Author: George Herbert (1593 - 1633)
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Texts set to music as art song or choral works [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]
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- Antiphon (Let all the world in every corner sing) (from The Temple) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Antiphon (Praised be the God of Love) - (Edward) Benjamin Britten
- A song of praise (Let all the world in every corner sing) (from The Temple) - Geoffrey Bush
- Awake, sad heart, whom sorrow ever drowns - David Evan Thomas (The dawning)
- A wreathed Garland of deserved praise - David Evan Thomas (A wreath)
- A wreath (A wreathed Garland of deserved praise) - David Evan Thomas
- Christmas (II) (The shepherds sing; and shall I silent be?)
- Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life SPA - Carson P. Cooman, Ralph Vaughan Williams (The call)
- Dear stream! dear bank, where often I (from The Temple) - George Dyson (Dear stream! dear bank, where often...)
- Dear stream! dear bank, where often... (Dear stream! dear bank, where often I) (from The Temple) - George Dyson
- Deniall (When my devotions could not pierce) - Olivier Greif FRE
- Denyall (When my devotions could not pierce) FRE
- Easter wings (Lord, Who createdst man in wealth and store) - Nick Peros
- Easter (Rise heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing his praise) - Eva Ruth Spalding, Ralph Vaughan Williams CAT
- Echo vom Himmel (Oh Freudenhimmel) - Harald Genzmer (Text: after George Herbert) [x]
- Heaven (O who will show me those delights on high?) GER
- How soon doth man decay ! FRE - Olivier Greif (Mortification)
- I bless thee, Lord, because I grow (from The Temple) (Paradise)
- I bless thee, Lord, because I grow (from The Temple) - Leslie R. Bassett (Paradise)
- I Cannot ope mine eyes (from The Temple) (Mattens)
- I Cannot ope mine eyes (from The Temple) - Sergius Kagen (My God, what is a heart?)
- I got me flowers to strew thy way - Ralph Vaughan Williams (I got me flowers)
- I got me flowers (I got me flowers to strew thy way) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- I made a posie while the day ran by - Nick Peros (Life)
- Let all the world in every corner sing (from The Temple) - Ralph Vaughan Williams (Antiphon)
- Let all the world in every corner sing (from The Temple) - Geoffrey Bush (A song of praise)
- Let all the world in every corner sing (from The Temple) - George Dyson (Praise)
- Life (I made a posie while the day ran by) - Nick Peros
- Lord, Who createdst man in wealth and store - Nick Peros (Easter wings)
- Lord, who hast form'd me out of mud (Trinity-Sunday)
- Lord, who hast form'd me out of mud - Joel Weiss (Trinity Sunday)
- Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back - Ralph Vaughan Williams (Love bade me welcome)
- Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back - Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, Sir (Love)
- Love bade me welcome (Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Love (Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back) - Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, Sir
- Mattens (I Cannot ope mine eyes) (from The Temple)
- Mortification (How soon doth man decay ! ) - Olivier Greif FRE
- My God, what is a heart? (I Cannot ope mine eyes) (from The Temple) - Sergius Kagen
- No, Lesbia no, you ask in vain - John Blow (The Queen's Epicedium)
- Oh Freudenhimmel (Text: after George Herbert) [x] - Harald Genzmer (Echo vom Himmel)
- O who will show me those delights on high? GER (Heaven)
- Paradise (I bless thee, Lord, because I grow) (from The Temple)
- Paradise (I bless thee, Lord, because I grow) (from The Temple) - Leslie R. Bassett
- Pastoral (The shepherds sing; and shall I silent be?) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Praised be the God of Love - (Edward) Benjamin Britten (Antiphon)
- Praise (Let all the world in every corner sing) (from The Temple) - George Dyson
- Prayer, the Church's banquet, the Angels' age - Roxanna Panufnik (Prayer)
- Prayer (Prayer, the Church's banquet, the Angels' age) - Roxanna Panufnik
- Rise heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing his praise CAT - Eva Ruth Spalding, Ralph Vaughan Williams (Easter)
- Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright (from The Temple) FRE - Michael (Dewar) Head (Sweet day! so cool)
- Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright (from The Temple) FRE - Adam Taylor, Ralph Vaughan Williams (Sweet day)
- Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright (from The Temple) FRE (Vertue)
- Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright (from The Temple) FRE - James Whitton Aikman, Matthew Emery, Olivier Greif (Vertue)
- Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright (from The Temple) FRE - Barney Childs, Jeffrey Thomas King, Nick Peros (Virtue)
- Sweet day! so cool (Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright) (from The Temple) - Michael (Dewar) Head FRE
- Sweet day (Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright) (from The Temple) - Adam Taylor, Ralph Vaughan Williams FRE
- The call (Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life) - Carson P. Cooman, Ralph Vaughan Williams SPA
- The dawning (Awake, sad heart, whom sorrow ever drowns) - David Evan Thomas
- The God of love my Shepherd is (from The Temple)
- The Queen's Epicedium (No, Lesbia no, you ask in vain) - John Blow
- The shepherds sing; and shall I silent be? (Christmas (II))
- The shepherds sing; and shall I silent be? - Ralph Vaughan Williams (Pastoral)
- Trinity-Sunday (Lord, who hast form'd me out of mud)
- Trinity Sunday (Lord, who hast form'd me out of mud) - Joel Weiss
- Vertue (Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright) (from The Temple) FRE
- Vertue (Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright) (from The Temple) - James Whitton Aikman, Matthew Emery, Olivier Greif FRE
- Virtue (Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright) (from The Temple) - Barney Childs, Jeffrey Thomas King, Nick Peros FRE
- When my devotions could not pierce FRE - Olivier Greif (Deniall)
- When my devotions could not pierce FRE (Denyall)
- With sick and famish'd eyes (With sick and famished eyes) - Henry Purcell
- With sick and famished eyes - Henry Purcell (With sick and famish'd eyes)
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