Works for Solo Voice
and Haunting Instrument

VOICE WITH THEREMIN

Composer: Jorge Antunes
Work: Petite Pièce Aléatoire
Voice: unspecified
Other instrument: piano

Composers: Elizabeth Brown and Stephanie Skaff
Work: Rural Electrification (monopera)
Voice: soprano
Other instruments: none

Composer: Peter Hannan
Work: 2 Words
Voice: unspecified
Other instruments: live electronics

Composer: Lydia Kavina
Work: In Whims of the Wind
Voice: soprano
Other instrument: piano

Composer: Lydia Kavina
Work: Romance
Voice: unspecified
Other instrument: piano

Composer: Kristof Lauwers
Work: Processing #3
Voice: unspecified
Other instrument: flute

Composer: James Perone
Work: TwO MOOn POOms (2001)
Voice: unspecified high voice
Other instrument: none

Composer: Armen Ra
Work: Wrequiem
Voice: countertenor (sopranista)
Other instrument: none

Composer: David Simons
Work: Virtual Percussion Trio (1999)
Voice: unspecified
Other instruments: viola

Composer: David Simons
Work: Ethers (MIDI-Theremin)
Voice: unspecified
Other instrument: slide guitar

Composer: David Simons and Lisa Karrer
Work: Traum Kanone (Dream Gun), from The Birth Of George (opera)
Voices: unspecified
Other instruments: unknown

VOICE WITH ONDES MARTENOT

Composer: Pierre Boulez
Work: Le visage nuptial (first version, 1946/47) (2 ondes Martenot)
Voices: soprano, contralto
Other instruments: piano, percussion

Composer: S. Bussotti
Work: Due voci
Voice: soprano
Other instruments: orchestra

Composer: Jacques Chailley
Work: Casa Dei (oratorio)
Voice: unspecified
Other instruments: choir, orchestra

Composer: Jacques Charpentier
Work: Stele
Voice: soprano
Other instruments: organ

Composer: Lindsay Cooper
Work: Nightmare
Voice: 2 unspecified voices
Other instruments: piano, marimba, percussion, drums, bassoon, synthesizer

Composer: Olivier Messiaen
Work: Saint François d'Assise (opera)
Voices: soprano, 3 tenors, 3 baritones, bass-baritone, bass, chorus
Other instruments: orchestra

Composer: Serge Provost
Work: Ein Horn (4 ondes Martenot)
Voices: soprano
Other instruments: none

Composer: Michel Redolfi
Work: Mare Teno
Voices: soprano
Other instruments: electronics

Composer: Giacinto Scelsi
Work: Uaxuctum (The Legend of the Maya City which destroyed itself for religious reasons)
Voices: 4 unspecified voices, mixed choir
Other instruments: orchestra

Composer: Gilles Tremblay
Work: Kékoba
Voices: soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor
Other instruments: percussion

Composer: Edgard Varèse
Work: Ecuatorial (2 ondes Martenot or theremin cellos)
Voices: baritone
Other instruments: orchestra of 4 trumpets, bass trombone, 3 tenor trombones, organ, piano, 6 percussion

Composer: Patrik Vidjeskog
Work: Tre brev till det ogripbara
Voices: baritone, mixed choir
Other instruments: percussion, organ, string orchestra

VOICE WITH MUSICAL SAW

Composer: Aaron Copland
Work: The Second Hurricane (opera) (Theremin may substitute for saw)
Voices: 2 sopranos, alto, 2 tenors, baritone, bass, 3 adult speakers, mixed chorus
Other instruments: orchestra

Composer: George Crumb
Work: Dances of the Ancient Earth, from Ancient Voices of Children
Voice: (mezzo-)soprano and boy soprano
Other instruments: oboe/harmonica, mandolin, harp, amplified piano/toy piano, 3 percussion instruments (incl. Tibetan prayer stones, Japanese temple bells)

Composer: Julie Kabat
Work: A Mi Hija
Voice: unspecified
Other instruments: none

Composer: Jonathan Rutherford
Work: An Intake of Breath
Voice: soprano
Other instruments: violin

VOICE WITH GLASS HARMONICA

Composer: David August von Apell
Work: Il trionfo della musica (cantata)
Voice: soprano, alto, tenor
Other instrument: harp

Composer: Ludwig von Beethoven
Work: Melodram, from Incidental Music to Leonore Prohaska, WoO 96 No. 3
Voice: soprano/spoken voice
Other instrument: none

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Work: Scena della pazzia (Mad Scene) from Lucia di Lammermoor
Voice: soprano, mixed chorus
Other instruments: orchestra

Composer: Roger Hall
Work: A Memorial Tribute to Gerhard Finkenbeiner, Op. 30
Voice: unspecified
Other instrument: none

Composer: Johann Adolph Hasse
Work: L'Armonica (cantata)
Voice: male or female soprano
Other instruments: chamber orchestra

Composer: Julie Kabat
Work: Invocation in Centrifugal Form
Voice: soprano
Other instrument: none

Composer: Julie Kabat
Work: Five Poems by H.D.
Voice: unspecified
Other instrument: musical saw

Composer: Gordon Myers
Work: Poor Richard Says... (Twenty Proverbs by Benjamin Franklin)
Voice: medium voice
Other instrument: none [composed for "medium voice and piano (or harsichord or glass harmonica or whatever is available)"]

Composer: Johann Friedrich Reichardt
Work: Herkules Tod
Voice: male/speaker
Other instrument: none

Composer: K.L. Rollig
Work: Aria
Voice: soprano
Other instruments: orchestra

Composer: Richard Strauss
Work: Die Frau ohne Schatten (opera)
Voice: 4 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, contralto, 2 tenors, baritone, 7 basses, 3 soprano trebles, 3 alto trebles, mixed chorus, children's chorus
Other instruments: orchestra

VOICE WITH GLASS HARP (a.k.a. Seraphim or musical glasses)

Composer: Miguel Frasconi
Work: Translucent melodies (glass bell bowls)
Voice: unspecified
Other instrument: none

Composer: Meredith Monk
Work: Our Lady of Late (single crystal glass)
Voice: unspecified female
Other instruments: none

VOICE WITH CRISTAL BASCHET

Composer: Florence Baschet
Work: Alma-Luvia
Voice: contralto
Other instruments: clarinet, viola, electroacoustic tape in realtime

Composer: Michel de Neuve
Work: Enlightened Love
Voice: 2 sopranos
Other instruments: strings, percussion

Composer: Michel de Neuve
Work: Daoud
Voice: soprano
Other instrument: bendir

Composer: Michel de Neuve
Work: Désert
Voice: soprano, baritone
Other instruments: string quartet, percussion

Composer: Michel de Neuve
Work: Danses de Dunes
Voice: soprano
Other instruments: violin, bass, zarb

Composer: Michel de Neuve
Work: Source Cristalline
Voice: unspecified
Other instruments: 3 unison cellos

Composer: Michel de Neuve
Work: La Traversée
Voice: soprano, male chorus
Other instruments: string quartet

Composer: Michel de Neuve
Work: Fragments d'un Rêve
Voice: soprano, female chorus
Other instruments: strings, 3 percussion

VOICE WITH VERROPHONE

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