These lists contain a selection of New Zealand works for voice (solo and with accompaniment) available from SOUNZ. There are still many more works on our full catalogue. Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have, or if you need any help navigating our online catalogue!
Unspecified voice (with or without keyboard)
Ross Harris: Three Sandcastle Songs
Dorothy Freed: Turn Your Face to Mine
John Ritchie: Zhivago's Mary Magdalene Songs
David Farquhar: Eight Blake Songs
Dorothy Freed: The Sun Has Spread its Shining Wings
John Rimmer: Psalm of the Nativity
Jillian Bray: Come, Christmas, Child (Calling)
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Soprano or mezzo-soprano (with or without keyboard)
Jenny McLeod: Through the World
Anthony Ritchie: Two Pantoums
Ross Harris: Wild Daisies
Lyell Cresswell: Das Lied von dem Fisch
Helen Bowater: A Wild Sea for the Crossing
Eve De Castro-Robinson: Chaos of Delight II
Jenny McLeod: From Garden to Grave
Dorothy Franchi: Four Pioneer Portraits
Ray Twomey: Love Songs on words by John Donne (Opus 6b)
Anthony Ritchie: Milking Before Dawn
Anthony Ritchie: My Father Today
John Rimmer: The Broken Hear
Gillian Whitehead: Requiem
Michael Vinten: Six Korean Love Songs
David Farquhar: Three Cilla McQueen Songs
David Farquhar: Three Medieval Carols
David Farquhar: Three Scots Ballads
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Alto (with or without keyboard)
Dorothy Freed: The Sea Child
David Farquhar: Four Janet Frame Songs
David Farquhar: Lullaby
David Farquhar: Smile My Weeping
David Farquhar: Take Thou This Rose
David Farquhar: The Librarian's Wife
Nigel Williams: Out of the Deep
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Tenor (with or without keyboard)
Jenny McLeod: Peaks of Clouds: A Song Cycle
Douglas Lilburn: Sings Harry
David Hamilton: Yellow Songs
Janet Jennings: Taking Off (tenor version)
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Baritone (with or without keyboard)
Douglas Lilburn: Sings Harry
Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal: Baxter Songs
Jenny McLeod: Epithalamia
David Farquhar: Five songs of e e cummings
David Farquhar: In Despite of Death
Anthony Ritchie: Tangi
Anthony Ritchie: The Bay
Anthony Ritchie: Whispers of Gallipoli
Janet Jennings: Taking Off (baritone version)
Alex Taylor: three songs of iain sharp
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Voice and other instrument
Pepe Becker: Scorpio Two for soprano and oboe
Douglas Lilburn: Three songs for baritone and viola
David Farquhar: Writing on the Sand for mezzo-soprano and violin
Jonathan Besser: Duo for Soprano and cello
Dorothy Buchanan: Mary Magdalene and the Birds for mezzo-soprano and clarinet
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Voice and instrumental ensemble
Jenny McLeod: He Whakaahua o Maru (A Portrait of Maru) for soprano, flute/piccolo and piano
Anthony Ritchie: Words are my Notes for mezzo-soprano, viola and piano
Ross Harris: Dream, Yellow Lions for baritone and five instruments
Ross Harris: Three Rilke Songs for soprano, clarinet and harp
John Rimmer: Pukeko for soprano and five instruments
Helen Fisher: The Wheel Turns for soprano, flute/piccolo, cello and piano
Gillian Whitehead: "Aria" from Outrageous Fortune for soprano and five instruments
Helen Bowater: beneath the crumpled stars for mezzo-soprano, clarinet, guitar and cello
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