Texts by E. Carpenter set in Art Songs and Choral Works

Text Collections:

• Sketches from Life in Town and Country and Some Verses
• Towards Democracy
• Who Shall Command the Heart

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

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Special notes: All titles and first lines are included in this index, including those used by composers.
Titles used by the text author appear in boldface. First lines appear in italics.
A language code in a blue rectangle like ENG indicates that a translation to that language is available.
A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.

• April (O April, month of Nymphs and Fauns and Cupids) (from Towards Democracy) - H. Gardiner
• A tiny perfect sea-shell on the shore (from Who Shall Command the Heart) - J. Duke (The babe)
• A trio perfect: the man, the woman, and the babe (from Who Shall Command the Heart) (The babe) - J. Duke
• Child of the lonely heart (Child of the lonely heart) (from Towards Democracy) - R. Boughton [x]
• Christmas Eve (Hark! The bells ringing!) (from Towards Democracy) - E. Bainton
• England, arise! The long long night is over (from Sketches from Life in Town and Country and Some Verses) - E. Carpenter, E. Day, E. Thiman, R. Vaughan Williams, A. Warrell (England, arise!)
• England, arise! (England, arise! The long long night is over) (from Sketches from Life in Town and Country and Some Verses) - E. Carpenter, E. Day, E. Thiman, A. Warrell
• Fly messenger! through the streets of the cities ancle-plumed Mercury fly! (from Towards Democracy) [x] - R. Boughton
• Fly messenger (Fly messenger! through the streets of the cities ancle-plumed Mercury fly!) (from Towards Democracy) - R. Boughton [x]
• Four Madrigals on Fragments by Edward Carpenter [song cycle] () - P. Siskind [x]
• Guildford ("England Arise") (England, arise! The long long night is over) (from Sketches from Life in Town and Country and Some Verses) - R. Vaughan Williams
• Hark! The bells ringing! (from Towards Democracy) - E. Bainton (Christmas Eve)
• High in my chamber I hear the deep bells chime (from Towards Democracy) [x] - R. Boughton (High in my chamber)
• High in my chamber (High in my chamber I hear the deep bells chime) (from Towards Democracy) [x]
• Let your mind be quiet, realising the beauty of the world (from Towards Democracy) - R. Boughton (The Lake of Beauty)
• Little heart within thy cage so many years (from Towards Democracy) - E. Bainton
• Little heart within thy cage (Little heart within thy cage so many years) (from Towards Democracy) - E. Bainton
• Midnight (High in my chamber I hear the deep bells chime) (from Towards Democracy) - R. Boughton [x]
• O April, month of Nymphs and Fauns and Cupids (from Towards Democracy) - H. Gardiner (April)
• O'er every mountain-peak (from Sketches from Life in Town and Country and Some Verses) AFR CAT CZE DUT DUT FIN FRE FRE GRE HUN IRI ITA ITA RUS RUS RUS SPA SPA POL - H. Gardiner (The Wanderer's Evensong)
• O Freedom, beautiful beyond compare (from Towards Democracy) [x] - R. Boughton
• Once more the dead Christ lies (from Towards Democracy) [x] - R. Boughton (The dead Christ)
• On the outskirts of a great city (from Towards Democracy) [x] - R. Boughton (The triumph of civilisation)
• Standing beyond Time (Standing beyond Time) (from Towards Democracy) - R. Boughton [x]
• Standing beyond Time (from Towards Democracy) [x] - R. Boughton
• The babe (A tiny perfect sea-shell on the shore) (from Who Shall Command the Heart) - J. Duke
• The babe (A trio perfect: the man, the woman, and the babe) (from Who Shall Command the Heart)
• The city of the sun () - E. Carpenter [x]
• The dead Christ (Once more the dead Christ lies) (from Towards Democracy) - R. Boughton [x]
• The Lake of Beauty (Let your mind be quiet, realising the beauty of the world) (from Towards Democracy) - R. Boughton
• The people to their land () - E. Carpenter [x]
• The triumph of civilisation (On the outskirts of a great city) (from Towards Democracy) - R. Boughton [x]
• The Wanderer's Evensong (O'er every mountain-peak) (from Sketches from Life in Town and Country and Some Verses) - H. Gardiner AFR CAT CZE DUT DUT FIN FRE FRE GRE HUN IRI ITA ITA RUS RUS RUS SPA SPA POL
• The wind () - R. Boughton [x]
• To Freedom (O Freedom, beautiful beyond compare) (from Towards Democracy) - R. Boughton [x]

Last update: 2023-05-11 13:40:59