1: Works for Orchestra as a Single Unit
2: Works for Featured Instrument(s) & Orchestra
3: Chamber Music Works
4: Works for Solo Player
5: Ballets, Operas & Operettas
6: Vocal/Choral Music; Electronic Music


6: Vocal/Choral Music; Electronic Music

6a: Sacred Vocal Music
6b: Secular Vocal Music
6c: Electronic Music


6a: Sacred Vocal Music

16th Century & Before
17th Century
18th Century
19th Century
20th Century

16th Century & Before: . . . . . . . BYRD: Mass for Four Voices [unacc. vv] (c1592-3) . . . Mass for Five Voices [unacc. vv] (c1595) . . . Great Service in F [2 choruses of 5 vv each] (before 1600) . . . . . DUFAY: Missa se la face ay pale [4 vv] (c1450) . . . Alma redemptoris mater [antiphon for 3 vv] (15th cent.) . . . Missa ave regina celorum [4 vv] (15th cent.) . . . . . HILDEGARD: Ordo virtutum [morality play] (d?) . . . Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum [77 liturgical poems set to music] (c1150s) . . . . . JOSQUIN: Ave Maria [motet for 4 vv] (c1490) . . . Missa de beata virgine [4-5 vv] (c1510) . . . Missa la sol fa re mi [4 vv] (c1490) . . . Missa pange lingua [4 vv] (c1510) . . . Missa l'homme armé (2 works) [4 vv] (p1502/1502) . . . Planxit autem David [motet for 4 vv] (p1504) . . . . . LA RUE: Missa pro defunctis [4 vv] (d?) . . . . . LASSO: masses [4-8 vv] (16th cent.) . . . Tristis est anima mea [motet for 5 vv] (p1565) . . . Seven Penitential Psalms of David [motets for 5 vv] (p1584) . . . . . MACHAUT: Messe de Nostre Dame [4 vv] (1364?) . . . motets [3-4 vv] (14th cent.) . . . . . PALESTRINA: Missa Assumpta est Maria [6 vv] (16th cent.) . . . Stabat Mater [motet for 8 vv] (16th cent.) . . . Missa Papae Marcelli [6 vv] (p1567) . . . Missa brevis [4 vv] (p1570) . . . Missa Tu es Petrus [6 vv] (p1572) . . . Tu es Petrus [motet for 6 vv] (p1572) . . . Missa nigra sum [5 vv] (p1590) . . . magnificats [4-8 vv] (p1591) . . . . . PÉROTIN: Viderunt omnes V. Notum fecit [gradual for 4 vv] (c1195) . . . Sederunt principes V. Adiuva [gradual for 4 vv] (c1195) . . . . . TALLIS: Lamentations of Jeremiah [5 vv] (c1565) . . . Spem in alium [motet for 40 vv] (1573?) . . . Salvator Mundi, Salva nos I [motet for 5 vv] (p1575) . . . . . TAVERNER: Dum transisset Sabbatum I [motet for 5 vv] (c1525) . . . Mass 'Western Wynde' [4 vv] (c1535) . . . . . VICTORIA: O magnum mysterium [motet for 4 vv] (p1572) . . . O quam gloriosum est regnum [motet for 4 vv] (p1572) . . . Ave Maria [motet for 8 vv & org] (p1572, r p1600) . . . Missa o quam gloriosum [4 vv] (p1583)

17th Century: . . . . . . . ALLEGRI: Il salmo Miserere mei Deus [psalm setting for 9 vv] (c1640) . . . . . BLOW: Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell [2 solo vv, 2 recorders & basso-continuo] (p1696) . . . . . BUXTEHUDE: cantatas [v or vv & 2 to 8 or 9 instrs.] (before 1700) . . . . . BYRD: Ave verum corpus [motet for 4 vv] (p1605) . . . . . M.-A.CHARPENTIER: Te Deum [8/4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] H146 (1692?) . . . . . G.GABRIELI: In ecclesiis [motet for 14 vv] (p1615) . . . Timor et tremor [motet for 6 vv] (p1615) . . . . . GESUALDO: Ave, dulcissima Maria [motet for 5 vv] (p1603) . . . sacred madrigals [5-6 vv] (p1603-20) . . . . . GIBBONS: anthems [4-8 vv] (c1600-25) . . . . . MONTEVERDI: Vespro della Beata Vergine [6 vv & 6 instrs.] (1610) . . . . . PRAETORIUS: Musae Sioniae [9 part collection of Lutheran chorales, mainly for solo vv (p1605-12), including the motet 'In dulci jubilo' (p1607) & the sacred carol 'Es ist ein Ros' Entsprungen' (p1609) . . . . . PURCELL: anthems [mainly for 2-6 solo vv, chorus & org; some w/2-3 additional strings] (c1677-1694) . . . . . SCHÜTZ: Musicalische Exequien [funeral music for v or vv & basso-continuo] SWV279-81 (1636) . . . The Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ on the Cross [oratorio for 5 vv, 5 instrs. & basso-continuo] SWV478 (1645) . . . Historia, der Freuden-...'Christmas Oratorio' [vv, choruses & orch.] SWV435 (1664) . . . Psalmen Davids... [vv & 1 to several instrs.] SWV22-47 (p1619) . . . Symphoniae Sacrae (3 vols.) [vv & instrs.] SWV257-76, 341-67 & 398-418 (p1629/1647/1650) . . . . . VICTORIA: Officium defunctorum [requiem for 6 vv] (1605)

18th Century: . . . . . . . J.S.BACH: Christ Lag in Todes Banden [church cantata for 4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] BWV4 (1707-8?) . . . Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben [church cantata for 4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] BWV147 (1723), incl. 'Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring' . . . A Mighty Fortress is our God [church cantata for 4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] BWV80 (1724) . . . St. John Passion [4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] BWV245 (1724, r c1730s & 1740s) . . . St. Matthew Passion [4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] BWV244 (1727, r1736) . . . Magnificat in D [5 solo vv, chorus & orch.] BWV243 (c1728-31) . . . Wachet Auf! 'Sleepers Awake!' [church cantata for 4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] BWV140 (1731) . . . Christmas Oratorio [6 cantatas for solo vv, chorus & orch.] BWV248 (1734) . . . Mass in B minor [4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] BWV232 (c1747-9) . . . . . BOYCE: O Where Shall Wisdom be Found? [anthem] (1769?) . . . . . F.COUPERIN: Leçons de Ténèbres [3 services for solo v & continuo (#1-2) & 2 solo vv (#3)] (1713-7) . . . . . HANDEL: 4 Coronation Anthems [chorus & small orch.] (1727) . . . Israel in Egypt [oratorio for 6 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1739) . . . Messiah [oratorio for 4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1742) . . . Solomon [oratorio for solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1749) . . . . . J.HAYDN: Missa in tempore belli in C [4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1796) . . . The Creation [oratorio for 4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1798) . . . Missa in angustiis in D minor 'Nelsonmesse' [4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1798) . . . . . M.HAYDN: masses [mostly for 4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1754-1806) . . . . . MOZART: Exsultate, Jubilate in F [motet for solo v & orch.] K165/158a (1773) . . . Mass #16 in C 'Coronation' [4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] K317 (1779) . . . Mass #18 in C minor 'Great' [4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] K427/417a (1782-3) . . . Ave Verum Corpus in D [motet for chorus & string orch.] K618 (1791) . . . Mass #19 in D minor 'Requiem' [4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] K626 (1791) . . . . . PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater [2 solo vv, org & strings] (1736) . . . Salve Regina in A minor [solo v, org & strings] (1736) . . . . . VIVALDI: Gloria in D [solo vv, chorus & orch.] RV589 (d?) . . . Credo in E minor [chorus, org & string orch.] RV591 (d?) . . . . . ZELENKA: Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae [3 solo vv & chorus] (1722)

19th Century: . . . . . . . ADAM: Cantique de Nöel [O Holy Night] [carol] (1847) . . . . . BEETHOVEN: Mass in D 'Missa Solemnis' [4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] Op.123 (1819-23) . . . . . BERLIOZ: Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem) [solo v, chorus & orch.] Op.5 (1837) . . . Te Deum [solo v, chorus & orch.] Op.22 (1849) . . . L'Enfance du Christ [oratorio for solo v, chorus & orch.] (1850-4) . . . . . BRAHMS: A German Requiem [cantata/oratorio for 2 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1857-68) . . . . . BRUCKNER: Mass #2 in E minor [chorus, woodwinds & brass] (1866, r1876 & 1882) . . . Mass #3 in F minor [4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1867-8, r1876 & 1881) . . . Te Deum in C [4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1881-4) . . . . . CHERUBINI: Requiem Mass #1 in C minor [4 vv & orch.] (1816) . . . Requiem Mass #2 in D minor [3 vv & orch.] (1836) . . . . . DVORÁK: Stabat Mater [4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] Op.58 (1876-7) . . . Te Deum [2 solo vv, chorus & orch.] Op.103 (1892) . . . . . ELGAR: The Dream of Gerontius [oratorio for 3 solo vv, chorus & orch.] Op.38 (1899-1900) . . . . . FAURÉ: Cantique de Jean Racine [chorus & org] Op.11 (1865, r1866) . . . Requiem [2 solo vv, chorus & orch.] Op.48 (1877, 1887-90, 1900) . . . . . FRANCK: Les Beatitudes [oratorio for 8 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1869-79) . . . Panis Angelicus [sacred song for solo v, harp, vc, double-bass & org] (1872) . . . . . GOUNOD: Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cecile [4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1855) . . . Ave Maria [religious song for solo v & pf (& other arrs.)] (1859) . . . . . LISZT: Christus [oratorio for 5 solo vv, chorus & orch.] S3 (1862-7) . . . . . MENDELSSOHN: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing [carol for male chorus] (1840) . . . Elijah [oratorio for 4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] Op.70 (1846) . . . . . ROSSINI: Stabat Mater [4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1832, r1841) . . . . . SCHUBERT: Mass #2 in G [3 solo vv, chorus & string orch.] D167 (1815) . . . Mass #5 in A flat [4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] D678 (1819-22) . . . Ave Maria (Ellens Gesang III) [religious song for solo v & pf] D839 (1825) . . . Mass #6 in E flat [4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] D950 (1828) . . . . . SPOHR: Die letzten Dinge [oratorio for 4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1825-6) . . . . . VERDI: Messa da Requiem [4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1874) . . . . . VIERNE: Messe solennelle in C minor [4 vv & 2 org] Op.16 (1900)

20th Century: . . . . . . . BERNSTEIN: Chichester Psalms [psalm settings for solo v, chorus & orch.] (1965) . . . . . BRITTEN: A Ceremony of Carols [treble chorus & harp] Op.28 (1942) . . . War Requiem [3 solo vv, choruses & orchs.] Op.66 (1961) . . . . . DURUFLÉ: Requiem [solo vv, chorus, org & orch.] Op.9 (1947) . . . . . FINZI: God is Gone Up [anthem for chorus & org] Op.27 no.2 (1951) . . . . . HOLST: The Hymn of Jesus [choruses & orch.] Op.37 (1917) . . . . . HONEGGER: Le Roi David [dramatic psalm for solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1921) . . . . . HOVHANESS: Magnificat [4 solo vv, chorus & chamber orch.] Op.157 (1958) . . . . . HOWELLS: Hymnus Paradisi [2 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1938) . . . . . IRELAND: Greater Love Hath No Man [motet for 2 solo vv, chorus & org] (1912) . . . . . JANÁCEK: Glagolitic Mass [cantata for 4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1926, 1929) . . . . . KODÁLY: Psalmus Hungaricus [solo v, chorus & orch.] Op.13 (1923) . . . Missa brevis [chorus & org or solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1944) . . . . . PARRY: Jerusalem [unison song for chorus & orch.] Op.208 (1916) . . . . . PÄRT: St. John's Passion [solo vv, chorus & instrs.] (1982) . . . Stabat Mater [3 solo vv, vln, va & vc] (1985) . . . . . PENDERECKI: St. Luke Passion [oratorio for narr., 3 solo vv, choruses & orch.] (1963-5) . . . Utrenja I & II [oratorio for 8 solo vv, 2 choruses & orch.] (1970-1) . . . . . POULENC: Stabat Mater [solo v, chorus & orch.] (1950) . . . Gloria in G [solo v, chorus & orch.] (1959) . . . . . RACHMANINOV: Vespers (All-Night Vigil) [2 solo vv & chorus] Op.37 (1915) . . . . . REGER: Psalm No. 100 in D [chorus, org & orch.] Op.106 (1908-9) . . . . . RUTTER: Shepherd's Pipe Carol [chorus & pf] (1967) . . . . . STRAVINSKY: Symphony of Psalms [chorus & orch.] (1930, r1948) . . . Mass [chorus & double wind quintet] (1944-8) . . . . . SZYMANOWSKI: Stabat Mater [3 solo vv, chorus & orch.] Op.53 (1925-6) . . . . . VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Mass in G minor [4 solo vv & chorus] (1920-1) . . . . . VIERNE: Messe Solennelle in C sharp minor [4 vv & 2 organs] Op.16 (1900) . . . . . WALTON: Belshazzar's Feast [cantata for solo v, chorus & orch.] (1930-1) . . . . . WEBERN: 5 Canons on Latin Texts [solo v, cl & bass cl] Op.16 (1924) . . . . . WEILL: Recordare: Lamentations of Jeremiah [2 choruses] Op.11 (1923)


6b: Secular Vocal Music

18th Century & Before
19th Century
20th Century

18th Century & Before: . . . . . . . ARNE: Rule Britannia [chorus & orch.] (1740) . . . . . J.S.BACH: Hunt Cantata [4 solo vv & orch.] BWV208 (1713?), incl. 'That Sheep may Safely Graze' . . . Weichet Nur 'Wedding Cantata' [solo v & orch.] BWV202 (1718-23?) . . . . . BYRD: consort songs [3-6 vv, some acc. by viols] (before 1600) . . . . . CACCINI: Amarilli Mia Bella [song] (p1602) . . . . . DOWLAND: lute songs (85, in 4 books) [3-5 vv & lute] (p1597/p1600/p1603/p1612) . . . In Darknesse Let Mee Dwell [lute song for solo v & lute] (p1610) . . . . . DUFAY: chansons [3-4 vv] (15th cent.) . . . . . GESUALDO: madrigals [5-6 vv] (p1594-1626) . . . . . HANDEL: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day [cantata for 2 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1739) . . . . . J.HAYDN: Gott, erhalte den Kaiser! in G [song for solo v & keyb] (1796-7) . . . . . JANEQUIN: La Bataille de Marignan (La Guerre) [chanson for 4vv] (c1520?) . . . . . LASSO: madrigals [3-10 vv] (16th cent.) . . . songs [chansons & lieder; 3-8 vv, many w/instrumental acc.] (16th cent.) . . . . . MACHAUT: songs (chansons) [mainly for 2-4 vv, incl. instrs.] (14th cent.) . . . . . MONTEVERDI: madrigals (9 books) [1-8 vv, unacc. or w/basso-continuo, some w/additional instrs.] (p1587-1651) . . . . . MORLEY: The First Book of Ayres [solo v, lute & bass viol] (p1600) . . . . . PALESTRINA: madrigals [3-5 vv] (p1555-94) . . . . . PURCELL: songs [solo v & continuo] (c1675 to 1694) . . . Hail, Bright Cecilia [ode for St. Cecilia's Day for 6 solo vv & 8 instrs.] (1692) . . . . . A.SCARLATTI: chamber cantatas [mainly for 1 or 2 vv & 1-3 instrs.] (c1680-1725)

19th Century: . . . . . . . BERLIOZ: Romeo & Juliet ['dramatic symphony' for solo vv, chorus & orch.] Op.17 (1839) . . . Les Nuits d'Été [song cycle for solo v & pf/orch.] Op.7 (1840-1, 1843-56) . . . The Damnation of Faust ['dramatic legend' for 4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] Op.24 (1845-6) . . . . . BORODIN: songs [solo v & pf] (c1850-c1885) . . . . . BRAHMS: songs [solo v & pf] (1851-96) . . . Alto Rhapsody [solo v, chorus & orch.] Op.53 (1869) . . . Schicksalslied [chorus & orch.] Op.54 (1868-71) . . . Gesang der Parzen [chorus & orch.] Op.89 (1882) . . . . . CHAUSSON: songs [solo v & pf] (1878-98) . . . . . DARGOMÏZHSKY: songs [solo v & pf] (early 1830s-c1866) . . . . . DEBUSSY: songs [solo v & pf] (c1879-1915) . . . Chansons de Bilitis [song cycle for solo v & pf] (1897-8) . . . . . DUPARC: songs [solo v & pf; several later orchestrated] (1868-c1886) . . . . . DVORÁK: songs [solo v & pf] (1865-95) . . . . . FAURÉ: Après un Rêve [song for solo v & pf] Op.7 no.1 (1878?) . . . Clair de Lune in B flat minor [song for solo v & pf] Op.46 no.2 (1887) . . . Pavane [orch. w/chorus ad lib] Op.50 (1887) . . . La Bonne Chanson [song cycle for solo v & pf] Op.61 (1892-4) . . . . . GRIEG: songs [solo v & pf] (1861-1905) . . . Haugtussa [song cycle for solo v & pf] Op.67 (1895) . . . . . J.HAYDN: The Seasons [oratorio for 3 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1799-1801) . . . . . LISZT: songs [solo v & pf] (1839-83) . . . . . LOEWE: Erlkönig [ballad for solo v & pf] Op.1 no.3 (1818) . . . Odins Meeresritt [ballad for solo v & pf] Op.118 (1851) . . . . . MAHLER: Songs of a Wayfarer [song cycle for solo v & orch./pf] (1883-5, r1891?-96) . . . The Youth's Magic Horn [song cycle for solo v & orch./pf] (1892-8) . . . . . MENDELSSOHN: choral songs [unacc. chorus] (1820-47) . . . songs [solo v & pf] (1820-47) . . . . . MUSSORGSKY: songs [solo v & pf] (1857-79) . . . Songs & Dances of Death [song cycle for solo v & pf] (1875-7) . . . . . RACHMANINOV: songs [solo v & pf] (1890-1916) . . . . . SCHUBERT: Gretchen am Spinnrade [song for v & pf] D118 (1814) . . . Erlkönig [song for v & pf] D328 (1815) . . . Die Schöne Mullerin [song cycle for solo v & pf] D795 (1823) . . . Die Winterreise [songs for solo v & pf] D911 (1827) . . . Schwanengesang [songs for solo v & pf] D957 (1828) . . . . . R.SCHUMANN: Dichterliebe [song cycle for solo v & pf] Op.48 (1840) . . . Frauenliebe und Leben [song cycle for solo v & pf] Op.42 (1840) . . . Liederkreis [songs for solo v & pf] Op.39 (1840) . . . Myrthen [songs for solo v & pf] Op.25 (1840) . . . . . SIBELIUS: songs [solo v & pf] (1888-1920) . . . . . R.STRAUSS: songs [solo v & pf] (1870-1942) . . . . . TCHAIKOVSKY: None but the Lonely Heart [song] Op.6 no.6 (1869) . . . . . WOLF: Gedichte von Eduard Mörike [songs for solo v & pf] (1888) . . . Gedichte von J.W. von Goethe [songs for solo v & pf] (1888-9) . . . Spanisches Liederbuch, nach Heyse & Geibel [songs for solo v & pf] (1889-90) . . . Italienisches Liederbuch, nach Paul Heyse (2 parts) [songs for solo v & pf] (1890-1/1896)

20th Century: . . . . . . . BARBER: Dover Beach [songs for solo v & str qtt] Op.3 (1931) . . . Knoxville: Summer of 1915 [songs for solo v & orch.] Op.24 (1947) . . . . . BARTÓK: Hungarian folksong arrangements [solo v & pf] (1904-37?) . . . . . BERG: songs [solo v & pf/orch.] (1900-12) . . . . . BERIO: Sequenza III [solo female v] (1965) . . . Sinfonia [8 solo vv & orch.] (1968, r1969) . . . . . BOULEZ: Le Soleil des Eaux [cantata for solo v or vv, chorus & chamber orch.] (1948, r1958 & 1965) . . . Le Marteau sans Maître [cantata for solo v & 6 instrs.] (1953-5, r1957) . . . Pli Selon Pli [song settings of Mallarmé poems for solo v & orch.] (1957-62, r1980s) . . . . . BRITTEN: songs & song cycles [solo v & pf/orch./other accompaniment] (1929-75) . . . Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings [songs] Op.31 (1943) . . . Spring Symphony [cantata for 3 solo vv, choruses & orch.] Op.44 (1949) . . . War Requiem [3 solo vv, choruses & orchs.] Op.66 (1961) . . . . . BUTTERWORTH: A Shropshire Lad [song cycle for solo v & pf] (1911) . . . . . CANTELOUBE DE MALARET: Chants d'Auvergne [4 vol. song collection for solo v & orch./pf] (1923-30) . . . . . CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: 33 Shakespeare Songs [solo v & pf] Op.24 (1921-5) . . . . . COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: The Song of Hiawatha [cantata for 3 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1898-1900) . . . . . COPLAND: 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson [solo v & pf] (1949-50) . . . Old American Songs [2 sets for solo v & pf/orch.] (1950/1952) . . . . . CRUMB: Ancient Voices of Children [song cycle for 2 solo vv & 7 instrs.] (1970) . . . . . DAVIES: Eight Songs for a Mad King [music theatre for solo v & small instrumental ensemble] (1969) . . . . . DELIUS: Sea Drift [solo v, chorus & orch.] (1903-4) . . . A Song of the High Hills [chorus & orch.] (1911) . . . . . FALLA: 7 Popular Spanish Songs [solo v & pf/orch.] (1914-5) . . . . . FINZI: songs [solo v & pf] (c1926-56) . . . Dies natalis [cantata for solo v & string orch.] (1926-39) . . . . . GINASTERA: Cantata para América Mágica [solo v & 53 perc instrs.] Op.27 (1960) . . . . . GRAINGER: folksong settings [choral, choral-orchestral, & solo v & accompaniment] (1898-1954) . . . . . GRIFFES: songs & song cycles [solo v & pf] (1901-17) . . . . . HENZE: El Cimarrón [songs for solo v & narr., guitar, fl & perc] (1969-70) . . . . . HINDEMITH: Das Marienleben [song cycle for solo v & pf] Op.27 (1922-3) . . . . . HONEGGER: Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher [stage oratorio for 2 narrs., solo vv, choruses & orch.] (1934-5) . . . . . HUSA: Apotheosis of This Earth [chorus & wind orch. arr.] (1897) . . . . . IVES: songs [solo v & pf] (c1887-1926) . . . . . KODÁLY: unacc. choral music (1898-1965) . . . . . LAMBERT: The Rio Grande [solo v, pf, chorus & orch.] (1927) . . . . . LEONCAVALLO: Mattinata (L'Aurora di Bianco Vestita) [song for solo v & pf] (1904) . . . . . LUTOSLAWSKI: 3 Poèmes d'Henri Michaux [chorus & orch.] (1963) . . . . . MAHLER: Songs on the Death of Children [song cycle for solo v & orch.] (1901-4) . . . Song of the Earth [symphonic song cycle for 2 solo vv & orch.] (1908-9) . . . . . MARTIN: Le Vin Herbé [oratorio for 12 solo vv, pf & strings] (1938-41) . . . . . NIELSEN: songs [solo v & pf] (1891-1927) . . . . . ORFF: Carmina Burana [cantata for 3 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1937) . . . . . PFITZNER: songs [solo v & pf] (1884-1931) . . . . . PONCE: Estrellita [song] (p1914) . . . . . POULENC: songs & song cycles [solo v & pf] (1918-62) . . . . . RACHMANINOV: Vocalese [wordless v & orch.] Op.34 no.14 (1912, r1915) . . . The Bells [sym. poem/choral sym. for 3 solo vv, chorus & orch.] Op.35 (1913) . . . . . RAVEL: Shéhérazade [song cycle for solo v & orch.] (1903) . . . . . ROREM: War Scenes [song cycle for solo v & pf] (1969) . . . The Nantucket Songs [song cycle for solo v & pf] (1979) . . . . . SATIE: Socrate [cantata/oratorio for 1 or more vv & pf/chamber orch.] (1918) . . . . . SCHOENBERG: songs [solo v & pf] (1893-1933) . . . Gurrelieder [cantata for narr., 5 solo vv, choruses & orch.] (1900-3, r1910-1) . . . Pierrot Lunaire [song cycle for speaker & chamber ensemble] Op.21 (1912) . . . . . R.STRAUSS: Four Last Songs [solo v & orch.] (1948) . . . . . THOMSON: 5 Songs from William Blake [solo v & orch.] (1951) . . . . . TIPPETT: A Child of Our Time [oratorio for 4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1939-41) . . . . . VARÈSE: Ecuatorial [solo v & 18 instrument ensemble (or for chorus & orch.)] (1932-4) . . . . . VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: On Wenlock Edge [song cycle for solo v, pf & str qtt] (1908-9) . . . Serenade to Music [4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1938; arr. for chorus & orch. 1939) . . . . . VILLA-LOBOS: Nonet [chorus, instrumental ensemble & perc] (1923) . . . Choros #10 [chorus & orch.] (1926) . . . Bachianas Brasilieras #5 [songs for solo v & 8 vc] (1938-45) . . . . . WALTON: Façade [monologues w/music for 2 speakers & instrumental ensemble] (1921-2) . . . . . WARLOCK: songs [solo v & pf] (1910-30) . . . The Curlew [song cycle for solo v, fl, English horn & str qtt] (1920-2) . . . . . WEILL: Mack the Knife [song from The Threepenny Opera] (1928) . . . September Song [song from the musical Knickerbocker Holiday] (1938) . . . . . ZEMLINSKY: Lyric Symphony [2 solo vv, chorus & orch.] Op.18 (1923)


6c: Magnetic Tape- (or Other Electronics-) Based Works

CRUMB: Makrokosmos I & II [2 vols. of works for amplified pf] (1972-3) . . . Makrokosmos III 'Music for a Summer Evening' [2 amplified pf & 2 percussionists] (1974) . . . . . DAVIDOVSKY: 'Synchronism' series [8 works for instrs. & magnetic tape] (1963-74) . . . . . HENZE: Violin Conc. #2 [voice, vln, 33 instrs. & magnetic tape] (1971) . . . . . HOVHANESS: And God Created Great Whales [taped whale sounds & orch.] Op.229 (1970) . . . . . KOLB: Soundings [11 instrs. & magnetic tape] (1972) . . . . . MESSIAEN: Turangalila Symphony [pf, ondes martenot & orch.] (1946-8) . . . . . REICH: The Cave [mixed-media opera] (1991-2) . . . . . RILEY: A Rainbow in Curved Air [keybs, dumbak & tambourines] (1968) . . . . . STOCKHAUSEN: Kontakte [pf, perc & electronic sounds on 4 track tape] (1959-60) . . . . . VARÈSE: Déserts [14 winds, 5 perc, pf & 2 track tape] (1950?-4, r1960 & 1961)

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