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October composer birthdays

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We’re celebrating 13 composer birthdays during the month of October. Each composer has a link to our entire collection of texts for that individual.

Louis Vierne, born 10/8.
Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/v/vierne-louis-1870-1937.html

Giuseppe Fortunino Frencesco Verdi, born 10/9.
Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/v/verdi-giuseppe-1813-1901.html

Charles-Camille Saint-Saens, born 10/9.
Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/s/saint-saens-camille-1835-1921.html

Ralph Vaughan Williams, born 10/12.
Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/v/vaughan-williams-ralph-1872-1958.html

Alexander von Zemlinsky, born 10/14.
Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/z/zemlinsky-alexander-1871-1942.html

Baldassare Galuppi, born 10/18.
Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/g/galuppi-baldassare-1706-1785.html

Charles Edward Ives, born 10/20.
Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/i/ives-charles-edward-1874-1954.html

Franz Liszt, born 10/22.
Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/l/liszt-franz-1811-1886.html

Ferdinand Hiller, born 10/24.
Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/h/hiller-ferdinand-von-1811-1885.html

Johann Strauss II, born 10/25.
Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/s/strauss-johann-1825-1899.html

Georges Alexandre-Cesar-Leopold Bizet, born 10/25.
Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/b/bizet-georges-1838-1875.html

Alexander Tikhonovich Gretchaninov, born 10/25.
Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/g/gretchaninov-aleksandr-tikhonovich-1864-1956.html

Peter Warlock, born 10/30.
Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/w/warlock-peter-1894-1930.html

Four art songs, set by Claude Debussy, perfect for soprano recital

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Claude Debussy, portrait by Marcel Baschet (1884)
Claude Debussy, portrait by Marcel Baschet (1884)
Are you preparing for a Junior Recital, Senior Recital, or Graduate Recital? These four art songs, as set by Claude Debussy, are perfect for adding to a Soprano vocal recital program.

French composer Achille-Claude Debussy, also known as Claude-Achille Debussy or Claude Debussy was born August 22, 1862, in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Seine-et-Oise. Debussy was one of the most prominent figures in Impressionist music and among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Learn more about Claude Debussy in our blog post.

Looking for even more soprano recital recommendations? Check out our collection of 24 soprano vocal recital recommendations.

Quatre chansons de jeunesse

Apparition (Apparition)
Text by Stéphane Mallarmé (1842-1898)
Set by Claude Debussy (1862-1918); Kaikhosru (Leon Dudley) Sorabji (1892-1988)
https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/5968/category/364/

Clair de lune (Moonlight)
Text by Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)
Set by Gustave Charpentier (1860-1956); Claude Debussy (1862-1918), from Fêtes Galantes I, #2;
Alphons Diepenbrock (1862-1921); Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), op. 46, # 2; Jósef Szulc (1875-1956),
from Dix mélodies sur des poésies de Verlaine, op. 83
https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/5992/category/364/

Pantomime
Text by Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)
Set by Claude Debussy (1862-1918); Willem Pijper (1894-1947), from Fêtes galantes, #1; Kaikhosru
Sorabji (Leon Dudley) (1892-1988)
https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/5966/category/364/

Pierrot
Text by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823-1891)
Set by Claude Debussy (1862-1918); Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), FP. 66
https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/5967/category/364/

Did you know? IPA Source now contains International Phonetic Alphabet translations for all 93 solo works of Claude Debussy.