Master Vocal Series - LudwigMasters

Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884-1920) wrote these settings of three poems by Fiona MacLeod in 1918. These early songs by Griffes have often been difficult to obtain, so this edition is most welcome.

Composed from December 1887 to March 1889, these five beautiful and highly developed vocal pieces are in the style of Wagner's popular Tristan und Isolde. Reflectively passionate and somber, with the...

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) composed a song in 1915 titled Österreischischer Soldatenabschied (Austrian Soldier's Song of Farewell) for the Austrian War Relief Fund. This work inspired the set...

Songs: 1. For Me the Jasmine Buds (text by Florence Earle Coates), 2. Ecstasy (text by the composer), 3. Golden Gates (text author unknown, though it was published in a journal called "Our Dumb Animal...

These eight songs by Italian composer Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936), drawn from several of his song collections, are written for high voice and combine old-world Italian sensitivity with modern harmon...

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) composed his cycle of songs entitled GIPSY SONGS, Op. 55, in 1880 four the outstanding German tenor Gustav Walter, who premiered them at his recital in Vienna on February 4,...

Composed in 1913-1914, this collection of thirteen songs sets poems by Francis Jammes from "Tristesses" (1905) for high voice and piano. Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) directed that, "all of these melodie...

This collection of songs by Arnold Schönberg is available from the publisher in five volumes. Included in Volume 1: Two Songs, Op. 1 (1. Dank; 2. Abschied); Four Songs, Op. 2 (1. Erwartung; 2. Schenk...

This collection of songs by Arnold Schönberg is available from the publisher in five volumes. Included in Volume 2: Six Songs, Op. 3 (1. Wie Georg von Frundsberg von sich selber sang (from "Das Knaben...

George Butterworth (1885-1916), an English composer whose life was cut short at the Battle of the Somme, wrote two song cycles based on A SHROPSHIRE LAD, a collection of 63 poems by A.E. Housman. The...

An outstanding collection of 5 arias from Haydn's operas Le Pescatrici (Cavatina), La Canterini (Gasparina's Aria), L'Infedelta Delusa (Sandrina's Aria), Le Pescatrici (Eurilda's Aria), and Il Mondo D...

This collection of songs by Arnold Schönberg is available from the publisher in five volumes. Included in Volume 5: Two Ballads, Op. 12 (1. Jane Grey; 2. Der verlorene Haufen); Two Songs, Op. 14 (1. I...

Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951) composed his String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10 in 1908 during a troubled time in his life. While the work includes the dedication "to my wife," his wife Mathilde was engaged in...

L'horizon chimerique Op. 118 is a four movement song cycle for voice and piano. It is based on four poems from the collection of the same name by French poet Jean de La Ville de Mirmont. This piece pr...

Edvard Grieg's (1843-1907) Haugtussa (The Mountain Maid), Op. 67, the only song cycle that Grieg ever produced, sets eight of the poems from Norwegian writer Arne Garborg to music. Haugtussa tells the...

These three early (1891) songs by the great American composer, Amy Beach (1867-1944), are settings of texts by Robert Burns: 1. Wilt Thou Be My Dearie?, 2. Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon, and 3. My...

These four early (1891) songs by the great American composer, Amy Beach (1867-1944), are settings of texts by Walter Learned (The Summer Wind), Jules de Rességuier (Le Secret), T. B. Aldrich (Sweethea...

These two songs by the great American composer, Amy Beach (1867-1944), are based on text by Louis Zacharias. Songs include: 1. Grossmütterchen / With Granny and 2. Der Totenkranz / The Children's Than...

This collection of art songs by French composer Léo Delibes (1836-1891) was first published in 1887. The publisher has broken the collection into two volumes. French text. Reprint edition. Book 1: 1....

Reprint edition of Four Poems for Voice, Viola and Piano (Quatre poèmes pour voix, alto et piano), Op. 5, written by Charles Martin Loeffler (1861-1935) and published in 1904. The first poem was writt...

This version of ON WENLOCK EDGE was composed in 1912 and based upon the original song cycle composed in 1909 by Ralph Vaughan Williams for tenor, piano and string quartet. The cycle comprises settings...