Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by W. Alwyn

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William Alwyn (1905 - 1985)

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

A leave-taking

no. 1. The pilgrim cranes (Text: Warren John Byrne Leicester, Baron de Tabley)
no. 2. Daffodils (Text: Warren John Byrne Leicester, Baron de Tabley)
no. 3. The ocean wood (Text: Warren John Byrne Leicester, Baron de Tabley)
no. 4. Fortune's wheel (Text: Warren John Byrne Leicester, Baron de Tabley)
no. 5. The study of a spider (Text: Warren John Byrne Leicester, Baron de Tabley)
no. 6. The two old kings (Text: Warren John Byrne Leicester, Baron de Tabley)
no. 7. A leave-taking (Text: Warren John Byrne Leicester, Baron de Tabley)

Invocations

no. 1. Through the centuries (Text: Michael Armstrong) *
no. 2. Holding the night (Text: Michael Armstrong) *
no. 3. Separation (Text: Michael Armstrong) *
no. 4. Drought (Text: Michael Armstrong) *
no. 5. Spring rain (Text: Michael Armstrong) *
no. 6. Invocation to the Queen of Moonlight (Text: Michael Armstrong) *
no. 7. Our magic horse (Text: Michael Armstrong) *

Mirages

no. 1. Undine (Text: William Alwyn) [x]*
no. 2. Aquarium (Text: William Alwyn) [x]*
no. 3. The honeysuckle (Text: William Alwyn) [x]*
no. 4. Metronome (Text: William Alwyn) [x]*
no. 5. Paradise (Text: William Alwyn) [x]*
no. 6. Portrait in a mirror (Text: William Alwyn) [x]*

Songs of Experience

no. 1. The lily (Text: William Blake)
no. 2. The poison tree (Text: William Blake) CAT FRE GER
no. 3. Sunflower (Text: William Blake) CAT FRE SPA
no. 4. The rose tree (Text: William Blake)

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

A leave-taking (in A leave-taking) (Text: Warren John Byrne Leicester, Baron de Tabley)
Aquarium (in Mirages) (Text: William Alwyn) [x]*
Daffodils (in A leave-taking) (Text: Warren John Byrne Leicester, Baron de Tabley)
Drought (in Invocations) (Text: Michael Armstrong) *
Fortune's wheel (in A leave-taking) (Text: Warren John Byrne Leicester, Baron de Tabley)
Holding the night (in Invocations) (Text: Michael Armstrong) *
Invocation to the Queen of Moonlight (in Invocations) (Text: Michael Armstrong) *
Metronome (in Mirages) (Text: William Alwyn) [x]*
Our magic horse (in Invocations) (Text: Michael Armstrong) *
Paradise (in Mirages) (Text: William Alwyn) [x]*
Portrait in a mirror (in Mirages) (Text: William Alwyn) [x]*
Separation (in Invocations) (Text: Michael Armstrong) *
Spring rain (in Invocations) (Text: Michael Armstrong) *
Sunflower (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake) CAT FRE SPA
The honeysuckle (in Mirages) (Text: William Alwyn) [x]*
The lily (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake)
The ocean wood (in A leave-taking) (Text: Warren John Byrne Leicester, Baron de Tabley)
The pilgrim cranes (in A leave-taking) (Text: Warren John Byrne Leicester, Baron de Tabley)
The poison tree (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake) CAT FRE GER
The rose tree (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake)
The study of a spider (in A leave-taking) (Text: Warren John Byrne Leicester, Baron de Tabley)
The two old kings (in A leave-taking) (Text: Warren John Byrne Leicester, Baron de Tabley)
Through the centuries (in Invocations) (Text: Michael Armstrong) *
Undine (in Mirages) (Text: William Alwyn) [x]*

Last update: 2024-10-08 20:56:03