Texts by L. Binyon set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Laurence Binyon (1869 - 1943)

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

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A leaf on the gray sand-path (from The Augustan Books of Poetry: Laurence Binyon) - W. Cooper (The unreturning spring) [x]
At close of day (Warm, the desert evening) - R. Quilter
Bab-Lock-Hythe (In the time of wild roses) (from England and Other Poems) - M. Shaw
Beyond the ferry water (from Auguries) - J. Elkus (Ferry Hinksey)
Come then, as ever, like the wind at morning! - S. Barber (Invocation to Youth)
Day's End (When I am weary, thronged with the cares of the vain day) - J. Raynor
Down in the valley where summer's laughing beam - M. Shaw [x]
Evening is over the land () - P. Crossley-Holland [x]
Exhortation and Kohima (They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old) - J. Tavener
Fall now, my cold thoughts, frozen fall - F. Bridge (Lament)
Ferry Hinksey (Beyond the ferry water) (from Auguries) - J. Elkus
For the Fallen (With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children) (from The Winnowing-Fan) - M. Blatchly, C. Chivers, E. Elgar, D. Guest, K. Jenkins, B. Kelly, C. Rootham, M. Sammes, A. Walter
In the time of wild roses (from England and Other Poems) - M. Shaw (Bab-Lock-Hythe)
Invocation to Youth (Come then, as ever, like the wind at morning!) - S. Barber
Invocation to Youth () - R. Robbins [x]
Lament no more my heart (from The Death of Adam) - M. Shaw (Sursum Cor!) [x]
Lament (Fall now, my cold thoughts, frozen fall) - F. Bridge
Landscape (Out across the wave all is bare) - C. Griffes ⊗
Lonely, save for a few faint stars, the sky (from Poems) - R. Hageman, M. Rosser (The little dancers: a London vision)
Lonely, save for a few faint stars (from Poems) (The little dancers: a London vision) - R. Hageman, M. Rosser
Mother of exiles (What far-off trouble steals) (from London Visions) - R. Bennett [x]
Nothing is enough (Nothing is enough) (from The Augustan Books of Poetry: Laurence Binyon) - S. Adler [x]
Now in thy splendour go before us (from The Winnowing-Fan) - E. Elgar (The Fourth of August)
Now is the time for the burning of the leaves (Now is the time for the burning of the leaves) (from The Burning Of The Leaves) - R. Panufnik
Now is the time for the burning of the leaves (from The Burning Of The Leaves) - R. Panufnik
Out across the wave all is bare - C. Griffes ⊗
Over all this home-land of our fathers (Over all this home-land of our fathers) - E. Elgar [x]
Over all this home-land of our fathers - E. Elgar [x]
Sursum corda (Lament no more my heart) (from The Death of Adam) - M. Shaw [x]
Sursum Cor! (Lament no more my heart) (from The Death of Adam) [x]
The answer () - R. Quilter [x]
The Fourth of August (Now in thy splendour go before us) (from The Winnowing-Fan) - E. Elgar
The Last Post (With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children) (from The Winnowing-Fan) - P. Hawes
The little dancers: a London vision (Lonely, save for a few faint stars, the sky) (from Poems)
The little dancers (Lonely, save for a few faint stars, the sky) (from Poems) - R. Hageman, M. Rosser
The shepherd (Down in the valley where summer's laughing beam) - M. Shaw [x]
The unreturning spring (A leaf on the gray sand-path) (from The Augustan Books of Poetry: Laurence Binyon) [x]
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old (from The Winnowing-Fan) (For the Fallen) - M. Blatchly, C. Chivers, E. Elgar, D. Guest, P. Hawes, K. Jenkins, B. Kelly, C. Rootham, M. Sammes, A. Walter
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old - J. Tavener
To women (Your hearts are lifted up, your hearts) (from The Winnowing-Fan) - E. Elgar
Warm, the desert evening - R. Quilter
What far-off trouble steals (from London Visions) - R. Bennett (Mother of exiles) [x]
When I am weary, thronged with the cares of the vain day - J. Raynor (Day's End)
With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children (from The Winnowing-Fan) - M. Blatchly, C. Chivers, E. Elgar, D. Guest, P. Hawes, K. Jenkins, B. Kelly, C. Rootham, M. Sammes, A. Walter (For the Fallen)
Your hearts are lifted up, your hearts (from The Winnowing-Fan) - E. Elgar (To women)
Your hearts are lifted up (from The Winnowing-Fan) (To women) - E. Elgar

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