Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by A. Downes
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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:
- Casterbridge Fair, op. 1
- no. 1. The Ballad Singer (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 2. Former beauties (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 3. A Wife Waits (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 4. After the Club Dance (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 5. After the Fair (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- Five Holy Songs, op. 11
- no. 1. I sing the progress of a deathless soul (Text: John Donne)
- no. 2. Spit in my face, ye Jews (Text: John Donne)
- no. 3. The virgins (Text: John Donne)
- no. 4. When senses, which thy soldiers are (Text: John Donne)
- no. 5. Hear us, O Hear us, Lord (Text: John Donne)
- Lost Love, op. 15
- no. 1. The walk (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 2. Lost love (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 3. A night in November (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 4. Last love word (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- Old Love's Domain, op. 29
- no. 1. The Division (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 2. Something Tapped (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 3. Where the picnic was (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 4. At Castle Boterel (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 5. The curtains now are drawn (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- Songs from Spoon River
- no. 1. Ollie McGee (Text: Edgar Lee Masters)
- no. 2. Russian Sonia (Text: Edgar Lee Masters)
- no. 3. Rebecca Wasson (Text: Edgar Lee Masters)
- no. 4. Dora Williams (Text: Edgar Lee Masters)
- no. 5. Sarah Brown (Text: Edgar Lee Masters)
- Songs of Persephone, op. 114b
- no. 1. Happy Clouds (Text: Persephone Trippett) *
- no. 2. Rainbows (Text: Persephone Trippett) *
- no. 3. The Majestic Sun (Text: Persephone Trippett) *
All titles of vocal settings in Opus order
- Dora Williams (Text: Edgar Lee Masters)
- Ollie McGee (Text: Edgar Lee Masters)
- Rebecca Wasson (Text: Edgar Lee Masters)
- Russian Sonia (Text: Edgar Lee Masters)
- Sarah Brown (Text: Edgar Lee Masters)
- op. 1. Casterbridge Fair
- no. 1. The Ballad Singer (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 2. Former beauties (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 3. A Wife Waits (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 4. After the Club Dance (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 5. After the Fair (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- op. 11. Five Holy Songs
- no. 1. I sing the progress of a deathless soul (Text: John Donne)
- no. 2. Spit in my face, ye Jews (Text: John Donne)
- no. 3. The virgins (Text: John Donne)
- no. 4. When senses, which thy soldiers are (Text: John Donne)
- no. 5. Hear us, O Hear us, Lord (Text: John Donne)
- op. 15. Lost Love
- no. 1. The walk (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 2. Lost love (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 3. A night in November (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 4. Last love word (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- op. 29. Old Love's Domain
- no. 1. The Division (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 2. Something Tapped (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 3. Where the picnic was (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 4. At Castle Boterel (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 5. The curtains now are drawn (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- op. 42. Dreamland (Text: Edgar Allan Poe)
- op. 114b. Songs of Persephone
- no. 1. Happy Clouds (Text: Persephone Trippett) *
- no. 2. Rainbows (Text: Persephone Trippett) *
- no. 3. The Majestic Sun (Text: Persephone Trippett) *
Last update: 2023-09-19 00:08:32