Texts by Bion set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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

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• Αδωνιδοσ επιταφιοσ (Αἰάζω τὸν Ἄδωνιν: ‘ἀπώλετο καλὸς Ἄδωνις:’) ENG
• Αἰάζω τὸν Ἄδωνιν: ‘ἀπώλετο καλὸς Ἄδωνις:’ ENG (Αδωνιδοσ επιταφιοσ) -
• A lament for Adonis (I mourn for Adonis — Adonis is dead!) (from Prometheus Bound, and Miscellaneous Poems)
• An den Abendstern (Hesperos, goldene Leuchte der schaumgeborenen Göttin) ENG ITA
• An Hesperos (Hesperos, goldene Leuchte der schaumgeborenen Göttin) - E. Melartin ENG ITA
• Ἕσπερε, τᾶς ἐρατᾶς χρύσεον φάος Ἀφρογενείας ENG GER ITA
• Espero (O caro amabil Espero) - C. Rossaro ENG GER
• Great Cypris stood beside me, while still I slumbered - G. Bantock (The Tutor of Love)
• Great Cypris stood (Great Cypris stood beside me, while still I slumbered) - G. Bantock
• Hesperos, goldene Leuchte der schaumgeborenen Göttin ENG ITA - E. Melartin (An den Abendstern)
• Idillio (O caro amabil Espero) ENG GER
• Idyllium the Seventh (Sweet HESPER, thou, whose golden light) GER ITA
• I mourn for Adonis — Adonis is dead! (from Prometheus Bound, and Miscellaneous Poems) - W. Bell (A lament for Adonis)
• Invocazione (O caro amabil Espero) - C. Lefebvre ENG GER
• O caro amabil Espero ENG GER - C. Lefebvre, C. Rossaro (Espero)
• O caro amabil Espero ENG GER (Idillio) - C. Lefebvre, C. Rossaro
• Sweet HESPER, thou, whose golden light GER ITA (Idyllium the Seventh) -
• The Tutor of Love (Great Cypris stood beside me, while still I slumbered)
• Threnody (The death of Adonis) (I mourn for Adonis — Adonis is dead!) (from Prometheus Bound, and Miscellaneous Poems) - W. Bell

Last update: 2023-05-10 21:25:48