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Ah I missed that, thanks for correcting!!

Your wish is my command!

Manuel de Falla's "Seite canciones populares españolas" is a classic, as you can tell from the number of good recordings on YouTube. I like this live one -

https://youtu.be/Dz83qLp29DE

Pianists likely know Granados' "The Maiden and the Nightingale" as part of his "Goyescas" suite. But he also set the melody to words (I think from his "Goyescas" opera). So I don't really know if this version is really originally for voice and piano or not.

https://youtu.be/VSwAlqQt2Sk

A lovely song by Mompou -

https://youtu.be/MQI4N7xbnzo

- and another -

https://youtu.be/eY9YfCmBTU8

Here are "Cuatro madrigales amatorios" by Joaquin Rodrigo

https://youtu.be/ZJssYKVJa3M

"Melodia Sentimentale" by Villa-Lobos.

https://youtu.be/7RyYu_nIi88

"Samba Classico", also by Villa-Lobos

https://youtu.be/16jgdQHxnNc

Four songs by Mozart Camargo Guarieri (each of his siblings also had the name of a famous composer as their first name). The video quality isn't good, sorry, but there aren't many choices for this material.

https://youtu.be/Gy_BQ0Y4P0k

"Cinco canciones negras" by Xavier Montsalvatge, sung by Caballé, with none other than Alexis Weissenberg at the piano. Talk about luxury casting!

https://youtu.be/F_D1YfR4MdE

Alberto Ginastera's "Cinco canciones populares argentinas"

https://youtu.be/KcItSp9C9iM

Enough for now -

Then there is this one:

Maybe the most famous Chinese art song. Composer Huang Tzu (1904 - 1938) trained in Yale.

Three Wishes of a Rose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx0ePW5-oTU

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How lovely!!! I had not heard this art song previously, so thanks so much for sharing. If anyone else is interested in the lyrics, they are in the link below

Lyrics - Three wishes of a rose

My favorite:

The Rose of the Night