Works for Solo Voice
and Unusual Instrument


HURDY-GURDY

Composer: Brian David Elias
Work: Solomonian Song (1986)
Voice: soprano

Composer: Chris Fox
Work: Trummermusik (1993)
Voice: mezzo-soprano

Composer: Matthias Kaul
Work: Listen this is for you (2000)
Voice: unspecified

Composer: Matthias Kaul
Work: Revolver (1999)
Voice: unspecified

Composer: Pierre Moret
Work: Moqueca de Peixe, Op. 55 (2005)
Voice: mezzo-soprano

Composer: Michael Parsons
Work: Three Songs from Skopelos (1992)
Voice: soprano

Composer: Christian Wolff
Work: For 1, 2 or 3 People for any instrument, Version 2 (1964)
Voice: unspecified


OCARINA

Composer: Joseph Klein
Work: Mr. P's Epitaph, from DEdi/seC(r)ATIONS (1986)
Voice: tenor


KALIMBA

Composer: Kim Erickson
Work: And the Bird (1981)
Voice: unspecified

Composer: Kim Erickson
Work: Fireweed (1983)
Voice: unspecified

Composer: Kim Erickson
Work: Hickory Dickory (1982)
Voice: unspecified

Composer: Kim Erickson
Work: Pick It Up (1982)
Voice: unspecified

Composer: Julie Kabat
Work: Kalimba Alight
Voice: unspecified


CHIMES

Composer: Morton Feldman
Work: arrangement of Thomas Campion's "Followe Thy Faire Sunne" (1962)
Voice: unspecified

Composer: Alexander Knaifel
Work: Der Tag (Wie durch einen Zweig) (1999)
Voice: soprano

Composer: Andrzej Krzanowski
Work: Relief IV (1985)
Voice: soprano
Note: Composer specifies "tubular bells"


BELLS

Composer: Milton Babbitt
Work: Play on Notes
Voice: unspecified
Note: Composer specifies "melody bells"

Composer: Jean Catoire
Work: Requiem Antiphons, Op. 195 (1970)
Voice: mezzo-soprano

Composer: Philip Corner
Work: Gamelan VOX, Op. 101
Voice: unspecified
Note: Composer also specifies "body slaps by one player" (as percussion)

Composer: Calvin Hampton
Work: Vocalise (1972)
Voice: soprano
Note: Composer specifies "orchestral bells"

Composer: Libby Larsen
Work: Hell's Belles (2001)
Voice: mezzo-soprano
Note: Composer specifies "handbells"

Composer: Ted Mann
Work: Magnificat
Voice: soprano
Note: Composer specifies "handbells"

Composer: Mary Sallee
Work: I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (original version)
Voice: soprano
Note: Composer specifies "handbells"

Composer: John Tavener
Work: Lamentation, Last prayer and exaltation (1977)
Voice: soprano
Note: Composer specifies "handbells"

Composer: John Tavener
Work: The Last Prayer of Mary Queen of Scots (1978)
Voice: soprano
Note: Composer specifies "handbells"

Composer: David York
Work: The Bells (2001)
Voice: unspecified
Note: Composer specifies "handbells"


AUTOHARP

Composer: Calvin Hampton
Work: Magnificat (1974)
Voice: soprano


TOY PIANO

[toy piano] Composer: Jessica Constable and Philippe Gelda
Work: Toy Suite (2000)
Voice: unspecified

Composer: Philip Corner
Work: Classical (1982/2001)
Voice: unspecified
Note: Composer specifies "for singing toy pianist"

Composer: Joe Cutler
Work: La Maison de Fred (2001)
Voice: unspecified
Note: Composer specifies "for singing, speaking, whistling toy pianist"

Composer: Paul Hogan
Work: Frances
Voice: unspecified

Composer: Jerome Kitzke
Work: The Animist Child (1994)
Voice: unspecified
Note: Composer also specifies foot stomps (as percussion)

Composer: Roderik de Man
Work: Transports (2002)
Voice: unspecified


DIDGERIDOO

Composer: Michael Askill
Work: Free_radicals (Parts 4 and 5)
Voice: unspecified
Note: Also calls for percussion

Composer: Ge-Suk Yeo
Work: In (2003)
Voice: soprano


WINE GLASS

Composer: Meredith Monk
Work: Our Lady of Late (1973 version)
Voice: soprano


HARMONICA

Composer: Sven Erik Werner:
Work: Sange for Baryton & Harmonika
Voice: baritone


SHOFAR

Composer: Jeff Hamburg
Work: Eich Echetsov Shir (2003)
Voice: baritone

If you know of any works for solo voice and any of the instruments listed above, or any of the following instruments, please email me the details at:   d a l i l a [at] r a d i x [dot] n e t.
  • pan flute
  • kazoo
  • Jew's harp/jaw harp
  • penny whistle
  • bagpipes


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