Classical Vocal Sheet Music

This poem by John Keats has been set into a cycle of eight songs for baritone and piano which was commissioned by Suzie Kovner for her husband Bruce in commemoration of his 65th birthday. Songs includ...

Experience "Muttertändelei op. 43, No. 2", an enchanting masterpiece of the vocal repertoire, presented in a high-quality sheet music edition by Richard Birnbach Musikverlag. As the second piece from...

Theatre Solos for beginning singers. Arranged for Mezzo Soprano and Alto.

The work is here arranged for performance by soprano and organ (or strings and organ continuo), with or without solo trumpet, in the slightly lower key of C major. The orchestral score and instrumenta...

This entertaining three-part arrangement of the popular sea shanty was written for Cambiata North West. The humorous lyrics are complemented by a jovial piano accompaniment and the piece includes seve...

The work is here arranged for performance by soprano and organ (or strings and organ continuo), with or without solo trumpet, in the slightly lower key of C major. The orchestral score and instrumenta...

With 'Three Songs after Schubert', published by the renowned Oxford University Press, you will discover a fascinating vocal work that masterfully bridges tradition and modernity. Originally commission...

Margaret Songs are a collection of three songs of Margaret Elliot, a character in Libby Larsen's chamber opera, Eric Hermannson's Soul, based on a short story of Willa Cather. It charts one woman's em...

Discover the joy of singing with "The ABRSM Songbook Plus Grade 1", published by the renowned ABRSM Publishing! This carefully curated collection for voice and piano is the ideal companion for beginne...

Discover the joy of singing with "The ABRSM Songbook Plus Grade 2", published by the renowned ABRSM Publishing! This carefully curated collection for voice and piano is the ideal choice for both young...

Discover the joy of singing with "The ABRSM Songbook Plus Grade 4"! Published by the prestigious ABRSM Publishing, this carefully curated collection provides aspiring vocalists with an inspiring and v...

Take your vocal performance to the next level with The ABRSM Songbook Plus Grade 5! Published by the prestigious ABRSM Publishing, this inspiring volume presents a first-class, carefully curated selec...

Known above all for his operas, such as Manon (1884), Werther (1892) and Thaïs (1894), Jules Massenet (1842-1912) also left nearly 300 art songs for voice and piano or orchestral accompaniment. Most o...

Refus (1901) It was not until its publication on the 12th of January 1901 in Le Figaro that Refus was acknowledged to be one of Massenet's works. However, it marked the beginning of an interesting but...

Massenet composed Amoureux d'une étoile in August 1911, just one year before his death on the 13th of August 1912. The poem comes from a collection by Vice Admiral Eugène de Jonquières (1850-1919),...

The composer, known for his power of seduction, thus put his work at the service of his public image. He needed the press which, in turn, wished to benefit from his assistance, so much so that his pop...

Already practised in the salons of the second half of the 18th century, the genre of the romance experienced an unprecedented vogue under the Empire and then the Restoration. Defined in Jean-Jacques R...

These poetic 'collages' were born from a freedom left to words to arrange themselves in images, almost without the assent of thought. I say 'almost'. In this field, regardless of what one might allege...

Contrary to my custom, I decided to bring together in this cahier songs set to poems by three different writers. Their date of composition, which provides this (false) semblance of title, would certai...

I came to Reverdy late - I was already in my twenties - through two verses from Les Ardoises du toit, that I happened to be leafing through by chance at a friend's home: 'The last belltower still stan...

In the preface to my Trois Poèmes de Supervielle, recently published by Symétrie, I describe his poetry as 'familiar, peaceful and reassuring', deeming it 'faithful to all stages of our life'. But I d...

I can never repeat too often how much my taste in poetry - a certain kind of poetry - is indebted to Georges Schehadé. After a childhood carpeted with Victor Hugo's alexandrines, and an adolescence in...

Only seven secular compositions of his larger musical output have survived. Despite the small sample size, Pierre Fontaine's songs exhibit an originality and beauty that foreshadowed those of his famo...