Texts by G. Meredith set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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George Meredith (1828 - 1909)

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

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And wiser when she wishes (from Modern Love) - C. Parry, K. Schindler
A roar thro' the tall twin elm-trees (from Modern Love) - D. Vaughan Thomas
A stave of Roving Tim (The wind is East, the wind is West) - M. Shaw, D. Vaughan Thomas
A wind sways the pines GER - I. Boyle, A. Copland, J. Duarte, G. Heussenstamm, R. Jones, C. Parry, M. Roberts, D. Vaughan Thomas, E. Walker (Dirge in woods)
Bhanavar's Lament (Take me to thee!) (from The Shaving of Shagpat) - G. Holst
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 the sky (Blue is the sky, blue is thine eye)
By morning twilight (Night, like a dying mother) (from Modern Love) - M. Roberts
Come to me in any shape! (from Poems) - A. Kostelanetz (Song)
Come to me! (Come to me in any shape!) (from Poems) - A. Kostelanetz
Dirge in woods (A wind sways the pines) - I. Boyle, A. Copland, J. Duarte, G. Heussenstamm, R. Jones, C. Parry, M. Roberts, D. Vaughan Thomas, E. Walker GER
Dusk in the valley (Lovely are the curves of the white owl sweeping) - L. Lehmann
Enter these enchanted woods (Enter these enchanted woods) (from Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth - The Woods of Westermain) - I. Boyle, D. Elwyn-Edwards, D. Vaughan Thomas
Enter these enchanted woods (from Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth - The Woods of Westermain) - I. Boyle, D. Elwyn-Edwards, D. Vaughan Thomas
For singing till his heaven fills (The lark ascending) - G. McKay
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: Anonymous after George Meredith) [x]
Heartless she is as the shadow in the meadows - M. Kernochan (Love in the valley)
Here the snake across your path (from Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth - The Woods of Westermain)
He rises and begins to round - G. McKay (The lark ascending)
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 (Song)
Joy is fleet (Joy is fleet) - R. Boughton
Love in the valley (Under yonder beech-tree single on the green-sward) - K. Parker
Lovely are the curves of the white owl sweeping - L. Lehmann (Love in the valley)
Love within the lover's breast (Love within the lover's breast) (from Poems) - R. Billin, F. Converse
Love within the lover's breast (from Poems) - R. Billin, F. Converse (Song)
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)
Men the Angels eyed (from Ballads and Poems of Tragic Life) - R. Boughton (Men and Man)
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)
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)
O skylark! I see thee and call thee joy! (from Poems) - M. Roberts (To a skylark)
Portrait (Heartless she is as the shadow in the meadows) - M. Kernochan
Shy as the squirrel and wayward as the swallow - A. Mack (Love in the valley)
Shy as the squirrel (Shy as the squirrel and wayward as the swallow) - A. Mack
Song in the songless (They have no song, the sedges dry) (from A Reading of Life) - H. Clark, H. Cowell, M. Lang, M. Plumstead, L. Talma, D. Vaughan Thomas
Song of Cuchulain's Enchantment () - M. Mayer [x]
Song (Come to me in any shape!) (from Poems)
Song (I cannot lose thee for a day) (from Poems)
Song (Love within the lover's breast) (from Poems)
Song (Thou to me art such a spring) (from Poems)
Take me to thee! (from The Shaving of Shagpat) - G. Holst
That was the chirp of Ariel - M. Roberts (Wind on the lyre)
The Arab (Thou to me art such a spring) (from Poems) - E. Maconchy
The lark ascending (He rises and begins to round) - G. McKay
There was the lyre of earth beheld (from The Empty Purse) - C. Ives
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
They have no song, the sedges dry (from A Reading of Life) - H. Clark, H. Cowell, M. Lang, M. Plumstead, L. Talma, D. Vaughan Thomas (Song in the songless)
Thou to me art such a spring (from Poems) - E. Maconchy, M. Roberts, D. Vaughan Thomas (Song)
Thou to me art such a spring (Thou to me art such a spring) (from Poems) - M. Roberts, D. Vaughan Thomas
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)
Violets, shy violets! (from Poems) - M. Herbert, M. Roberts (Violets)
Violets (Violets, shy violets!) (from Poems) - M. Herbert, M. Roberts
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)
When I would image (When I would image her features) (from Modern Love)
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 (Whether we die or we live) (from The Shaving of Shagpat - Almeryl's songs) - G. Holst
Whether we die or we live (from The Shaving of Shagpat - Almeryl's songs) - F. Allitsen, G. Holst
Wind on the lyre (That was the chirp of Ariel)
You must love the light so well (from Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth - The Woods of Westermain)

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