Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by R. Bennett

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

• A Garland for Marjory Fleming
• no. 1. In Isas bed (Text: Marjory Fleming)
• no. 2. A melancholy lay (Text: Marjory Fleming)
• no. 3. On Jessy Watsons elopement (Text: Marjory Fleming)
• no. 4. Sweet Isabell (Text: Marjory Fleming)
• no. 5. Sonnet on a Monkey (Text: Marjory Fleming)
• A History of the Thé Dansant
• no. 1. Foxtrot (Text: M. R. Peacocke) * GER
• no. 2. Slow Foxtrot (Text: M. R. Peacocke) * GER
• no. 3. Tango (Text: M. R. Peacocke) * GER
• Devotions
• no. 1. A statue of snowe (Text: John Donne) [x]
• no. 2. A flowre at sun-rising (Text: John Donne) [x]
• no. 3. Poore intricated soule (Text: John Donne) [x]
• no. 4. The seasons of his mercies (Text: John Donne) [x]
• Dream-Songs
• no. 1. The Song of the Wanderer (Text: Walter De la Mare)
• no. 2. The Song of Shadows (Text: Walter De la Mare)
• no. 3. Dream-Song (Text: Walter De la Mare) CHI
• no. 4. The Song of the Mad Prince (Text: Walter De la Mare)
• London Pastoral
• Sonnet (Text: William Wordsworth)
• Mother of exiles (Text: Laurence Binyon) [x]
• Songs before sleep
• no. 1. The mouse and the bumblebee (Text: Anonymous)
• no. 2. Wee Willie Winkie (Text: William Miller)
• no. 3. Twinkle, twinkle, little star (Text: Jane Taylor)
• no. 4. Baby, baby, naughty baby (Text: Anonymous)
• no. 5. As I walked by myself (Text: Anonymous)
• no. 6. There was an old woman (Text: Anonymous)
• Tenebrae
• no. 1. Adieu, farewell earth's blisse (Text: Thomas Nashe)
• no. 2. Like to the falling of a star (Text: Henry King) FRE
• no. 3. Hey nonny no!
• no. 4. Written on the eve of execution (Text: Chidiock Tichbourne) GER
• no. 5. Death be not proud (Text: John Donne) FRE GER GER GER ITA
• The Aviary
• no. 1. The birds' lament (Text: John Clare)
• no. 2. The owl (Text: Alfred Tennyson, Lord) GER GER
• no. 3. The early nightingale (Text: John Clare)
• no. 4. The widow bird (Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley) CZE ITA RUS
• no. 5. The lark (Text: Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
• The Insect World
• no. 1. The insect world (Text: John Clare)
• no. 2. The fly (Text: William Oldys)
• no. 3. Glow-worms (Text: Andrew Marvell)
• no. 4. Clock-a-clay (Text: John Clare)
• Verses
• no. 1. Litanie XVI (Text: John Donne)
• no. 2. Litanie XX (Text: John Donne)
• no. 3. Litanie XXIII (Text: John Donne)

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

• Adieu, farewell earth's blisse (in Tenebrae) (Text: Thomas Nashe)
• A flowre at sun-rising (in Devotions) (Text: John Donne) [x]
• A melancholy lay (in A Garland for Marjory Fleming) (Text: Marjory Fleming)
• As I walked by myself (in Songs before sleep) (Text: Anonymous)
• A Song at Evening (Text: Volkslieder )
• A statue of snowe (in Devotions) (Text: John Donne) [x]
• Baby, baby, naughty baby (in Songs before sleep) (Text: Anonymous)
• Bermudas (Text: Andrew Marvell)
• Clock-a-clay (in The Insect World) (Text: John Clare)
• Death be not proud (in Tenebrae) (Text: John Donne) FRE GER GER GER ITA
• Dream-Song (in Dream-Songs) (Text: Walter De la Mare) CHI
• Foxtrot (in A History of the Thé Dansant) (Text: M. R. Peacocke) * GER
• Glow-worms (in The Insect World) (Text: Andrew Marvell)
• Hey nonny no! (in Tenebrae)
• In Isas bed (in A Garland for Marjory Fleming) (Text: Marjory Fleming)
• Like to the falling of a star (in Tenebrae) (Text: Henry King) FRE
• Litanie XVI (in Verses) (Text: John Donne)
• Litanie XX (in Verses) (Text: John Donne)
• Litanie XXIII (in Verses) (Text: John Donne)
• Mother of exiles (in London Pastoral) (Text: Laurence Binyon) [x]
• Nocturnal (Text: John Donne)
• One evening (Text: W. H. Auden)
• On Jessy Watsons elopement (in A Garland for Marjory Fleming) (Text: Marjory Fleming)
• Out of your sleep (Text: Anonymous)
• Poore intricated soule (in Devotions) (Text: John Donne) [x]
• Slow Foxtrot (in A History of the Thé Dansant) (Text: M. R. Peacocke) * GER
• Sonnet on a Monkey (in A Garland for Marjory Fleming) (Text: Marjory Fleming)
• Sonnets To Orpheus (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) [x]
• Sonnet (in London Pastoral) (Text: William Wordsworth)
• Sweet Isabell (in A Garland for Marjory Fleming) (Text: Marjory Fleming)
• Tango (in A History of the Thé Dansant) (Text: M. R. Peacocke) * GER
• The birds' lament (in The Aviary) (Text: John Clare)
• The early nightingale (in The Aviary) (Text: John Clare)
• The fly (in The Insect World) (Text: William Oldys)
• The insect world (in The Insect World) (Text: John Clare)
• The lark (in The Aviary) (Text: Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
• The mouse and the bumblebee (in Songs before sleep) (Text: Anonymous)
• The owl (in The Aviary) (Text: Alfred Tennyson, Lord) GER GER
• There was an old woman (in Songs before sleep) (Text: Anonymous)
• The seasons of his mercies (in Devotions) (Text: John Donne) [x]
• The Song of Shadows (in Dream-Songs) (Text: Walter De la Mare)
• The Song of the Mad Prince (in Dream-Songs) (Text: Walter De la Mare)
• The Song of the Wanderer (in Dream-Songs) (Text: Walter De la Mare)
• The widow bird (in The Aviary) (Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley) CZE ITA RUS
• this is the Garden (Text: E. E. Cummings)
• Tom O'Bedlam (Text: Anonymous)
• Twinkle, twinkle, little star (in Songs before sleep) (Text: Jane Taylor)
• Voyage (Text: Charles James Pennethorne Hughes) *
• Wee Willie Winkie (in Songs before sleep) (Text: William Miller)
• Written on the eve of execution (in Tenebrae) (Text: Chidiock Tichbourne) GER

Last update: 2025-06-04 17:01:34