Texts by L. Reese set in Art Songs and Choral Works
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Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):
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- A bell in the wind (The sun goes out, and leaves) (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart
- A carol (Mary the Mother) (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart
- Afar () - F. Hart [x]
- A girl's mood (I love a prayer-book) (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart
- A little song of life (Glad that I live am I) - G. Bachlund
- An autumn day (Beauty goes sadly on a day like this) (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart
- April weather (Oh, hush, my heart, and take thine ease) - M. Lang, M. Souers
- Arcadie (On the road to Arcadie) (from Harps Hung up in Babylon) - M. Lang [misattributed]
- A scent () - F. Hart [x]
- As he went down the Roman Road (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart (The Roman road)
- A Song for Candlemas (There's never a rose upon the bush) - M. Lang
- A song of May (The year's a little older grown) - M. Lang
- A spinning song (How many lilies be ablow?) (from A Handful of Lavender)
- A wood thrush () - F. Hart [x]
- Beauty goes sadly on a day like this (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart (An autumn day)
- Before the look of you (I fear you, Loveliness) (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart
- Betrayed (She is false; O Death, She is fair!) - M. Lang
- Bound () - F. Hart [x]
- Brambles and Dusk (Turn me to fagot, dusk) (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart
- Break forth, break forth o Sudb'ry town - M. Lang
- Changeless (Three sycamores down the road) (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart
- Chestnut Hill () - F. Hart [x]
- Comes one: "Here is a tower." (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart (The spirit's riddle)
- Comfort () - F. Hart [x]
- Dead men (I stoop and pluck the tansy's gold) (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart
- Five lilies pulled King Olaf - M. Lang
- Flags () - F. Hart [x]
- Fog (What grave has cracked and let this frail thing out) (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart
- Glad that I live am I - G. Bachlund
- Heap slumber on your eyes (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart (The kiss)
- Holiday (Some dusk within a silver wood) (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart
- How many lilies be ablow? (from A Handful of Lavender) - M. Lang (A spinning song)
- I fear you, Loveliness (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart (Before the look of you)
- I love a prayer-book (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart (A girl's mood)
- Imogene George (She was of Herrick's golden kind) (from Wild Cherry)
- I stoop and pluck the tansy's gold (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart (Dead men)
- King Olaf's lilies (Five lilies pulled King Olaf) - M. Lang
- Let all the towns remember you (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart (Remembrance)
- Lover to Lover () - F. Hart [x]
- Lydia (Break forth, break forth o Sudb'ry town) - M. Lang
- Mary the Mother (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart (A carol)
- My seven lovers are come back (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart (Silence)
- My true love lies asleep (My true love lies asleep) - M. Lang
- My true love lies asleep - M. Lang
- Oh, hush, my heart, and take thine ease - M. Lang, M. Souers
- Oh, Love, he went a-straying (Oh, Love, he went a-straying) - M. Lang
- Oh, Love, he went a-straying - M. Lang
- Once I forgot all, everything (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart (The change)
- On the road to Arcadie (from Harps Hung up in Babylon) [misattributed] - M. Lang
- Pay me my wages, Grief (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart (Wages)
- Profit () - F. Hart [x]
- Remembrance (Let all the towns remember you) (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart
- She is false; O Death, She is fair! - M. Lang
- She was of Herrick's golden kind (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart (Imogene George)
- She was of Herrick's golden kind (She was of Herrick's golden kind) (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart
- Silence (My seven lovers are come back) (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart
- Some dusk within a silver wood (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart (Holiday)
- Spinning song (How many lilies be ablow?) (from A Handful of Lavender) - M. Lang
- Surety () - F. Hart [x]
- Take me, and break me, Love (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart (To Love)
- The change (Once I forgot all, everything) (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart
- The dead ship (The ship came sailing, sailing) - M. Lang
- The kiss (Heap slumber on your eyes) (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart
- The miracle (Who is in love with loveliness) (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart
- There's never a rose upon the bush - M. Lang
- The Roman road - England (As he went down the Roman Road) (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart
- The Roman road (As he went down the Roman Road) (from Wild Cherry)
- The ship came sailing, sailing - M. Lang
- The spirit's riddle (Comes one: "Here is a tower.") (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart
- The sun goes out, and leaves (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart (A bell in the wind)
- The year's a little older grown - M. Lang
- Three sycamores down the road (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart (Changeless)
- Three wild kings come to the town (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart (Twelfth Night)
- Thrift (To fast from wines, silks, anything) (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart
- To fast from wines, silks, anything (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart (Thrift)
- To Love (Take me, and break me, Love) (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart
- Turn me to fagot, dusk (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart (Brambles and Dusk)
- Twelfth Night (Three wild kings come to the town) (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart
- Wages (Pay me my wages, Grief) (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart
- What grave has cracked and let this frail thing out (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart (Fog)
- White April () - F. Hart [x]
- Who is in love with loveliness (from Wild Cherry) - F. Hart (The miracle)
Last update: 2025-06-06 18:37:48