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

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John Milton (1608 - 1674)

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

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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
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
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
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 (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) -
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)

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