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Solo Vocal

Soprano | Baritone | Bass | Solo voices with single instruments | Solo voices 2 instruments | Solo voices with 3 or more instruments | Narrator with instruments

Soprano

Anne Hunter’s Song for Eve

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2008
For: High Voice & Piano
Duration: 4 mins
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Quatre Rondeaux de Charles d’Orléans:

  1. Le Temps a Laissié son Manteau
  2. Quant j’ai ouy le Tabourin
  3. En Regardant ces Belles Fleurs
  4. Allez vous en, Allez, Allez!
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1982
For: High Voice & Harpsichord
Duration: 9 mins
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The Distances Between (Louis MacNeice):

  1. Prologue
  2. April Fool
  3. Dreams in Middle Age
  4. Invocation
  5. Visitation
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1969
For: Soprano, Baritone & Piano
Duration: 13 mins
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The Monk and his Cat

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2004
For: Soprano, Recorder & Piano
Duration: 3 mins
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Baritone

The Distances Between (Louis MacNeice):

  1. Prologue
  2. April Fool
  3. Dreams in Middle Age
  4. Invocation
  5. Visitation
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1969
For: Soprano, Baritone & Piano
Duration: 13 mins
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Bass

Last of the Leaves;
Cantata Setting of Four Poems:

  1. The Rose and the Gardener (Austin Dobson)
  2. The Leaf Burners (Ernest Rhys)
  3. The Donkey (GK Chesterton)
  4. At a Country Dance in Provence (Harold Monro)
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1975
For: Bass, Solo Clarinet & String Orchestra
Duration: 22 mins
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Solo voices with single instruments

A Gypsy Prayer (Traditional words from Transylvania in translation)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1950
For: High Voice & Piano
Duration: 2 mins
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Anne Hunter’s Song for Eve

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2008
For: High Voice & Piano
Duration: 4 mins
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Bush Ballads 1st series (Australian Folk Verses):

  1. The Bushranger (Kenneth Slessor)
  2. Christmas (David Martin)
  3. Woman at the Washtub (Victor Daley)
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1974
For: Mezzo & Piano
Duration: 8 mins
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Bush Ballads 2nd series (Australian Folk Verses):

  1. Meet Me in Botany Bay (anon late 19c)
  2. The Sick Stock Rider (Adam Lindsay Gordon 1833-1870)
  3. Holy Dan (anon circa 1900)
  4. The Style in Which it’s Done (anon late 19c)
  5. Old Harry (David Campbell b. 1915)
  6. The Parson and the Prelate (Victor J Daley 1858-1905)
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1998
For: Baritone & Piano
Duration: 16 mins
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Bush Ballads 3rd series (Australian Folk Verses):

  1. All Got a Mate (anon)
  2. Song of the Squatters (AB ‘Banjo’ Paterson 1864-1941)
  3. Waitin’-a-While (JW Gordon ‘Jim Grahame’ 1874-1949)
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2003
For: Mezzo, Baritone & Piano
Duration: 9 mins
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Chanson de Croisade (Anon. 13th Century)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1982
For: Countertenor & Harpsichord
Duration: 8 mins
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Daphne to Apollo – Soprano with Guitar
(Text by Matthew Prior)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1997
For: Soprano & Guitar
(Originally Soprano & Baryton)
Duration: 5 mins
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Daphne to Apollo – Soprano with Baryton
(Text by Matthew Prior)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1977
For: Soprano & Baryton (alternative Soprano & Guitar version also available on this website)
Duration: 5 mins
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Five Eyes (Walter de la Mare)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1946
For: High Voice & Piano
Duration: 2 mins
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Four Poems of John Clare:

  1. Trotty Wagtail
  2. The Peasant Poet
  3. Turkeys
  4. The Fox
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1961
For: High Voice & Guitar
Duration: 10 mins
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Heaven-Haven (G.M. Hopkins)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1948
For: Mezzo-Soprano or Baritone & Piano
Duration: 2 mins
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Inversnaid (G.M. Hopkins)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1947
For: High Voice & Piano
Duration: 2 mins
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Irishry; Four Songs (Joseph Campbell):

  1. Tinkers
  2. The Midwife
  3. The Mill Girl
  4. Rags and Bones
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1949
For: High Voice & Piano
Duration: 11 mins
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John Clare’s Wooing Songs:

  1. Nobody Cometh to Woo
  2. Peggy
  3. Farewell
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1977
For: ATB & Piano
Duration: 13 mins
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Lachrymae (David Gascoyne)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1948
For: High Voice & Piano
Duration: 3 mins
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Lammas Fair;
Operetta in One Act with Piano

Scenes:

  1. Introduction and Opening Chorus
  2. Madame Zarna and Chorus
  3. Molly and Alec
  4. Alec and Chorus
  5. Dr Garbo
  6. Peter, Molly and Chorus
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1952
For: Soloists, Children's Chorus, Piano
Duration: 45 mins
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London Lyrics:

  1. London is a Milder Curse (Pierre Motteux)
  2. Shadwell Stair (Wilfrid Owen)
  3. From a Ship Tossing (A.H. Clough)
  4. Margaret, Maud and Mary Blake (Rostrevor Hamilton)
  5. River Music (Cecil Day Lewis)
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1977
For: High Voice & Guitar
Duration: 15 mins
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Mrs. Hen (Nursery Rhyme)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
For: High Voice & Piano
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Music’s Duel
(Text by Richard Crashaw)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1985
For: Soprano, Bass & Lute
Duration: 27 mins
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Quatre Rondeaux de Charles d’Orléans:

  1. Le Temps a Laissié son Manteau
  2. Quant j’ai ouy le Tabourin
  3. En Regardant ces Belles Fleurs
  4. Allez vous en, Allez, Allez!
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1982
For: High Voice & Harpsichord
Duration: 9 mins
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Rags and Bones; No. 4 of ‘Irishry’

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1949/1961
For: High Voice & Guitar
Duration: 1 mins
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Slow, Slow Fresh Fount (Ben Johnson)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1946
For: High Voice & Piano
Duration: 2 mins
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The Distances Between (Louis MacNeice):

  1. Prologue
  2. April Fool
  3. Dreams in Middle Age
  4. Invocation
  5. Visitation
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1969
For: Soprano, Baritone & Piano
Duration: 13 mins
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The Dowie Houms O’ Yarrow

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1958
For: Ballad for a Free-Range Voice & Piano
Duration: 6 mins
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The Lamb (William Blake)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1949
For: High Voice & Piano
Duration: 3 mins
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The Mower to the Glow-Worms

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1956
For: High Voice & Piano
Duration: 2 mins
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The Old Master;
Operetta in 3 Acts for Equal Voice & Piano

Characters (in order of appearance):

  • Auctioneer (Frank Seller)
  • Jack Morland – assistant to Mr Polnacchi
  • Jane – niece of Lady Smithers
  • Lady Smithers – rich patroness of the Arts
  • Mr Polnacchi – picture-dealer of Bond St, London
  • Sir Zenith Lark – art expert, Director of the National Gallery
  • Footman to Lady Smithers
  • Chorus (crowd at sale in Act 1; guests at Lady Smithers’ reception in Act 3)
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1954
For: Equal Voices & Piano
Duration: 1 1/2 hours mins
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The Snail and the Butterfly (John Gay, Fables)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1990
For: 2 High Voices (Tenors or Sopranos) & Harpsichord
Duration: 5 mins
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The Stone (Hal Summers)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1950
For: High Voice & Piano
Duration: 5 mins
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The Sunflower (Peter Quenell)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1950
For: High Voice & Piano
Duration: 2 mins
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The Tower (Robert Nichols)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1980
For: Baritone & Organ
Duration: 10 mins
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Threadneedle Street;

Comic Opera in 1 Act

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1956
For: Chorus (Unison & a2) and Soloists
Duration: 50 mins
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Three Songs to words of T. L. Beddoes:

  1. Tandaradei
  2. Dirge
  3. The Old Crow of Cairo
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1953
For: High Voice & Piano
Duration: 10 mins
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Tideways; Four Poems of Ezra Pound:

  1. Psyche
  2. The Needle
  3. The Gypsy
  4. Doria
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1950
For: High Voice & Piano
Duration: 11 mins
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Turn Ye to Me; Arrangement of Hebridean Air

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1950
For: Mid-range Voice & Piano
Duration: 3 mins
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Winter Heavens  (George Meredith)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1950
For: High Voice & Piano
Duration: 3 mins
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Solo voices with 2 instruments

Gipsy Songs (Ben Johnson):

  1. A Tattered Nation
  2. Ptolemy’s Bells
  3. The Lord Treasurer’s Fortune is Told
  4. The Faery Beam Upon You
Published by Emerson
1976
For: Mezzo, Clarinet & Piano
Duration: 12 mins

Riley & Co.; Four Songs (Charles Causley):

  1. Riley
  2. Timothy Winters
  3. Bamboo Dance
  4. Rocco
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2009
For: Guitar, Baritone & Recorder
Duration: 17 mins
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Strong Drink;
Opera in Three Acts with Piano Duet (Libretto by David Reynolds)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1963
For: Mixed Young Voices & Piano Duet

Main chorus is in unison and 3 parts (SSB)
Semi-chorus is 6 high solo voices and is occasionally subdivided into 2 groups – ‘A’ and ‘B’
Duration: 90 mins
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The Monk and his Cat

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2004
For: Soprano, Recorder & Piano
Duration: 3 mins
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Three Winter Songs:

  1. Birds in Winter (George Crabbe)
  2. Winter the Huntsman (Osbert Sitwell)
  3. February (Hilaire Belloc)
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1972
For: High Voice, Oboe & Piano
Duration: 14 mins
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Solo voices with 3 or more instruments

Cadilly;
Entertainment based on a story from Tales from the Fens (Libretto by David Reynolds)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1968
For: Soprano, Mezzo, Baritone, Bass & Wind Quintet
Duration: 28 mins
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Eliza at the Temple  (from verses by Anna Chamber)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1984
For: Soprano and Tenor with Flute or Violin, Cello and Harpsichord
Duration: 5 mins
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Epigrams from a Garden;
Song Cycle (verses by Francis Daniel Pastorius 17C American):

  1. Rules for Watering my Garden
  2. Weeds
  3. Camomile and Cowslips
  4. Waste and Wisdom
  5. Envoi
Published by Reynard Music
1977
For: Contralto with Clarinet Choir; minimum 12 Clarinettists
Duration: 18 mins
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Fancy Fair;
Sequence of three songs (Ralph Hodgson):

  1. In Fancy Fair
  2. Time, You Old Gipsy Man
  3. The Song of Honour
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2006
For: Baritone & Piano Quintet
Duration: 12 mins
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Hymnus de Sancto Stephano

Published by Productions d’Oz
1983
For: Soprano & Guitars in 4 parts
Duration: 7 mins

Jove’s Nod (Congreve);
Cantata for Baritone, 2 Violins, Cello & Harpsichord

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2005
For: Baritone, 2 Violins, Cello & Harpsichord
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Last of the Leaves;
Cantata Setting of Four Poems:

  1. The Rose and the Gardener (Austin Dobson)
  2. The Leaf Burners (Ernest Rhys)
  3. The Donkey (GK Chesterton)
  4. At a Country Dance in Provence (Harold Monro)
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1975
For: Bass, Solo Clarinet & String Orchestra
Duration: 22 mins
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Love’s Madness;
Cantata Setting of Five Mediaeval Quatrains

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1970
For: High Voice, String Trio & Harpsichord
Duration: 14 mins
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Margaret Catchpole: Two Worlds Apart;
Chamber Opera in Four Acts, Libretto by Ronald Fletcher (after the novel by Richard Cobbold)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
For: Margaret Catchpole - Mezzo Soprano;
William Laud - Tenor;
John Luff - Baritone;
Crusoe - Tenor;
John Barry - Baritone;
Dr. Stebbing & Guard (Act 3) - Baritone;
Farmer Denton (Act 1) & Judge (Act 3) - Bass-Baritone;
Mrs. Denton (Act 1) & Mrs. Cobbold (Act 2 et seq.) - Contralto;
Lucy (Act 1) & Alice (Act 2) & Mrs. Palmer (Act 4) - Soprano;

2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Harp, Flute, Clarinet (Doubling Bass Clarinet), Oboe, Bassoon & Horn
Duration: 1979 mins
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Nancy the Waterman;
Chamber Opera in One Act, based on a Story from More Tales from the Fens  (Libretto by Blanche McIntyre)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
2007
For: Vocal Quartet, Violin, Horn & Piano
Duration: 45 mins
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Venus to the Muses (Matthew Prior)

Published by Peacock Press
2002
For: Soprano, Recorder, Bassoon, & Harpsichord

Narrator with instruments

A Bag of Winds (for five string quartets and narrator):

  1. Prelude: The Ancient Empire of the Winds (Tutti)
  2. Boreas (Quartet A)
  3. Zephyrus (Quartet B)
  4. Eurus and Notus (Quartets C & D)
  5. Odysseus (Quartet E and tutti)
  6. Odysseus Again (Quartet E)
  7. Odysseus and his Companions on their Best Behaviour (tutti)
  8. The Good Life at Aeolia (tutti)
  9. The Winds Imprisoned (Quartets A, B C and D)
  10. Homeward Bound (Quartet B and tutti)
  11. The Fateful Sleep (Quartet E and tutti)
  12. Back at Aeolia (tutti)
  13. The Dismissal (tutti)
  14. Find Assembly of the Winds (tutti)

NB: Quartet C consists of 4 violins and Quartet D of 2 violas and 2 cellos. Quartets A, B and E are normally constituted.

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1973
For: An entertainment for 5 string quartets and narrator with optional double bass
Duration: 18 mins
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Flood
Entertainment with narration spoken by the Players
(Based on John Heath-Stubbs, The History of The Flood)

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1997
For: Flute (Piccolo; Alto Flute), Oboe (Cor Anglais), Clarinet (Eb Clarinet; Bass Clarinet in Bb), Horn in F & Bassoon

Includes parts spoken by the players
Duration: 15 mins
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Never Trust a Spider; Entertainment for 7 Clarinets

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1978
For: E flat, A, Bass and Quartet of B flat with Narrator and Audience (spoken part)
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The Old Cigarette Lighter; Entertainment for Children (Libretto by David Reynolds)

  1. The Soldier
  2. The Old Woman and the Cave
  3. The Money
  4. High-Life
  5. The Princess
  6. The Dog
  7. The Sleeping Princess
  8. Nanny to the Rescue
  9. Taken into Custody
  10. The Trial
  11. Pandemonium in Court
  12. Off to the Palace
  13. The Farewell
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1961
For: Narrator, Flute, Oboe & Piano
(Also available in version for narrator and wind quintet)
Duration: 18 mins
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The Old Cigarette Lighter; Entertainment for Children (Libretto by David Reynolds)

  1. The Soldier
  2. The Old Woman and the Cave
  3. The Money
  4. High-Life
  5. The Princess
  6. The Dog
  7. The Sleeping Princess
  8. Nanny to the Rescue
  9. Taken into Custody
  10. The Trial
  11. Pandemonium in Court
  12. Off to the Palace
  13. The Farewell
Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1984
For: Narrator & Wind Quintet
(Also available in version for narrator and flute, oboe and piano)
Duration: 18 mins
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Tinderbox; Entertainment with Narrator

The original version, entitled The Old Cigarette Lighter, is scored for flute, oboe and piano. A later version (1994), also with this title, is scored for wind quintet. This version allows the five musicians to share the narrative.

Published by Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust
1998
For: Piano & Narrator/Pianist-Narrator
Duration: 17 mins
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