Music, when soft voices die

Music, when soft voices die,	
Vibrates in the memory;
Odours, when sweet violets sicken,
Live within the sense they quicken.

Rose leaves, when the rose is dead,
Are heaped for the belovèd's bed;
And so [thy]1 thoughts, when thou art gone,
Love itself shall slumber on.

Translation(s): FRE GER GER GER RUS

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Authorship

• by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), "To ----", appears in Posthumous Poems, first published 1824 [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Emil Gustave Ahnell (b. 1925), "Music, when soft voices die" [ sung text not verified ]
• by George Aitken (b. 1882), "Music, when soft voices die", published 1904. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Gilbert A. Alcock , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1928. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Edward Allen , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1913, from Four Songs, no. 1. [ sung text not verified ]
• by William Henry Anderson (1882 - 1955), "Music, when soft voices die", published 1947. [SSA chorus] [ sung text not verified ]
• by George Benjamin Arnold , "Music, when soft voices die" [ATBB chorus and piano ad libitum] [ sung text not verified ]
• by Gary Bachlund , "Music, when soft voices die", 2009. [baritone and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Welbore St. Clair Baddeley (b. 1856), "Music, when soft voices die", published 1883, from Sechs Lieder, no. 2. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Judith Margaret Bailey , "Music", 1969 [baritone and piano], from Three Settings of Poems by Shelley [ sung text not verified ]
• by Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow (1874 - 1946), "Music, when soft voices die", published 1929. [TTBB chorus] [ sung text not verified ]
• by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "Music, when soft voices die", published 1912. [SATBB chorus a cappella] [ sung text not verified ]
• by Seymour Barab (b. 1921), "Music, when soft voices die", copyright © 1988 [soprano or tenor, violin, cello, and harpsichord or piano], from Airs and Fancies, no. 1, New York : Galaxy Music : Contemporary Art Song Series [ sung text not verified ]
• by Alice Barnett (1886 - 1975), "Music, when soft voices die", published c1926. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Katherine Barry , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1922, from Four Song Cameos [ sung text not verified ]
• by T. Harold R. Bayley , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1902 [2-part treble chorus a cappella], no. 19 of series 2 [ sung text not verified ]
• by Mary Lane Bayliff , "Music", published 1904, from Two Songs, no. 2. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Edward Bement , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1919. [ sung text not verified ]
• by George John Bennett (1863 - 1930), "Music, when soft voices die", published 1886 [voice and piano], from Twelve Songs Set to Poems of Shelley and Rossetti, no. 4, also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text not verified ]
• by Arthur Bergh (1882 - 1962), "Music, when soft voices die", op. 37 no. 1, published 1947. [medium voice, piano] [ sung text not verified ]
• by (Edward) Maurice Besly (1888 - 1945), "Music, when soft vocies die", op. 11 no. 1, published 1922. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Alfred Blume , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1891. [ sung text not verified ]
• by N. Bradshaw , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1869. [ sung text not verified ]
• by H. L. Brainard , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1902. [ sung text not verified ]
• by (William) Havergal Brian (1876 - 1972), "Music, when soft voices die", 1919. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941), "Music, when soft voices die" [medium voice, viola, piano], from Three songs with viola, no. 3. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Percy Carter Buck, Sir (1871 - 1947), "Music, when soft voices die" [bass and piano], from Three Songs for Bass Voice, no. 3. [ sung text not verified ]
• by R. Burnham , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1920, note: score contains a French translation by Maurice Boucher (Quand tu ne seras plus la) [ sung text not verified ]
• by Gerald Busby (b. 1935), "Music, when soft voices die" [mezzo-soprano and piano], from Music, when soft voices die -- Three Songs for Mezzo Soprano and Piano [ sung text not verified ]
• by Geoffrey Bush (1920 - 1998), "Music, when soft voices die", published 1956 [SATB chorus], in the Elkin choral series no. 2428, with tonic sol-fa notation [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Eugene Sanders Butler (b. 1935), "Music, when soft voices die", published 1966. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Noble Cain (1896 - 1977), "Music, when soft voices die", published 1939. [4-part women's chorus] [ sung text not verified ]
• by (Thomas) Frederick Handel Candlyn (1892 - 1964), "Music, when soft voices die", published 1920. [SSA chorus and piano] [ sung text not verified ]
• by Stephen Chatman (b. 1950), "Music, when soft voices die", 1984 [SATB chorus and oboe (or flute, or violin, or clarinet)], from There is sweet music here, no. 3. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Rebecca Clarke (1886 - 1979), "Music, when soft voices die", 1907. [SATB chorus] [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Henry Dixon Cowell (1897 - 1965), "Music, when soft voices die", L. 358 (1922). [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by David Leo Diamond (1915 - 2005), "Music, when soft voices die", 1943, published c1944. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Blair Fairchild (1877 - 1933), "Music, when soft voices die", op. 9 no. 2. [medium voice and piano] [ sung text not verified ]
• by Richard Bruce Faith (b. 1926), "Music, when soft voices die" [ sung text not verified ]
• by Otto Freudenthal (b. 1934), "Music, when soft voices die" [voice and piano], from Three Shelley Songs, no. 1. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Ernest Gold (1921 - 1999), "Music, when soft voices die" [ sung text not verified ]
• by Joseph Kaufer (1909 - 1990), "Music when soft voices die", published 1951 [voice and piano], from Dover Beach and Other Songs, no. 1, Waukegan, Illinois: Lyric-Art [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Libby Larsen (b. 1950), "Music, when soft voices die", first performed 1994 [voice, violoncello, and piano], from Belovèd, thou hast brought me many flowers, no. 5. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "Music, when soft voices die" [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "Music, when soft voices die" [satb chorus and piano], from Six Modern Lyrics, no. 6. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Quincy C. Porter (1897 - 1966), "Music, when soft voices die", published 1947. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Humphrey Procter-Gregg (1895 - 1980), "Music, when soft vocies die" [voice and piano] [ sung text not verified ]
• by Michael Purves-Smith (b. 1945), "Music when soft voices die", 2005. [SATB chorus, oboe, and piano] [ sung text not verified ]
• by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "Music, when soft voices die", op. 25 (Six songs) no. 5 (1926), published 1927 [voice and piano], Winthrop Rogers [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Betty Roe (b. 1930), "Music, when soft voices die", published 2002 [duet for soprano and baritone with piano], from Two Duets, no. 2. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Henk van der Vliet , "Music, when soft voices die", 1977, from 5 songs, no. 2. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "Music, when soft voices die", 1911, published 1972. [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "Music, when soft voices die", 1911, published 1982. [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist FRE RUS by George John Bennett.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942) FRE GER GER GER by Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) (Martin Stock) , "Musik, wenn leise Stimmen ersterben ...", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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Musik, wenn leise Stimmen ersterben ...

Musik, wenn leise Stimmen ersterben,
klingt nach in der Erinnerung.
Düfte, wenn süße Veilchen ermatten,
leben in den Sinnen, die sie erregen.

Rosenblätter, ist die Rose vergangen,
werden dem geliebten Menschen zum Lager gestreut;
Und so deine Gedanken; bist du gegangen,
soll die Liebe weiter schlummern.

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• a text in English by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), "To ----", appears in Posthumous Poems, first published 1824 FRE RUS
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Emil Gustave Ahnell, George Aitken, Gilbert A. Alcock, Edward Allen, William Henry Anderson, George Benjamin Arnold, Gary Bachlund, Welbore St. Clair Baddeley, Judith Margaret Bailey, Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir, Seymour Barab, Alice Barnett, Katherine Barry, T. Harold R. Bayley, Mary Lane Bayliff, Edward Bement, George John Bennett, Arthur Bergh, Maurice Besly, Alfred Blume, N. Bradshaw, H. L. Brainard, Havergal Brian, Frank Bridge, Percy Carter Buck, Sir, R. Burnham, Gerald Busby, Geoffrey Bush, Eugene Sanders Butler, Noble Cain, Frederick Handel Candlyn, Stephen Chatman, Rebecca Clarke, Henry Dixon Cowell, David Leo Diamond, Blair Fairchild, Richard Bruce Faith, Otto Freudenthal, Ernest Gold, Joseph Kaufer, Libby Larsen, Liza Lehmann, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir, Quincy C. Porter, Humphrey Procter-Gregg, Michael Purves-Smith, Roger Quilter, Betty Roe, Henk van der Vliet, Peter Warlock. Go to the text.

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.