Texts by G. Herbert 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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- Ah, My Dear Angry Lord (Ah, my dear angry Lord) - J. Raynor
- Ah, my dear angry Lord - J. Raynor, R. Thompson (Bitter-Sweet)
- Antiphon (Let all the world in every corner sing) (from The Temple) - R. Thompson, R. Vaughan Williams
- Antiphon (Praised be the God of Love) - B. Britten
- A song of praise (Let all the world in every corner sing) (from The Temple) - G. Bush
- A True Hymn (My Joy, my Life, my Crown !)
- Awake, sad heart, whom sorrow ever drowns - J. Raynor, D. Thomas
- Awake, Sad Heart (Awake, sad heart, whom sorrow ever drowns) - J. Raynor
- A wreathed Garland of deserved praise - D. Thomas
- A wreath (A wreathed Garland of deserved praise) - D. Thomas
- Bitter-Sweet (Ah, my dear angry Lord) - R. Thompson
- Christmas (II) (The shepherds sing; and shall I silent be?)
- Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life SPA - C. Cooman, R. Vaughan Williams
- Deniall (When my devotions could not pierce) - O. Greif FRE
- Denyall (When my devotions could not pierce) FRE
- Die Seele (Du holder Tag, so süß im Morgenrot) (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten) FRE
- Du holder Tag, so süß im Morgenrot (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten) FRE (Die Seele) -
- Easter wings (Lord, Who createdst man in wealth and store) - N. Peros
- Easter (Rise heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing his praise) - E. Rubbra, E. Spalding, R. Vaughan Williams CAT
- Echo vom Himmel (Oh Freudenhimmel) - H. Genzmer (Text: Anonymous after George Herbert) [x]
- Heaven (O who will show me those delights on high?) GER
- How fresh, oh Lord, how sweet and clean - L. Larsen
- How soon doth man decay ! FRE - O. Greif
- I bless thee, Lord, because I grow (from The Temple) - L. Bassett (Paradise)
- I Cannot ope mine eyes (from The Temple) - S. Kagen (Mattens)
- I got me flowers to strew thy way - J. Raynor, R. Samuel, R. Vaughan Williams
- I got me flowers (I got me flowers to strew thy way) - J. Raynor, R. Samuel, R. Vaughan Williams
- I made a posie while the day ran by - N. Peros
- Let all the world in every corner sing (from The Temple) - G. Bush, G. Dyson, R. Thompson, R. Vaughan Williams
- Life (I made a posie while the day ran by) - N. Peros
- Lord, my heart's desire () - W. Davies [x]
- Lord, Who createdst man in wealth and store - N. Peros
- Lord, who hast form'd me out of mud - J. Weiss (Trinity-Sunday)
- Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back - A. Bliss, R. Samuel, R. Vaughan Williams
- Love bade me welcome (Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back) - R. Samuel, R. Vaughan Williams
- Love (Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back) - A. Bliss
- Mattens (I Cannot ope mine eyes) (from The Temple)
- Mortification (How soon doth man decay !) - O. Greif FRE
- My God, what is a heart? (I Cannot ope mine eyes) (from The Temple) - S. Kagen
- My God, what is a heart? (from The Temple) (Mattens) - S. Kagen
- My Joy, my Life, my Crown ! - W. Davies (A True Hymn)
- My Joy, my Life, my Crown (My Joy, my Life, my Crown !) - W. Davies
- No, Lesbia no, you ask in vain - J. Blow
- Oh Freudenhimmel - H. Genzmer (Text: Anonymous after George Herbert) [x]
- O who will show me those delights on high? GER (Heaven) -
- Paradise (I bless thee, Lord, because I grow) (from The Temple) - L. Bassett
- Pastoral (The shepherds sing; and shall I silent be?) - R. Vaughan Williams
- Praised be the God of Love - B. Britten
- Praise (Let all the world in every corner sing) (from The Temple) - G. Dyson
- Prayer, the Church's banquet, the Angels' age - R. Panufnik
- Prayer (Prayer, the Church's banquet, the Angels' age) - R. Panufnik
- Rise heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing his praise CAT - E. Rubbra, E. Spalding, R. Vaughan Williams
- Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright (from The Temple) FRE GER - J. Aikman, B. Childs, M. Emery, O. Greif, M. Head, J. King, A. Mounsey, R. Panufnik, N. Peros, J. Raynor, A. Taylor, R. Vaughan Williams (Vertue)
- Sweet day! so cool (Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright) (from The Temple) - M. Head, A. Mounsey FRE GER
- Sweet day (Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright) (from The Temple) - J. Raynor, A. Taylor, R. Vaughan Williams FRE GER
- The call (Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life) - C. Cooman, R. Vaughan Williams SPA
- The dawning (Awake, sad heart, whom sorrow ever drowns) - D. Thomas
- The Flower (How fresh, oh Lord, how sweet and clean) - L. Larsen
- The God of love my Shepherd is (from The Temple)
- The Pulley (When God at first made man) - R. Gipps
- The Queen's Epicedium (No, Lesbia no, you ask in vain) - J. Blow
- The shepherds sing; and shall I silent be? - R. Vaughan Williams (Christmas (II))
- Trinity Sunday (Lord, who hast form'd me out of mud) - J. Weiss
- Vertue (Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright) (from The Temple) - J. Aikman, M. Emery, O. Greif FRE GER
- Virtue (Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright) (from The Temple) - B. Childs, J. King, R. Panufnik, N. Peros FRE GER
- When God at first made man - R. Gipps
- When my devotions could not pierce FRE - O. Greif (Denyall)
- With sick and famish'd eyes (With sick and famished eyes) - H. Purcell
- With sick and famished eyes - H. Purcell
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