I waken
  • Nay, tell me not, dear, that the goblet drowns
  • Ne’er ask the hour – what is it to us
  • Night closed around the conqueror’s way
  • No, not more welcome the fairy numbers
  • Of all the fair months, that round the sun
  • Oh Arranmore, loved Arranmore
  • Oh, banquet not in those shining bowers
  • Oh! blame not the bard, if he fly to the bowers
  • Oh! breathe not his name – let it sleep in the shade
  • Oh, could we do with this world of ours
  • Oh! doubt me not – the season
  • Oh for the swords of former time!
  • Oh! had we some bright little isle of our own
  • Oh! haste, and leave this sacred isle
  • Oh! the days are gone, when beauty bright
  • Oh, the sight entrancing
  • Oh! think not my spirits are always as light
  • Oh! ’tis sweet to think that, where’er we rove
  • Oh! weep for the hour, when to Eveleen’s bower
  • Oh, where’s the slave so lowly
  • Oh, ye Dead! whom we know by the light you give
  • One bumper at parting!
  • Quick! we have but a second
  • Remember the glories of Brien the brave
  • Remember thee! yes, while there’s life in this heart
  • Rich and rare were the gems she wore
  • Sail on, sail on, thou fearless bark
  • Shall the Harp then be silent, when he, who first gave
  • She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps
  • She sung of love, while o’er her lyre
  • Silence is in our festal halls
  • Silent, oh Moyle, be the roar of thy water
  • Sing – sing – Music was given
  • Sing, sweet Harp, oh sing to me
  • Strike the gay harp! see the moon is on high
  • Sublime was the warning which Liberty spoke
  • Sweet Innisfallen, fare thee well
  • Take back the virgin page
  • The dawning of morn, the daylight’s sinking
  • The dream of those days when first I sung thee
  • The harp that once through Tara’s halls
  • The meeting of the waters
  • The minstrel boy to the war is gone
  • The time I’ve lost in wooing
  • The valley lay smiling before me
  • The wine-cup is circling in Almhin’s hall
  • The young May moon is beaming, love
  • There are sounds of mirth in the night-air ringing
  • They came from a land beyond the sea
  • They know not my heart, who believe there can be
  • They may rail at this life – from the hour I began it
  • This life is all chequered with pleasures and woes
  • Though dark are our sorrows, to-day we’ll invite thee
  • Though humble the banquet to which I invite thee
  • Though the last glimpse of Erin with sorrow I see
  • Through Erin’s Isle to sport awhile
  • Through grief and through danger thy smile hath cheer’d my way
  • ‘Tis believed that this harp which I wake now for thee
  • ‘Tis gone, and for ever, the light we saw breaking
  • ‘Tis the Last Rose of Summer
  • To ladies’ eyes around, boy
  • To-morrow, comrade, we
  • ‘Twas one of those dreams, that by music are brought
  • We may roam through this world like a child at a feast
  • Weep on, weep on! your hour is passed
  • What life like that of the bard can be
  • What the bee is to the flowret
  • When cold in the earth lies the friend thou hast loved
  • When daylight was yet sleeping under the pillow
  • When first I met thee warm and young
  • When he who adores thee has left but the name
  • When in death I shall calmly recline
  • When through life unblest we rove
  • Whene’er I see those smiling eyes
  • While gazing on the moon’s light
  • While history’s muse the memorial was keeping
  • Wreath the bowl with flowers of soul
  • Yes, sad one of Zion! if closely resembling
  • You remember Ellen, our hamlet’s pride

Notes:
These are supposed to be traditional Irish melodies to which Moore fit his lyrics. Stanford complains in the preface to his arrangements that Moore and Stevenson corrupted many of the melodies, and that some were “not Irish at all.” (including “Believe me, if all those endearing young charms.”)

Each of the songs in this volume, if appropriate, 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.

Site: Oratorio Vocal Scores on Google Books

This is a list of the oratorio vocal scores I’ve located on Google Books, as well as other concert material, like masses and cantatas. It will surely be incomplete, but as of this writing, it is still difficult to single out these scores. (Besides, they will surely add new scores faster than I can find them! Nevertheless, I’ll endeavor to keep this list updated as I find more.) I am generally not including works by lesser known composers, unless I think they may be worth investigating.

In no particular order:

Trois Chansons de France par Claude Debussy

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: Trois Chansons de France
Editor: Claude Debussy
Publisher: A. Durand & Fils
Copyright: 1904

Google Books has a downloadable copy of Trois Chansons de France.

Contents:

  1. Rondel — Charles duc d’Orléans (Le temps e laissié son manteau)
  2. La Grotte — Tristan l’hermite (Auprès de cette grotte)
  3. Rondel — Charles duc d’Orléans (Pour ce que plaisance)

Notes:
Each of the 3 songs 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.

Strauss Op. 27 (4 Lieder für eine Singstimme)

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Book Title: 4 Lieder für eine Singstimme, Op. 27
Composer: Richard Strauss
Publisher: Jos. Aibl Verlag
Copyright: 1907

Google Books has a downloadable copy of Strauss Op. 27. (It only includes songs 1 and 4, however.)

Contents:

  • 1. Ruhe, meine Seele
  • 4. Morgen

Notes:
Morgen is one of the most exquisite songs ever written.

Each of the songs 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.

Famous Songs: Standard songs by the best composers

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Book Title: Famous Songs: Standard songs by the best composers
Volumes: 4 (Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano & Alto, Tenor, Baritone & Bass)
Editor: Henry Edward Krehbiel
Publisher: The John Church Company
Copyright: 1912

Volume 1 (Soprano) contents:
(Internet Archive has a complete copy of Famous Songs (Volume 1) available for download. Don’t be fooled by the catalog entry which calls it Volume 3 for Tenor.)

  • J’ai perdu celle (Bach)
  • Si tu savais (Balfe)
  • Frühlingszeit (Becker)
  • Andenken (Beethoven)
  • Freudvoll und leidvoll (Beethoven)
  • Kennst du das Land (Beethoven)
  • Still wie die Nacht (Bohm)
  • Sandmännchen (Brahms)
  • Wiegenlied (Brahms)
  • Mädchens Wunsch (Chopin)
  • L’Oiselet (Chopin)
  • Lithauisches Lied (Chopin)
  • Frühlingslied (Coenen)
  • Villanelle (Dell’ Acqua)
  • Sans Toi (D’Hardelot)
  • O Mer, ouvre toi (Delibes)
  • Als die alte Mutter (Dvořák)
  • Three Ravens (Folk Song)
  • The Coolun (Folk Song)
  • Loch Lomond (Folk Song)
  • All through the Night (Folk Song)
  • Ach wie ist’s möglich (Folk Song)
  • Im Frühling (Fesca)
  • Ich liebe dich (Foerster)
  • Er ist gekommen (Franz)
  • Marie (Franz)
  • Chanson de Florian (Godard)
  • O schöne Zeit (Goetz)
  • Au Printemps (Gounod)
  • Meine Ruh’ ist hin (Graben-Hoffmann)
  • Ich liebe dich (Grieg)
  • O bitt’ euch liebe Vögelein (Gumbert)
  • Bind’ auf dein Haar / My mother bids me bind my hair (Haydn)
  • The Spirit’s Song (Haydn)
  • Little Karen (Heise)
  • Murmelndes Lüftchen Blüthenwind (Jensen)
  • Lehn’ deine Wang’ an meine Wang’ (Jensen)
  • Sehnsucht (Kjerulf)
  • Es war ein Traum (Lassen)
  • Die Loreley (Liszt)
  • Des Glockenthürmers Töchterlein (Loewe)
  • Bonne Nuit (Massenet)
  • Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (Mendelssohn)
  • Das erste Veilchen (Mendelssohn)
  • Zuleika (Mendelssohn)
  • Das Veilchen (Mozart)
  • Nymphs and Shepherds (Purcell)
  • Keine Sorg’ um den Weg (Raff)
  • Frühlingsglaube (Ries)
  • Most wondrous it must be (Ries)
  • Du bist wie eine Blume (Rubinstein)
  • Die Lerche (Rubinstein)
  • Le Violette (Scarlatti)
  • Auf dem Wasser zu singen (Schubert)
  • Wohin (Schubert)
  • Ungeduld (Schubert)
  • Du bist die Ruh’ (Schubert)
  • Aufträge (Schumann)
  • An den Sonnenschein (Schumann)
  • Die Lotosblume (Schumann)
  • Widmung (Schumann)
  • Der Skreg en Fugl (Sinding)
  • Moderen Synger (Sinding)
  • Rose softly blooming (Spohr)
  • In der Fremde (Taubert)
  • In der Märznacht (Taubert)
  • Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (Tschaikowsky)
  • Schlaf’ holdes Kind (Wagner)

Volume 2 (Mezzo-Soprano & Alto) contents:
(Google books now has a copy here.)

  • In questa tomba (Beethoven)
  • Kennst du das Land? (Beethoven)
  • Meine Liebe ist grün (Brahms)
  • Sapphische Ode (Brahms)
  • Wiegenlied (Brahms)
  • Still wie die Nacht (Bohm)
  • In the chimney corner (Cowen)
  • Amarilli (Caccini)
  • Mädchens Wunsch (Chopin)
  • Als die alte Mutter (Dvořák)
  • Sans toi (D’Hardelot)
  • Frühlingslied (Fesca)
  • Im Frühling (Fesca)
  • Charmante Marguerite (Anonymous)
  • All through the night (Anonymous)
  • Ach! wie ist’s möglich (Anonymous)
  • My love’s an Arbutus (Anonymous)
  • When love is kind (Anonymous)
  • Er ist gekommen (Franz)
  • Im Herbst (Franz)
  • Schlummerlied (Franz)
  • Chanson de Florian (Godard)
  • Le soir (Gounod)
  • Meine Ruh’ ist hin (Graben-Hoffmann)
  • Sterne mit den goldnen Füsschen (Graben-Hoffmann)
  • Herbststurm (Grieg)
  • Ich liebe dich (Grieg)
  • Solvejgs Lied (Grieg)
  • Gebet (Hiller)
  • Bind’ auf dein Haar (Haydn)
  • The spirit’s song (Haydn)
  • Three fishers went sailing (Hullah)
  • L’appel du printemps (Holmes)
  • Frühlingsnacht (Jensen)
  • Lehn’ deine Wang’ an mein Wang’ (Jensen)
  • Sehnsucht (Kjerulf)
  • Es war ein Traum (Lassen)
  • Es muss ein Wunderbares sein (Liszt)
  • Nähe des Geliebten (Lassen)
  • Bonne nuit (Massenet)
  • The first violet = Das erste Veilchen (Mendelssohn)
  • Meiner Mutter (Bradsky)
  • Keine Sorg’ um den Weg (Raff)
  • Die blauen Frühlingsaugen (Ries)
  • Wiegenlied (Ries)
  • Du bist wie eine Blume (Rubinstein)
  • Der Traum (Rubinstein)
  • Es blinkt der Thau (Rubinstein)
  • Sehnsucht (Rubinstein)
  • Der Asra (Rubinstein)
  • La cloche (Saint-Saëns)
  • O cessate di piagarmi (Scarlatti)
  • An die Musik (Schubert)
  • Du bist die Ruh’ (Schubert)
  • Die junge Nonne (Schubert)
  • Frühlingsglaube (Schubert)
  • Der Tod und das Mädchen (Schubert)
  • Was ist Sylvia? (Schubert)
  • An den Sonnenschein (Schumann)
  • Er der Herrlichste von Allen (Schumann)
  • Ich grolle nicht (Schumann)
  • Widmung (Schumann)
  • Pietà Signore (Stradella)
  • Loch Lomond (Anonymous)
  • The lost chord (Sullivan)
  • Wiegenlied (Taubert)
  • Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (Tschaikowsky)
  • Schlaf’ holdes Kind (Wagner)
  • Wiegenlied (Weber)

Volume 3 (Tenor) contents:
(Google Books now has a copy of the Tenor volume.)

  • The lass with the delicate air (Arne)
  • J’ai perdu celle (Bach)
  • Adelaide (Beethoven)
  • My pretty Jane, or When the bloom is on the rye (Bishop)
  • Still wie die Nacht (Bohm)
  • Meine liebe ist grün (Brahms)
  • Wie bist du meine Königin (Brahms)
  • I’ll sing thee songs of Araby (Clay)
  • Ein Ton (Cornelius)
  • Tell her I love her so (De Faye)
  • Sans Toi (D’Hardelot)
  • Als die alte Mutter (Dvořák)
  • Drink to me only with thine eyes (English)
  • I’ve something sweet to tell you (Faning)
  • Der Wanderer (Fesca)
  • Ich liebe dich (Foerster)
  • All through the night (Welsh Folk Song)
  • Ach wie ist’s möglich (German Folk Song)
  • Loch Lomond (Scotch Folk Song)
  • The Coolun (Irish Folk Song)
  • Für Musik (Franz)
  • Marie (Franz)
  • O schöne Zeit, O sel’ge Zeit (Goetze)
  • Le Vallon (Gounod)
  • Parais à ta fenêtre (Gregh)
  • Ich liebe dich (Grieg)
  • Si mes vers avaient des ailes (Hahn)
  • Little Karen (Heise)
  • Lehn’ deine Wang’ an meine Wang’ (Jensen)
  • Murmelndes Lüftchen Blüthenwind (Jensen)
  • Marie (Jensen)
  • Sehnsucht (Kjerulf)
  • Es war ein Traum (Lassen)
  • Mit deinen blauen Augen (Lassen)
  • Du bist wie eine Blume (Liszt)
  • Es muss ein Wunderbares sein (Liszt)
  • Des Glockenthürmers Töchterlein (Loewe)
  • Bonne Nuit (Massenet)
  • Ouvre tes yeux bleus (Massenet)
  • Dear Heart (Mattei)
  • Jagdlied (Mendelssohn)
  • Du schönes Fischermädchen (Meyerbeer)
  • Dein gedenk’ ich, Margaretha (Meyer-Helmund)
  • I attempt from love’s sickness to fly (Purcell)
  • Aus der Jugendzeit (Radecke)
  • Keine Sorg’ um den Weg (Raff)
  • Ständchen (Raff)
  • Am Rhein und beim Wein (Ries)
  • Du bist wie eine Blume (Rubinstein)
  • Sehnsucht (Rubinstein)
  • Les Pas d’Armes du Roi Jean (Saint-Saëns)
  • I arise from dreams of thee (Salaman)
  • Du bist die Ruh’ (Schubert)
  • Was ist Sylvia? (Schubert)
  • Blondel’s Lied (Schumann)
  • Die Lotosblume (Schumann)
  • Der Skreg en fugi (Sindig)
  • My love’s an Arbutus (Stanford)
  • Frische Brise (Stange)
  • Orpheus with his lute (Sullivan)
  • Nur wer die Sehnsucht Kennt (Tschaikowsky)
  • O vision entrancing (Thomas)
  • Beauty’s Eyes (Tosti)
  • Ninon (Tosti)
  • Wie schön bist du (Weidt)

Volume 4 (Baritone & Bass) contents:
(Google Books has a complete copy of Famous Songs (Volume 4) available for download.)

  • In questa tomba (Beethoven)
  • Nature’s Adoration (Beethoven)
  • Wie bist du meine Königin (Brahms)
  • Bacchanal (Chopin)
  • Gipsy John (Clay)
  • Ein Ton (Cornelius)
  • Als die alte Mutter (Dvořák)
  • Drink to me only with thine eyes (English)
  • Les Rameaux (Faure)
  • Der Wanderer (Fesca)
  • Im tiefen keller sitz’ ich hier (Fischer)
  • All though the night (Welsh Folk Song)
  • Aus meinen grossen Schmerzen (Franz)
  • Für Musik (Franz)
  • Ständchen (Franz)
  • In einem Kühlen Grunde (German)
  • Caro mio ben (Giordani)
  • Le Vallon (Gounod)
  • Nazareth (Gounod)
  • Ich liebe dich (Grieg)
  • Mit einer Primula veris (Grieg)
  • Gebet (Hiller)
  • Battle Prayer (Himmel)
  • Three fishers went sailing (Hullah)
  • Alt Heidelberg, du feine (Jensen)
  • Ständchen (Jensen)
  • The Mighty Deep (Jude)
  • Sehnsucht (Kjerulf)
  • Es war ein Traum (Lassen)
  • Du bist wie eine Blume (Liszt)
  • Archibald Douglass (Loewe)
  • Edward (Loewe)
  • Der Himmel in Thale (Marschner)
  • Oh, hear the wild wind blow (Mattei)
  • Reislied (Mendelssohn)
  • Der Moench (Meyerbeer)
  • Povero Marinar (Mililotti)
  • Es hat nicht sollen sein (Nessler)
  • Nina (Pergolese)
  • I attempt from love’s sickness to fly (Purcell)
  • Ich sah den Wald sich führen (Pressel)
  • Aus der Jugendzeit (Radecke)
  • Der Asra (Rubinstein)
  • Gelb rollt mir zu Füssen (Runinstein)
  • Les Pas d’Armes du Roi Jean (Saint Saëns)
  • Erl König (Schubert)
  • Was ist Sylvia (Schubert)
  • Der Wanderer (Schubert)
  • Ich grolle nicht (Schumann)
  • Die beiden Grenadiere (Schumann)
  • The Friars of Orders Gray (Shield)
  • Les deux Grenadiers (Wagner)
  • Wie schön bist du (Weidt)

Notes:
Songs from these volumes 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.

Romanzen und Lieder, Op. 84

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: Romanzen und Lieder, Op. 84
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Publisher: N. Simrock in Berlin
Copyright: 1882

Google Books has a downloadable copy of Brahms Op. 84.

Contents:

  1. Sommerabend
  2. Der Kranz
  3. In den Beeren
  4. Vergebliches Ständchen
  5. Spannung

Notes:
Each of the songs 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.

Das Deutsche Geistliche Lied

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: Das Deutsche Geistliche Lied; von der ältesten bis auf unsere Zeit.
Editor: Heinrich Reimann
Publisher: N. Simrock, Berlin
Published: 1895

Google Books has a downloadable copy of Das Deutsche Geistliche Lied. (This one file contains all 6 Volumes)

Contents:

Band I:

  • Der Hymnus des Caelius Sedulius: “A Solis ortus cardine –“
  • “Ein alt Lob- und Freudenlied von der Ursende unseres lieben Herrn Christi”
  • Das “Ave mais stella –“
  • “Christe, du bist Licht –“
  • Die alte, schöne Sequentia: “Veni sancte Spiritus”
  • “In dulci jubilo”
  • “Joseph, lieber Joseph mein –“
  • “Ein alt Christ-Metten Liedlein”
  • Susani, susani
  • Ein Weihnachtslied für die Kinder
  • Von des Himmels Freuden
  • “Benedictio puerilis”
  • Das uralte “Dies est laetitiae –“
  • Osterfreude
  • Die sieben Worte Jesu
  • “Es ist ein’ Ros’ entsprungen”
  • Ein Geistlich Klage Liedt (“Media vita”)
  • “Wo Gott zum Haus nit giebt sein’ Gunst –“
  • “O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde gross –“
  • Eine schön’ Tageweis vom Wort Gottes
  • Meistersingerlied
  • Der 137. Psalm: “Super flumina Babylonis –“
  • “Auf den neuen Jarstag”
  • Neujahrslied 1588
  • “Nun seht und merket, lieben Leut’ –“

Band II:

  • “Ein altes Lobgesang von Christi Himmelfahrt”
  • “Ein Trostlied wider allerlei Noth und Gefahr”
  • “Christus-Blume”
  • Der Jäger geistlich
  • “Zur Freud’ sind wir geladen –“
  • “Ein alt katholisch Christgesang, vorzeiten in Thüringen gebräuchlich”
  • Jesus, der gute Hirt
  • “Gelobt sei Gott –” Osterlied
  • “Herr Gott Vater im Himmelreich –“
  • “Ein Wiegenlied für die Kindermädchen –“
  • “So wünsch’ ich nun ein’ gute Nacht –“
  • “Ach treuer Gott, Herr Jesu Christ –“
  • “O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf –“
  • “Christus ist auferstanden –“
  • “Unser Lieben Frawen Klag’ unterm Kreutz”
  • “Wie eine Christ liebende Seel’ Christo sein Creutz nachtragen muss”
  • “Ein newes fröhlichs Ostergesang: Frewd der ganzen Welt” genannt
  • “Es ist ein Schnitter, heisst der Tod –“
  • Vom Leiden Christi: “Die geistliche Farb” genannt
  • “Zu Bethlehem geboren –“
  • “O Traurigkeit –“
  • “Gott des Himmels und der Erden –“
  • Morgensegen
  • “Sapphische Ode, umb Geistlichen und Leiblichen Frieden”
  • “Alcaische Ode”

Band III:

  • “Ein fröhlichs Gesang, unser lieben Frauen Osterfreud genannt”
  • Psalm 23
  • “Resignation und Vereinigung des Menschlichen Willen mit dem Göttlichen”
  • “Ein neues andächtiges Kindelwiegen”
  • “Ode von dem Namen Jesu”
  • “Auf mein Herz –“
  • “O Jesulein süss –“
  • “Ueber die dritte Bitte”
  • “Ein Danklied zu Gott”
  • “Ihr Gestirn’, ihr hohlen Lüfte –“
  • “Die Psyche jubilirt über die Auferstehung Jesu Christ”
  • Aus dem 119. Psalm
  • “Gottseliger Anfang des neuen Jahres”
  • “Ich steh’ an deiner krippe hier –“
  • Von den heiligen Wunden
  • “Gespräch des Engels mit Christo am Anfang seines Leidens”
  • “Zuflucht in der Anfechtung”
  • “Ave Maria zart –“
  • “Der hat gesiegt, den Gott vergnügt –“
  • “O Ewigkeit”
  • Sterbelied: “Mein Gott, ich bin bereit –“
  • Die bitt’re Leidenszeit
  • “Wie seh’ ich dich, mein Jesu, bluten –“
  • “Was hatte Jesus doch begangen –“
  • “Jesus neigt sein haupt und stirbt –“
  • “Komm Seele, Jesu Leiden –“
  • “Gehabt euch ewig wohl –“
  • “Sei nur still –“
  • “Auf, auf! zu Gottes Lob –“

Band IV:

  • “Mein junges Leben hat ein End’ –“
  • “Der am Abend Dankende”
  • Busslied
  • “Der Lobende”
  • Vom Leiden und Sterben Christi
  • “Die himmlische Begierd’ ist auch in einem armen Stand ein anmuthiger Lustgart”
  • “Magdalena weinet bei dem Grab Christi”
  • Treuer Wächter Israel
  • Weihnachtslied
  • “Die lieblichen Blicke, die Jesus mir giebt”
  • Von der Freudigkeit des Glaubens
  • Vom göttlichen Frieden
  • “Glück zu, Kreuz, von ganzem Herzen –“
  • “Seligstes Wesen, unendliche Wonne –“
  • “Die Psyche rufet Jesum in ihren Garten”
  • “Die Psyche will sonst nichts, als ihren Jesum lieben”
  • “O Jesu, mein Bräut’gam –“
  • “Ach, mein Jesu! sieh, ich trete –“
  • “O wie selig sind die Seelen –“
  • Die Psyche ladet die Wald-Vögelein zum Lobe Gottes ein
  • “Grosser Immanuel –“

Band V:

  • “Warum betrübt du dich –“
  • “Bist du bei mir –“
  • “Gieb dich zufrieden –“
  • “Wie wohl ist mir, o Freund der Seelen –“
  • “Jesu Seelenangst –“
  • “Ich halte treulich still –“
  • “O liebe Seele, zieh’ die Sinnen –“
  • “Jesu, meines Glaubens Zier –“
  • Das Gebet
  • “Die Himmel rühmen des Ewigen Ehre –“
  • Passionslied
  • Gottes Grösse in der Natur
  • Fröhliche Erwartung der Auferstehung
  • Neujahrslied
  • Jesus in Gethsemane
  • Der gestirnte Himmel
  • Der Frühling
  • “Der Tag des Weltgerichts”
  • Abendlied
  • Altes Mailied in der Bittwoche
  • “Es sungen drei Engel”
  • Todesseufzer
  • “Da Jesus in den Garten ging”
  • Das Lied vom Sterben
  • Wiegenlied der Hirten an der Krippe zu Bethlehem

Band IV:

  • Gebet zu Gott
  • Im Frühlingsanfang
  • Bitten/li>
  • Vom Tode
  • Du, dessen Augen flossen
  • Das Grab
  • Der Pilgrim
  • Petri Verleugnung
  • Hirtenlied
  • Die Hirten auf dem Felde
  • Die Seele vor der Himmelsthür
  • In’s andre Land
  • Sehnsucht nach Jesu
  • “Die arme Seel”
  • Jesus über Alles
  • Die Gestirne
  • Litanei auf das Fest aller Seelen
  • Vom Mitleiden Mariä
  • Das Marienbild
  • Pax vobiscum
  • Himmelsfunken
  • “Sei gegrüsset, schönste Blume –“
  • “Wenn ich ihn nur habe –“
  • Morgenlied
  • Geistliches Abendlied

Notes:
Many of these songs are simply arrangements of hymn tunes or folk tunes for solo voice. However, there are a number of songs, particularly in volume 6, by serious composers, including Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. This also seems to be a useful source of Christmas music arranged for solo voice and piano.

Each of the 150 songs in these volumes, when appropriate, 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.

Twelve Elizabethan Songs 1601-1610

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: Twelve Elizabethan Songs 1601-1610
Editor: Janet Dodge
Publisher: A. H. Bullen
Published: 1902

Google Books has a downloadable copy of Twelve Elizabethan Songs.

Contents:

  • Though you are young (Thomas Campion)
  • When to her lute Corinna sings (Thomas Campion)
  • Shall I come if I swim? (Thomas Campion and Philip Rosseter)
  • My love is neither young nor olde (Robert Jones)
  • Time stands still with gazing on her face (John Dowland)
  • Ye bubling springs (Thomas Greaves)
  • Dost thou withdraw thy grace? (John Danyel)
  • I dye when as I doe not see (John Danyel)
  • Doe not, O doe not prize thy beautie (Robert Jones)
  • Unconstant love (Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger)
  • Shall a frowne or angrie eye (William Corkine)
  • Sweet Cupid, ripen her desire (William Corkine)

Notes:
Each of the 12 songs 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.

4 mélodies pour chant et piano: Op. 4

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Book Title: 4 mélodies pour chant et piano: Op. 4
Composer: Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
Publisher: M. P. Belaieff, Leipzig
Copyright: 1895

Google Books has a complete version for download as a PDF file: 4 mélodies

Contents: (Songs have Russian (Cyrillic) and French texts)

  • Что в имени тебе моём? (Que vaut mon triste nom pour toi?)
  • Гонец (Le Messager)
  • В темной роще замолк соловей (Rossignols, moucherons, tout se tait)
  • Тихо вечер догорает (Soir paisible)

Notes:
Songs from 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.

Wagner Lyrics for Tenor

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Book Title: Wagner Lyrics for Tenor
Editor: Carl Armbruster
Publisher: Oliver Ditson Company
Copyright: 1904

Google Books has a downloadable copy of Wagner Lyrics for Tenor.

Contents:

  • Rienzi
    • Rienzi’s Appeal to the Romans (Rienzi’s Andrede), Act IV, No. 2
    • Rienzi’s Prayer (Rienzi’s Gebet), Act V, No. 1
  • The Flying Dutchman (Der fliegender Holländer)
    • The Steersman’s Song (Lied des Steuermanns), Act I, No. 1
    • Sailor’s Song (Matrosenlied), Act III, No. 2
    • Erik’s Cavatina (Erik’s Cavatine), Act III, No. 4
  • Tannhäuser
    • Tannhäuser’s Hymn to Venus (Tannhäuser’s Lied), Act I, Scene 2
    • The Pilgrim’s Song (Pilgerlied), Act I, Scene 3
    • Tannhäuser’s Pilgrimage (Tannhäuser’s Erzählung), Act III, Scene 3
  • Lohengrin
    • Lohengrin’s Farewell to the Swan (Schwanenlied), Act I, Scene 3
    • Lohengrin’s Appeal to Elsa (Lohengrin’s Verweis an Elsa), Act III, Scene 2
    • Lohengrin’s Warning to Elsa (Lohengrin’s Ermahnung an Elsa), Act III, Scene 2
    • Lohengrin’s Narrative (Lohengrin’s Herkunft), Act III, Scene 3
    • Lohengrin’s Departure (Lohengrin beim Abschied), Act III, Scene 3
  • Tristan and Isolda (Tristan und Isolde)
    • Tristan and Isolda’s Love Duet (Tristan und Isolde’s Lievesduett), Act II, Scene 2
    • Tristan’s Question to Isolda (Tristan’s Frage and Isolde), Act II, Scene 3
    • Tristan’s Vision (Tristan’s Traumbild), Act III, Scene 1
  • The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
    • Walter before the Master’s Guild (Walther vor der Meisterzunft), Act I, Scene 3
    • Walter’s Trial Song (Walther’s Werbegesang), Act I, Scene 3
    • David’s Song of St. John’s Day (Johanneslied David’s), Act III, Scene 1
    • Walter’s Prize Song (Walther’s Preislied), Act III, Scene 4
  • The Rhinegold (Das Rheingold)
    • Loge’s Narrative (Loge’s Erzählung), Scene 2
  • The Valkyr (Die Walküre)
    • Siegmund’s Monologue (Monolog von Siegmund), Act I, Scene 3
    • Siegmund’s Love Song (Siegmund’s Liebeslied), Act I, Scene 3
  • Siegfried
    • Siegfried Questioning Mime (Siegfried’s Frage an Mime), Act I, Scene 1
    • Siegfried’s Melting Song (Siegfried’s Schmelzlied), Act I, Scene 3
    • Siegfried’s Forging Song (Siegfried’s Schmiedelied), Act I, Scene 3
  • The Dusk of the Gods (Götterdämmerung)
    • Siegfried’s Death (Siegfried’s Tod), Act III, Scene 2
  • Parsifal
    • Parsifal’s Triumph (Parsifal’s Triumph), Act III, 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.

Site: Operatic Vocal Scores on Google Books

This is a list of the operatic vocal scores I’ve located on Google Books. It will surely be incomplete, but as of this writing, it is still difficult to single out these scores. (Besides, they will surely add new scores faster than I can find them! Nevertheless, I’ll endeavor to keep this list updated as I find more.) I am generally not including operas by composers I’ve never heard of. However, I am including some works by some lesser known composers which may be worth investigating. (I am particularly curious to hear the operettas by Edward German, who succeeded Sir Arthur Sullivan at the Savoy.)

In no particular order:

Gems of Foreign Song

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.

140 Folk-songs with Piano Accompaniment

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Book Title: 140 Folk-songs with Piano Accompaniment
Editors: Dr. Archibald T. Davison & Thomas Whitney Surette
Publisher: E. C. Schirmer Music Co.
Copyright: 1922

Google Books has a complete version for download as a PDF file: 140 Folk-songs

Preface:

The songs in this volume have been selected for the purpose of awakening and cultivating in young children the taste for the best music. It is obvious that such actual experience of music should precede instruction about it, and it is believed that singing beautiful songs by ear during the early years will not only facilitate later instruction in reading music, but will serve as a preparation for the study of pianoforte playing, violin playing, etc.

When these songs are used in schools, children who are able to read the words, should be provided with the Book of Words (No. 3 A in the Concord Series). During the last half of the third year (Grade III) the children should be provided with Book No. 3 in the Concord Series, containing the melodies of the songs without accompaniments. Simple instructions for teaching these songs are contained in that book, in which will be found also a division of the songs according to school grades. A Teachers’ Manual, with full directions for teachers, will be published shortly.

The folk-songs in this book were doubtless originally sung without accompaniments. It is desirable that children should become familiar with the beauty of these melodies, apart from any artificial support. Therefore in teaching them, no accompaniment should be used until the melodies are thoroughly learned.

Contents:

  • Adeste fideles
  • Ah! vous dirai-je, maman
  • All through the night
  • The Alphabet
  • America
  • The Apple-tree House
  • April Vacation
  • Au clair de la lune
  • Auld Lang Syne
  • Autumn Song
  • The Bells
  • Bobbie Shaftoe
  • Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
  • Butterflies
  • Caterpillar! Caterpillar!
  • The Chickadee
  • Christmas Day
  • Christmas Eve
  • Cock-a-doodle-doo!
  • Columbus Day
  • Come, Thou Almighty King
  • The Country Farmer’s Son
  • Cradle Song
  • The Cuckoo
  • Dame Tartine
  • Dancing in the Orchard
  • Early One Morning
  • Echo Song
  • The Elves’ Dance
  • En passant par la Lorraine
  • Evacuation Day
  • Evening on the River
  • An Evening Song
  • The Farmer
  • The First Noël
  • The Flag going by
  • For Patriot’s Day
  • The Fourth of July
  • A Frog he would a-wooing go
  • Giroflé, girofla
  • God, our Loving Father
  • The Golden Boat
  • Good King Wenceslas
  • Good Pierrot
  • Happy New Year!
  • Hark! the Summons
  • The Harp that once
  • The Holiday
  • Home, Sweet Home
  • How should I your true love know?
  • How wondrous and great
  • I had a little sail-boat
  • I saw three ships
  • If I were a bird
  • If I were an Elfin
  • In Heavenly Love Abiding
  • In May
  • In Memoriam
  • In the Firelight
  • It Snows in the Night
  • Jack-in-the-pulpit
  • The Journey of the Leaves
  • La Bergère
  • La Bonne Aventure
  • Ladybird
  • The Lamps of Night
  • Le Furet du Bois Joli
  • La Petit Chasseur
  • Le Pont d’Avignon
  • Le Roi d’Yvetot
  • The Light-house
  • Lincoln’s Birthday
  • The Little Boy and the Sheep
  • The Little Dustman
  • The Little Ship
  • Loch Lomond
  • Lords and Ladies
  • The Lorelei
  • Lullaby
  • The Mail-box
  • The Meeting of the Waters
  • Memorial Day
  • The Merry-go-round
  • The Merry Sportsman
  • Moon Song
  • Morning
  • Morning Song
  • My Garden of Flowers
  • My Old Kentucky Home
  • My Playmate
  • My Pony
  • New Year’s Day
  • A Night in the Woods
  • The Nightingale
  • November
  • The Nut-tree
  • Oh, come, all ye faithful
  • The Old Folks at Home
  • Old King Cole
  • The Old Man
  • The Old Woman and the Peddler
  • On a Frosty Morning
  • On a Summer Day
  • On Easter Day
  • Once, long ago
  • Our Country
  • A Picnic on the Grass
  • The Pine Tree
  • The Pine Tree Swing
  • Planting a Garden
  • Playing Ball on the Stairs
  • The Pony Ride
  • Ramène tes moutons
  • Reveille
  • Riding on the Elevated
  • The Robin
  • Robin-a-Thrush
  • A Sailing Song
  • St. Valentines Day
  • Santa Claus
  • Semons la salade
  • The Shadow
  • The Shepherdess
  • Shining Wires
  • The Shower
  • Silent Night
  • Sleep, baby, sleep
  • The Sleigh-Ride
  • Slumber Song
  • A Song for Sailors and Soldiers
  • A Song of Bread
  • Song of Praise
  • A Song of Ships
  • Song of the Sea-gull
  • The Sparrow’s Nest
  • The Strawberry Girl
  • Sunset in the City
  • The Swallows
  • Swing Song
  • The Tall Clock
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Tirra-lirra-lirra
  • Tremp’ton pain, Marie
  • The Trolley Ride
  • Valentines
  • Washington’s Birthday
  • What Child is this?
  • When Fields are White
  • Where are you going to?
  • Who are you?
  • The Wild Rose
  • The Wind
  • The Winds and the Shadows
  • Winter
  • Winter, Good-bye!
  • Winter’s Past

Notes:
This collection contains folk songs from a number of traditions. Only those in English and French are presented with original language texts. It also contains many songs which are not truly “folk songs,” but had attained a level of cultural familiarity that put them on an equal footing in that regard.

Almost all of the songs in this collection fit on one page, and can thus be useful for group singing, sightreading, or other situations in which it is helpful to limit paper usage. Also, there is a second volume with only the tunes (no piano accompaniment) which can provide another paper saving option. It can be also be downloaded from Google Books: 140 Folk-tunes

Songs from the complete volume (with piano accompaniment) 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.

One Hundred English Folksongs

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: One Hundred English Folksongs (medium voice)
Editor: Cecil J. Sharp (1859-1924)
Publisher: Oliver Ditson Company
Copyright: 1916

Google Books has a complete version for download as a PDF file: One Hundred English Folksongs

There is an extensive text preceeding the printed music with detailed notes on each song. I may at some point transcribe that and place it here.

Contents:

  • Henry Martin
  • Bruton Town
  • The knight and the shepherd’s daughter
  • Robin Hood and the Tanner
  • The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies
  • Lord Bateman
  • Barbara Ellen
  • Little Sir Hugh
  • Geordie
  • Lady Maisry
  • The outlandish knight
  • The coasts of High Barbary
  • The cruel mother
  • The golden vanity
  • Lord Thomas of Winesberry
  • The green wedding
  • The briery bush
  • Lord Rendal
  • Blow away the morning dew
  • The two magicians
  • The Duke of Bedford
  • Death and the Lady
  • The low, low lands of Holland
  • The unquiet grave, or, Cold blows the wind
  • The trees they do grow high
  • Lord Lovel
  • False Lamkin
  • Lord Thomas and the fair Ellinor
  • The death of Queen Jane
  • Farewell, Nancy
  • Sweet Kitty
  • The crystal spring
  • The seeds of love
  • The sprig of thyme
  • The cuckoo
  • Blackbirds and thrushes
  • The drowned lover
  • The sign of the Bonny Blue Bell
  • O Waly, Waly
  • Green bushes
  • Bedlam
  • The bold fisherman
  • The rambling sailor
  • Dabbling in the dew
  • The saucy sailor
  • Fanny Blair
  • Arise, arise
  • Searching for lambs
  • Green broom
  • The sweet primeroses
  • My bonny, bonny boy
  • As I walked through the meadows (First version)
  • As I walked through the meadows (Second version)
  • Erin’s lovely home
  • The true lover’s farewell
  • High Germany
  • Sweet lovely Joan
  • My boy Willie
  • Whistle, daughter, whistle
  • Mowing the barley
  • I’m seventeen come Sunday
  • The lark in the moon
  • Hares on the mountains
  • O Sally, my dear
  • Gently, Johnny, my Jingalo
  • The keys of Canterbury
  • My man John
  • O No, John!
  • The brisk young bachelor
  • Ruggleton’s daughter of Iero
  • William Taylor
  • Sweet William
  • The watchet sailor
  • Scarborough Fair
  • Brimbledon Fair, or, Young Ramble-away
  • Bridgwater Fair
  • The crabfish
  • The beggar
  • The keeper
  • The three sons
  • Jack Hall
  • Driving away at the smoothing iron
  • The robber
  • John Barleycorn
  • Poor old horse
  • Botany Bay
  • Admiral Benbow
  • Bold Nelson’s praise
  • Spanish ladies
  • The ship in distress
  • Come all you worthy Christian men
  • Wassail song
  • It’s a rosebud in June
  • A brisk young sailor
  • The sheep-shearing
  • The twelve days of Christmas
  • The Ten Commandments
  • The tree in the wood
  • The barley-mow
  • One man shall mow my meadow

Notes:
This book of folksongs has also been republished by Dover.

Songs from 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.

The Favorite Songs and Ballads of Hugo Wolf

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Book Title: The Favorite Songs and Ballads of Hugo Wolf 1860-1903
Composer: Hugo Wolf
Publisher: John Church Co.
Copyright: 1905

The low voice edition is available for download at Google Books: The Favorite Songs and Ballads of Hugo Wolf

Contents:

  • Alle gingen, Herz, sur Ruh
  • Denk’ es, o Seele!
  • Der Gärtner (Missing from Google’s copy)
  • Der Knabe und das Immlein
  • Der König bei der Krönung
  • Der Musikant
  • Der Tambour
  • Elfenlied
  • Er ist’s
  • Fussreise
  • Gebet
  • Gesang Weyla’s
  • Heimweh
  • Verborgenheit

Notes:
Each of the songs from this volume will be uploaded as song posts are created for them. (I have scanned a copy of this book, and will soon post the song missing from Google’s copy.) If you would like me to give priority to a song that is not yet posted, please let me know via the contact page.