Classical Vocal Sheet Music

A setting of five late poems by Friedrich Hölderlin written under his pseudonym Scardanelli. Described by the composer as Cantata for mezzo soprano and piano, the 20-minute piece explores the full ran...

Composed for Jane Manning and Barry Guy for an Arts Council Tour with the first performance on 7th December 1972. The words are from ‘To His Coy Mistress,’ by Andrew Marvell.

The Last Invocation is a song cycle for high voice and piano which sets text by great American poet Walt Whitman. It was commissioned by The Richard Hall Trust and first performed at the Elgar Festiva...

For Mezzo-soprano and piano, 'Waka is a song cycle in five parts based on translations of Japanese Waka poetry. The brief, elliptical poems are mostly single sentences, about stylised subject matter a...

A rarely performed gem, this 1952 one-act comic opera by Malcolm Arnold is adapted from William Wycherley’s ‘The Gentleman Dancing Master. The plot follows the heroine, Miranda and her two suitors: a...

The five song set the texts As I pass at dusk (Robert Kent), The day is gone (John Keats), Carol (C Day Lewis), Come live with me (C Day Lewis), and To my brother (Siegfried Sassoon). Also available f...

The song At the Court of the Poisoned Rose was commissioned by the countertenor, James Huw-Jeffries. It is based upon a long prose poem by the Scottish poetess Marion Angus (1866-1946). Published unde...

Twelve songs from Handels' Oratorios, edited by Alberto Randegger for Soprano.

This volume for High voice. Edited by Gerald Cooper.

Immerse yourself in the rich world of classical vocal music with "15 Songs and Airs (Set 1)", expertly edited by Gerald Cooper and published by the renowned Novello Publishing. This exquisite sheet mu...

Discover a musical gem for high voices: "15 Songs and Airs Set 2", published by the renowned Novello Publishing, offers sopranos and tenors an exquisite repertoire brimming with expressive beauty. Car...

Discover the timeless beauty of classical vocal music with "15 Songs and Airs Set 2". Carefully edited by Gerald Cooper for lower voice – contralto or tenor – and piano accompaniment, this exquisite s...

Grand opera in three acts for unaccompanied solo soprano singing eight roles. This work was commissioned by Jane Manning, and first performed by her 17 May 1979. Duration: c. 10 minutes.

For Tenor (or Soprano) and Piano. Scotch Minstrelsy is a song cycle comprising settings of five Scottish ballads whose subject matter is almost exclusively violent happenings which take place against...

An album containing fifteen superb songs by Armstrong Gibbs, one of the greatest of English song-writers. Singers will welcome this anthology, which celebrates the mastery of Gibbs' word-setting, with...

These Schumann songs, set to poems by Heinrich Heine, are a deeply psychological and disturbing journey, as they reflect more often than not the bitterness of unrequited love. The most cheerful songs...

Traditional English carol, arranged and extended by Giles Swayne. Traditional words, and new words by Giles Swayne.

This one minute piece for voice and piano is a poignant and beautiful setting to Sister Mary Madeleva's text from her American Twelfth Night and Other Poems.

Thea Musgrave’s Two Songs were written for baritone and piano on texts by Ezra Pound.

This work, When Christ Was Born of Mary Free, sets the words of a traditional carol dating from the 15th century sensitively in D minor for the verse, moving to a more joyous F for the Chorus. Darke's...