Texts by T. Hood set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Thomas Hood (1799 - 1845)

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A Fairy Barcarolle (A lake and a fairy boat) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - K. Eggar
Ah, sweet, thou little knowest how - S. Coleridge-Taylor (Serenade)
Ah, sweet, thou little knowest (Ah, sweet, thou little knowest how) - S. Coleridge-Taylor
A lake and a fairy boat (A lake and a fairy boat) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - M. Davidson, T. Dunhill, O. Edwards, S. Fraser, B. Hecker, J. Holbrooke, G. Holst, S. Homer, L. Johns, E. Kurtz, M. Phillips, W. Trinder, W. Wallace, P. Warlock
A lake and a fairy boat (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - M. Davidson, T. Dunhill, O. Edwards, K. Eggar, S. Fraser, B. Hecker, J. Holbrooke, G. Holst, S. Homer, L. Johns, E. Kurtz, M. Phillips, A. Somervell, W. Trinder, W. Wallace, P. Warlock (Song: For music)
A spade! a rake! a hoe! - S. Homer (The Lay of the Laborer)
Autumn (I saw old Autumn in the misty morn) - J. Sacco
Autumn (The Autumn is old) (from Friendship's Offering) - F. Simpson
Autumn (The Autumn skies are flush'd with gold) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - J. Holbrooke, S. Homer, W. Macfarren, C. Parry
Ballad (She's up and gone, the graceless girl!) (from Friendship's Offering)
Ballad (Spring it is cheery) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems)
Blumen (Die schmachtende Äster will ich nicht) (from Lieder aus der Fremde: In Beiträgen von Friedrich Bodenstedt, Adolf Elissen, Ferdinand Freiligrath, usw.) - W. Bradsky, E. Hermes
Das Lied vom Hemd (Mit Fingern, müde und schwer) (from In Moll und Dur - 3. Dritte Abtheilung)
Der Verbannte (Heim zieht mit dem Sommer) (from Lieder aus der Fremde: In Beiträgen von Friedrich Bodenstedt, Adolf Elissen, Ferdinand Freiligrath, usw.) - G. Bradsky
Dich hab ich lieb, dich hab ich lieb! - F. Abt, J. Kalliwoda, J. Starke (Dich hab ich lieb)
Dich hab' ich lieb (Dich hab ich lieb, dich hab ich lieb!) - F. Abt, J. Kalliwoda, J. Starke
Die schmachtende Äster will ich nicht (from Lieder aus der Fremde: In Beiträgen von Friedrich Bodenstedt, Adolf Elissen, Ferdinand Freiligrath, usw.) - W. Bradsky, E. Hermes (Blumen)
Fairy song (A lake and a fairy boat) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - A. Somervell
Flowers (I will not have the mad Clytie) (from Friendship's Offering) GER GER
For you and me (There is dew for the flow'ret) (from Memorial of Thomas Hood) - E. Farmer, F. Reeves
Heim zieht mit dem Sommer (from Lieder aus der Fremde: In Beiträgen von Friedrich Bodenstedt, Adolf Elissen, Ferdinand Freiligrath, usw.) - G. Bradsky (Der Verbannte )
How oft in families intrudes (from Comic Annual) - J. Parry (The united family)
I love thee -- I love thee! (from Friendship's Offering) GER - J. Adams, A. Arnott, A. Burnand, E. Cowdell, F. Cowen, D. Davies, A. Foerster, W. Hammond, G. Holst, B. Huhn, W. Johnson, W. Loud, E. Overbeck, J. Pointer, H. Townsend, T. Wendt (I love thee)
I love thee (I love thee -- I love thee!) (from Friendship's Offering) - J. Adams, A. Arnott, A. Burnand, E. Cowdell, F. Cowen, D. Davies, A. Foerster, W. Hammond, G. Holst, B. Huhn, W. Johnson, W. Loud, E. Overbeck, J. Pointer, H. Townsend, T. Wendt GER
In time of roses (It was not in the Winter) - J. Murray
I remember, I remember the house where I was born (from Friendship's Offering) (I remember, I remember) - J. Blockley, E. Greene, P. Lutkin, R. Milford, G. Parchman, F. Scott, W. Stephens, R. Werther
I remember, I remember (I remember, I remember) (from Friendship's Offering) - J. Blockley, E. Greene, P. Lutkin, R. Milford, G. Parchman, F. Scott, W. Stephens, R. Werther
I remember (I remember, I remember) (from Friendship's Offering) - P. Lutkin, R. Milford, G. Parchman, R. Werther
I saw old Autumn in the misty morn - J. Sacco (Ode: Autumn)
It was not in the winter (It was not in the Winter) - A. Buzzi-Peccia, F. Simpson
It was not in the Winter - D. Arditti, A. Barnett, H. Bunning, A. Buzzi-Peccia, F. Cowen, E. Freer, T. Halley, S. Homer, A. MacKenzie, G. Mays, J. Murray, C. Orr, A. Paucker, R. Quilter, H. Roberton, M. Scalé, M. Scriblerus, C. Sharpe, F. Simpson, T. Southam, R. Stöhr, R. Werther (Time of Roses)
It was the time of roses (It was not in the Winter) - H. Bunning, T. Halley, S. Homer, A. MacKenzie, H. Roberton, M. Scriblerus, C. Sharpe
I will not have the mad Clytie (from Friendship's Offering) GER GER - J. Holbrooke (Flowers)
I will woo the rose (I will not have the mad Clytie) (from Friendship's Offering) - J. Holbrooke GER GER
Lady, wouldst thou heiress be - J. Holbrooke (To a cold beauty)
Love thy mother, little one! (Love thy mother, little one!) - C. Sharpe
Love thy mother, little one! - C. Sharpe (To a child embracing his mother)
Mein Liebchen ist nicht Heliotrop (Mein Liebchen ist nicht Heliotrop) - P. Cornelius
Mit Fingern, müde und schwer (from In Moll und Dur - 3. Dritte Abtheilung) (Das Lied vom Hemd) -
Ode: Autumn (I saw old Autumn in the misty morn)
O'er hill, and dale, and distant sea - J. Davis, M. Stydolf (To an absentee)
O Lady, leave that silken thread (O Lady, leave thy silken thread) - G. Holst
O Lady, leave that silken thread (Song) - G. Bantock, E. Freer, G. Holst
O Lady, leave thy silken thread - G. Bantock, E. Freer, G. Holst (Song)
One more Unfortunate - R. Herman (The bridge of sighs)
Our hands have met, but not our hearts - W. Wallace (To a false friend)
Our hands have met (Our hands have met, but not our hearts) - W. Wallace
Parting (We watch'd her breathing thro' the night) - A. Mounsey RUS
Ruth (She stood breast high amid the corn)
Serenade (Ah, sweet, thou little knowest how)
She stood breast high amid the corn - R. Beckett (Ruth)
She's up and gone, the graceless girl! (from Friendship's Offering) - J. Holbrooke, M. Scriblerus (Ballad)
She's up and gone, the graceless girl! (She's up and gone, the graceless girl!) (from Friendship's Offering) - M. Scriblerus
She's up and gone (She's up and gone, the graceless girl!) (from Friendship's Offering) - J. Holbrooke
Silence (There is a silence where hath been no sound) - J. Duarte, D. Manneke, H. Willan
Soliloquy IV (There is a silence where hath been no sound) - P. Lane
Song: For music (A lake and a fairy boat) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems)
Song (O Lady, leave thy silken thread) - E. Freer
Song (There is dew for the flow'ret) (from Memorial of Thomas Hood)
Song (The stars are with the voyager) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems)
Sonnet: Silence (There is a silence where hath been no sound)
Sonnet: To my wife (Think, sweetest, if my lids are now not wet)
Spring is cheery (Spring it is cheery) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - J. Holbrooke
Spring it is cheery (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - H. Bright, J. Holbrooke, G. Holst (Ballad)
Spring it is cheery (Spring it is cheery) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - G. Holst
The Autumn is old (from Friendship's Offering) - G. Holst, F. Simpson (Autumn)
The autumn is old (The Autumn is old) (from Friendship's Offering) - G. Holst
The Autumn skies are flush'd with gold (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - J. Holbrooke, S. Homer, W. Macfarren, C. Parry, M. Phillips (Autumn)
The autumn skies are flush'd with gold (The Autumn skies are flush'd with gold) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - M. Phillips
The bridge of sighs (One more Unfortunate) - R. Herman
The death-bed (We watch'd her breathing thro' the night) RUS
The exile (The swallow with summer) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - A. Zimmermann GER
The Lay of the Laborer (A spade! a rake! a hoe!) - S. Homer
The Poet sings of Ruth (She stood breast high amid the corn) - R. Beckett
There is a silence where hath been no sound - J. Chorbajian, J. Duarte, P. Lane, D. Manneke, H. Willan (Sonnet: Silence)
There is a silence (There is a silence where hath been no sound) - J. Chorbajian
There is dew for the flow'ret (from Memorial of Thomas Hood) - F. Cowen, E. Faning, E. Farmer, C. Gounod, G. Holst, C. Macirone, J. Matthews, B. Parkyns, F. Reeves, F. Simpson, A. Troostwyck, J. Whitaker (Song)
There is dew for the flow'ret (There is dew for the flow'ret) (from Memorial of Thomas Hood) - F. Cowen, E. Faning, G. Holst, C. Macirone, J. Matthews, B. Parkyns, F. Simpson
There is dew (There is dew for the flow'ret) (from Memorial of Thomas Hood) - C. Gounod
There's love for you and me (There is dew for the flow'ret) (from Memorial of Thomas Hood) - A. Troostwyck, J. Whitaker
The silken thread (O Lady, leave thy silken thread) - G. Bantock
The song of the shirt (With fingers weary and worn) - A. Behrend, S. Homer, J. Tully GER
The stars are with the voyager (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - F. Allitsen, H. Bright, G. Clutsam, E. Daley, J. Holbrooke, G. Holst, H. Jones, A. MacKenzie, W. Macfarren, M. Phillips, J. Pointer, C. Rogers, H. Smart, A. Zimmermann (Song)
The stars are with the voyager (The stars are with the voyager) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - F. Allitsen, H. Bright, G. Clutsam, E. Daley, G. Holst, H. Jones, A. MacKenzie, W. Macfarren, M. Phillips, J. Pointer, C. Rogers, H. Smart, A. Zimmermann
The stars (The stars are with the voyager) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - J. Holbrooke
The swallow with summer (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) GER - A. Zimmermann (The exile)
The time of roses (It was not in the Winter) - D. Arditti, A. Barnett, F. Cowen, G. Mays, C. Orr, R. Quilter, M. Scalé
The united family (How oft in families intrudes) (from Comic Annual) - J. Parry
Think, sweetest, if my lids are now not wet - J. Holbrooke (Sonnet: To my wife)
Time of roses (It was not in the Winter) - E. Freer, A. Paucker, T. Southam, R. Stöhr, R. Werther
'Tis all that I can say (I love thee -- I love thee!) (from Friendship's Offering) - D. Davies GER
To a child embracing his mother (Love thy mother, little one!)
To a cold beauty (Lady, wouldst thou heiress be) - J. Holbrooke
To a false friend (Our hands have met, but not our hearts)
To an absentee (O'er hill, and dale, and distant sea) - J. Davis, M. Stydolf
To my wife (Think, sweetest, if my lids are now not wet) - J. Holbrooke
U smertnogo odra = У смертного одра (Vsju noch' steregli my dykhan'e u nej = Всю ночь стерегли мы дыханье у ней)
Vsju noch' steregli my dykhan'e u nej = Всю ночь стерегли мы дыханье у ней - A. Razmadze (У смертного одра)
Vsju noch' steregli my dykhan'e u nej = Всю ночь стерегли мы дыханье у ней (Vsju noch' steregli my dykhan'e u nej = Всю ночь стерегли мы дыханье у ней) - A. Razmadze
We watch'd her breathing thro' the night RUS - S. Coleridge-Taylor, W. Gill, L. Kerbusch, A. Mounsey, H. Poole, E. Smyth (The death-bed)
We watched her breathing through the night (We watch'd her breathing thro' the night) - S. Coleridge-Taylor, W. Gill, H. Poole, E. Smyth RUS
We watched her breathing (We watch'd her breathing thro' the night) - L. Kerbusch RUS
What can an old man do? (Spring it is cheery) (from The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and Other Poems) - H. Bright
With fingers weary and worn GER - A. Behrend, S. Homer, J. Tully (The Song of the Shirt)

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