Texts by F. Quarles set in Art Songs and Choral Works
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Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):
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- A good night (Close now thine eyes and rest secure) (from Divine Fancies: digested into epigrammes, meditations, and observations)
- A good night (Close thine eyes and sleep secure) - J. Beeson
- Canticle I (My beloved is mine) (Ev'n like two little bank-dividing brooks) - B. Britten FRE
- Close now thine eyes and rest secure (from Divine Fancies: digested into epigrammes, meditations, and observations) - J. Raynor (A good night)
- Close Now Thine Eyes (Close now thine eyes and rest secure) (from Divine Fancies: digested into epigrammes, meditations, and observations) - J. Raynor
- Close thine eyes and sleep secure (Close thine eyes and sleep secure) - M. Plumstead, H. Purcell
- Close thine eyes and sleep secure - J. Beeson, P. Bowles, C. Gibbs, M. Plumstead, H. Purcell
- E'en like two little bank-dividing brooks FRE
- Epigram (My soul, sit thou a patient looker-on) - J. Beeson
- Ev'n like two little bank-divided brooks FRE
- Ev'n like two little bank-dividing brooks FRE - J. Beeson, B. Britten, J. Raynor, D. Sisco
- Job XIII. XXIV. Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thy enemie? (Why dost thou shade thy lovely face? O why)
- My best beloved (Ev'n like two little bank-dividing brooks) - D. Sisco FRE
- My soul, sit thou a patient looker-on - J. Beeson (Epigram)
- Noel! Wassail! Good day, good day - B. Britten
- On a quiet conscience (Close thine eyes and sleep secure) - P. Bowles
- On a spiritual fever (Ev'n like two little bank-dividing brooks) - J. Beeson FRE
- On Death (Why should we not, as well, desire death) - J. Beeson
- On the World (The world's an Inn; and I her guest) - J. Beeson
- Our life is nothing but a winter's day (Our life is nothing but a winter's day) (from Divine Fancies: digested into epigrammes, meditations, and observations) - E. Maconchy
- Our life is nothing but a winter's day (from Divine Fancies: digested into epigrammes, meditations, and observations) - E. Maconchy
- Quiet conscience (Close thine eyes and sleep secure) - C. Gibbs
- The Best Beloved (Ev'n like two little bank-dividing brooks) - J. Raynor FRE
- The earth trembled; and heav'n's clos'd eye - H. Purcell
- The earth trembled (The earth trembled; and heav'n's clos'd eye) - H. Purcell
- The world's an Inn; and I her guest - J. Beeson (On the World)
- Variation VI: (Finale) Noel! (Noel! Wassail! Good day, good day) - B. Britten
- Why dost thou shade thy lovely face? O why - R. Holloway (Job XIII. XXIV. Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thy enemie?)
- Why dost thou shade thy lovely face? (Why dost thou shade thy lovely face? O why) - R. Holloway
- Why should we not, as well, desire death - J. Beeson (On Death)
Last update: 2023-04-27 18:39:13