Texts by I. Gurney set in Art Songs and Choral Works
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Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):
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- All night the fierce wind blew - I. Venables
- A Song of Pain and Beauty (O may these days of pain) - R. Still
- Dawn brings lovely playthings to the mind - J. Jeffreys (Lovely playthings)
- From Omiecourt (O small dear things for which we fight) - J. Jeffreys
- He's gone and all our plans - R. Hugill
- Horror follows horror within me - J. Jeffreys (Poem)
- Horror follows horror (Horror follows horror within me) - J. Jeffreys
- I know a western river [possibly misattributed] - I. Gurney
- Lament (The scent of earth breathes) - I. Gurney
- Late September (The trees are breathing quietly to-day) - J. Williamson
- Lovely playthings (Dawn brings lovely playthings to the mind) - J. Jeffreys
- My heart makes songs on lonely roads (My heart makes songs on lonely roads) - I. Venables
- My heart makes songs on lonely roads - R. Hugill
- Near spring (Now the strong horse goes loose at last) - J. Jeffreys
- Nor grief nor tears should wrong the silent dead (from Severn and Somme) (Requiem) -
- Now the strong horse goes loose at last - J. Jeffreys (Near spring)
- Old Martinmas Eve () - T. Rasch [x]
- O may these days of pain - R. Still
- O my darling how shall I give you - I. Gurney
- Only the wanderer (Only the wanderer) - G. Finzi
- Only the wanderer - G. Finzi, I. Gurney, J. Jeffreys (Severn Meadows)
- O small dear things for which we fight - J. Jeffreys (From Omiecourt)
- Out of my sorrow have I made these songs - R. Hugill
- Pain, pain continual; pain unending - I. Venables (Pain)
- Pain (Pain, pain continual; pain unending) - I. Venables
- Poem for end (So the last poem is laid flat in its place) - J. Jeffreys
- Poem (Horror follows horror within me)
- Pour out your bounty, moon of radiant shining (from Severn and Somme) (Requiem) - R. Hugill
- Pour out your light, O stars, and do not hold (from Severn and Somme) - J. Jeffreys (Requiem)
- Requiem (Nor grief nor tears should wrong the silent dead) (from Severn and Somme)
- Requiem (Pour out your bounty, moon of radiant shining) (from Severn and Somme)
- Requiem (Pour out your light, O stars, and do not hold) (from Severn and Somme) - J. Jeffreys
- Severn Meadows (Only the wanderer) - I. Gurney, J. Jeffreys
- Soft rain beats upon my windows - I. Venables
- Soft Rain (Soft rain beats upon my windows) - I. Venables
- Song and pain (Out of my sorrow have I made these songs) - R. Hugill
- Song of Silence (O my darling how shall I give you) - I. Gurney
- Song (My heart makes songs on lonely roads) - R. Hugill
- Song (Only the wanderer) - I. Gurney
- So the last poem is laid flat in its place - J. Jeffreys (Poem for end)
- The high hills have a bitterness - J. Jeffreys (The high hills have a bitterness)
- The high hills (The high hills have a bitterness) - J. Jeffreys
- The miles go sliding by - J. Williamson (Walking song)
- The plain () - J. Williamson [x]
- The scent of earth breathes - I. Gurney
- The songs I had are withered - J. Jeffreys, T. Rasch (The songs I had)
- The songs I had (The songs I had are withered) - J. Jeffreys, T. Rasch
- The trees are breathing quietly to-day - J. Williamson (Late September)
- The Wind (All night the fierce wind blew) - I. Venables
- To his love (He's gone and all our plans) - R. Hugill
- Walking song (The miles go sliding by) - J. Williamson
- Western sailors (I know a western river) - I. Gurney [possibly misattributed]
- What evil coil of Fate has fastened me - J. Jeffreys (What evil coil)
- What evil coil of Fate (What evil coil of Fate has fastened me) - J. Jeffreys
- What evil coil (What evil coil of Fate has fastened me)
- When the body might free, and there was use in walking - J. Jeffreys (When the body might free)
- When the body might free (When the body might free, and there was use in walking) - J. Jeffreys
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