Author: George Meredith (1828 - 1909)
Text Compilations
- A Reading of Life
- Ballads and Poems of Tragic Life
- Modern Love
- Poems
- Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth
- The Empty Purse
- The Shaving of Shagpat
Texts set to music as art song or choral works [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]
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- A roar thro' the tall twin elm-trees (from Modern Love)
- D. Vaughan Thomas: The winter rose
- A stave of Roving Tim (The wind is East, the wind is West) - M. Shaw, D. Vaughan Thomas
- A wind sways the pines
GER
- C. Parry, A. Copland, I. Boyle, J. Duarte, G. Heussenstamm, R. Jones, M. Roberts, D. Vaughan Thomas, E. Walker: Dirge in woods
- And wiser when she wishes
(from Modern Love)
- C. Parry, K. Schindler: Marian
- Blue is the sky (Blue is the sky, blue is thine eye)
- F. Moir: Blue is the sky, blue is thine eye
- Blue is the sky, blue is thine eye (Blue is the sky, blue is thine eye) - F. Moir
- Blue is the sky, blue is thine eye
- F. Moir: Blue is the sky, blue is thine eye
- By morning twilight (Night, like a dying mother) (from Modern Love) - M. Roberts
- Come to me! (Come to me in any shape! ) (from Poems) - A. Kostelanetz
- Come to me in any shape!
(from Poems)
- A. Kostelanetz: Come to me!
- Dirge in woods (A wind sways the pines ) - C. Parry, A. Copland, I. Boyle, J. Duarte, G. Heussenstamm, R. Jones, M. Roberts, D. Vaughan Thomas, E. Walker GER
- Dusk in the valley (Under yonder beech-tree single on the green-sward ) - L. Lehmann
- Enter these enchanted woods (Enter these enchanted woods) (from Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth - The Woods of Westermain) - D. Elwyn-Edwards, D. Vaughan Thomas
- Enter these enchanted woods (from Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth - The Woods of Westermain)
- D. Elwyn-Edwards, D. Vaughan Thomas: Enter these enchanted woods
- For singing till his heaven fills
- G. McKay: The lark ascending
- From "Night of frost in May" (There was the lyre of earth beheld ) (from The Empty Purse) - C. Ives
- Grablied im Walde - L. Mayer (Text: after George Meredith) [x]
- He rises and begins to round
- G. McKay: The lark ascending
- Heartless she is as the shadow in the meadows
- M. Kernochan: Portrait
- K. Parker: Love in the valley
- L. Lehmann: Dusk in the valley
- A. Mack: Shy as the squirrel
- Here the snake across your path (from Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth - The Woods of Westermain)
- I cannot lose thee for a day (I cannot lose thee for a day) (from Poems) - M. Herbert
- I cannot lose thee for a day (from Poems)
- M. Herbert: I cannot lose thee for a day
- Love in the valley (Under yonder beech-tree single on the green-sward ) - K. Parker
- Love within the lover's breast (Love within the lover's breast) (from Poems) - F. Converse, R. Billin
- Love within the lover's breast (from Poems)
- F. Converse, R. Billin: Love within the lover's breast
- Lovely are the curves of the white owl sweeping
- M. Kernochan: Portrait
- K. Parker: Love in the valley
- L. Lehmann: Dusk in the valley
- A. Mack: Shy as the squirrel
- Lucifer in starlight (On a starred night Prince Lucifer uprose) (from Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth) - G. Bantock, P. Radcliffe
- Man and Men (Men the Angels eyed) (from Ballads and Poems of Tragic Life) - R. Boughton
- Marian (And wiser when she wishes ) (from Modern Love) - C. Parry, K. Schindler
- Men and Man (Men the Angels eyed) (from Ballads and Poems of Tragic Life)
- R. Boughton: Man and Men
- Men the Angels eyed (from Ballads and Poems of Tragic Life)
- R. Boughton: Man and Men
- Night, like a dying mother (from Modern Love)
- M. Roberts: By morning twilight
- Now the frog, all lean and weak
- M. Shaw: The sweet o' the year
- O skylark! I see thee and call thee joy! (from Poems)
- M. Roberts: To a skylark
- On a starred night Prince Lucifer uprose (from Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth)
- G. Bantock, P. Radcliffe: Lucifer in starlight
- Open hither, open hence (from Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth - The Woods of Westermain)
- Portrait (Under yonder beech-tree single on the green-sward ) - M. Kernochan
- Shy as the squirrel (Under yonder beech-tree single on the green-sward ) - A. Mack
- Shy as the squirrel and wayward as the swallow
- K. Parker: Love in the valley
- M. Kernochan: Portrait
- A. Mack: Shy as the squirrel
- L. Lehmann: Dusk in the valley
- Song (Come to me in any shape!
) (from Poems)
- A. Kostelanetz: Come to me!
- Song (I cannot lose thee for a day) (from Poems)
- M. Herbert: I cannot lose thee for a day
- Song (Love within the lover's breast) (from Poems)
- F. Converse, R. Billin: Love within the lover's breast
- Song (Thou to me art such a spring) (from Poems)
- M. Roberts, D. Vaughan Thomas: Thou to me art such a spring
- E. Maconchy: The Arab
- Song in the songless (They have no song, the sedges dry ) (from A Reading of Life) - H. Clark, M. Plumstead, L. Talma, D. Vaughan Thomas, H. Cowell, M. Lang
- Song of Cuchulain's Enchantment - M. Mayer [x]
- That was the chirp of Ariel
- M. Roberts: The wind on the lyre
- The Arab (Thou to me art such a spring) (from Poems) - E. Maconchy
- The lark ascending (For singing till his heaven fills ) - G. McKay
- The sweet o' the year (Now the frog, all lean and weak) - M. Shaw
- The wind is East, the wind is West
- M. Shaw, D. Vaughan Thomas: A stave of Roving Tim
- The wind on the lyre (That was the chirp of Ariel) - M. Roberts
- The winter rose (A roar thro' the tall twin elm-trees) (from Modern Love) - D. Vaughan Thomas
- There was the lyre of earth beheld
(from The Empty Purse)
- C. Ives: From "Night of frost in May"
- They have no song, the sedges dry
(from A Reading of Life)
- H. Clark, M. Plumstead, L. Talma, D. Vaughan Thomas, H. Cowell, M. Lang: Song in the songless
- Thou to me art such a spring (Thou to me art such a spring) (from Poems) - M. Roberts, D. Vaughan Thomas
- Thou to me art such a spring (from Poems)
- M. Roberts, D. Vaughan Thomas: Thou to me art such a spring
- E. Maconchy: The Arab
- To a skylark (O skylark! I see thee and call thee joy!) (from Poems) - M. Roberts
- Under yonder beech-tree single on the green-sward
- K. Parker: Love in the valley
- M. Kernochan: Portrait
- A. Mack: Shy as the squirrel
- L. Lehmann: Dusk in the valley
- Violets (Violets, shy violets!) (from Poems) - M. Herbert, M. Roberts
- Violets, shy violets! (from Poems)
- M. Herbert, M. Roberts: Violets
- When I would image (When I would image her features) (from Modern Love)
- D. Vaughan Thomas: When I would image her features
- When I would image her features (When I would image her features) (from Modern Love) - D. Vaughan Thomas
- When I would image her features (from Modern Love)
- D. Vaughan Thomas: When I would image her features
- Whether we die or live (Whether we die or we live) (from The Shaving of Shagpat - Almeryl's songs) - F. Allitsen
- Whether we die or we live (from The Shaving of Shagpat - Almeryl's songs)
- F. Allitsen: Whether we die or live
- Wind on the lyre (That was the chirp of Ariel)
- M. Roberts: The wind on the lyre
- You must love the light so well (from Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth - The Woods of Westermain)
Last update: 2015-05-09 15:59:33