Texts by N. Macfarren set in Art Songs and Choral Works
Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):
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- Ah me, poor maid, what have I done?
- Alinde (The western light is fading fast) CAT DUT FRE ITA
- A lonely crag stands yonder CAT
- Beside the lake of Nemi CAT CHI
- By the Danube (How oft have I stray'd those banks beside)
- Come in splendour (Come in splendour)
- Flowery omens (I will my heart's fond wishes plant) CZE GER
- Flow'ry May (When the radiant May ascends the hills) FRE GER ITA
- Glides a bark adown the river soft and slow
- How oft have I stray'd those banks beside (By the Danube) -
- In the wood (The woodland calls with luring voice) CAT DUT FRE ITA SPA
- I wander thro' the gateway CAT
- I will my heart's fond wishes plant CZE GER (Flowery omens) -
- Let us lift up our heart, and with our heart CAT DUT FRE GER
- Lo, we account them happy which endure and fail not CAT DUT FRE GER
- Maiden's lament (Refreshing sleep, that dost to all bring peace) RUS
- Maiden's lament (When thro' the weary day)
- My love hath breath'd my being into life (My love) -
- My love (My love hath breath'd my being into life)
- My Mother loves me not
- No escape (Yonder in haste, lo, a maiden is wading) CZE GER GER
- Oh fair is my lass, but no riches she has (Oh fair is my lass) -
- Oh fair is my lass (Oh fair is my lass, but no riches she has)
- Oh green and shady woodland (The woodland) -
- Oh Roman maid, why dost thou cast CAT
- Oh Saviour, ope the heav'nly gates CAT DUT FRE GER
- Oh summernight, how I feel thy spell CAT
- Once fell a maid asleep, 'mid green midsummer grass CZE GER (The maiden and the grass) -
- Red the parting sun descendeth
- Refreshing sleep, that dost to all bring peace RUS (Maiden's lament) -
- Said Susan Lee to Johnny: CAT FRE
- Serenade (When of the dull round of life thou art weary)
- Since I had seen my truelove (Since I had seen my truelove)
- Songs my mother taught me in the days long vanished CAT CZE FIN FRE GER GER ITA ITA - C. Ives
- Songs my mother taught me (Songs my mother taught me in the days long vanished) - C. Ives CAT CZE FIN FRE GER GER ITA ITA
- Tenderly bloweth a breeze from the woodland GER (The flowery message) -
- That thou here hast wandered (When the Eastern breezes) CAT DUT FRE
- The flowery message (Tenderly bloweth a breeze from the woodland) GER
- The maiden and the grass (Once fell a maid asleep, 'mid green midsummer grass) CZE GER
- The western light is fading fast CAT DUT FRE ITA (Alinde) -
- The woodland calls with luring voice CAT DUT FRE ITA SPA (In the wood) -
- The woodland (Oh green and shady woodland)
- The world lies dark and frozen CAT
- This garment by day I weave in my sorrow FRE
- Too fair shone hope upon me CAT GER
- When of the dull round of life thou art weary (Serenade) -
- When the Eastern breezes CAT DUT FRE (That thou here hast wandered) -
- When the radiant May ascends the hills FRE GER ITA (Flow'ry May) -
- When thro' the weary day (Maiden's lament) -
- Wherefore hath the light been given to a heart sorrowful CAT DUT FRE GER
- With joy I'll lay me down to die CAT DUT FRE
- Yonder in haste, lo, a maiden is wading CZE GER GER (No escape) -
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