Texts by E. Poe set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)

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A dark unfathomed tide (from Tamerlane and Other Poems) - E. Debusman (Imitation)
A dream within a dream (Take this kiss upon the brow!) - B. Boyle, H. Cross, E. Debusman, D. Hagen, H. de Lange, C. Loeffler, N. McKay, J. Mount, H. Pontet, O. Sonneck, G. Torrance
A dream (In visions of the dark night) (from Tamerlane and Other Poems) - J. Habash FRE FRE GER
A dream () - M. Déodat de Séverac FRE FRE GER [x]
À Frances Sargent Osgood (Tu voudrais être aimée ? -- alors que ton cœur)
À F. (Bien-aimée parmi les maux pressants) (from Les Poèmes d'Edgar Poe) RUS
Ah, broken is the golden bowl! the spirit flown forever! - B. Boyle, H. Hawley, Henderson, C. Skilton (Lenore)
A Holló (Egyszer egy bús éjféltájon, míg borongtam zsongva, fájón) CZE POR
A Kingdom by the Sea (It was many and many a year ago) - A. Somervell FRE RUS GER GER
À la rivière (Belle rivière ! dans ton cours de cristal) (from Les Poèmes d'Edgar Poe) - A. Huybrechts GER
À minuit, au mois de juin (La dormeuse) -
Am Morgen, am Mittag, im Abendlicht (Text: Anonymous after Edgar Allan Poe) - Louis Ferdinand
An den Fluss () - B. Shapleigh FRE [x]
And the angel Israfel, whose heart-strings are a lute, and - L. Bernstein, B. Huhn, E. Kelley, O. King, G. Marston, E. Royce (Israfel)
Annabel Lee (Es ist lange her) - J. Rothstein FRE RUS (Text: Anonymous after Edgar Allan Poe) [x]
Annabel Lee (Es sind viele, viele Jahre her) - E. Levy, M. Vogrich FRE RUS (Text: Anonymous after Edgar Allan Poe) [x]
Annabel Lee (Il y a mainte et mainte année) (from Les Poèmes d'Edgar Poe) - B. Schiffman RUS GER GER
Annabel Lee (It was many and many a year ago) - M. Balfe, R. Beckett, A. Bergen, R. Best, B. Boyle, J. Bruner, R. Bryan, A. Carder, D. Dilworth, R. Doellner, E. Falconnet, B. Farebrother, S. Gendel, J. Habash, E. Hall, C. Heap, J. Holbrooke, J. Ireland, H. Janowsky, A. Kerr, E. Kroeger, F. Lacy, A. Law, A. Lerner, H. Leslie, G. Marston, W. McQuown, W. Meadows, A. Pares, A. Rinker, H. Roberton, D. Rommé, B. Schiffman, M. Shaw, J. Sousa, T. Strong, B. Van der Water, M. Vogrich, R. Walthew FRE RUS GER GER
Annabelle Lee (It was many and many a year ago) - C. Friend, L. Roberts FRE RUS GER GER
Annabel'‑Li = Аннабель‑Ли (`Eto bylo davno, `eto bylo davno = Это было давно, это было давно) - D. Zernov FRE GER GER
A paen (How shall the burial rite be read?) - W. Hutchinson
At midnight, in the month of June FRE - G. Crumb (The Sleeper)
At morn, at noon, at twilight dim, Maria GER - J. Weiss (Hymn)
At morn -- at noon -- at twilight dim GER - J. Carrington, G. Chadbourne, W. Cowles, P. Eisler, H. Gaul, J. Holbrooke, B. Shapleigh (Hymn)
Belle rivière ! dans ton cours de cristal (from Les Poèmes d'Edgar Poe) GER - A. Huybrechts (À la rivière)
Beloved! amid the earnest woes FRE RUS - A. Bergen, E. Royce (To F--)
Beloved (Beloved! amid the earnest woes) - A. Bergen FRE RUS
Bien-aimée parmi les maux pressants (from Les Poèmes d'Edgar Poe) RUS (À F.) -
Bridal Ballad (The ring is on my hand) - C. Skilton
By a route obscure and lonely (from The Raven and Other Poems) - A. Downes, H. Mulder, M. Van Höveln-Carpé
Dans les visions de la nuit GER [x] - M. Rollinat (Le Rêve, d'après Edgar Poë)
Das Bildniss längst entfloh'ner Freuden sah ich im Traum FRE FRE (Text: Anonymous after Edgar Allan Poe) [x] - H. Fahrbach (Der Traum)
Das Glück (nach Edgar Allen Poe) (Mit hellem Sang) FRE
Das Glück (Mit hellem Sang) - G. Erlanger FRE
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing (from The Raven and Other Poems) CZE HUN POR - T. Hemberger, W. Levey, E. Rapoport, D. Scattergood, B. Shapleigh, P. Southey, E. Sternberg (The raven)
Der Traum (Das Bildniss längst entfloh'ner Freuden sah ich im Traum) - H. Fahrbach FRE FRE (Text: Anonymous after Edgar Allan Poe) [x]
Dreamland (By a route obscure and lonely) (from The Raven and Other Poems) - A. Downes, H. Mulder, M. Van Höveln-Carpé
Egyszer egy bús éjféltájon, míg borongtam zsongva, fájón CZE POR (A Holló) -
Eldorado (Gaily bedight) - S. Albritton, C. Allen, E. Bairstow, R. Beachcroft, J. Beeson, B. Boyle, L. Bruenner, I. Cohen, H. Davies, W. De Pue, D. Dorward, E. Ezerman, T. Fisher, E. Geldart, U. Grahn, E. Griffis, J. Habash, N. Haskin, B. Huhn, C. Lucas, A. Mallinson, G. Marston, F. Nicholls, A. Oberndorfer, F. Parish, E. Phelps, A. Price, D. Protheroe, A. Rinker, A. Rowse, T. Royle, R. Rôze, E. Schaaf, B. Shapleigh, C. Skilton, B. Solis, O. Sonneck, E. Stillman-Kelley, E. Sydenham, A. Trubitt, Ursula, M. Van Höveln-Carpé, R. Walthew FRE GER GER
Eldorado (Gaîment accoutré) (from Les Poèmes d'Edgar Poe) - A. Huybrechts GER GER
Eldorado () - B. Shapleigh FRE [x]
Elegie II (In the greenest of our valleys) (from The Raven and Other Poems) - J. Bälan
En des visions de la nuit sombre (from Les Poèmes d'Edgar Poe - Romances et vers d'album) ENG GER - M. Déodat de Séverac (Un rêve)
Entendez le glas des cloches (from Les cloches) RUS
Entendez les bruyantes cloches d'alarme (from Les cloches) RUS
Entendez les mûres cloches nuptiales (from Les cloches) RUS
Entendez les traîneaux à cloches (from Les cloches) RUS
Es ist lange her FRE RUS (Text: Anonymous after Edgar Allan Poe) [x] - J. Rothstein
Es sind viele, viele Jahre her FRE RUS (Text: Anonymous after Edgar Allan Poe) [x] - E. Levy, M. Vogrich
Estribilho de "o corvo" de Poe () - J. Siqueira CZE HUN (Text: Anonymous after Edgar Allan Poe) [x]
`Eto bylo davno, `eto bylo davno = Это было давно, это было давно FRE GER GER - D. Zernov (Аннабель-Ли)
Eulalie (I dwelt alone) (from The Raven and Other Poems) - J. Habash, E. Schaaf
Evening star ('Twas noontide of summer) (from Tamerlane and Other Poems) - J. Habash, E. Royce
Fair isle, that from the fairest of all flowers (from The Raven and Other Poems) - J. Holbrooke (To Zante)
Fair river! in thy bright, clear flow (from The Raven and Other Poems) FRE GER - C. Allen, E. Griffis, B. Shapleigh (To the river)
Gaily bedight FRE GER GER - S. Albritton, C. Allen, E. Bairstow, R. Beachcroft, J. Beeson, B. Boyle, L. Bruenner, I. Cohen, H. Davies, W. De Pue, D. Dorward, E. Ezerman, T. Fisher, E. Geldart, U. Grahn, E. Griffis, J. Habash, N. Haskin, B. Huhn, C. Lucas, A. Mallinson, G. Marston, F. Nicholls, A. Oberndorfer, F. Parish, E. Phelps, A. Price, D. Protheroe, A. Rinker, A. Rowse, T. Royle, R. Rôze, E. Schaaf, B. Shapleigh, C. Skilton, B. Solis, O. Sonneck, E. Stillman-Kelley, E. Sydenham, A. Trubitt, Ursula, M. Van Höveln-Carpé, R. Walthew (Eldorado)
Gaîment accoutré (from Les Poèmes d'Edgar Poe) GER GER - A. Huybrechts (Eldorado)
Gebet (Am Morgen, am Mittag, im Abendlicht) - Louis Ferdinand (Text: Anonymous after Edgar Allan Poe)
Grains of the golden sand (I stand amid the roar) - M. Van Höveln-Carpé
Havran (V půlnoc jednu pustou, tmavou) HUN POR
Hear the loud alarum bells (from The Bells) FRE RUS
Hear the mellow wedding bells (from The Bells) FRE RUS
Hear the sledges with the bells (Hear the sledges with the bells) (from The Bells) - E. Fitzwilliam, H. Roberton FRE RUS
Hear the sledges with the bells (from The Bells) FRE RUS - M. Balfe, E. Fitzwilliam, H. Roberton
Hear the tolling of the bells (Hear the tolling of the bells) (from The Bells) - H. Roberton FRE RUS
Hear the tolling of the bells (from The Bells) FRE RUS - H. Roberton
Helen, deiner Schönheit macht (Helen, deiner Schönheit macht) - B. Shapleigh FRE [x]
Helen, deiner Schönheit macht FRE [x] - B. Shapleigh
Hélène, ta beauté est pour moi GER (Stances à Hélène) -
Helen, thy beauty is to me (Helen, thy beauty is to me) - B. Shapleigh FRE GER
Helen, thy beauty is to me FRE GER - H. Behr, B. Boyle, J. Dunn, J. Edmunds, C. Forsyth, J. Foulds, E. Griffis, J. Habash, J. Kaufer, A. Little, C. Loeffler, W. Mourant, H. Piggott, B. Shapleigh, L. Smith, O. Sonneck, W. Storey-Smith, C. Taylor, M. Van Höveln-Carpé (To Helen)
Helen (Helen, thy beauty is to me) - H. Behr, J. Edmunds, J. Foulds, A. Little FRE GER
How shall the burial rite be read? - W. Hutchinson (A paen)
Hymn for Solo Voice: At Morn, at Noon, at Twilight Dim (At morn -- at noon -- at twilight dim) - G. Chadbourne GER
Hymn to Aristogeiton and Harmodius (Wreathed in myrtle, my sword I'll conceal) GER GER
Hymn to the Virgin (At morn -- at noon -- at twilight dim) - P. Eisler GER
Hymnus (Im Dämmerlicht, wenn Tag erglüht) [x]
Hymn (At morn, at noon, at twilight dim, Maria) - J. Weiss GER
Hymn (At morn -- at noon -- at twilight dim) - W. Cowles, J. Holbrooke, B. Shapleigh GER
I dwelt alone in a world of moan (from The Raven and Other Poems) (Eulalie) - J. Habash, E. Schaaf
I dwelt alone (from The Raven and Other Poems) - J. Habash, E. Schaaf (Eulalie)
I heed not that my earthly lot FRE (To ---) -
Il y a mainte et mainte année (from Les Poèmes d'Edgar Poe) RUS GER GER - B. Schiffman
Im Dämmerlicht, wenn Tag erglüht [x] - B. Shapleigh (Hymnus)
Im Dämmerlicht, wenn Tag erglüht (Im Dämmerlicht, wenn Tag erglüht) - B. Shapleigh [x]
Imitation (A dark unfathomed tide) (from Tamerlane and Other Poems) - E. Debusman
In Heaven a spirit doth dwell (Israfel) - L. Bernstein, B. Huhn, E. Kelley, O. King, G. Marston, E. Royce
In the greenest of our valleys (from The Raven and Other Poems) - J. Bälan, J. Habash, J. Holbrooke (The haunted place)
In visions of the dark night (from Tamerlane and Other Poems) FRE FRE GER - J. Habash, M. Van Höveln-Carpé (A dream)
In Visions (In visions of the dark night) (from Tamerlane and Other Poems) - M. Van Höveln-Carpé FRE FRE GER
Israfel (And the angel Israfel, whose heart-strings are a lute, and) - L. Bernstein, B. Huhn, E. Kelley, O. King, G. Marston, E. Royce
I stand amid the roar - M. Van Höveln-Carpé (A dream within a dream)
It was many and many a year ago FRE RUS GER GER - M. Balfe, R. Beckett, A. Bergen, R. Best, B. Boyle, J. Bruner, R. Bryan, A. Carder, D. Dilworth, R. Doellner, E. Falconnet, B. Farebrother, C. Friend, S. Gendel, G. Getty, J. Habash, E. Hall, C. Heap, J. Holbrooke, J. Ireland, H. Janowsky, A. Kerr, E. Kroeger, F. Lacy, A. Law, A. Lerner, H. Leslie, W. Levey, G. Marston, W. McQuown, W. Meadows, J. Mount, A. Pares, A. Rinker, H. Roberton, L. Roberts, D. Rommé, B. Schiffman, M. Shaw, A. Somervell, J. Sousa, T. Strong, B. Van der Water, M. Vogrich, R. Walthew, W. Weiss (Annabel Lee)
It was many and many a year ago (It was many and many a year ago) - G. Getty, W. Weiss FRE RUS GER GER
Ja ne skorblju, chto moj zemnoj udel = Я не скорблю, что мой земной удел - A. Kreyn, N. Myaskovsky
Ja ne skorblju = Я не скорблю (Ja ne skorblju, chto moj zemnoj udel = Я не скорблю, что мой земной удел) - A. Kreyn, N. Myaskovsky
Je ne prends point garde que mon sort terrestre - A. Huybrechts
Je ne prends point garde (Je ne prends point garde que mon sort terrestre) - A. Huybrechts
Kolokol'chiki i kolokola = Колокольчики и колокола (Slyshish', sani mchatsja v rjad = Слышишь, сани мчатся в ряд) (from Колокольчики и колокола (Kolokol'chiki i kolokola)) - V. Ivanov-Korsunsky ENG FRE
La dormeuse (À minuit, au mois de juin)
Lady! I would that verse of mine (Stanzas) -
Lenore's Answer: Spirit Song (Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing) (from The Raven and Other Poems) - P. Southey CZE HUN POR
Lenore (Ah, broken is the golden bowl! the spirit flown forever!) - B. Boyle, H. Hawley, Henderson, C. Skilton
Lenore (Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing) (from The Raven and Other Poems) - T. Hemberger CZE HUN POR
Le Rêve, d'après Edgar Poë (Dans les visions de la nuit) GER [x]
Le Rêve (Dans les visions de la nuit) - M. Rollinat GER [x]
Lo! Death has reared himself a throne - J. Holbrooke (The City in the Sea)
Lo! ’t is a gala night - B. Boyle (The conqueror worm)
Many and many a year ago (It was many and many a year ago) - J. Mount FRE RUS GER GER
Many a year ago (It was many and many a year ago) - W. Levey FRE RUS GER GER
Mit hellem Sang FRE - G. Erlanger (Das Glück (nach Edgar Allen Poe))
Odin prokhozhu ja svoj put' bezuteshnyj = Один прохожу я свой путь безутешный FRE - V. Ivanov-Korsunsky (Один прохожу я свой путь безутешный)
Odin prokhozhu ja svoj put' = Один прохожу я свой путь (Odin prokhozhu ja svoj put' bezuteshnyj = Один прохожу я свой путь безутешный) - V. Ivanov-Korsunsky FRE
O! I care not that my earthly lot - B. Boyle (To M--)
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary (from The Raven and Other Poems) CZE HUN POR - G. Barker, S. Beman, A. Bergh, A. Dubensky, J. Habash, H. Hawley, M. Heinrich (The raven)
Poe's Fordham Prayer (At morn -- at noon -- at twilight dim) - H. Gaul GER
Pokhoronnyj slyshen zvon = Похоронный слышен звон (from Колокольчики и колокола (Kolokol'chiki i kolokola)) ENG FRE - S. Rachmaninov
Prayer (At morn -- at noon -- at twilight dim) - J. Carrington GER
Romance, who loves to nod and sing - P. Lawson (Romance)
Romance (Romance, who loves to nod and sing) - P. Lawson
Serenade (So sweet the hour, so calm the time) - W. Hutchinson
Slyshish' k svad'be zov svjatoj = Слышишь к свадьбе зов святой (from Колокольчики и колокола (Kolokol'chiki i kolokola)) ENG FRE - S. Rachmaninov
Slyshish', sani mchatsja v rjad = Слышишь, сани мчатся в ряд (from Колокольчики и колокола (Kolokol'chiki i kolokola)) ENG FRE - V. Ivanov-Korsunsky, S. Rachmaninov
Slyshish', vojushchij nabat = Слышишь, воющий набат (from Колокольчики и колокола (Kolokol'chiki i kolokola)) ENG FRE - S. Rachmaninov
Solace (Beloved! amid the earnest woes) - E. Royce FRE RUS
So sweet the hour, so calm the time - W. Hutchinson (Serenade)
Stances à Hélène (Hélène, ta beauté est pour moi) GER
Stanzas (Lady! I would that verse of mine)
Take this kiss upon the brow! - B. Boyle, H. Cross, E. Debusman, D. Hagen, H. de Lange, C. Loeffler, N. McKay, J. Mount, H. Pontet, O. Sonneck, G. Torrance (A dream within a dream)
The Bells (Hear the sledges with the bells) (from The Bells) - M. Balfe FRE RUS
The City in the Sea (Lo! Death has reared himself a throne) - J. Holbrooke
The conqueror worm (Lo! ’t is a gala night) - B. Boyle
The haunted place (In the greenest of our valleys) (from The Raven and Other Poems) - J. Habash, J. Holbrooke
The raven (Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing) (from The Raven and Other Poems) - W. Levey, E. Rapoport, D. Scattergood, B. Shapleigh, E. Sternberg CZE HUN POR
The raven (Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary) (from The Raven and Other Poems) - G. Barker, S. Beman, A. Bergh, A. Dubensky, J. Habash, H. Hawley, M. Heinrich CZE HUN POR
The ring is on my hand - C. Skilton (Bridal Ballad)
The Sleeper (At midnight, in the month of June) - G. Crumb FRE
Thou wast all that to me, love (from The Raven and Other Poems) - J. Foulds, P. Garratt, G. Marston, L. Roberts, A. Sullivan (To one in Paradise)
Thou wouldst be loved? — then let thy heart FRE - O. Sonneck (TO F——s S. O——d.)
Thou wouldst be loved? -- then let thy heart (from The Raven and Other Poems) - D. Hagen, Henderson, O. Sonneck (To F--s S. O--d)
Thou wouldst be loved? (Thou wouldst be loved? — then let thy heart) - O. Sonneck FRE
Thou wouldst be loved (Thou wouldst be loved? -- then let thy heart) (from The Raven and Other Poems) - D. Hagen, Henderson, O. Sonneck
Thy naiad airs (Helen, thy beauty is to me) - M. Van Höveln-Carpé FRE GER
TO F——s S. O——d. (Thou wouldst be loved? — then let thy heart) FRE
To F--s S. O--d (Thou wouldst be loved? -- then let thy heart) (from The Raven and Other Poems)
To F-- (Beloved! amid the earnest woes) FRE RUS
To Helen (Helen, thy beauty is to me) - B. Boyle, J. Dunn, C. Forsyth, E. Griffis, J. Habash, J. Kaufer, C. Loeffler, W. Mourant, H. Piggott, L. Smith, O. Sonneck, W. Storey-Smith, C. Taylor FRE GER
To M-- (O! I care not that my earthly lot)
To one in Paradise (Thou wast all that to me, love) (from The Raven and Other Poems) - J. Foulds, P. Garratt, G. Marston, L. Roberts, A. Sullivan
To the River ---- (Fair river! in thy bright, clear flow) (from The Raven and Other Poems) - C. Allen, E. Griffis, B. Shapleigh FRE GER
To Zante (Fair isle, that from the fairest of all flowers) (from The Raven and Other Poems) - J. Holbrooke
To --- (I heed not that my earthly lot) FRE
To (O! I care not that my earthly lot) - B. Boyle
Tu voudrais être aimée ? -- alors que ton cœur - J. Zoubaloff (À Frances Sargent Osgood)
Tu voudrais être aimée ? (Tu voudrais être aimée ? -- alors que ton cœur) - J. Zoubaloff
'Twas noontide of summer (from Tamerlane and Other Poems) - J. Habash, E. Royce (Evening star)
Un rêve (En des visions de la nuit sombre) (from Les Poèmes d'Edgar Poe - Romances et vers d'album) - M. Déodat de Séverac ENG GER
V půlnoc jednu pustou, tmavou HUN POR (Havran) -
Wreathed in myrtle, my sword I'll conceal GER GER (Hymn to Aristogeiton and Harmodius) -

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