Six songs after poems by Hermann Hesse (op. 71a, 1978)

Ten songs after poems by Theodor Storm (op. 71b, 1975/76/83)

Herbsttag (Rainer Maria Rilke) for medium voice and piano (op. 71c, 1980)

Eight fragments from letters by Vincent van Gogh for baritone and string quartet (op. 84, 1985)

Five songs after poems by Joseph von Eichendorff for medium voice and piano (op. 88b, 1987)

Phantasus (op. 93, 1990)

Four haiku for voice and piano (op. 99b, 1995)

Headless (op. 108, 2002)

Abendwolkenbilder (text: Martin Hummel) for voice and piano (1980)

Lebensweg (text: Börries von Münchhausen) (1980)

Vocalise for voice and piano (organ) (1994)

Von Mensch zu Mensch (text: Mascha Kaléko) for voice and piano (1965)