20th / 21st Century Song Collections

With texts written by Hila Plitmann and inspired by a reunion of musician friends in Germany, each song in this suite is a poetic postcard that captures every lush, romantic moment in full. Originally

A cycle of songs for mezzo-soprano and piano set on texts by Marilyn Kallet. Also included in Cipullo's collection Songs for Mezzo-Soprano. Titles include: Why I Wear My Hair Long; Saying

Emily Dickinson's nature–inspired text has sparked the creativity of many song writers. This newly engraved 2020 version of Perera song cycle is available for mezzo-soprano with piano or with

This song cycle is, in part, a mediation on what it means to be a mortal being who exists in time. The first and last movements each present a different take on looking back, and the cycle moves backward in

Termed a "dramatic song cycle," by the composer, the singer portrays five roles (4 male, 1 female) in this 25 minute monodrama. The libretto is sometimes spoken, more often sung, and distills what was a

A solo art song for mezzo-soprano and piano on a poem by John Boyle O'Reilly. Also included in Cipullo's collection Songs for Mezzo-Soprano. 

Art song composer Juliana Hall wrote this monodrama as a gift for admired English mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately. Godiva is based on the legendary Lady Godiva and sets a libretto by Caitlin Vincent.

From the song cycle The Land of Nod, this stand-out selection makes a fabulous showpiece for mezzo-soprano and piano. Poet Alice Wirth Gray provides a quirky commentary on this fairy tale,

Comprising six short movements, this setting of Caitlin Vincent's text expresses raw and shifting emotions in a dramatic setting for soprano that allows direct communication from singer to audience without

Hall's song setting for soprano voice and alto saxophone of the famous Wallace Stevens poem is composed in 13 short parts, each a brief performance at one of the 13 stops along the Wallace Stevens Walk in

William Carpenter's prose poem expresses the longing of a group of widows as they reunite with their husbands in memory. This musical setting for soprano and baritone duet with flute, viola, and piano

Composed in 1989, one of Hall's earliest compositions, this collection of ten short songs on children's poetry by the great English poet Walter de la Mare is fanciful, charming, humorous, endearing,

A comedic poem by Vachel Lindsay set in a delightful and spirited manner offers much fun for the singer (and pianist!) and audience alike. In a similar manner to Rossini's Comic Duet for Two Cats,

On a text by Tim Hopkins, this song was commissioned in 2014 by the Welsh National Opera, Ffilm Cymru Wales and The Space as part of WNO's Occupation: Five Songs That Shook the World. It was first

Tom Cipullo continues to add to the canon of modern art songs. The works in this volume for mezzo-soprano and piano were all composed between 1999 and 2006. Glances is a setting of six brief,

A stand-alone art song for mezzo-soprano and piano on a text by Linda Pastan. Also included in Cipullo's collection Songs for Mezzo-Soprano.

A set of seven songs based on texts by Polish poet Agata Tuszynska for mezzo-soprano and piano. Also included in Cipullo's collection Songs for Mezzo-Soprano. Titles include: Echo; Impossible;

A 30-minute dramatic song cycle for soprano, baritone, and piano with brilliant and witty texts by Mark Twain, this four-movement work is both whimsical and deeply moving. The narrative expresses the

Commissioned by musicians Richard Lee and Karen Lerner as a gift for their daughter, soprano Katherine Lerner Lee, this art song was premiered in Katherine's master's degree recital at the Bard College

The third volume of songs by one of the leading composers of American art song. Cipullo's vocal works continue to garner attention and performances worldwide. This collection includes the set of songs

Singer Molly Fillmore commissioned Hall to compose songs based on six of her own poems, each poem being a poetic illumination of a lesser-known woman visual artist. Their names are also the song titles: