Texts by Meleager of Gadara set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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

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• A Curse (This thing I pray, dearest Night) - G. Bush
• αἰεί μοι δινεῖ μὲν ἐν οὔασιν ἦχος Ἔρωτος ENG
• Αἰπολικαὶ σύριγγες, ἐν οὔρεσι μηκέτι Δάφνιν ENG
• ἀτρέμας, ὦ ξένε, βαῖνε: παρ᾽ εὐσεβέσιν γὰρ ὁ πρέσβυς ENG
• Cold blows the winter wind: 't is Love - S. Barber (Love at the door) ⊗
• δάκρυά σοι καὶ νέρθε διὰ χθονός, Ἡλιοδώρα ENG
• Did I not cry aloud to thee, O soul - G. Bantock (Love's prisoner)
• ἤδη λευκόιον θάλλει, θάλλει δὲ φίλομβρος ENG
• ἔγχει τᾶς Πειθοῦς καὶ Κύπριδος Ἡλιοδώρας ENG
• ἓν τόδε, παμμήτειρα θεῶν, λίτομαί σε, φίλη Νύξ ENG
• Epigram (Fill up my cup, saying always the name of my Heliodora) (from Songs from the Greek)
• Epitaph () - G. Bantock [x] ⊗
• εὕδεις, Ζηνοφίλα, τρυφερὸν θάλος. εἴθ᾽ ἐπὶ σοὶ νῦν ENG ENG FRE
• Εὔφορτοι νᾶες πελαγίτιδες, αἳ πόρον Ἕλλης ENG ENG
• Evermore in my ears eddies the sound of Love - G. Bantock (Love's Martyr)
• Fanfare (I swear it, by Love I swear it!) - G. Bush
• Fill up my cup, saying always the name of my Heliodora (from Songs from the Greek) - L. Lehmann (Epigram)
• Fill up my cup (Fill up my cup, saying always the name of my Heliodora) (from Songs from the Greek) - L. Lehmann
• Flowers: For Heliodora () - D. Healey FRE (Text: Anonymous after Meleager of Gadara) [x]
• Flowers (White violets I'll bring) - G. Bush FRE
• Fly to her swiftly fly - G. Bush
• Heliodore (Tears, even far beneath the earth I send thee) - A. Horrocks
• I cry you Love — at earliest break of day - A. Horrocks
• In the Spring a Young Man's Fancy (Now the white iris blossoms, and the rain-loving narcissus)
• In the spring-time (Now the white iris blossoms, and the rain-loving narcissus) - A. Horrocks
• I swear it, by Love I swear it! - G. Bush
• I will plait in white violets and tender narcissus mid myrtle berries FRE
• I will twine the white violet and I will twine FRE - G. Bantock (Love's garland)
• Je tresserai la giroflée blanche, je tresserai le tendre narcisse ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG - C. Levadé (Text: Anonymous after Meleager of Gadara)
• Je tresserai la giroflée blanche (Je tresserai la giroflée blanche, je tresserai le tendre narcisse) - C. Levadé ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG (Text: Anonymous after Meleager of Gadara)
• κηρύσσω τὸν ἔρωτα, τὸν ἄγριον ἄρτι γὰρ ἄρτι ENG
• Laurel and hyacinth () - G. Bantock [x]
• Love at the door (Cold blows the winter wind: 't is Love) - S. Barber ⊗
• Love's fire (Soul that weepest sore, how is Love's wound) - G. Bantock
• Love's garland (I will twine the white violet and I will twine) - G. Bantock FRE
• Love's Martyr (Evermore in my ears eddies the sound of Love) - G. Bantock
• Love's prisoner (Did I not cry aloud to thee, O soul) - G. Bantock
• Love's relapses (Soul that weepest sore, how is Love's wound)
• Lullaby (Sleep, sleep dear girl, drowsy flower) - G. Bush FRE
• ναὶ τὸν Ἔρωτα, θέλω τὸ παρ᾽ οὔασιν Ἡλιοδώρας ENG
• Night (O Night, O Night, O sleepless tossing, longing for Heliodora!) - G. Bush FRE
• Now the bright crocus flames, and now - C. Stanford (Spring) ⊗
• Now the white iris blossoms, and the rain-loving narcissus - A. Horrocks (In the Spring a Young Man's Fancy)
• Now will I weave white violets, daffodils FRE - I. Holst
• Now Will I Weave White Violets (Now will I weave white violets, daffodils) - I. Holst FRE
• O gentle ships that skim the seas - A. Horrocks (To the ships)
• O Night, O Night, O sleepless tossing, longing for Heliodora! FRE - G. Bush
• O nuit ! Amour d'Héliodora qui me tient éveillé (O Nuit ! Amour d'Héliodora qui me tient veillé) - C. Levadé ENG (Text: Anonymous after Meleager of Gadara)
• O Nuit ! Amour d'Héliodora qui me tient veillé ENG - C. Levadé (Text: Anonymous after Meleager of Gadara)
• ὦ Νύξ, ὦ φιλάγρυπνος ἐμοὶ πόθος Ἡλιοδώρας ENG FRE
• οὔ σοι ταῦτ᾽ ἐβόων, ψυχή ENG
• Πλέξω λευκόιον, πλέξω δ᾽ ἁπαλὴν ἅμα μύρτοις ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE ENG
• ψυχὴ δυσδάκρυτε, τί σοι τὸ πεπανθὲν Ἔρωτος ENG
• Πταίης μοι, κώνωψ, ταχὺς ἄγγελος, οὔασι δ᾽ ἄκροις ENG
• Quietly O Stranger pass by: here sleeps an old man - G. Bush
• Richly loaded ocean ships that sail down the Hellespont
• Schlummerlied () - K. Weigl [x]
• Sleep, sleep dear girl, drowsy flower FRE - G. Bush
• Soul that weepest sore, how is Love's wound - G. Bantock (Love's relapses)
• Spring (Now the bright crocus flames, and now) ⊗
• Sweeter than the violet (Now the bright crocus flames, and now) - C. Stanford ⊗
• Tears, even far beneath the earth I send thee - A. Horrocks
• The crier (I cry you Love — at earliest break of day) - A. Horrocks
• The Mosquito (Fly to her swiftly fly) - G. Bush
• The Poet's Epitaph (Quietly O Stranger pass by: here sleeps an old man) - G. Bush
• This thing I pray, dearest Night - G. Bush
• To the ships (O gentle ships that skim the seas) - A. Horrocks
• Tu dors, tige délicate (Tu dors, tige délicate) - C. Levadé ENG ENG (Text: Anonymous after Meleager of Gadara)
• Tu dors, tige délicate ENG ENG - C. Levadé (Text: Anonymous after Meleager of Gadara)
• White violets I'll bring FRE - G. Bush
• You are asleep, Zenophila, tender flower FRE

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