Texts by C. Kingsley set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875)

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A Farewell: To C. E. G. (My fairest child, I have no song to give you) (from Andromeda and Other Poems)
A Farewell (My fairest child, I have no song to give you) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - R. Cole, H. Grace, S. Liddle, J. Paine
A floating, a floating - A. Somervell (The Night Bird: A Myth)
Afloating, afloating - M. Lang
A harper came over the Danube so wide (from Poems) - A. Smith (The Song of the Little Baltung. A.D. 395)
A Hope (Twin stars, aloft in ether clear)
Airly Beacon, Airly Beacon (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - J. Duarte, G. Holst, H. Löhr, E. Nevin, A. Pares, C. Stanford (Airly beacon)
Airly beacon (Airly Beacon, Airly Beacon) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - J. Duarte, G. Holst, H. Löhr, E. Nevin, A. Pares, C. Stanford
A lament (The merry, merry lark was up and singing) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - R. Legge
A life's love (When all the world is young, lad) (from The Water-Babies) - J. Waldeck GER
Alton Locke's song (O Mary, go and call the cattle home) (from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography) - G. MacFarren RUS
A prayer () - C. Scott [x]
Are you ready for your steeplechase, Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorrèe? - J. Capel (Lorraine)
A sweet little doll (I once had a sweet little doll, dears) (from The Water-Babies) - S. Coleridge-Taylor FRE GER
Clear and cool, clear and cool (from The Water-Babies) GER - F. Atkinson, A. Behrend, J. Borland, T. Dunhill, G. Henschel, G. Holst, W. Rogers, M. Shillington (The tide river)
Clear and cool (Clear and cool, clear and cool) (from The Water-Babies) - A. Behrend, T. Dunhill, G. Holst, M. Shillington GER
Cool and clear (Clear and cool, clear and cool) (from The Water-Babies) - F. Atkinson GER
Dartside (I cannot tell what you say green leaves)
Der Fluss singst (Hell und kühl) - G. Henschel (Text: Anonymous after Charles Kingsley) [x]
Early in spring time, on raw and windy mornings (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - R. Legge, G. MacFarren, J. Smieton, C. Wood (The starlings)
Farewell (My fairest child, I have no song to give you) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - C. Bethune
Good-morrow () - J. Holbrooke [x]
Hark! hark! hark! - L. Johns, D. Tovey (The knight's return)
Heigh-Ho! (There sits a bird on every tree) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - R. Cross
Hell und kühl (Text: Anonymous after Charles Kingsley) [x] - G. Henschel
I cannot tell what you say green leaves - J. Holbrooke, A. Somervell (Dartside)
I cannot tell what you say (I cannot tell what you say green leaves) - A. Somervell
I cannot tell (I cannot tell what you say green leaves) - J. Holbrooke
Ich hatt' einst ein niedliches Püppchen (Ich hatt' einst ein niedliches Püppchen) - G. Henschel FRE (Text: Anonymous after Charles Kingsley) [x]
Ich hatt' einst ein niedliches Püppchen FRE (Text: Anonymous after Charles Kingsley) [x] - G. Henschel
I once had a sweet little doll, dears (I once had a sweet little doll, dears) (from The Water-Babies) - E. Nevin, S. Schlesinger FRE GER
I once had a sweet little doll, dears (from The Water-Babies) FRE GER - H. Brian, S. Coleridge-Taylor, G. Henschel, E. Nevin, S. Schlesinger (My little doll)
I once had a sweet little doll (I once had a sweet little doll, dears) (from The Water-Babies) - G. Henschel FRE GER
I wish I were a tiny bird (Oh! I wish I were a tiny browny bird from out the south) (from Poems) - H. Löhr
J'avais une belle poupée (J'avais une belle poupée) - S. Schlesinger GER [x]
J'avais une belle poupée GER [x] - S. Schlesinger
Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorrèe (Are you ready for your steeplechase, Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorrèe?) - J. Capel
Lorraine (Are you ready for your steeplechase, Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorrèe?)
Mary, go and call the cattle home (O Mary, go and call the cattle home) (from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography) - J. Howe RUS
My fairest child, I have no song to give you (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - M. Balfe, C. Bethune, R. Cole, H. Grace, A. Hill, L. Kellie, H. King, E. Klotschubey, S. Liddle, T. Mountain, J. Paine, T. Riego, S. Schlesinger (A Farewell: To C. E. G.)
My fairest child (My fairest child, I have no song to give you) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - M. Balfe, A. Hill, L. Kellie, T. Mountain, S. Schlesinger
My gentle child (My fairest child, I have no song to give you) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - T. Riego
My little doll (I once had a sweet little doll, dears) (from The Water-Babies) FRE GER
Oh! I wish I were a tiny browny bird from out the south (from Poems) - M. Davey, T. Dunhill, H. Löhr, H. Middleton (Valentine's Day)
Oh that we two were Maying (Oh! that we two were Maying) (from The Saint's Tragedy) - C. Gounod, E. Nevin
Oh! that we two were Maying (from The Saint's Tragedy) - C. Gounod, E. Nevin (Song)
O Mary, go and call the cattle home (from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography) RUS - M. Balfe, J. Blockley, F. Boott, H. Brian, E. Campbell, F. Clay, I. Cooper, C. Dolby, W. Fenney, C. Harriss, J. Hatton, J. Howe, J. Hullah, G. Jones, O. King, G. MacFarren, A. MacKay, S. Newns, T. Pitfield, C. Scott, L. Southard, F. Swain
One grand sweet song (My fairest child, I have no song to give you) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - H. King, E. Klotschubey
Round the world away (When all the world is young, lad) (from The Water-Babies) - H. Noble GER
Sands o' Dee (O Mary, go and call the cattle home) (from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography) - H. Brian RUS
Sing Heigh-ho! (There sits a bird on every tree) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - W. Bell, F. Challinor, G. Cole, J. Diack, L. Forsblad, G. Henschel, J. Herbert, G. Holst, M. Lawson, H. Löhr, G. MacFarren, G. McKay, H. Middleton, D. Parke, C. Stanford, J. Williams
Slumber song (Soft soft wind, from out the sweet south sliding) (from The Water-Babies) - G. Holst
Soft soft wind, from out the sweet south sliding (from The Water-Babies) - G. Holst (The Summer Sea)
Soft, soft wind (from The Water-Babies) (The Summer Sea) - G. Holst
Song of the River (Clear and cool, clear and cool) (from The Water-Babies) - J. Borland GER
Song (Oh! that we two were Maying) (from The Saint's Tragedy)
The bird (Afloating, afloating) - M. Lang
The brook sings (Clear and cool, clear and cool) (from The Water-Babies) - G. Henschel GER
The Day of the Lord is at hand, at hand - G. Holst (The Day Of The Lord)
The Day Of The Lord (The Day of the Lord is at hand, at hand) - G. Holst
The knight's return (Hark! hark! hark!) - L. Johns, D. Tovey
The Lost Doll (I once had a sweet little doll, dears) (from The Water-Babies) - H. Brian FRE GER
The merry, merry lark was up and singing (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - R. Legge, E. Nevin (A lament)
The merry, merry lark (The merry, merry lark was up and singing) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - E. Nevin
The Night Bird: A Myth (A floating, a floating)
The Night Bird (A floating, a floating) - A. Somervell
The old, old song (When all the world is young, lad) (from The Water-Babies) - B. Thomson GER
There sits a bird on every tree (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - W. Bell, C. Burch, F. Challinor, G. Cole, R. Cross, J. Diack, A. Foote, L. Forsblad, F. Hart, G. Henschel, J. Herbert, W. Hewitt, G. Holst, M. Lawson, H. Löhr, G. MacFarren, G. McKay, H. Middleton, D. Parke, C. Stanford, J. Williams (Sing Heigh-Ho!)
There sits a bird on every tree (There sits a bird on every tree) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - A. Foote, F. Hart, W. Hewitt
There sits a bird (There sits a bird on every tree) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - C. Burch
The Sands o' Dee (O Mary, go and call the cattle home) (from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography) - J. Blockley, F. Boott, E. Campbell, F. Clay, C. Dolby, W. Fenney, O. King, L. Southard RUS
The Sands of Dee (O Mary, go and call the cattle home) (from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography) - M. Balfe, I. Cooper, C. Harriss, J. Hatton, J. Hullah, G. Jones, G. MacFarren, A. MacKay, S. Newns, T. Pitfield, C. Scott, F. Swain RUS
The Song of the Little Baltung. A.D. 395 (A harper came over the Danube so wide) (from Poems)
The Song of the Little Baltung (A harper came over the Danube so wide) (from Poems) - A. Smith
The starlings (Early in spring time, on raw and windy mornings) (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - R. Legge, G. MacFarren, J. Smieton, C. Wood
The Summer Sea (Soft soft wind, from out the sweet south sliding) (from The Water-Babies)
The three fishers (Three fishers went sailing away to the west) (from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography) - C. Barry, J. Capel, A. Gray, J. Hullah, O. King, G. MacFarren, H. Oke, A. Parsons, E. Walker NOR RUS
The tide river (Clear and cool, clear and cool) (from The Water-Babies) - W. Rogers GER
The watchman ('Watchman, what of the night?') (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - R. Legge
Three fishers went sailing away to the west (from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography) NOR RUS - C. Barry, F. Boott, J. Capel, M. Foster, A. Gray, J. Hullah, O. King, G. MacFarren, H. Oke, A. Parsons, R. Rogers, E. Walker (The three fishers)
Three fishers went sailing out into the west (Three fishers went sailing away to the west) (from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography) - F. Boott NOR RUS
Three fishers went sailing (Three fishers went sailing away to the west) (from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography) - R. Rogers NOR RUS
Three fishers (Three fishers went sailing away to the west) (from Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography) - M. Foster NOR RUS
Tre mand satte ud langt imod vest (from Gunvor Thorsdatter til Hærø [a novel]) SWE RUS
Tre män satte ut sin båt emot väst (Tre män satte ut sin båt emot väst) - E. Sjögren NOR RUS
Tre män satte ut sin båt emot väst NOR RUS - E. Sjögren
Twin stars, aloft in ether clear - G. Holst (A Hope)
Twin stars aloft (Twin stars, aloft in ether clear) - G. Holst
Valentine's Day (Oh! I wish I were a tiny browny bird from out the south) (from Poems) - M. Davey, T. Dunhill, H. Middleton
'Watchman, what of the night?' (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - R. Legge, W. Wood (The watchman)
Watchman, what of the night? ('Watchman, what of the night?') (from Andromeda and Other Poems) - W. Wood
Wenn jung die Welt ist, Knabe (Wenn jung die Welt ist, Knabe) - G. Henschel (Text: Anonymous after Charles Kingsley) [x]
Wenn jung die Welt ist, Knabe (Text: Anonymous after Charles Kingsley) [x] - G. Henschel
When all the world is young, lad (When all the world is young, lad) (from The Water-Babies) - D. Bright, J. Diack, R. Grain, G. Henschel, E. James, E. Nevin, J. Pointer, P. Tomblings, M. Wilson GER
When all the world is young, lad (from The Water-Babies) GER - T. Anderton, F. Atkinson, D. Bright, A. Caldicott, F. Challinor, Claribel, B. Colechin, I. Cooper, F. Cowen, J. Diack, V. Ellis, C. Getchell, R. Grain, G. Henschel, C. Herts, H. Hulbert, E. James, L. Lehmann, T. Marshall, E. Nevin, H. Noble, R. Parfrey, E. Philp, J. Pointer, P. Schenk, B. Thomson, P. Tomblings, J. Waldeck, J. Weiss, T. Wharton, M. Wilson (Young and Old)
When all the world is young (When all the world is young, lad) (from The Water-Babies) - A. Caldicott, F. Challinor, Claribel, F. Cowen, C. Herts, H. Hulbert, L. Lehmann, E. Philp, P. Schenk, T. Wharton GER
When all the world was young (When all the world is young, lad) (from The Water-Babies) - F. Atkinson, V. Ellis GER
When all was young (When all the world is young, lad) (from The Water-Babies) - B. Colechin GER
Young and Old (When all the world is young, lad) (from The Water-Babies) - T. Anderton, I. Cooper, C. Getchell, T. Marshall, R. Parfrey, J. Weiss GER

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