Art songs have many features. They are often settings of poems or excerpts of larger texts to music, specifically for voice and piano. Art songs can be written in multiple languages and are informed by various musical traditions. The collections and song cycles featured here only scratch the surface of the massive expanse of art song repertoire; if you're interested in exploring and learning more, feel free to take a look at our Databases and Web Resources page!
Complete songs: for voice and piano / Modest Mussorgsky by 
Songs for solo voice with piano accompaniment / Fryderyk Chopin by 
Complete songs for voice and piano / Sergei Rachmaninoff by 
To a poet: 6 songs for low voice and piano / music by Gerald Finzi by 
Collected songs / Benjamin Britten by Lieder (meaning songs) describes the German and Dutch tradition of art songs. Typically, a lied is a setting of a poem or excerpt of poetry for voice and piano. Some composers that might come to mind when someone says "lieder" includes Schubert, Robert and Clara Schumann, Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn, Brahms, Mahler, Wolf, and Richard Strauss.
100 songs / Franz Schubert by 
Anniversary songbook: 14 songs for voice and piano / Clara Schumann by 
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a wayfarer): for voice and piano / Mahler by 
Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung / Richard Strauss by Mélodie (meaning melody) is the name of French art song from the romantic era and onward. Similar to lieder, mélodie is a setting of a poetic text or excerpt to music, often scored for voice and piano. Some noteworthy mélodie composers include Fauré, Berlioz, Gounod, Massenet, Duparc, Hahn, Debussy, Ravel, and Chaminade.
50 songs / Gabriel Fauré by 
French art songs of the nineteenth century: 39 works from Berlioz to Debussy by 
Banalités: cinq mélodies sur des poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire / Francis Poulenc by 
