Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 is a song by Sergei Rachmaninoff, published in 1912 as the last of his Fourteen Songs, Opus 34
. Written for voice (soprano or tenor) with piano accompaniment, it contains no words, but is sung using
any one vowel (of the singer's choosing). It was dedicated to soprano Antonina Nezhdanova.
Vocalise's popularity is so great that it has been arranged for many different instrument combinations.
Among them for violin and piano.