20th / 21st Century Song Collections

The poetry of Emily Dickinson is especially appealing due to the wide range of topics, diversity of mood, and peculiar imagination of the poet. The writings are reflective, passionate, witty, sensuous,

Letters from Edna presents eight letters sent by the great American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay to members of her family, friends, and business associates. The letters describe the people Millay

The title of the song cycle A World Turned Upside Down comes from an entry in "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank, reflecting the sense she felt of her world being upturned when suddenly the

This collection of Argentinean tangos for either high voice or medium-low voice and piano offers a cross section of tango across the ages, from the beginnings through the Gardel era, the golden age and

Originally conceived as a set, this collection of songs is based on the writings of Willa Cather and Carl Sandburg. The Sandberg texts are all excerpted from the poem Prairie and fill in the

Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) dedicated his "Cien Sonetos de Amor" to his wife, and it remains among the world's most revered collections of love poems. Among these hundred poems is the gorgeous

Emily Dickinson has her tongue firmly in her cheek in these three poems. There is serious purpose under the lyrics, but the surface is pure wordplay. She juggles the terms “forgetting” and

Composed as a wedding gift for friends, Walker chose texts that are mostly 19th-century poems, each exploring love and perpetuity from its own unique lens. Perfect as a set, though each piece works well by

This atmospheric setting of words from Shakespeare's As You Like It is sprightly and uplifting, with the singer being asked to perform with "a bit of frost and a knowing smile." Musically it

A short song cycle using an unaccompanied solo soprano to vocalize the fanciful and magical poems of E.E. Cummings with glissandi, whistling, ghostly whispered notes and long melismas drawing out the sounds

A collection of four songs for high voice and piano, these 'Wing' songs are inspired by the many characters of birds portrayed in poetry and folksongs. The tiny swallow is a mournful bird, weeping in

Renowned pianist, opera coach, conductor, teacher, and writer Kathleen Kelly commissioned composer Juliana Hall to set her poem "Tornado" as an art song, which was premiered by soprano Caitlin Lynch with

Patti's unexpected and often humorous experiences riding the DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) were chronicled online and eventually discovered by the composer. Inspired by Patti's pithy, sarcastic, and

Also known as the Song of the White Cheese, this song may be performed in German or with an English translation by Michael Feingold. Published here for the first time, this piece was composed in

This volume contains Heitor Villa-Lobos' music for soprano and piano taken from the editions in the Eschig catalog. The original engravings are reproduced, giving musicians a valuable record of how these

O Mistress Mine follows a narrative arc illuminating the ever-changing nature of love, from the time we first encounter it as youths to our awareness as we age of its many varying qualities.

Written for Jun Mo Yang, a young tenor studying in the graduate Vocal Arts Program at the Bard Conservatory, this piece fulfilled his class assignment to seek out repertoire from a living composer whose

A song cycle for mezzo-soprano comprised of five songs based on texts from Marie Howe's book, What the Living Do. The texts are plain spoken, and the music sets the lyrics intimately and expressively. Songs

Seven modern French art songs for soprano or mezzo-soprano with piano accompaniment. Contents: Nuit d'Etoiles; Il Pleure Dans Mon Coeur; Les Rodeurs de Nuit; Elegie; Au Bord de l'Eau; Les Cloches;

Inspired by Clara Schumann's setting of Heinrich Heine's text in Sie liebten sich beide (Op. 13, No. 2), this modern original setting seeks to maintain the simplicity, structure, clarity and

Based on six poems by American poet Billy Collins, these songs offer gentle, colorful, and playful glimpses into a narrator's past experiences taking piano lessons. This lighthearted song cycle possesses

Inspired by the great classical song cycles that use poetry about nature, Sara Teasdale's text provides descriptive poetry that Esenvalds sets beautifully and expressively. The phrases are short, which

A collection of seven English art songs for vocal study for high, medium, and low voices. Invocation, for high voice, sets a poem by Stephen Vincent Benet from "John Brown's Body." In the Pale

Set on texts of love by Elie H. Haddad, this song cycle explores the the love story of the writer and his wife during their courtship. The composer sets the lyrics with artistry, playfulness and emotion to