Songs for Soprano

chronologically by year of composition

Author's Alphabetical Index

 

Three Cummings Songs - (2007)  E. E. Cummings 

    for soprano and piano

 

Wie nah? - (2006)  Rachel Harnisch

for soprano and piano

 

Music - (2006)   Walter de la Mare 

    high voice and piano

 

Fantaisies Décoratives - (2006)  Oscar Wilde 

for soprano and piano

    i.      Le Panneau

    ii.     Les Ballons

 

Everyman - (2006) Tennessee Williams

for soprano and piano

 

Trois Chansons de Gide - (2006) André Gide

for soprano, tenor or baritone voice and piano

    i.    Si le jour est passé

    ii.    À mes côtés, il est venu s'asseoir

    iii.    Lumière! ma lumière!

 

Vier Lieder von Else Lasker-Schüler (2005)
for soprano and piano
    i.     Nun schlummert meine Seele -- 
    ii.    Ich träume so leise von Dir 
    iii.   Weltende 
    iv.   Versöhnung

 

October - (2005) Robert Frost

for soprano or mezzo soprano and piano

 

Two Simple Songs - (2005) Virginia Bachlund 

for soprano or mezzo soprano and piano

    i.    Renaissance

    ii.   A Seeking Heart

 

Four Seasons -  (2005) Anton Gill

for soprano or mezzo soprano and piano

    i.    Summer

    ii.   Autumn

    iii.   Winter

    iv.   Spring

 

this is the garden - (2005) E. E. Cummings

for soprano and piano

 

God's Bottles - (2005) Leaflet Issued by the National Women's Christian Temperance Union (n. d.)

for soprano or mezzo soprano and piano

 

From Cautionary Tales for Children - (2005) Hilaire Belloc

for mezzo soprano or soprano and piano

    i.     Henry King

    ii.    Matilda (who told such dreadful lies)

    iii.   George (The boy who played with dangerous toys)

 

In My Grave - (2005) Frances Ginzer
for soprano and piano

 

little man (2004) E. E. Cummings
for soprano and piano

 

Drei Lieder von Hugo von Hofmannsthal - (2003)
for soprano and piano
    i.     Regen in der Dämmerung
    ii.    Wolken
    iii.   Sturmnacht

 

To the States - (2003) Walt Whitman
from "Inscriptions" in "Leaves of Grass"
for soprano or tenor and piano

 

At tea - (2003) Thomas Hardy
soprano or mezzo soprano and piano 

 

Chanson des escargot qui vont à l'enterrement - (2003) Jacques Prévert
for soprano and piano

 

"Calico Pie" and Other Nonsense - (2002) Edward Lear
for soprano and piano 
    i.     Calico Pie
    ii.    An Old Man with a Beard
    iii.   The Duck and the Kangaroo
    iv.   Eyes
    v.    The Daddy Long-Legs and the Fly
    vi.   The Birds Sat Upon It
    vii.  The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
    viii. An Old Lady
    ix.   The Jumblies

 

Der gute Hirte - (2002) Psalm 23 in translation by Martin Luther 
for soprano, mezzo soprano or baritone and organ

 

Der grosse und der kleine Hund - (2001) Matthias Claudius
for soprano and piano

 

Four Songs of Gerard Manley Hopkins - (1999)     YR1534
for soprano and piano 
    i.     Pied Beauty
    ii.    God's Grandeur
    iii.   Spring
    iv.   To Call Thee Love

 

From the Song of Songs - (1998) Bible Texts edited by Julie Dalton Williamson
for soprano or mezzo soprano and piano
    i.     I am black, but comely
    ii.    My Love
    iii.   I am sick with love
    iv.   Return!
    v.   A Seal Upon Your Heart

 

Drei einfache Lieder von Theodor Storm - (1996)
for soprano or mezzo soprano and piano / soprano or mezzo soprano and strings and harp 
    i.     Bittersüß (Præludium)
    ii.    Noch einmal
    iii.   Zwischen mir und dir
    iv.   Tag

 

Lausn - (1995) Pétúrsson
for high soprano and piano (or organ)
    i.         Sungið, sagt og ted 
    ii.        Þurfamaður 
    iii.      Daglega
    iv.      Lofa pinn guð

 

Kein Elend  - (1995) Wolfgang Johann Goethe
for soprano and piano 

 

o by the by - (1991) E. E. Cummings
for soprano and piano

 

Love Songs of Dorothy Parker - (1990) 
for soprano or mezzo soprano and piano 
    i.     Two-Volume Novel
    ii     Pictures in the Smoke
    iii.   General Review of the Sex Situation
    iv.   Theory
    v.    Symptom Recital

 

wanta spend six dollars kid - (1985) E. E. Cummings
for high soprano and piano 

 

chansons innocentes (1923) - (1984) E. E. Cummings      YR1516
for soprano or mezzo soprano and piano
    i.     in Just --
    ii.    hist whist
    iii.   Tumbling-hair

 

Daybreak from "Cannery Row" - (1983) John Steinbeck
for soprano and piano