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

 § Author § 

Charles (John Huffam) Dickens (1812 - 1870)

Text Collections:

  • A Christmas Carol
  • The Lamplighter, a Farce in One Act
  • The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

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.

  • A Ballad by Boz (Oh, a dainty plant is the Ivy green) (from The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club) - L. Waller FRE
  • A child's hymn (Hear my prayer, O heavenly Father) - J. Weiss
  • Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, lie strewn around me here - C. Stanford
  • Autumn leaves lie strewn around me here (Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, lie strewn around me here) - C. Stanford
  • Bah, Humbug! () (from A Christmas Carol) - K. Amos GER [x]
  • Dolly Varden () - S. Winner [x]
  • Hear my prayer, O heavenly Father - J. Weiss (A child's hymn)
  • Le lierre (Oh ! quelle plante singulière)
  • Oh, a dainty plant is the Ivy green (Oh, a dainty plant is the Ivy green) (from The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club) - H. Burnett FRE
  • Oh, a dainty plant is the Ivy green (from The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club) FRE - W. Anderson, H. Burnett, C. Cadman, M. Cawood, A. Crump, M. Dale, A. De Belfour, W. Phillips, H. Russell, E. Tiffany, L. Waller, E. Wiebé (The Ivy green)
  • Oh ! quelle plante singulière (Le lierre) -
  • Old England, she has great warriors - T. Dunhill, J. Hatton (The Blacksmith)
  • Sorrow () - T. Howe [x]
  • That very wise man, Old Aesop () - C. Parry [x]
  • The Blacksmith (Old England, she has great warriors) - T. Dunhill
  • The Iron Blacksmith (Old England, she has great warriors) - J. Hatton
  • The Ivy green (Oh, a dainty plant is the Ivy green) (from The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club) - W. Anderson, C. Cadman, M. Cawood, A. Crump, M. Dale, A. De Belfour, W. Phillips, H. Russell, E. Tiffany FRE
  • The Ivy (Oh, a dainty plant is the Ivy green) (from The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club) - E. Wiebé FRE
  • The pure, the bright, the beautiful (The pure, the bright, the beautiful) - S. Foster [possibly misattributed]
  • The pure, the bright, the beautiful [possibly misattributed] - S. Foster
  • There comes a new moon twelve times a year (from The Lamplighter, a Farce in One Act) - C. Wood
  • There comes a new moon (There comes a new moon twelve times a year) (from The Lamplighter, a Farce in One Act) - C. Wood

Last update: 2026-10-17 15:46:02

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