Diversity in Vocal Music: Woman Composers

This volume offers a refreshing alternative to the many Italian Songs and Arias books geared towards young singers. It celebrates women composers who composed solo music in Italian beginning in the Late-Renaissance period. These songs, arias, and madrigals have been compiled and annotated by Nicole Leone and noted vocal pedagogue, Randi Marrazzo, whose "First Solos" volumes continually rank among our most popular vocal collections. The collection includes several songs in multiple keys to make it a great resource for all voice types.

Songs by Pauline Duchambge, Loisa Puget, Pauline Viardot, and Jane Vieu, reprinted from the original editions, published Paris, 1820-1903.

An Anthology of Latin American and Iberian art songs by Women composers including 23 songs in Spanish, Catalan, and Portuguese by five composers from Argentina, Brazil, Catalunya, Cuba, and Colombia. The book includes a bilingual introductory study presenting the composers and poets, poetry translations, and sheet music.

Medium / High Voice. Composed by Louise Heritte-Viardot, Maria Malibran de Beriot, Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821-1910), and Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979). Full score.

Two volumes for Low Voice and High Voice

Auf dem Land und in der Stadt / Anna Amalla, Herzogin von Sachsen-Welmar -- Three Browning songs, op. 44 ; The year's at the spring ; Ah, love, but a day! ; I send my heart up to thee / Amy Cheney Beach -- Reflets / Lili Boulanger -- Le couteau / Nadia Boulanger -- Per la piu vaga e bella (Aria of the shepherd) / Francesca Caccini -- Ecrin ; Mignonne ; Mots d'amour / Cecille Chaminade -- Povero cur tu palpiti ; La speranza al cor mi dice / Isabella Colbran -- Fruhling ; Morgenstandchen ; Nachtwanderer ; Suleika ; Warum sind denn du Rosen so blass / Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel -- A trianon / Augusta Holmes -- Velvet shoes / Mary Howe -- Den Abschied schnell genommen ; Ob ich manchmal Dein gedenke / Josephine Lang -- There are fairies at the bottom of our garden / Liza Lehmann -- Bei dir ist es traut ; Ich wandle unter Blumen ; Laue Sommernacht ; Die stille Stadt / Alma Schindler Mahler -- Les brigands ; La voix qui dit:Je t'aime / Maria Felicita Malibran -- Columbine ; L'heure exquise ; Poldowski (Lady Dean Paul) -- Se non plange un infelice ; Unruhiger Schlaf / Louise Reichardt -- An den Abendstern / Corona Schroter -- Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen ; Ihr Bildnis ; Liebst du um Schonheit ; Lorelei ; Mein Stern / Clara Schumann -- Spesso per entro apetto / Barbara Strozzi -- Die Beschworung ; Les filles de Cadix ; Fleur dessechee / Pauline Viardot -- La belle au bois dormant / Jane Vieu -- Aus Faust ; Ein Stern de Lieb' am Himmelslauf / Bettine von Arnim.

Three Books:
Book 1. Ritournelle ; Madrigal ; Les rêves ; L'idéal ; Voisinage ; La fiancée du soldat ; Plaintes d'amour
Book 2. Rêve d'un soir ; Tu me dirais ; Chanson slave ; Auprès de ma vie ; Nice-la-belle ; Fleur jetèe
Book 3. Amour d'automne ; Souhait ; Colette ; L'absente ; L'anneau d'argent ; Amoroso ; Sur la plage.

Three Books:
Book 1. Ritournelle ; Madrigal ; Les rêves ; L'idéal ; Voisinage ; La fiancée du soldat ; Plaintes d'amour
Book 2. Rêve d'un soir ; Tu me dirais ; Chanson slave ; Auprès de ma vie ; Nice-la-belle ; Fleur jetèe
Book 3. Amour d'automne ; Souhait ; Colette ; L'absente ; L'anneau d'argent ; Amoroso ; Sur la plage.

Romance de Claudine : WV 5 ; Chanson des bergeres : WV 6 ; Romance de Galatee : WV 7 ; Romance de Celestine : WV 8 ; Isidore : WV 9 ; Nemorin : WV 11 ; Zoraide : WV 12 ; C'en est fait : WV 13 ; Annette : WV 14 ; Serenade de Cortez : WV 15 ; Unique objet de ma tendresse : WV 16 / Jean Pierre Claris de Florian -- L'Amitie : WV 21 ; C'est une larme : WV 23 / autor unbekannt -- Nemorin II : WV 31 ; Le rocher des deux amants : WV 32 / Jean Pierre Claris de Florian -- La fuite inutile : WV 34 / autor unbekannt -- Au bord d'une fontaine : WV 35 / Jean Bertaut -- Mon coeur soupire : WV 52 / autor unbekannt.

High Voice and Piano
Schwanenlied • Wanderlied • Warum Sind Denn Die Rosen so Blass • Mayenlied • Morgenständchen • Condellied • Nachtwanderer • Erwin • Frühling • Du Bst Die Ruh • Bitte • Dein ist Mein Herz.

This volume of songs by the German singer and composer Schröter includes three from her 1786 collection, Fünf und Zwanzig Lieder; and five from her 1794 publication, Gesaenge mit Begleitung des Fortepiano. With an introduction and non-singing English translations of the texts.

Famous in her lifetime as a singer, Viardot was also an active composer of over 200 songs. The twelve songs in this collection demonstrate Viardot's facility both in the vocal writing as well as the piano which is given equal treatment. The songs are indicated for soprano, mezzo, alto and baritone but may easily be adapted for any medium voice

Attente
Dans L'immense Tristes
Le Retour
Reflets

This edition of Viardot-Garcia's vocal works in Spanish for voice and piano sheds light, not only on this intellectual diva, singing professional and composer; but also on Pauline García, the Spaniard who never forgot her roots. García added these roots - cultivated, idealized and used as an added value to her vocal compositions - to the compositional contributions of her father Manuel García, and her sister, María Malibran.