Texts by J. Betjeman set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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John Betjeman, Sir (1906 - 1984)

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Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):

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A bay in Anglesey (The sleepy sound of a tea-time tide) - M. Dring *
And is it true? () - M. Horder [x] *
A subaltern's love-song (Miss J. Hunter Dunne, Miss J. Hunter Dunn) (from New Bats in Old Belfries) - M. Horder, D. Swann [x] *
Bristol (Green upon the flooded Avon) (from New Bats in Old Belfries) - R. Warren [x] *
Business girls (From the geyser ventilators) - M. Dring *
Calvinistic Evening (The six bells stopped, and in the dark I heard) (from Continual Dew) - J. Beeson [x] *
Calvinistic Evensong (The six bells stopped, and in the dark I heard) (from Continual Dew) [x] *
Caprice (I sat only two tables off from the one I was sacked at) (from High and Low) - M. Horder [x] *
From out the Queen's Highclife (from New Bats in Old Belfries) [x] * - D. Swann (Margate, 1940)
From the geyser ventilators * - M. Dring
Green upon the flooded Avon (from New Bats in Old Belfries) [x] * - R. Warren (Bristol)
Hark, I hear the bells of Westgate (from Mount Zion) [x] * - M. Horder (Westgate-on-Sea)
How to get on in society (Phone for the fish-knives, Norman) (from A Few Late Chrysanthemums) - M. Horder [x] *
Hymn (The church's restoration) (from Mount Zion) [x] *
In the licorice fields of Pontefract (from A Few Late Chrysanthemums) [x] * - D. Swann (The licorice field of Pontefract)
In the Public Gardens, To the airs of Strauss [x] * - J. Beeson
In the Public Gardens (In the Public Gardens, To the airs of Strauss) - J. Beeson [x] *
In Westminster Abbey (Let me take this glove off) (from Old Lights for New Chancels) - M. Horder [x] *
I sat only two tables off from the one I was sacked at (from High and Low) [x] * - M. Horder (Caprice)
I walked into the nightclub in the morning * - M. Dring
Let me take this glove off (from Old Lights for New Chancels) [x] * - M. Horder (In Westminster Abbey)
Margate, 1940 (From out the Queen's Highclife) (from New Bats in Old Belfries) - D. Swann [x] *
Miss J. Hunter Dunne, Miss J. Hunter Dunn (from New Bats in Old Belfries) [x] * - M. Horder, D. Swann (A subaltern's love-song)
Oh would I could subdue the flesh (from Old Lights for New Chancels) [x] * - J. Beeson, D. Swann (Senex)
Phone for the fish-knives, Norman (from A Few Late Chrysanthemums) [x] * - M. Horder (How to get on in society)
Senex (Oh would I could subdue the flesh) (from Old Lights for New Chancels) - J. Beeson, D. Swann [x] *
Song of a nightclub proprietress (I walked into the nightclub in the morning) - M. Dring *
The church's restoration (from Mount Zion) [x] * - M. Horder (Hymn)
The church's restoration (The church's restoration) (from Mount Zion) - M. Horder [x] *
The licorice field of Pontefract (In the licorice fields of Pontefract) (from A Few Late Chrysanthemums) - D. Swann [x] *
The six bells stopped, and in the dark I heard (from Continual Dew) [x] * - J. Beeson (Calvinistic Evensong)
The sleepy sound of a tea-time tide * - M. Dring
Undenominational (Undenominational) - M. Dring *
Undenominational * - M. Dring
Upper Lambourne (Up the ash tree climbs the ivy) - M. Dring *
Up the ash tree climbs the ivy * - M. Dring
Westgate-on-Sea (Hark, I hear the bells of Westgate) (from Mount Zion) - M. Horder [x] *

Last update: 2023-02-04 15:09:05