Song List
Over 320 melodies (158 main + 168 extra). Click a highlighted title to view song details.
| No. | Title | Source | Composer | Key | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ex. 1-1 | Le héros que j'attends | Alceste (LWV 50) | Jean-Baptiste Lully | C/Am | 3/4 |
| Ex. 1-2 | Oiseaux, si tous les ans | (K.307) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | C/Am | 2/4 |
| Ex. 1-3 | Do not tempt me | Mikhail Glinka | C/Am | 4/4 | |
| Ex. 1-4 | O Rest in the lord | Elijah (Op. 70) | Felix Mendelssohn | C/Am | 4/4 |
| Ex. 1-5 | Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass? | 6 Lieder (Op. 1) | Fanny Mendelssohn | C/Am | 6/8 |
| Ex. 1-6 | Mutter, o sing’ mich zur Ruh’! | 6 Gesänge (Op. 10) | Robert Franz | C/Am | 3/8 |
| Ex. 1-7 | Le papillon et la fleur | 2 Songs (Op. 1) | Gabriel Fauré | C/Am | 6/8 |
| Ex. 1-8 | Nachtwandler | 6 Lieder (Op.86) | Johannes Brahms | C/Am | 3/4 |
| Ex. 1-9 | Madrigal | Cécile Chaminade | C/Am | 2/4 | |
| Ex. 1-10 | Der Scholar | Eichendorff Lieder | Hugo Wolf | C/Am | 4/4 |
| Ex. 1-11 | Chanson à boire | Don Quichotte à Dulcinée (M.84) | Maurice Ravel | C/Am | 3/4 |
| Ex. 2-1 | Lascia ch'io pianga (Aria) | Rinaldo (HWV 7b) | George Frideric Handel | F/Dm | 3/4 |
| Ex. 2-2 | Wie unglücklich bin ich nit | (K.147) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | F/Dm | 4/4 |
| Ex. 2-3 | Ständchen | Schwanengesang (D.957) | Franz Schubert | F/Dm | 3/4 |
| Ex. 2-4 | Abschied | 6 Lieder (Op.13) | Josephine Lang | F/Dm | 2/4 |
| Ex. 2-5 | An einem lichten Morgen | 6 Lieder (Op. 23) | Clara Schumann | F/Dm | 4/4 |
| Ex. 2-6 | Sérénade | (CG 437) | Charles Gounod | F/Dm | 6/8 |
| Ex. 2-7 | The Skipper and his Boy | Virginia Gabriel | F/Dm | 6/8 | |
| Ex. 2-8 | Lydia | 2 Songs (Op. 4) | Gabriel Fauré | F/Dm | 4/4 |
| Ex. 2-9 | Aubade | 3 Songs (Op. 6) | Gabriel Fauré | F/Dm | 12/8 |
| Ex. 2-10 | Sylvie | 3 Songs (Op. 6) | Gabriel Fauré | F/Dm | 3/4 |
| Ex. 2-11 | Chanson d'amour | 2 Songs (Op.27) | Gabriel Fauré | F/Dm | 4/4 |
| Ex. 2-12 | A sereia | Chiquinha Gonzaga | F/Dm | 6/8 | |
| Ex. 2-13 | Chanson d'amour | Chansons de Shakespeare (Op. 28) | Ernest Chausson | F/Dm | 2/4 |
| Ex. 2-14 | The Bird and the Rose | Amy Horrocks | F/Dm | 4/4 | |
| Ex. 2-15 | When Yesterday We Met | 15 Romances (Op. 26) | Sergei Rachmaninoff | F/Dm | 4/8 |
| Ex. 2-16 | Roister Doister | Peterisms, Set II | Peter Warlock | F/Dm | 6/8 |
| Ex. 3-1 | Let us dance, let us sing | Dioclesian (Z.627) | Henry Purcell | G/Em | 3/4 |
| Ex. 3-2 | Zärtliche Liebe | (WoO 123) | Ludwig van Beethoven | G/Em | 2/4 |
| Ex. 3-3 | Życzenie | Polish Songs (Op. 74) | Frédéric Chopin | G/Em | 3/4 |
| Ex. 3-4 | Mayenlied | 6 Lieder (Op. 1) | Fanny Mendelssohn | G/Em | 3/4 |
| Ex. 3-5 | Der engel | Wesendonck Lieder (WWV 91) | Richard Wagner | G/Em | 4/4 |
| Ex. 3-6 | Chanson | 6 Nouvelles mélodies | Clémence de Grandval | G/Em | 2/4 |
| Ex. 3-7 | Hymne | 3 Songs (Op. 7) | Gabriel Fauré | G/Em | 6/8 |
| Ex. 3-8 | Élégie | (DO 183) | Jules Massenet | G/Em | 4/4 |
| Ex. 3-9 | Chanson d'ophélia | Chansons de Shakespeare (Op. 28) | Ernest Chausson | G/Em | 6/8 |
| Ex. 3-10 | Mandoline | 5 Melodies (Op. 58) | Gabriel Fauré | G/Em | 4/4 |
| Ex. 3-11 | Pavane pour une infante défunte (edited) | (M. 19) | Maurice Ravel | G/Em | 4/4 |
| Ex. 4-1 | Le Violette | Pirro e Demetrio (IAS 251) | Domenico Scarlatti | B♭/Gm | 4/4 |
| Ex. 4-2 | The Wanderer | (Hob. XXVIa:32) | Joseph Haydn | B♭/Gm | 3/4 |
| Ex. 4-3 | Wasser und Wein | 6 Lieder (Op.6) | Johanna Kinkel | B♭/Gm | 2/4 |
| Ex. 4-4 | O ma belle rebelle | 6 Mélodies (ICG 101) | Charles Gounod | B♭/Gm | 2/4 |
| Ex. 4-5 | In meinem Garten die Nelken | 12 Gesänge (Op.1) | Robert Franz | B♭/Gm | 6/8 |
| Ex. 4-6 | Sie liebten sich beide | 6 Lieder (Op.13) | Clara Schumann | B♭/Gm | 6/8 |
| Ex. 4-7 | Schwanenlied | 6 Lieder (Op.1) | Fanny Mendelssohn | B♭/Gm | 6/8 |
| Ex. 4-8 | Barcarolle | 3 Songs (Op. 7) | Gabriel Fauré | B♭/Gm | 6/8 |
| Ex. 4-9 | Danse de la Fée-Dragée | the Nutcracker (Op.71a) | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | B♭/Gm | 4/4 |
| Ex. 4-10 | Sur la plage | Cécile Chaminade | B♭/Gm | 3/4 | |
| Ex. 4-11 | Orientale | Kaleidoscope (Op.50) | César Cui | B♭/Gm | 6/8 |
| Ex. 4-12 | Chanson de la Mariée | 5 Greek Folk Songs (IMR 26) | Maurice Ravel | B♭/Gm | 2/4 |
| Ex. 4-13 | If I were a bird, I would sing all day. | 5 Little Love Songs | Liza Lehmann | B♭/Gm | 6/8 |
| Ex. 4-14 | Sleep, Weary Heart | Ethel Barns | B♭/Gm | 4/4 | |
| Ex. 5-1 | Et Exultavit | Magnificat in D major (BWV 243) | Johann Sebastian Bach | D/Bm | 3/8 |
| Ex. 5-2 | Der Liebende | (WoO 139) | Ludwig van Beethoven | D/Bm | 6/8 |
| Ex. 5-3 | An die Musik | (D.547) | Franz Schubert | D/Bm | 4/4 |
| Ex. 5-4 | An meine Zither | 6 Lieder (Op. 4) | Emilie Zumsteeg | D/Bm | 6/8 |
| Ex. 5-5 | Wanderlied | 6 Lieder (Op.1) | Fanny Mendelssohn | D/Bm | 4/8 |
| Ex. 5-6 | Das ist ein Tag, der klingen mag | 6 Lieder (Op.23) | Clara Schumann | D/Bm | 6/8 |
| Ex. 5-7 | Amidst a Noisy Ball | 6 Romances (Op.38) | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | D/Bm | 3/8 |
| Ex. 5-8 | Romance | 2 Romances (L. 79) | Claude Debussy | D/Bm | 4/4 |
| Ex. 5-9 | Si mes vers avaient des ailes | Reynaldo Hahn | D/Bm | 4/4 | |
| Ex. 5-10 | After Sunset | 3 Moods of the Sea (IES 7) | Ethel Smyth | D/Bm | 2/2 |
| Ex. 5-11 | 127. New Hungarian Folk Song | Mikrokosmos (BB 105) | Bartók Béla | D/Bm | 4/4 |
| Ex. 6-1 | Bist du bei mir | Diomedes (IGS 20) | Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel | E♭/Cm | 3/4 |
| Ex. 6-2 | On s'étonnerait moins que la saison nouvelle | Armide (Wq. 45) | Christoph Willibald Gluck | E♭/Cm | 3/4 |
| Ex. 6-3 | An Maria | 7 Lieder | Louise Reichardt | E♭/Cm | 4/4 |
| Ex. 6-4 | Aus den östlichen Rosen | Myrthen (Op. 25) | Robert Schumann | E♭/Cm | 2/4 |
| Ex. 6-5 | Abendbild | 5 Lieder (Op.10) | Fanny Mendelssohn | E♭/Cm | 6/8 |
| Ex. 6-6 | O Lust, o Lust | 6 Lieder (Op.23) | Clara Schumann | E♭/Cm | 6/8 |
| Ex. 6-7 | Après un rêve | 3 Songs (Op. 7) | Gabriel Fauré | E♭/Cm | 3/4 |
| Ex. 6-8 | Nuit d'étoiles | (L. 4) | Claude Debussy | E♭/Cm | 6/8 |
| Ex. 6-9 | Nocturne | 2 Songs (Op.43) | Gabriel Fauré | E♭/Cm | 3/4 |
| Ex. 6-10 | Auf einer Wanderung | Mörike-Lieder | Hugo Wolf | E♭/Cm | 6/8 |
| Ex. 6-11 | En sourdine | 5 Mélodies, Op.58 | Gabriel Fauré | E♭/Cm | 4/4 |
| Ex. 6-12 | The Angelus | 3 Songs as Unpretentious as the Wild Rose | Carrie Jacobs-Bond | E♭/Cm | 6/8 |
| Ex. 6-13 | Songs My Mother Taught Me | 114 pieces | Charles Ives | E♭/Cm | 3/4 |
| Ex. 7-1 | Deposuit | Magnificat in D major (BWV 243) | Johann Sebastian Bach | A/F#m | 3/4 |
| Ex. 7-2 | Das Glück der Freundschaft | (Op.88) | Ludwig van Beethoven | A/F#m | 2/4 |
| Ex. 7-3 | Smutna rzeka | Polish Songs (Op. 74) | Frederic Chopin | A/F#m | 2/4 |
| Ex. 7-4 | Villanelle | Les Nuits d'été (H 82) | Hector Berlioz | A/F#m | 2/4 |
| Ex. 7-5 | Gondellied | 6 Lieder (Op. 1) | Fanny Mendelssohn | A/F#m | 6/8 |
| Ex. 7-6 | Bergeslust | 5 Lieder (Op.10) | Fanny Mendelssohn | A/F#m | 6/8 |
| Ex. 7-7 | Dans les ruines d'une abbaye | 2 Songs (Op. 2) | Gabriel Fauré | A/F#m | 6/8 |
| Ex. 7-8 | Ideale | Paolo Tosti | A/F#m | 4/4 | |
| Ex. 7-9 | An Old English Love Song | Words from Dowland's Song Book | Frances Allitsen | A/F#m | 4/4 |
| Ex. 7-9 | Nebbie | Ottorino Respighi | A/F#m | 4/2 | |
| Ex. 7-10 | Reflets | Lili Boulanger | A/F#m | 2/2 | |
| Ex. 8-1 | If Music Be the Food of Love | (Z.379) | Henry Purcell | A♭/Fm | 4/4 |
| Ex. 8-2 | 1. Stabat Mater | Stabat Mater (RV 621) | Antonio Vivaldi | A♭/Fm | 3/4 |
| Ex. 8-3 | Dans un bois solitaire | (K.308/295b) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | A♭/Fm | 4/4 |
| Ex. 8-4 | No.2 Cujus animan. | Stabat Mater (Op.61) | Luigi Boccherini | A♭/Fm | 3/8 |
| Ex. 8-5 | Frühlingsglaube | (Op.20 No.2) | Franz Schubert | A♭/Fm | 2/4 |
| Ex. 8-6 | Vaga luna che inargenti | 3 Ariette | Vincenzo Bellini | A♭/Fm | 4/4 |
| Ex. 8-7 | Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen | Lieder (Op. 12) | Clara Schumann | A♭/Fm | 4/4 |
| Ex. 8-8 | Sonnet | (WD 78) | Georges Bizet | A♭/Fm | 6/8 |
| Ex. 8-9 | Im wunderschönen Monat Mai | 6 Lieder (Op. 25) | Robert Franz | A♭/Fm | 3/4 |
| Ex. 8-10 | L'aurore s'allume | Gabriel Fauré | A♭/Fm | 3/4 | |
| Ex. 8-11 | After | 2 Songs (Op.31) | Edward Elgar | A♭/Fm | 3/4 |
| Ex. 8-12 | Lilacs | 12 Romances (Op.21) | Sergei Rachmaninoff | A♭/Fm | 9/4 |
| Ex. 9-1 | 1. Aria | Nulla in mundo pax sincera (RV 630) | Antonio Vivaldi | E/C#m | 12/8 |
| Ex. 9-2 | Opferlied | (WoO 126) | Ludwig van Beethoven | E/C#m | 2/2 |
| Ex. 9-3 | Der Schnee ist zergangen | 6 Gesänge (Op.6) | Robert Franz | E/C#m | 6/8 |
| Ex. 9-4 | Nach Süden | 5 Lieder (Op.10) | Fanny Mendelssohn | E/C#m | 12/8 |
| Ex. 9-5 | Nanny | 7 Mélodies (Op.2) | Ernest Chausson | E/C#m | 3/4 |
| Ex. 9-6 | Waldfahrt | 6 Gesänge (Op.14) | Robert Franz | E/C#m | 3/8 |
| Ex. 9-7 | C'est l'Extase Langoureuse | Ariettes oubliées (L. 60) | Claude Debussy | E/C#m | 3/8 |
| Ex. 9-8 | Der Freund | Eichendorff-Lieder | Hugo Wolf | E/C#m | 4/4 |
| Ex. 9-9 | Beau Soir | (L. 6) | Claude Debussy | E/C#m | 3/4 |
| Ex. 9-10 | Le Parfum impérissable | 2 Songs (Op.76) | Gabriel Fauré | E/C#m | 3/4 |
| Ex. 9-11 | Au bord de l'eau | 3 Songs (Op.8) | Gabriel Fauré | E/C#m | 6/8 |
| Ex. 9-12 | À Chloris | Reynand Hahn | E/C#m | 4/2 | |
| Ex. 10-1 | Prelude | Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor (BWV 867) | Johann Sebastian Bach | D♭/B♭m | 4/4 |
| Ex. 10-2 | Waltz in D flat major | Six Waltzes (Anh.14) (edited) | Ludwig van Beethoven | D♭/B♭m | 3/4 |
| Ex. 10-3 | Jägers Abendlied | (D.368) | Franz Schubert | D♭/B♭m | 2/4 |
| Ex. 10-4 | Liebst du um Schönheit | Lieder (Op.12) | Clara Schumann | D♭/B♭m | 4/4 |
| Ex. 10-5 | Stille Sicherheit | 6 Gesänge (Op. 10) | Robert Franz | D♭/B♭m | 2/4 |
| Ex. 10-6 | None but the Lonely Heart | 6 Romances (Op.6) | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | D♭/B♭m | 4/4 |
| Ex. 10-7 | Le Colibri | 7 Mélodies (Op.2) | Ernest Chausson | D♭/B♭m | 5/4 |
| Ex. 10-8 | Les berceaux | 3 Songs (Op.23) | Gabriel Fauré | D♭/B♭m | 12/8 |
| Ex. 10-9 | Clair de Lune | 2 Songs (Op.46) | Gabriel Fauré | D♭/B♭m | 3/4 |
| Ex. 10-10 | Ecstasy | 3 Songs (Op.19) | Amy Beach | D♭/B♭m | 3/4 |
| Ex. 10-11 | Bouton de Rosa | Amelia Lehmann | D♭/B♭m | 4/4 | |
| Ex. 10-12 | No. 5, Five Japanese Poems | (Op.60) | Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov | D♭/B♭m | 2/4 |
| Ex. 11-1 | Fugue | Prelude and Fugue in B major (BWV 868) | Johann Sebastian Bach | B/G#m | 4/4 |
| Ex. 11-2 | Adagio un poco moto (fragment) | Piano Concerto No.5 (Op.73) | Ludwig van Beethoven | B/G#m | 4/4 |
| Ex. 11-3 | Nacht und Träume | (D.827) | Franz Schubert | B/G#m | 4/4 |
| Ex. 11-4 | Vorwurf | 5 Lieder (Op.10) | Fanny Mendelssohn | B/G#m | 4/4 |
| Ex. 11-5 | Songs My Mother Taught Me | Gypsy Songs (Op.55) | Antonín Dvořák | B/G#m | 2/4 |
| Ex. 11-6 | Liebe und Frühling I | 6 Songs (Op. 3) | Johannes Brahms | B/G#m | 4/4 |
| Ex. 11-7 | Clair de lune | Fêtes galantes, Premier recueil (L. 80) | Claude Debussy | B/G#m | 9/8 |
| Ex. 11-8 | Sérénade Printanière | Les sérénades | Augusta Holmes | B/G#m | 3/4 |
| Ex. 11-9 | L'Heure exquise | Chanson grises (IRH 16) | Reynaldo Hahn | B/G#m | 6/8 |
| Ex. 11-10 | Lasst mich allein | 4 Lieder (Op.82) | Antonín Dvořák | B/G#m | 4/4 |
| Ex. 11-11 | Travel's End | Florence Price | B/G#m | 9/8 | |
| Ex. 12-1 | Fugue (edited fragment) | Prelude and Fugue in E-flat minor (BWV 853) | Johann Sebastian Bach | G♭/E♭m | 4/4 |
| Ex. 12-2 | Variation 14 (edited) | Variations and Fugue in E-flat major (Op. 35) | Ludwig van Beethoven | G♭/E♭m | 2/4 |
| Ex. 12-3 | Moja pieszczotka | Polish Songs (Op.74) | Frédéric Chopin | G♭/E♭m | 3/4 |
| Ex. 12-4 | Liebestreu | 6 Songs (Op. 3) | Johannes Brahms | G♭/E♭m | 4/4 |
| Ex. 12-5 | Lied aus dem Gedicht 'Ivan' | 6 Songs (Op. 3) | Johannes Brahms | G♭/E♭m | 4/4 |
| Ex. 12-6 | Nell | 3 Songs (Op.18) | Gabriel Fauré | G♭/E♭m | 4/4 |
| Ex. 12-7 | Sérénade d'hiver | Les sérénades | Augusta Holmes | G♭/E♭m | 3/4 |
| Ex. 12-8 | Green | 5 Mélodies (Op. 58) | Gabriel Fauré | G♭/E♭m | 3/4 |
| Ex. 12-9 | All Things Pass | 15 Romances (Op. 26) | Sergei Rachmaninoff | G♭/E♭m | 4/4 |
| Ex. 12-10 | No. 2, Five Japanese Poems | (Op.60) | Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov | G♭/E♭m | 4/4 |
| Ex. 13-1 | Fugue | Prelude and Fugue in D-sharp minor (BWV 877) | Johann Sebastian Bach | F#/D#m | 4/4 |
| Ex. 13-2 | Adagio cantabile (edited fragment) | Piano Sonata No. 24 (Op.78) | Ludwig van Beethoven | F#/D#m | 4/4 |
| Ex. 13-3 | Die Mondnacht | (D.238) | Franz Schubert | F#/D#m | 4/4 |
| Ex. 13-4 | Absence | Les Nuits d'été (H 85) | Hector Berlioz | F#/D#m | 3/4 |
| Ex. 13-5 | Clair de lune | (L. 32) | Claude Debussy | F#/D#m | 3/8 |
| Ex. 13-6 | Slumra, slumra bölja blå | 4 Sånger (Op.36) | Laura Netzel | F#/D#m | 6/8 |
| Ex. 13-7 | Nachtzauber | Eichendorff-Lieder | Hugo Wolf | F#/D#m | 3/4 |
| Ex. 13-8 | Romance | Alexander Scriabin | F#/D#m | 3/4 | |
| Ex. 13-9 | Quand je fus pris au pavillon | Reynaldo Hahn | F#/D#m | 2/2 | |
| Ex. 13-10 | The Lads in Their Hundreds | Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad | George Butterworth | F#/D#m | 6/8 |
| Ex. 13-11 | Og jeg vil drage fra Sydens Blommer | (CNW 304) | Carl Nielsen | F#/D#m | 6/8 |
| Ex. 14-1 | Aria: Farewell, ye limpid springs | Jephtha (HWV 70) | George Frideric Handel | G/Em | 12/8 |
| Ex. 14-2 | Da eben seinen Lauf vollbracht (edited) | 12 Lieder | Maria Teresia von Paradis | G/Em | 4/4 |
| Ex. 14-3 | Bußlied | 6 Lieder (Op. 48) | Ludwig van Beethoven | C/Am | 3/4 |
| Ex. 14-4 | Der Müller und der Bach | Die schöne Müllerin (D.795) | Franz Schubert | B♭/Gm | 3/8 |
| Ex. 14-5 | Es lauschte das Laub so dunkelgrün | 6 Gesänge (Op. 86) | Felix Mendelssohn | E/C#m | 6/8 |
| Ex. 14-6 | Ronde des pauvres | Pauline Duchambge | A/F#m | 6/8 | |
| Ex. 14-7 | Hai Luli! | 6 Mélodies et une havanaise (VWV 1019) | Pauline Viardot | B♭/Gm | 6/8 |
| Ex. 14-8 | Voici que le Printemps | (L. 52) | Claude Debussy | D/Bm | 2/4 |
| Ex. 14-9 | Green | Ariettes oubliées (L. 60) | Claude Debussy | G♭/E♭m | 6/8 |
| Ex. 14-10 | La Fiancée du soldat | Cécile Chaminade | F/Dm | 12/8 | |
| Ex. 14-11 | Larmes | 4 Songs (op. 51) | Gabriel Fauré | D♭/B♭m | 3/4 |
| Ex. 14-12 | Verschwiegene Liebe | Eichendorff Lieder | Hugo Wolf | B♭/Gm | 12/8 |
| Ex. 14-13 | La flûte de Pan | 3 Chansons de Bilitis (L. 90) | Claude Debussy | B/G#m | 4/4 |