SONGS ABOUT DOGS
These are solo songs and arias about dogs.
NOTE: Accompaniment is "piano" and voice is "unspecified" unless otherwise noted.
Bachlund, Gary: Coyote (from Harte Songs) [baritone, piano]
Bermel, Derek: Dog (from Nature Calls)
Britain, Radie: The Extraoidinary Dog
Britten, Benjamin: Lone Dog (from Friday Afternoons, Op. 7) [unison trebles; piano]
Broderick, Damien: The Drover's Wife's Dog [two sopranos]
Dessau, Paul: Es war einaml ein Hund (No. 3 from Fünf Tierverse)
Einem, Gottfried von: Mein kleiner weißer Hund und ich (No. 2 from Liebes- und Abendlieder, Op. 48)
Eisler, Hanns: Bitte an den Hund (No. 1 from Zwei Lieder nach altjapanischen Texten, Op. 15)
Flaherty, Stephen: Times like this, from Lucky Stiff [mezzo soprano; bass, percussion (Bell Tree, Rachet, Tambourine, Triangle, Wood Block), synthesizer]
Français, Jean: Déploration de Tonton (chien fidèle) [3 violins, 3 violas, violoncello, double bass]
Genzmer, Harald: Acht kleine Hunde (No. 6 from Sechs Lieder nach angelsächsischen Dichtern)
Harchanko, Joseph Edward: Dog Haiku Songs [unspecified voice; voice, violin, cello, clarinet (Bb and bass), flute (+piccolo), piano, percussion]
Harchanko, Joseph Edward: Dog Haiku Songs [alt. version: unspecified voice; piano, percussion obbligato]
Head, Michael: Lone dog [male voice]
Henderson, Ruth Watson: A Tree Toad and Lone Dog; The Yak and the Train Dogs
Hendrix, Robin: I had a Little Doggie (from Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs)
Hendrix, Robin: Poor Dog Bright (from Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs)
Hines, Edward: Dear Ann Landers (Can a Dog Get Drunk on Wine?) [mono-opera: soprano; piano duo]
Hirs, Rozalie: Dog Making Kit & Puppy (2001) [soprano, piano, cello, electro-acoustical tape]
Hoiby, Lee: Puppy (IV. from The Italian Lesson, Op. 34)
Holland, Linda: On the Skeleton of a Hound [soprano]
Homer, Sidney: The dog lies in his kennel (from Seventeen Lyrics from Sing-Song, Op. 19) [high voice]
Kingsley, Herbert: The Green Dog
Lean, Philip David: The Gingham Dog (No. 3 from Three Compositions) [soprano, baritone; alto flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello]
McPherson, Gordon: Dog Song
Middleton, H.S. : Pussy has a whiskered face, from Kikirikee (1925)
Morley, Thomas: Will ye buy a fine dog, in First Book of Airs, or Little Short Songs (1600) [voice, lute]
Mucci, John : Flush or Faunus? (No. 1 from Strange Attractors) [soprano; contrabass]
Nasto, Paul: Dog Songs (3) [soprano]
Oliver, Harold: A Dog's Tale (1978) [soprano; flute, clarinet, violin, piano]
Ping, Gao: Dog Story (No. 1 from Two Shinyu Pai Poems) [soprano]
Rosenthal, Manuel: Fido, Fido (No. 3 from Chansons du Monsieur Bleu)
Sallinen, Aulis: Simppeli Simme ja Hamppari Hamme, Op. 40a (Simple Simon and His Dog) [baritone]
Sametz, Steven: A Way of Talking to a Dog You Don't Know (No. 1 from American Songs - Sacred and Profane) [baritone; large orchestra, chorus)
Sauguet, Henri: Chien (No. 4 from Les animaux et leurs hommes)
Schönberg, Arnold: Die Warnung, Op. 3 No. 3 [mezzo-soprano or baritone]
Schubert, Franz: Im Dorfe (Es bellen die Hunde) (No. 17 from Winterreise, Op. 89, D.911)
Uhl, Alfred: Hund und Katze (from Vier Lieder aus der Heiteren Kantate "Wer einsam ist, der hat es gut") [soprano, viola, piano]
Yankee, John: Lucky Puppy (1991)
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