Composers

Perfect for Bass – 8 concert arias as set by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791), born in Salzburg, Austria, was an important and respected composer. As an adult, he referred to himself as “Wolfgang Amadè Mozart,” but it is noted that his name had many variants. As a child, his baptismal record listed his name in Latin as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus… Read More

Featured composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (part 2 of 2)

This is part 2 of a two-part series on the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Read part 1 here. Church works and Idomeneo Mozart’s desire to not stay in Salzburg had not diminished, but his need for employment and income won out and he returned in 1779. There, Mozart composed a series of church works,… Read More

Five arias from Giuseppe Verdi’s Il Corsaro

Five texts from Il Corsaro, as set by Giuseppe Verdi, have recently been added to the IPA Source database. The first performance of Il Corsaro was October, 1848. The libretto for Il Corsaro was created by Francesco Maria Piave, who based it upon the poem, The Corsair, by Lord Byron. At the time Il Corsaro was being written by Piave, Verdi… Read More

Featured composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (part 1 of 2)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791), born in Salzburg, Austria, was an important and respected composer. As an adult, he referred to himself as “Wolfgang Amadè Mozart,” but it is noted that his name had many variants. As a child, his baptismal record listed his name in Latin as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus… Read More

Recently added and perfect for Baritone

Recently added to our International Phonetic Alphabet database, In braccio alle dovizie,  Monforte’s scene and aria from act three of the opera I vespri Siciliani.  Text by Eugène Scribe (1790-1861) and Charles Duveyrier (1803-1866) Set by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Download the IPA Text: https://www.ipasource.com/in-braccio-alle-dovizie.html Complete score: https://imslp.nl/imglnks/usimg/7/76/IMSLP517038-PMLP55448-Verdi_-_I_vespri_Siciliani_-_Act_I_(orch._score)_(etc).pdf From wikipedia.org: I vespri siciliani (Italian pronunciation: [i ˈvɛːspri… Read More

IPA Source now contains International Phonetic Alphabet translations for all 93 solo works of Debussy

IPA Source Founder & Principal Author, Bard Suverkrop, has been busy. IPA Source now contains International Phonetic Alphabet translations for all 93 solo works of Claude Debussy. Just added to our database: Chanson triste (text by Maurice Bouchor) Listen to Ninon Vallin: Romance (Les baisers d’amour) (text by Maurice Bouchor) Listen to Gillian Keith, soprano;… Read More