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Texts by J. Milton set in Art Songs and Choral Works

 § Author § 

John Milton (1608 - 1674)

Text Collections:

  • Comus
  • Paradise Lost
  • Paradise Regained

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

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Special notes: All titles and first lines are included in this index, including those used by composers.
Titles used by the text author appear in boldface. First lines appear in italics.
A language code in a blue rectangle like ENG indicates that a translation to that language is available.
A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.

  • A solemn music II (Blest pair of Sirens, pledges of Heaven's joy) - N. Castiglioni
  • A Song of Spiritual Creatures (Millions of spiritual Creatures walk the Earth) (from Paradise Lost) - M. King FRI
  • At a solemn musick (Blest pair of Sirens, pledges of Heaven's joy) - E. Diemer
  • At a solemn music (Blest pair of Sirens, pledges of Heaven's joy)
  • A vak szonettje (Tünődöm olykor, mért szállt rám homály) GER ITA
  • Blest pair of Sirens, pledges of Heaven's joy - N. Castiglioni, E. Diemer, C. Parry (At a solemn music)
  • Blest pair of sirens (Blest pair of Sirens, pledges of Heaven's joy) - C. Parry
  • By dimpled Brook, and Fountain brim - T. Arne
  • By dimpled brook (By dimpled Brook, and Fountain brim) - T. Arne
  • By the gaily circling glass (By the gaily circling glass) - T. Arne
  • By the gaily circling glass - T. Arne
  • Comus () (from Comus) - G. Victory [x]
  • Echo (Sweet Echo, sweetest Nymph that liv'st unseen) (from Comus)
  • Epilogue (Ring out, ye crystal spheres) - R. Vaughan Williams
  • Evening (Now came still Evening on, and Twilight gray) (from Paradise Lost) - C. Ives FRI GER
  • Fame's an Echo, Prattling double - T. Arne
  • Fame's an Echo (Fame's an Echo, Prattling double) - T. Arne
  • Fly envious Time, till thou run out thy race - E. Wellesz (On Time)
  • For what is glory but the blaze of fame (from Paradise Regained)
  • Hail! bounteous May (Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger) - M. Head
  • Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee - F. La Forge (L'Allegro)
  • Hence, loathed Melancholy (L'Allegro) -
  • Hence vain deluding Joys
  • How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth - G. Finzi (Sonnet VII)
  • How soon hath Time (How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth) - G. Finzi
  • Hymn on the Morning of Christ's Nativity (It was the Winter wild)
  • Is this the Region, this the Soil, the Clime (from Paradise Lost) - G. Bantock
  • It was the Winter wild - G. McKay, R. Vaughan Williams (Hymn on the Morning of Christ's Nativity)
  • L'Allegro (Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee)
  • L'Allegro (Hence, loathed Melancholy)
  • Me miserable! which way shall I flie (from Paradise Lost) FRI - G. Bantock
  • Millions of spiritual Creatures walk the Earth (from Paradise Lost) FRI - M. King
  • Milton's song: To May morning (Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger) - A. Mounsey
  • Monologue: Is this the region (Is this the Region, this the Soil, the Clime) (from Paradise Lost) - G. Bantock
  • Nativity morn (This is the month, and this the happy morn) - J. La Montaine
  • Not on beds of fading flow'rs (Not on beds of fading flow'rs) - T. Arne
  • Not on beds of fading flow'rs - T. Arne
  • Now came still Evening on, and Twilight gray (from Paradise Lost) FRI GER - C. Ives
  • Now came still Evening on (from Paradise Lost) FRI GER
  • Now Phoebus sinketh in the west (The star that bids the shepherd fold) - T. Arne
  • Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger - B. Britten, R. Finney, M. Head, A. Mounsey (Song on May Morning)
  • On his blindness (When I consider how my light is spent) - S. Bick GER HUN ITA
  • On May morning (Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger) - R. Finney
  • On the morning of Christ's nativity (It was the Winter wild) - G. McKay
  • On the Religious Memory of Mrs. Catherine Thomson, my Christian Friend, deceased Dec. 16, 1646 (When Faith and Love, which parted from thee never)
  • On Time (Fly envious Time, till thou run out thy race) - E. Wellesz
  • Pastorale (Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee) - F. La Forge
  • Princes! potentates! warriors (... Princes, Potentates) (from Paradise Lost) - G. Bantock FRI
  • Princes, potentates, warriors (from Paradise Lost) FRI
  • ... Princes, Potentates (from Paradise Lost) FRI - G. Bantock
  • Pyrrha (What slender youth, bedew'd with liquid odors) - M. Gideon FRE ITA POL
  • Ring out, ye crystal spheres - R. Vaughan Williams
  • Sabrina Fair (Sabrina Fair) (from Comus) - H. Lawes
  • Sabrina Fair (from Comus) - H. Lawes
  • Satan's monologue: Me miserable (Me miserable! which way shall I flie) (from Paradise Lost) - G. Bantock FRI
  • So at length the spirit of man will reach out, and will reach out far - A. Bush
  • So at length the spirit of man (So at length the spirit of man will reach out, and will reach out far) - A. Bush
  • Song from Milton's Comus (Sweet Echo, sweetest Nymph that liv'st unseen) (from Comus) - O. Dresel
  • Song: It was the winter wild (It was the Winter wild) - R. Vaughan Williams
  • Song on May Morning (Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger)
  • Sonnet VII (How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth)
  • Sonnet XIX (When I consider how my light is spent) GER HUN ITA
  • Sonnet (When Faith and Love, which parted from thee never) - L. Crabtree
  • Sweet Echo, sweetest Nymph that liv'st unseen (from Comus) - O. Dresel (Echo)
  • The morning star (Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger) - B. Britten
  • The star that bids the shepherd fold - T. Arne
  • The Star that bids the Shepherd fold (from Comus)
  • This is the month, and this the happy morn - J. La Montaine
  • To Pyrrha (What slender youth, bedew'd with liquid odors) FRE ITA POL
  • Tünődöm olykor, mért szállt rám homály GER ITA (A vak szonettje) -
  • Upon the Circumcision (Ye flaming Powers, and winged Warriours bright)
  • What slender youth, bedew'd with liquid odors FRE ITA POL - M. Gideon (To Pyrrha)
  • When Faith and Love, which parted from thee never - L. Crabtree (On the Religious Memory of Mrs. Catherine Thomson, my Christian Friend, deceased Dec. 16, 1646)
  • When I consider how my life is spent GER HUN ITA (Sonnet XIX) - S. Bick, G. Finzi
  • When I consider how my life is spent (When I consider how my light is spent) - G. Finzi GER HUN ITA
  • When I consider how my light is spent GER HUN ITA - S. Bick, G. Finzi (Sonnet XIX)
  • Ye flaming Powers, and winged Warriours bright - I. Boyle (Upon the Circumcision)
  • Ye flaming Powers (Ye flaming Powers, and winged Warriours bright) - I. Boyle

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