Music for Clarinet and Voice
(Updated 12 May 2008)

This page has music for clarinet and voice, often with with piano. Items are in alphabetical order by composer on this page.

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V09: To Be Sung Upon The Water by Dominick Argento. Boosey & Hawkes, 1974, SS, 40 + 8 pages. This piece is for high voice (soprano), clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), and piano is based on poems by William Wordsworth. It is in 8 movements with bass clarinet playing on four, b-flat soprano clarinet on three, and one tacit. Advanced college or professional level.
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V16: Two Nursery Rhymes for Voice, Clarinet in A (or Viola) and Piano by Arthur Bliss. Music Sales Corp., 1949, SS. This was written in 1920 with words by Frances Conford. For high voice with a range from first line E to the G sharp just above the staff. The two pieces are: I. The Ragwort (Allegretto) and II. The Dandelion (Allegro giocoso). Duration about 3:30.
Pastoral - Emma Johnson
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V02: Three Emily Dickinson Songs
by Martin Butler. Oxford University Press/Banks Music Publications, 1987, SS, 16 pages. This piece for soprano voice, clarinet, and piano was composed and first performed in 1985. It approximately 9 minutes long and is in score format. This piece requires mature performers.
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V17: Three Songs of Innocence for Soprano, Clarinet in A, and Piano words by William Blake, music by Arnold Cooke. Oxford University Press, 1960, SS. The three songs are: Piping Down the Valleys Wild, The Shepherd, and The Echoing Green. A well written work with the clarinet part looking to be the most difficult of the three. College level and about 6:30 minutes. Includes a separate clarinet part and a piano score with all parts..
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V10: As it Fell Upon A Day by Aaron Copland. Boosey & Hawkes, 1929, SS. For soprano voice, flute, and clarinet. The words are from Richard Barnefield (1574-1627). This is a one-movement sectional piece. It features an interesting dialogue between the flute and clarinet which adds to the texture with independent material when playing with voice. It is a very nice recital piece for college level and professional performers.
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V18: Beuk O' Newcassel Sangs for soprano, clarinet & piano by Michale Finnissy. Oxford University Press, 1990, SS, 21 pages. The text is based on Joseph Crawhall's A Beuk o' Newcassel Sangs from 1888. The music is in score format (a facsimili of the composers original) and the piano part is mostly a single line of notes. This is intended to be played with a C clarinet and uses what a reviewer called "microtonal inflections." This will be a challenging piece for all performers. Duration about 14 minutes.
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V11: A Garden of Weeds for soprano, clarinet & piano. Music by Terence Greaves; words by Jacqueline Froom. Emerson Edition, 1971. Five amusing short songs on garden weeds (Buttercup, Poppy, Thistle, Belladonna, and Nettle). Includes piano score and two copies of the voice & clarinet parts. College level.
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V03: Hymn to the Seasons by Robert Sherlaw Johnson with words by David Whitter. Oxford University Press, 1997, SS, 28 + 11 pages. This piece for soprano voice, clarinet, and piano was composed in 1990 and is approximately 14 minutes long. Separate clarinet part. This piece requires mature performers.
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C988: I Never Saw Another Butterfly for soprano voice and clarinet. Music by Lori Laitman and texts by children of the Holocaust. Arsis Press, 2002, SS. Includes two parts in score format. Originally written for voice and saxophone, the composer has created editions for clarinet and bassoon. Based on poetry by children from the Terezin concentration camp and written in 1996, the six songs of the cycle use varied imagery and musical styles. The composer writes: "One cannot help but be touched by the hope and innocence that these children put into their poetry, despite their terrible surroundings. The accompaniment of the saxophone is intended to be haunting and soulful, with echoes of Klezmer music." The song titles are: The Butterfly, Yes--That's the Way Things Are, Birdsong, Man Proposes, God Disposes, and The Old House. The first performance was at John Hopkins University in 1996 with soprano Lauren Wagner and saxophonist Gary Louie, for whom the piece was written.
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V05: Hirtenlied (Shepherd’s Song) for High Voice and Piano with B-flat Clarinet Obligato by Giacomo Meyerbeer. McGinnis & Marx, 1976, SS, 11 + 2 pages. The Hirtenlied was composed in 1842 to words from Ludwig Rellstab.
Le Pâtre sur le Rocher  - Moisan
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V12: Parto, Parto Sesto's aria from the opera "La Clemenza di Tito" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart edited by Chris Allen for voice, clarinet, and piano. Emerson Edition, 2003. One of the best known arias with clarinet obbligato from the opera repertoire. This edition provides a piano reduction of the orchestral part (with vocal and clarinet parts in score format), a vocal part which shows the clarinet part in concert pitch, and a part for clarinet in B-flat with the basset notes shown cue size. 
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V01: The Shepherd on the Rock (Der Hirt auf dem Felsen) by Franz Schubert. G. Schirmer, SS. For high voice and piano with clarinet (flute or violin) obbligato. This edition has the original words and an English translation. One of the best known works for this combination.
Recital No. 2 Harold WrightThe Obbligato Clarinet - Colin BradburyLe Pâtre sur le Rocher  - Moisan
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V19: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock) by Franz Schubert edited by Walther Dürr. Baerenteiter (BA 5619), 1988, SS, 25 + 4 pages. For high voice, clarinet and piano. An attractive edition in large print. Includes only the original German text and notes on the edition in German and English.
Recital No. 2 Harold WrightThe Obbligato Clarinet - Colin BradburyLe Pâtre sur le Rocher - Moisan
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V08: Six German Songs Op. 103 by Ludwig Spohr. Baerenreiter, SS. For high voice and piano with B-flat clarinet obbligato. Spohr was asked to compose this work in 1837 by the clarinetist Johann Simon Hermstedt at the request of Princess Sondershausen. This very attractive edition has a score with the piano and vocal parts in normal sized type with the clarinet part in concert key in small type and a separate clarinet part for B-flat clarinet.
A Portrait of David WeberThe Obbligato Clarinet - Colin BradburyClarinet Candescence -  Melvin WarnerLe Pâtre sur le Rocher  - Moisan
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V06: An April Day by Oscar W. Street. Rosewood Publications, 2001, SS. For soprano voice, B-flat clarinet, and piano. Separate parts for clarinet and voice. This work is based on part of a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, written before the poet was 19. Appropriately (and unlike most of the pieces on this page), this piece should be easy enough for many high school musicians (all parts).
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V07: Duet: Se il mio ben, cor mio tu sei by Carl Maria von Weber edited and arranged by Luigi Magistrelli. Rosewood Publications, 2003, SS. For two alto voices, obbligato clarinet and piano. Includes piano score, a separate clarinet part, and the vocal parts in score format. Weber made several versions of this work. This arrangement uses the piano to replace strings and horns in the first version. It is in two parts, an Andante with very little clarinet followed by an Allegro in 6/8 with a typical obbligato clarinet part. College level. 
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V04: Three Vocalises by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Oxford University Press, SS, 1960, 7 pages. For soprano voice and B-flat clarinet. In score format with an additional staff showing the clarinet part in concert key.
To Be Sung Upon the WaterPastoral - Emma Johnson
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