Texts by C. Dodgson set in Art Songs and Choral Works
Text Collections:
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Phantasmagoria and Other Poems
- Rhyme? and Reason?
- Sylvie and Bruno
- Sylvie and Bruno Concluded
- The Hunting of the Snark
- Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):
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Titles used by the text author appear in boldface. First lines appear in italics.
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A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.
- A boat beneath a sunny sky (A boat beneath a sunny sky) - R. Farber, D. Healey
- A boat 'neath a sunny sky (from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There) FRE - D. Del Tredici
- Acrostic Song (Alice Pleasance Liddell) (A boat 'neath a sunny sky) (from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There) - D. Del Tredici FRE
- A game of fives (Five little girls, of Five, Four, Three, Two, One) (from Phantasmagoria and Other Poems) - G. Bachlund, R. Farber
- Alice! A childish story take (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) FRE FRE - L. Lehmann
- All in the golden afternoon (All in the golden afternoon) (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - B. Roe FRE FRE
- All in the golden afternoon (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) FRE FRE - G. Bachlund, B. Roe
- A Long, Sad Tale (Off with her head!") - G. Ligeti
- A Song for my Doll (Matilda Jane, you never look) (from Sylvie and Bruno Concluded) - R. Farber
- A square poem (I often wondered when I cursed) - G. Bachlund, R. Farber
- A Young Man and His Sister (There was once a young man of Oporta) - G. Bachlund
- Beautiful Soup, so rich and green (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) FRE - G. Bachlund, J. Duke, R. Farber, L. Lehmann
- Beautiful Soup (Beautiful Soup, so rich and green) (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - R. Farber FRE
- Belle Soupe, onctueuse, et odorante, et verte
- Bessie's song to her doll (Matilda Jane, you never look) (from Sylvie and Bruno Concluded) - G. Bachlund
- Blow, blow your trumpets till they crack (from Rhyme? and Reason?) - G. Bachlund
- Brother and Sister (Sister, sister, go to bed!)
- Cantus firmus: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat (Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!) (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - G. Ligeti FRE
- C’est la voix du homard, je l’entends déclarer
- Childhood Dreams (All in the golden afternoon) (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - G. Bachlund FRE FRE
- Dreamland (When midnight mists are creeping) - G. Bachlund
- Epilogue (Alice! A childish story take) (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - L. Lehmann FRE FRE
- Fame's penny-trumpet (Blow, blow your trumpets till they crack) (from Rhyme? and Reason?) - G. Bachlund
- Five little girls, of Five, Four, Three, Two, One (from Phantasmagoria and Other Poems) - G. Bachlund, R. Farber (A game of fives)
- Four Songs from The Garden of Alice [song cycle] () - E. Raum [x]
- Fury Said to a Mouse (Mine is a long and a sad tale!" said the Mouse) (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - L. Lehmann FRE
- Fury said to a mouse (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) FRE
- He thought he saw an Elephant (He thought he saw an Elephant) (from Sylvie and Bruno) - R. Farber
- He thought he saw an Elephant (from Sylvie and Bruno) - G. Bachlund, R. Farber
- How doth the little crocodile (How doth the little crocodile) (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - D. Healey, L. Lehmann, N. Maw FRE
- How doth the little crocodile (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) FRE - G. Bachlund, J. Duke, D. Healey, D. Hofmann, L. Lehmann, N. Maw
- Hush-a-by lady, in Alice's lap! (from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There) FRE - G. Bachlund, U. Grahn
- I have a fairy by my side - G. Bachlund
- I have a horse -- a ryghte goode horse (from Rhyme? and Reason?) - G. Bachlund
- I love the stillness of the wood - G. Bachlund
- Ils prétendaient que vous aviez été à elle
- In winter, when the fields are white (from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There) - D. Hofmann
- In winter (In winter, when the fields are white) (from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There) - D. Hofmann
- I often wondered when I cursed - G. Bachlund, R. Farber
- I painted her a gushing thing (from The Hunting of the Snark) - G. Bachlund
- I passed by his garden, and marked, with one eye (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) FRE
- I passed by his garden ('Tis the voice of the Lobster: I heard him declare) (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - G. Nicholson FRE
- Jabberwocky ('Twas brillig, and the slithy toves) (from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There) - G. Bachlund, R. Beckett, G. Chadwick, J. Duke, R. Farber, L. Hoiby
- King Fisher courted Lady Bird (from Sylvie and Bruno Concluded) - G. Bachlund, U. Grahn (The King-fisher Song)
- Kittens () - D. Healey [x]
- Lady Muriel's Song (There be three Badgers on a mossy stone) (from Sylvie and Bruno) - U. Grahn
- La Souris, se tournant vers Alice, soupira et lui dit
- Le merlan dit à l’escargot : Pourriez-vous vous presser un peu ?
- Lobster Quadrille (Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail) (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - E. Armer FRE
- Love (Say, what is the spell, when her fledglings are cheeping) (from The Hunting of the Snark) - G. Bachlund
- Man naturally loves delay - G. Bachlund
- Matilda Jane, you never look (from Sylvie and Bruno Concluded) - G. Bachlund, R. Farber, U. Grahn
- Matilda Jane (Matilda Jane, you never look) (from Sylvie and Bruno Concluded) - U. Grahn
- Mine is a long and a sad tale!" said the Mouse (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) FRE - L. Lehmann
- Mine is a long and a sad tale! (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) FRE
- Mockturtle Soup (Beautiful Soup, so rich and green) (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - L. Lehmann FRE
- My fairy (I have a fairy by my side) - G. Bachlund
- My fancy (I painted her a gushing thing) (from The Hunting of the Snark) - G. Bachlund
- Never stew your sister (Sister, sister, go to bed!) - G. Bachlund
- Notre barque glisse sur l’onde
- Off with her head!" the Queen shouted (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - R. Farber
- Off with her head! (Off with her head!" the Queen shouted) (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - R. Farber
- Off with her head!" - G. Ligeti
- Parle durement à ton petit garçon
- Pig and Pepper (Speak roughly to your little boy) (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - G. Bachlund FRE
- Punctuality (Man naturally loves delay) - G. Bachlund
- Queen Alice (Hush-a-by lady, in Alice's lap!) (from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There) - G. Bachlund FRE
- Say, what is the spell, when her fledglings are cheeping (from The Hunting of the Snark) - G. Bachlund
- Scintille, scintille, petite chauve-souris !
- Sister, sister, go to bed! - G. Bachlund, R. Farber (Brother and Sister)
- Sister, sister, go to bed! (Sister, sister, go to bed!) - R. Farber
- Solitude (I love the stillness of the wood) - G. Bachlund
- Speak Roughly to Your Little Boy (Speak roughly to your little boy) (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - L. Lehmann, N. Maw FRE
- Speak roughly to your little boy (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) FRE - G. Bachlund, J. Duke, U. Grahn, L. Lehmann, N. Maw
- The Duchess' Lullaby (Speak roughly to your little boy) (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - J. Duke, U. Grahn FRE
- The garden song () - E. Raum [x]
- The King-Fisher Song (King Fisher courted Lady Bird) (from Sylvie and Bruno Concluded) - G. Bachlund, U. Grahn
- The little crocodile (How doth the little crocodile) (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - G. Bachlund, J. Duke, D. Hofmann FRE
- The Lobster Quadrille (Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail) (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - J. Duke, D. Healey, G. Ligeti FRE
- The Mad Gardener's Song (He thought he saw an Elephant) (from Sylvie and Bruno) - G. Bachlund
- The Mock Turtle's Lament (Beautiful Soup, so rich and green) (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - G. Bachlund FRE
- The Mock Turtle's song (Beautiful Soup, so rich and green) (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - J. Duke FRE
- The Queen of Hearts, she made some Tarts (The Queen of Hearts) - R. Farber
- The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts
- The Queen of Hearts (The Queen of Hearts) - D. Hofmann, L. Lehmann
- The Queen of Hearts - R. Farber, D. Hofmann, L. Lehmann
- There be three Badgers on a mossy stone (from Sylvie and Bruno) - U. Grahn
- The Red Queen's Lullaby (Hush-a-by lady, in Alice's lap!) (from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There) - U. Grahn FRE
- There was once a young man of Oporta - G. Bachlund
- There was once a young man of Oporto
- The sun was shining on the sea - R. Farber, J. Hall (The walrus and the carpenter)
- The walrus and the carpenter (The sun was shining on the sea) - R. Farber, J. Hall
- They Told Me You Had Been to Her (They told me you had been to her) (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - L. Lehmann FRE
- They told me you had been to her (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) FRE - L. Lehmann
- 'Tis the voice of the Lobster: I heard him declare (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) FRE - G. Nicholson, D. Thomas
- 'Tis the voice of the Lobster ('Tis the voice of the Lobster: I heard him declare) (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - D. Thomas FRE
- To the Looking-Glass creatures it was Alice that said (from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There) FRE
- 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves (from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There) - G. Bachlund, R. Beckett, G. Chadwick, J. Duke, R. Farber, L. Hoiby (Jabberwocky)
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee (Tweedledum and Tweedledee) - G. Bachlund, D. Healey [misattributed] FRE (Text: Anonymous)
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee [misattributed] FRE (Text: Anonymous) - G. Bachlund, D. Healey
- Twinkle, twinkle, little bat! (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) FRE - G. Ligeti
- Vintage Alice () (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - D. Del Tredici [x]
- Vous êtes vieux, Père William, dit le jeune homme
- Voyez comme le petit crocodile
- When midnight mists are creeping - G. Bachlund
- Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) FRE - E. Armer, J. Duke, D. Healey, L. Lehmann, G. Ligeti
- Will You Walk a Little Faster (Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail) (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - L. Lehmann FRE
- Ye Carpette Knyghte (I have a horse -- a ryghte goode horse) (from Rhyme? and Reason?) - G. Bachlund
- You are old, father William," the young man said (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) FRE - R. Farber, D. Healey, L. Lehmann
- You Are Old, Father William (You are old, father William," the young man said) (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - R. Farber, D. Healey, L. Lehmann FRE
Last update: 2023-06-19 11:52:39