Texts by A. Lang set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Andrew Lang (1844 - 1912)

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

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Ah, Golden Eyes, to win you yet FRE FRE - A. Horrocks (Golden Eyes)
A northern romance (My love dwelt in a northern land) - H. Pasmore DUT
A sunset on Yarrow (The wind and the day had lived together) (from Grass of Parnassus. Rhymes Old and New)
Demeter, rich in fruit, and rich in grain - A. Bliss ⊗
Golden eyes (Ah, Golden Eyes, to win you yet) - A. Horrocks FRE FRE
Great Cypris stood beside me, while still I slumbered - G. Bantock (The Tutor of Love) ⊗
Great Cypris stood (Great Cypris stood beside me, while still I slumbered) - G. Bantock ⊗
Idyl XIX (The thievish Love, -- a cruel bee once stung him) (from Theocritus, Bion and Moschus) FRE FRE
Idyl IX (Would that my father had taught me the craft) ⊗
Light has flown! (from Rhymes à la Mode) - J. Raynor (Twilight) ⊗
Love in May (Off with sleep, love, up from bed) (from Ballads and Lyrics of Old France: with Other Poems) - M. Carmichael
Mowers, weary and brown, and blithe (from Grass of Parnassus. Rhymes Old and New) - A. Foote, J. Raynor (Scythe song)
My love dwelt in a Northern land (My love dwelt in a northern land) - E. Elgar, J. Raynor DUT
My love dwelt in a northern land DUT - E. Elgar, H. Pasmore, J. Raynor
Now the bright crocus flames, and now - C. Stanford (Spring) ⊗
Off with sleep, love, up from bed (from Ballads and Lyrics of Old France: with Other Poems) - M. Carmichael (Love in May)
O gentle ships that skim the seas - A. Horrocks (To the ships)
Scythe song (Mowers, weary and brown, and blithe) (from Grass of Parnassus. Rhymes Old and New) - A. Foote, J. Raynor
Spring (Now the bright crocus flames, and now) ⊗
Sweeter than the violet (Now the bright crocus flames, and now) - C. Stanford ⊗
The song of the reapers (Demeter, rich in fruit, and rich in grain) - A. Bliss ⊗
The thievish Love, -- a cruel bee once stung him (from Theocritus, Bion and Moschus) FRE FRE - G. Bantock (Idyl XIX)
The thievish Love (The thievish Love, -- a cruel bee once stung him) (from Theocritus, Bion and Moschus) - G. Bantock FRE FRE
The Tutor of Love (Great Cypris stood beside me, while still I slumbered) ⊗
The wind and the day. (A sunset on Yarrow) (The wind and the day had lived together) (from Grass of Parnassus. Rhymes Old and New) - A. Foote
The wind and the day had lived together (from Grass of Parnassus. Rhymes Old and New) - A. Foote (A sunset on Yarrow)
To the ships (O gentle ships that skim the seas) - A. Horrocks
Twilight (Light has flown!) (from Rhymes à la Mode) - J. Raynor ⊗
Whether I find thee bright with fair - E. Elgar ⊗
Would that my father had taught me the craft - G. Bantock (Idyl IX) ⊗
Would that my father (Would that my father had taught me the craft) - G. Bantock ⊗

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