If you know anything about his guy, please let us know!
Amanda Maier
Swedish composeress and violinist.
Vincent d’Indy
I consider that criticism is useless, I would even say that it is harmful…
Erich Meyer-Helmund
…lots and lots of popular songs and salon pieces, performed by Lotte Lehmann, Joseph Schmidt, Fritz Kreisler and later Fritz Wunderlich, only to name a few.
Charles Griffes
American composer somewhere between romanticism, impressionism and very modern music.
Emil Sjögren
Great, Nordic-romantic songs with a strong french flavor in many different languages.
Anton Rückauf
The piano teacher of author Arthur Schnitzler.
Max Bruch
Regarding intimacy, originality and beauty – nothing compares to a folk song
Heinrich von Herzogenberg
German composer, friend of Brahms’.
Benjamin Godard
French child prodigy and violinist.
Josef Bohuslav Foerster
Czech national artist
Sigismund Thalberg
He was born in the same year as Liszt. Troughout their careers, they were always compared to each other, with Thalberg most surprisingly often seen as the better one.
Amy Beach
It has happened more than once that a composition has come to me, ready-made as it were, between the demands of other work.
Josef Bohuslav Foerster
Czech national artist
Arturo Toscanini
He actually composed a bit in his youth.
Ture Rangström
It was the word, the ardent word of the poet, that aroused my remorseless desire to compose.
Gustav Lewin
Sweet simple songs without simplicity.
Nikolai Medtner
Inspiration comes, where thought is saturated in emotion, and emotion is imbued with sense.
Charles Koechlin
At the evening of my life, I realize that the fulfillment of my artistic dreams, however incomplete, has given me the intimate satisfaction of not having wasted my time here on earth.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
What I have sought to do, during my artistic evolution, has been to express myself with means always simpler and more direct, in a language always clearer and more precise.
Florence B. Price
The first African-American woman composer to earn national recognition.
Lars-Erik Larsson
swedish nationalistic neoclassical style to serial music
Toivo Ilmari Hannikainen
Professor at the Sibelius Academy.
Herbert Hughes
Folk song collector from Belfast.
Pauline Viardot Madrid
Now, if you want to know
How I made this conquest,
It was the allure of my horse,
A compliment on her mantilla
And some vanilla bonbons
One beautiful evening of carnival
Julian Aguirre Rosas Orientales / Oriental Roses
View PostTure Rangström I dina händers mjuka fågelbo / In the soft birds’ nest of your hands
In the soft birds’ nest of your hands
my worries sleep – all is peace.
Ture Rangström Den enda stunden / One single moment
A day disappears
a year goes by
Widor, Charles-Marie La bianchina
“E se voleste darmi un po d’amore
vi chiamerei la donna del mio core.”
Erich Meyer-Helmund Das Zauberlied / The Magic Song
Denn seit dem Tag, an dem ich schied,
von ew’ger Lieb’ bezwungen:
Hör’ ich, ach, nur dein Zauberlied
tief in mein Herz gesungen.
Panscho Vladigerov Lied der Heitang und des Prinzen Pao/Song of Heitang and the Prince Pao
Close the cage! Guard the house!
Or the bird will fly out into the forest!
Charles-Marie Widor Rude maestro / Rude master
Pain must be to man
a fatal destiny.
Charles-Marie Widor Dimmi perché / Tell me why
Dimmi perché se guardo il firmamento
in ogni stella tu mi sei presente?
Panscho Vladigerov Lied der Jau / Jau’s Song
To please all men
Im all made up and pretty
When they babble their wishes
I turn away inside
Panscho Vladigerov Lied der Heitang / Heitang’s Song
No more kisses. No more smiles.
Ignaz Brüll Herab von den Bergen / Down from the mountains
Herab von den Bergen zum Tale, Vom Tal zu den Höhen hinan,
So zieh’ ich wohl tausendmale, Der Frühling zieht mir voran.
Niels Wilhelm Gade
One of the most important Danish composers.
August Bungert
German composer in the presence of a queen.
Scott Gendel
American composer with a fondness for all things involving the human voice
Hans Hermann
If you know anything about his guy, please let us know!
Amanda Maier
Swedish composeress and violinist.
Hector Panizza
‘Attacca!’
Vincent d’Indy
I consider that criticism is useless, I would even say that it is harmful…
Ellen Mandel
“Ardent, spiky, and refreshingly organic.”
Vítezslava Kaprálová
One of the most important female Czech composers.
Erich Meyer-Helmund
…lots and lots of popular songs and salon pieces, performed by Lotte Lehmann, Joseph Schmidt, Fritz Kreisler and later Fritz Wunderlich, only to name a few.
Charles Griffes
American composer somewhere between romanticism, impressionism and very modern music.
Emil Sjögren
Great, Nordic-romantic songs with a strong french flavor in many different languages.
Augusta Holmès
“Like children, women have no idea of obstacles, and their willpower breaks all barriers. Mademoiselle Holmès is a woman, an extremist.”
Elfrida Andrée
Visa en vårmorgon / Song on a spring morning En vacker höstdag / A beautiful autumn day The swedish composer Elfrida Andrée (1841 – 1926) was born on the …
Régine Wieniawski / Poldowski / Lady Dean
Glamorous jetset composeress.
Pauline Viardot Madrid
Now, if you want to know
How I made this conquest,
It was the allure of my horse,
A compliment on her mantilla
And some vanilla bonbons
One beautiful evening of carnival
Julian Aguirre Rosas Orientales / Oriental Roses
View PostTure Rangström I dina händers mjuka fågelbo / In the soft birds’ nest of your hands
In the soft birds’ nest of your hands
my worries sleep – all is peace.
Ture Rangström Den enda stunden / One single moment
A day disappears
a year goes by
Widor, Charles-Marie La bianchina
“E se voleste darmi un po d’amore
vi chiamerei la donna del mio core.”
Erich Meyer-Helmund Das Zauberlied / The Magic Song
Denn seit dem Tag, an dem ich schied,
von ew’ger Lieb’ bezwungen:
Hör’ ich, ach, nur dein Zauberlied
tief in mein Herz gesungen.
Panscho Vladigerov Lied der Heitang und des Prinzen Pao/Song of Heitang and the Prince Pao
Close the cage! Guard the house!
Or the bird will fly out into the forest!
Charles-Marie Widor Rude maestro / Rude master
Pain must be to man
a fatal destiny.
Charles-Marie Widor Dimmi perché / Tell me why
Dimmi perché se guardo il firmamento
in ogni stella tu mi sei presente?
Panscho Vladigerov Lied der Jau / Jau’s Song
To please all men
Im all made up and pretty
When they babble their wishes
I turn away inside
Panscho Vladigerov Lied der Heitang / Heitang’s Song
No more kisses. No more smiles.
Ignaz Brüll Herab von den Bergen / Down from the mountains
Herab von den Bergen zum Tale, Vom Tal zu den Höhen hinan,
So zieh’ ich wohl tausendmale, Der Frühling zieht mir voran.
Agathe Backer Grøndahl Til mit Hjertes Dronning / To the queen of my heart
Oh, I’ll whisper there,
In the cool night air,
What I dare not in broad daylight!
Agathe Backer-Gröndahl Lyse Nætter / Light nights
Happy in a melancholy way
The light nights, oh, those light nights!
Florence B Price To my little son
In your face I sometimes see
shadowings of the man to be
Florence B Price Travels’ End
Oh, bed of mine in my mother’s house
With sleep that was dreamy peace
Poldowski Colombine
Whose eyes perverse
Green or something worse
Florence Aylward Aspiration
The eaglet soars toward the sun, and knows no fear
Florence Aylward The window
The window by Walter Grogan Sweet maid, fair maid, open the window See, here we wait, the morn and I Eager to greet maiden so sweet So shyly sweet, so …
Rebecca Clarke Shy One
To an isle in the water
With her would I go.
Rebecca Clarke A Dream
I dreamed that one had died in a strange place
Nadia Boulanger Cantique
To all weeping souls
to all sin to pass
I open in the midst of the stars
my hands full of grace
Nadia Boulanger Chanson
She sold my heart for a song
Sell my heart at the square,
dealer, in place of the song
Augusta Holmès À Trianon
Come under the hawthorn bushes
less pink than your open lips
Cyril Scott Lullaby
Lullaby, oh, lullaby!
Florence B Price To my little son
In your face I sometimes see
shadowings of the man to be
Florence B Price Travels’ End
Oh, bed of mine in my mother’s house
With sleep that was dreamy peace
Samuel Coleridge Taylor Thou hast bewitched me, Beloved
…Till I am weaker than water,
Water that drips from the fountain
Through thy white tapering fingers.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Thou art risen, my Beloved
Turn again unto my bosom
I would have it night forever!
Herbert Hughes Carol of Jesus Child
Byby, lullay
Cyril Scott The Unforeseen
I did not dream the song-thrush would rejoice,
And I but weep.
Florence Aylward Aspiration
The eaglet soars toward the sun, and knows no fear
Florence Aylward The window
The window by Walter Grogan Sweet maid, fair maid, open the window See, here we wait, the morn and I Eager to greet maiden so sweet So shyly sweet, so …
Joseph Eidson Good and Bad Children
Cruel children, crying babies
all grow up as geese and gabies.
Hated, as their age increases
by their nephews and their nieces.
Joseph Eidson The Land of Nod
Try as I like to find the way,
I never can get back by day.
Nor can remember plain and clear
the curious music that I hear.
Rebecca Clarke Shy One
To an isle in the water
With her would I go.
Charles Koechlin Si tu le veux / If you want it
We will go off alone, the two of us,
Through the dark night all in love
Charles Koechlin L’hiver / Winter
Under a grey and clear sky
all sing us the same skales
At the forest of Boulogne in the winter
the earth wears its coat of snow
Charles Koechlin Le thé / The tea
Miss Ellen, pour me some tea.
Poldowski / Lady Dean / Regine Wieniawski Berceuse d’Armorique
– Sing your song, sing, old woman!
The moon is rising and the sea is awakening.
Poldowski Colombine
Whose eyes perverse
Green or something worse
Nadia Boulanger Cantique
To all weeping souls
to all sin to pass
I open in the midst of the stars
my hands full of grace
Nadia Boulanger Chanson
She sold my heart for a song
Sell my heart at the square,
dealer, in place of the song
Augusta Holmès À Trianon
Come under the hawthorn bushes
less pink than your open lips
Augusta Holmès En chemin / On the way
No, I want nothing, nothing of this world
but the golden hair of my blonde.
Gabriel Pierné Les trois chansons / The three songs
Let no worry burden you
let us love! Let‘s always love!
Gabriel Pierné Le sais-tu bien?/ Do you know?
Do you know how much I love you
oh my love, my only love?
Poldowski L’heure exquise
Let us dream! It is time…
Heinrich Dorn Das Mädchen an den Mond / A girl speaks to the moon
Moon, did you not see
how my sweetheart kissed me?
Niels Gade Deine Stimme / Your voice
Let shine your eyes
Blossoming light of the starry night!
Niels Wilhelm Gade Ständchen / Serenade
Dream blissfully, beloved
The sweet dream of silent night
August Bungert Ich hab’ ein kleines Lied erdacht / I made a little song
Zwei Vöglein saßen im Lindenbaum
sie hüllten den Kopf in den weichem Flaum
und lauschten!
Gustav Lewin Ich will meine Seele tauchen / I want to immerse my soul
I want to immerse my soul
into the cup of the lily
Hans Hermann Wenn es schlummert auf der Welt/ When the world is sleeping
When the world is sleeping
the angels come down from the heavens
Gustav Lewin Weihnacht / Christmas
Merry Christmas!
Anton Rubinstein Verlust / Loss
I once had a nightingale…
Erich Meyer-Helmund Rokoko-Liebeslied / Rococo lovesong
I’d love to come up to you, but I mustn’t risk it
Evil neighbours are on guard!
Anton Rückauf Lockruf / Love’s calling
Then flee with your lover
Alone through the night.
Max Bruch Serenade
Steig in die Gondel!
Erich W. Korngold Liebesbriefchen / Love-letter
I am yours, beautiful dear, think of me, think of me!
Lars-Erik Larsson För vilsna fötter sjunger gräset / The grass sings to lost feet
Don’t be afraid of the night!
Lars-Erik Larsson Serenad / Serenade
I’m the one who comes when your summer is gone
I’m the one who comes when you’re not invited to dance
I’m the one who comes when your hair shines with silver
Ilmari Hannikainen Det gäller!
Love! before the sun sets and shadows grow long.
Gunnar de Frumerie När du sluter mina ögon / When you close my eyes
When you close my eyes
with your good hand
everything turns to light around me
Gunnar de Frumerie Det blir vackert där du går / There is beauty where you walk
Can the earth rejoice when someone walks on her,
steps on her,
someone she loves?
Gunnar de Frumerie Det är vackrast när det skymmer/ It’s the most beautiful at dusk
I shall wander alone, without a trace.
W. Peterson-Berger Aspåkerspolska / Polka from Aspåker
If I marry when I grow old
I will take you – if you are young
W. Peterson-Berger Musik bewegt mich / Music moves me
No noble picture that doesn‘t force my eye
to dream about you, no soulful rhyme
W. Peterson – Berger Som stjärnorna på himmelen / Like the stars in the sky
If all the trees in the forests and all the waves of the oceans
If all the flowers on the ground had small bird-lungs
They still couldn‘t sing my hearts‘ sorrow
W. Peterson – Berger Längtan heter min arvedel / Longing is what I inherited
Longing is my inheritance
a castle in the valley of missing.
Elfrida Andrée En vacker höstdag/ A beautiful autumn day
Newborn green the grass
High and blue the heaven
Elfrida Andrée Visa en vårmorgon/Song on a spring morning
Joy and beauty
awakened from their winter sleep