Composer: Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)

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Listing of art song and choral settings in the database

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.

• A choral fantasia, op. 51, H. 177
• no. 1. Man born of desire (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• no. 2. Organ solo
• no. 3. Rejoice, ye dead (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• no. 4. Man born of desire (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• no. 5. Rejoice, ye dead (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• Four Old English Carols, op. 20b, H. 82
• no. 3. Jesu, thou the Virgin-born (Text: Anonymous)
• Four Songs for Voice and Violin, op. 35
• no. 1. Jesu Sweet
• no. 2. My soul has nought but fire and ice
• no. 3. I sing of a maiden (Text: Anonymous after Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) FRE
• no. 4. My Leman is so true
• Seven Partsongs, op. 44, H. 162
• no. 1. Say who is this? (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• no. 2. O Love, I complain (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• no. 3. Angel spirits of sleep (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• no. 4. When first we met we did not guess (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• no. 5. Sorrow and joy (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• no. 6. Love on my heart from heaven fell (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• no. 7. Assemble all ye maidens (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• Six Choral Folksongs, op. 36b, H. 136
• no. 1. I sow'd the seeds of love (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 2. There was a tree (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 3. Matthew, Mark and Luke and John (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 4. The song of the blacksmith (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 5. I love my love (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 6. Swansea Town (Text: Volkslieder )
• Six Choruses for male voices and string orchestra, op. 52, H. 186
• no. 1. Good Friday (Text: Helen Jane Waddell after Peter Abelard) *
• no. 2. Intercession (Text: Helen Jane Waddell after Sedulius Scottus) *
• no. 3. How mighty are the Sabbaths (Text: Helen Jane Waddell after Peter Abelard) *
• no. 4. A love song (Text: Helen Jane Waddell after Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) *
• no. 5. Drinking song (Text: Helen Jane Waddell after Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) *
• no. 6. Before sleep (Text: Helen Jane Waddell after Aurelius Prudentius Clemens) *
• Six Songs, op. 16
• no. 1. Calm is the morn (Text: Alfred Tennyson, Lord)
• no. 2. My true love hath my heart (Text: Philip Sidney, Sir) FRE
• no. 3. Weep you no more (Text: 16^th century) GER
• no. 4. Lovely kind, and kindly loving (Text: Nicholas Breton)
• no. 5. Cradle song (Text: William Blake)
• no. 6. Peace (Text: Alfred Henry Hyatt)
• Songs from The Princess, op. 20a, H. 80
• no. 1. Sweet and low (Text: Alfred Tennyson, Lord) GER GER GER
• no. 2. The splendour falls (Text: Alfred Tennyson, Lord) FRE GER NYN SPA
• no. 3. Tears, idle tears (Text: Alfred Tennyson, Lord)
• no. 4. O swallow, swallow (Text: Alfred Tennyson, Lord)
• no. 5. Home they brought her warrior dead (Text: Alfred Tennyson, Lord) GER
• no. 6. Now sleeps the crimson petal (Text: Alfred Tennyson, Lord) GER
• Three Festival Choruses, op. 36a
• no. 1. Let all mortal flesh keep silence (Text: Gerald Moultrie after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• no. 2. Turn back O man (Text: Clifford Bax) [x]*
• no. 3. A festival chime (Text: Clifford Bax) [x]
• Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs, op. 48, H. 174
• no. 1. Persephone (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• no. 2. Things lovelier (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• no. 3. Now in these fairylands (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• no. 4. A little music (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• no. 5. The thought (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• no. 6. The floral bandit (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• no. 7. Envoi (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• no. 8. The dream-city (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• no. 9. Journey's end (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• no. 10. In the street of lost time (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• no. 11. Rhyme (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• no. 12. Betelgeuse (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• Twelve Welsh Folk Songs, H. 183
• no. 9. Mae 'nghariad i'n Fenws (Text: Dora Herbert-Jones) ENG
• no. 9. My sweetheart's like Venus (Text: Steuart Wilson after Dora Herbert-Jones) *
• Two Carols, H. 91
• no. 1. A welcome song (Text: Anonymous)
• no. 2. Terly, terlow (Text: Anonymous)
• Two Eastern Pictures, H. 112
• no. 1. Spring (Text: Gustav Holst after Kalidasa) DUT
• no. 2. Summer (Text: Gustav Holst after Kalidasa) DUT
• Vedic Hymns, op. 24
• no. 1. Ushas (Dawn) (Text: Gustav Holst after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• no. 2. Varuna I (Sky) (Text: Gustav Holst after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• no. 3. Maruts (Stormclouds) (Text: Gustav Holst after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• no. 4. Indra (God of Storm and Battle) (Text: Gustav Holst after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• no. 5. Varuna II (The Waters) (Text: Gustav Holst after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• no. 6. Song of the Frogs (Text: Gustav Holst after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• no. 7. Vac (Speech) (Text: Gustav Holst after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• no. 8. Creation (Text: Gustav Holst after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• no. 9. Faith (Text: Gustav Holst after Bible or other Sacred Texts)

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

• A dirge for two veterans (Text: Walt Whitman) FRE
• A festival chime, op. 36a no. 3 (in Three Festival Choruses) (Text: Clifford Bax) [x]
• Airly beacon (Text: Charles Kingsley)
• A lake and a fairy boat (Text: Thomas Hood)
• A lake and a fairy boat (Text: Thomas Hood)
• A little music, op. 48 no. 4, H. 174 no. 4 (in Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs) (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• A love song, op. 52 no. 4, H. 186 no. 4 (in Six Choruses for male voices and string orchestra) (Text: Helen Jane Waddell after Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) *
• Angel spirits of sleep, op. 44 no. 3, H. 162 no. 3 (in Seven Partsongs) (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• Angel spirits of sleep (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• Assemble all ye maidens, op. 44 no. 7, H. 162 no. 7 (in Seven Partsongs) (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• Ave Maria, op. 9b, H. 49 (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts) AFR DUT ENG FRE FRE ITA ITA ITA SPA SPA
• Awake, my heart, op. 4 (Four songs) no. 4 (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• A welcome song, H. 91 no. 1 (in Two Carols) (Text: Anonymous)
• Before sleep, op. 52 no. 6, H. 186 no. 6 (in Six Choruses for male voices and string orchestra) (Text: Helen Jane Waddell after Aurelius Prudentius Clemens) *
• Betelgeuse, op. 48 no. 12, H. 174 no. 12 (in Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs) (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• Between us now, op. 15 (Six Songs) no. 5 (Text: Thomas Hardy)
• Bring us in good ale, op. 34 no. 4, H. 131 (Text: Anonymous)
• Calm is the morn, op. 16 no. 1 (in Six Songs) (Text: Alfred Tennyson, Lord)
• Clear and cool (Text: Charles Kingsley)
• Come to me (Text: Christina Georgina Rossetti) GER
• Cradle song, op. 16 no. 5 (in Six Songs) (Text: William Blake)
• Creation, op. 24 no. 8 (in Vedic Hymns) (Text: Gustav Holst after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• Die Spröde (Text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) ENG ENG ENG FRE ITA RUS
• Dirge and Hymeneal (Text: Thomas Lovell Beddoes)
• Diverus and Lazarus, H. 137 (Text: Anonymous)
• Dream tryst (Text: Francis Thompson) FRE
• Drinking song, op. 52 no. 5, H. 186 no. 5 (in Six Choruses for male voices and string orchestra) (Text: Helen Jane Waddell after Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) *
• Envoi, op. 48 no. 7, H. 174 no. 7 (in Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs) (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• Epilogue (Text: Humbert Wolfe) [x]
• Eternal Father (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• Faith, op. 24 no. 9 (in Vedic Hymns) (Text: Gustav Holst after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• First Choral Symphony, op. 41, H. 155 (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• Gird on thy sword (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• Good Friday , op. 52 no. 1, H. 186 no. 1 (in Six Choruses for male voices and string orchestra) (Text: Helen Jane Waddell after Peter Abelard) *
• Home they brought her warrior dead, op. 20a no. 5, H. 80 no. 5 (in Songs from The Princess) (Text: Alfred Tennyson, Lord) GER
• How mighty are the Sabbaths, op. 52 no. 3, H. 186 no. 3 (in Six Choruses for male voices and string orchestra) (Text: Helen Jane Waddell after Peter Abelard) *
• I come from haunts of coot and hern (Text: Alfred Tennyson, Lord)
• I love my love, op. 36b no. 5, H. 136 no. 5 (in Six Choral Folksongs) (Text: Volkslieder )
• I love thee (Text: Thomas Hood)
• In a wood, op. 15 (Six Songs) no. 4 (Text: Thomas Hardy)
• Indra (God of Storm and Battle), op. 24 no. 4 (in Vedic Hymns) (Text: Gustav Holst after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• Intercession, op. 52 no. 2, H. 186 no. 2 (in Six Choruses for male voices and string orchestra) (Text: Helen Jane Waddell after Sedulius Scottus) *
• In the bleak midwinter (Text: Christina Georgina Rossetti) FRI GER
• In the street of lost time, op. 48 no. 10, H. 174 no. 10 (in Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs) (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• In youth is pleasure, H. 76
• I scanned her picture, dreaming (Text: Thomas Hardy after Heinrich Heine) CAT DUT FIN FIN FRE FRE ITA KOR NOR RUS RUS SPA
• I sing of a maiden, op. 35 no. 3 (in Four Songs for Voice and Violin) (Text: Anonymous after Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) FRE
• I sow'd the seeds of love, op. 36b no. 1, H. 136 no. 1 (in Six Choral Folksongs) (Text: Volkslieder )
• I will not let thee go, op. 15 (Six Songs) no. 6 (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• Jesu Sweet, op. 35 no. 1 (in Four Songs for Voice and Violin)
• Jesu, thou the Virgin-born, op. 20b no. 3, H. 82 no. 3 (in Four Old English Carols) (Text: Anonymous)
• Journey's end, op. 48 no. 9, H. 174 no. 9 (in Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs) (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• Leise zieht durch mein Gemüt, op. 4 (Four songs) no. 3 (Text: Heinrich Heine) CAT DUT ENG ENG ENG FRE GRE GRE ITA NOR POL
• Let all mortal flesh keep silence, op. 36a no. 1 (in Three Festival Choruses) (Text: Gerald Moultrie after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• Light leaves whisper, H. 20 (Text: Fritz Bennicke Hart) [x]
• Lovely kind, and kindly loving, op. 16 no. 4 (in Six Songs) (Text: Nicholas Breton)
• Love on my heart from heaven fell, op. 44 no. 6, H. 162 no. 6 (in Seven Partsongs) (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• Lullay my liking, op. 34 no. 2, H. 129 no. 2 DUT FRI
• Mae 'nghariad i'n Fenws, H. 183 no. 9 (in Twelve Welsh Folk Songs) (Text: Dora Herbert-Jones) ENG
• Man born of desire, op. 51 no. 1, H. 177 no. 1 (in A choral fantasia) (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• Man born of desire, op. 51 no. 4, H. 177 no. 4 (in A choral fantasia) (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• Man born to toil (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• Margrete's cradle song, op. 4 (Four songs) no. 1 (Text: William Archer after Henrik Ibsen) GER GER GER ITA
• Maruts (Stormclouds), op. 24 no. 3 (in Vedic Hymns) (Text: Gustav Holst after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• Matthew, Mark and Luke and John, op. 36b no. 3, H. 136 no. 3 (in Six Choral Folksongs) (Text: Volkslieder )
• My Leman is so true, op. 35 no. 4 (in Four Songs for Voice and Violin)
• My soul has nought but fire and ice, op. 35 no. 2 (in Four Songs for Voice and Violin)
• My sweetheart's like Venus, H. 183 no. 9 (in Twelve Welsh Folk Songs) (Text: Steuart Wilson after Dora Herbert-Jones) *
• My true love hath my heart, op. 16 no. 2 (in Six Songs) (Text: Philip Sidney, Sir) FRE
• Now in these fairylands, op. 48 no. 3, H. 174 no. 3 (in Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs) (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• Now sleeps the crimson petal , op. 20a no. 6, H. 80 no. 6 (in Songs from The Princess) (Text: Alfred Tennyson, Lord) GER
• Nunc dimittis, H. 127 [multi-text setting] GER LAT DUT FRE SPA ENG FIN
• Ode on a Grecian Urn (Text: John Keats)
• Of one that is so fair and bright, op. 34 no. 3, H. 130 (Text: Anonymous)
• O Lady, leave that silken thread, H. 4 no. 2 (Text: Thomas Hood)
• O Love, I complain, op. 44 no. 2, H. 162 no. 2 (in Seven Partsongs) (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• Organ solo, op. 51 no. 2, H. 177 no. 2 (in A choral fantasia)
• O spiritual pilgrim, H. 188 (Text: James Elroy Flecker)
• O swallow, swallow, op. 20a no. 4, H. 80 no. 4 (in Songs from The Princess) (Text: Alfred Tennyson, Lord)
• Peace, op. 16 no. 6 (in Six Songs) (Text: Alfred Henry Hyatt)
• Persephone, op. 48 no. 1, H. 174 no. 1 (in Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs) (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• Rejoice, ye dead, op. 51 no. 3, H. 177 no. 3 (in A choral fantasia) (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• Rejoice, ye dead, op. 51 no. 5, H. 177 no. 5 (in A choral fantasia) (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• Rhyme, op. 48 no. 11, H. 174 no. 11 (in Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs) (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• Roadways (Text: John Masefield)
• Say who is this?, op. 44 no. 1, H. 162 no. 1 (in Seven Partsongs) (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• Sing Heigh-ho! (Text: Charles Kingsley)
• Sing Heigh-ho! (Text: Charles Kingsley)
• Slumber song, op. 4 (Four songs) no. 2 (Text: Charles Kingsley)
• Soft and gently, op. 4 (Four songs) no. 3 (Text: Kate Freiligrath Kroeker after Heinrich Heine) CAT DUT FRE GRE GRE ITA NOR POL
• Song of the Drovers (Text: John Greenleaf Whittier)
• Song of the Frogs, op. 24 no. 6 (in Vedic Hymns) (Text: Gustav Holst after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• Sorrow and joy, op. 44 no. 5, H. 162 no. 5 (in Seven Partsongs) (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• Spring, H. 112 no. 1 (in Two Eastern Pictures) (Text: Gustav Holst after Kalidasa) DUT
• Spring it is cheery (Text: Thomas Hood)
• Summer, H. 112 no. 2 (in Two Eastern Pictures) (Text: Gustav Holst after Kalidasa) DUT
• Swansea Town, op. 36b no. 6, H. 136 no. 6 (in Six Choral Folksongs) (Text: Volkslieder )
• Sweet and low, op. 20a no. 1, H. 80 no. 1 (in Songs from The Princess) (Text: Alfred Tennyson, Lord) GER GER GER
• Tears, idle tears, op. 20a no. 3, H. 80 no. 3 (in Songs from The Princess) (Text: Alfred Tennyson, Lord)
• Terly, terlow, H. 91 no. 2 (in Two Carols) (Text: Anonymous)
• The autumn is old (Text: Thomas Hood)
• The dream-city, op. 48 no. 8, H. 174 no. 8 (in Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs) (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• The evening watch, op. 43 no. 1, H. 159 (Text: Henry Vaughan)
• The floral bandit, op. 48 no. 6, H. 174 no. 12 (in Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs) (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• The heart worships (Text: Alice M. Buckton)
• The homecoming (Text: Thomas Hardy)
• There is dew for the flow'ret (Text: Thomas Hood)
• There was a tree, op. 36b no. 2, H. 136 no. 2 (in Six Choral Folksongs) (Text: Volkslieder )
• The sergeant's song, op. 15 (Six Songs) no. 3 (Text: Thomas Hardy)
• The song of the blacksmith, op. 36b no. 4, H. 136 no. 4 (in Six Choral Folksongs) (Text: Volkslieder )
• The splendour falls, op. 20a no. 2, H. 80 no. 2 (in Songs from The Princess) (Text: Alfred Tennyson, Lord) FRE GER NYN SPA
• The stars are with the voyager (Text: Thomas Hood)
• The stars are with the voyager (Text: Thomas Hood)
• The swallow leaves her nest (Text: Thomas Lovell Beddoes)
• The thought, op. 48 no. 5, H. 174 no. 5 (in Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs) (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• Things lovelier, op. 48 no. 2, H. 174 no. 2 (in Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs) (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
• This have I done for my true love, op. 34 no. 1, H. 128 (Text: Volkslieder )
• Thou didst delight mine eyes (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• Turn back O man, op. 36a no. 2 (in Three Festival Choruses) (Text: Clifford Bax) [x]*
• Ushas (Dawn), op. 24 no. 1 (in Vedic Hymns) (Text: Gustav Holst after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• Vac (Speech), op. 24 no. 7 (in Vedic Hymns) (Text: Gustav Holst after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• Varuna II (The Waters), op. 24 no. 5 (in Vedic Hymns) (Text: Gustav Holst after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• Varuna I (Sky), op. 24 no. 2 (in Vedic Hymns) (Text: Gustav Holst after Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• Weep you no more, op. 16 no. 3 (in Six Songs) (Text: 16^th century) GER
• When first we met we did not guess, op. 44 no. 4, H. 162 no. 4 (in Seven Partsongs) (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• Winter and the birds (Text: Fritz Bennicke Hart) [x]

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