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

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

From person to person (text: Mascha Kaléko) for voice and piano (1965)

Headless (op. 108, 2002)

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

Lebensweg (text: Börries von Münchhausen) for voice and piano (1980)

Phantasus (op. 93, 1990)

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

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

Vocalise for voice and piano (organ) (1994)