Texts by D. Rossetti set in Art Songs and Choral Works
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- Adieu (Waving whispering trees) - G. Bennett, C. Rogers GER
- Ah! dear one, we were young so long - M. Salmond, C. Wood (Alas, So Long!)
- Alas, So Long! (Ah! dear one, we were young so long) - M. Salmond, C. Wood
- A little while a little love - F. Marshall (A little while)
- A Little While (A little while a little love) - F. Marshall
- All ye that pass along Love's trodden way FRE
- Along the grass sweet airs are blown - F. Marshall (A New Year’s Burden)
- And in September, falcons, astors, merlins, sparrow-hawks (from The Early Italian Poets - Of the Months) (September) - C. Ives
- And in September, O what keen delight! (from The Early Italian Poets - Of the Months) - C. Ives (September)
- A New Year’s Burden (Along the grass sweet airs are blown) - F. Marshall
- An old song ended (How should I your true love know) - C. Parker, C. Scott
- Augen der Liebe (Wann schau ich dich recht wahrhaft, Liebste mein?) (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten) POL
- August (For August, be your dwelling thirty towers) (from The Early Italian Poets - Of the Months) - C. Ives
- Autumn song (Know'st thou not at the fall of the leaf) - S. Barab
- Ballata () - D. Hollins [x]
- Canzone: of the gentle heart (Within the gentle heart Love shelters him) (from The Early Italian Poets)
- Cisza południa (Twe ręce leżą śród wysokiej trawy) CAT FRE GER GER SPA
- Czasem, jak dziecko, pada w me ramiona (Przystań serca) -
- Death-in-Love (There came an image in Life's retinue) (from Poems) - H. Bath, R. Vaughan Williams
- December (Last, for December, houses on the plain) (from The Early Italian Poets - Of the Months) - C. Ives
- Dishevell'd and in tears, go, song of mine - N. Cain, F. Cookson, E. Elgar
- Drei Schatten (Im Schatten deines Haar's) - G. Bennett (Text: Anonymous after Dante Gabriel Rossetti) [x]
- During music (O cool unto the sense of pain) - A. Bush, J. Ireland
- English May (Would God your health were as this month of May) - J. Ireland
- Fallen veils (I have been here before) - R. Hanson, M. Head GER
- For August, be your dwelling thirty towers (from The Early Italian Poets - Of the Months) - C. Ives (August)
- Girt in dark growths, yet glimmering with one star (from Ballads and Sonnets - The House of Life) GER - E. Smyth (Sonnet XXXIX. Sleepless Dreams)
- Go, song of mine (Dishevell'd and in tears, go, song of mine) - N. Cain, F. Cookson, E. Elgar
- Heart's haven (Sometimes she is a child within mine arms) (from Ballads and Sonnets) - R. Vaughan Williams POL
- Hoch wie am Zweige - G. Bennett (Text: Anonymous after Dante Gabriel Rossetti) [x] ⊗
- How should I your true love know - C. Parker, C. Scott (An old song ended)
- Ich sass mit Amor an des baches hang · (from Zeitgenössische Dichter - England - Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Aus: Das Haus des Lebens) FRE - C. Ansorge (Weidenwald)
- I did not look upon her eyes - J. Ireland (Penumbra)
- I have been here before GER - F. Barbour, G. Bennett, W. Golde, J. Hall, R. Hanson, J. Harrison, M. Head, C. Loeffler, A. Massey, C. Rogers, R. Werther (Sudden light)
- I looked and saw your eyes GER - G. Bennett, A. Somervell (Three shadows)
- Im hohen Rasen liegen deine Hände (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten) CAT FRE POL SPA (Schweigender Mittag) -
- Im Schatten deines Haar's - G. Bennett (Text: Anonymous after Dante Gabriel Rossetti) [x]
- Infinite love () - M. White [x]
- I sat with Love upon a woodside well (from Poems) GER FRE - R. Vaughan Williams (Willow-Wood)
- I would that he were come to me FRE (The blessed damozel) - E. Bainton, G. Bantock, A. Bax, P. Bliss, O. Bradley, B. Burrows, R. Clarke, E. Farrar, J. Harrison, F. Hart, Ramsay, A. Sandford, D. Young
- I would that he were come (The blessed damozel leaned out) - F. Hart FRE
- John of Tours is back with peace - B. Burrows (John of Tours) ⊗
- John of Tours (John of Tours is back with peace) - B. Burrows ⊗
- Kiedy cię widzieć najlepiej? Gdy oczy GER (Kiedy cię widzieć najlepiej?) -
- Kiedy cię widzieć najlepiej? (Kiedy cię widzieć najlepiej? Gdy oczy) GER
- Know'st thou not at the fall of the leaf - S. Barab (Autumn song)
- La damoiselle élue s'appuyait ENG ITA - C. Debussy (La damoiselle élue)
- La damoiselle élue (La damoiselle élue s'appuyait) - C. Debussy ENG ITA
- La saulaie () - C. Debussy GER [x]
- Last, for December, houses on the plain (from The Early Italian Poets - Of the Months) - C. Ives (December)
- Lebewohl (Rauschend, flüsternder Baum) - G. Bennett (Text: Anonymous after Dante Gabriel Rossetti) [x]
- Lovesight (When do I see thee most, beloved one?) (from Poems) - J. Hall, E. Riley, R. Vaughan Williams GER POL
- Love's last gift (Love to his singer held a glistening leaf) (from Ballads and Sonnets) - R. Vaughan Williams
- Love's minstrels (One flame-winged brought a white-winged harp-player) (from Poems) - R. Vaughan Williams
- Love to his singer held a glistening leaf (from Ballads and Sonnets) - R. Vaughan Williams (Love's last gift)
- Nacht () - E. Smyth (Text: Anonymous after Dante Gabriel Rossetti) [x]
- O cool unto the sense of pain - A. Bush, J. Ireland (During music)
- O leave your hand where it lies cool - H. Clough-Leighter (Song and Music)
- One flame-winged brought a white-winged harp-player (from Poems) - R. Vaughan Williams (Passion and worship)
- On this sweet bank your head thrice sweet and dear (from Ballads and Sonnets - The House of Life) - J. Ireland, A. Shepherd (Sonnet XXIV. Youth's Spring-Tribute)
- Passion and worship (One flame-winged brought a white-winged harp-player) (from Poems)
- Pastorale (Your hands lie open in the long fresh grass) (from Ballads and Sonnets) - J. Diercks CAT FRE GER GER POL SPA
- Penumbra (I did not look upon her eyes) - J. Ireland
- Plötzliches Licht (War ich nicht hier zuvor) - G. Bennett (Text: Anonymous after Dante Gabriel Rossetti) [x]
- Przystań serca (Czasem, jak dziecko, pada w me ramiona)
- Rauschend, flüsternder Baum - G. Bennett (Text: Anonymous after Dante Gabriel Rossetti) [x]
- Schönheit (Hoch wie am Zweige) - G. Bennett (Text: Anonymous after Dante Gabriel Rossetti) [x] ⊗
- Schweigender Mittag (Im hohen Rasen liegen deine Hände) (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten) CAT FRE POL SPA
- September (And in September, O what keen delight!) (from The Early Italian Poets - Of the Months) - C. Ives
- Shadowed in your hand (O leave your hand where it lies cool) - H. Clough-Leighter
- Silent noon (Your hands lie open in the long fresh grass) (from Ballads and Sonnets) - H. Clough-Leighter, E. Cone, F. Converse, E. Farrar, M. Gideon, C. Orr, M. Someren-Godfery, R. Vaughan Williams, E. Warren CAT FRE GER GER POL SPA
- Sleepless dreams (Girt in dark growths, yet glimmering with one star) (from Ballads and Sonnets - The House of Life) - E. Smyth GER
- Sometimes she is a child within mine arms (from Ballads and Sonnets) POL - R. Vaughan Williams (Heart's Haven)
- Song and Music (O leave your hand where it lies cool)
- Sonnet XXIV. Youth's Spring-Tribute (On this sweet bank your head thrice sweet and dear) (from Ballads and Sonnets - The House of Life)
- Sonnet XXXIX. Sleepless Dreams (Girt in dark growths, yet glimmering with one star) (from Ballads and Sonnets - The House of Life) GER
- Sudden light (I have been here before) - F. Barbour, G. Bennett, W. Golde, J. Hall, J. Harrison, C. Loeffler, A. Massey, C. Rogers, R. Werther GER
- The blessed damozel lean'd out - G. Bantock (The blessed damozel)
- The blessed damozel leaned out FRE - E. Bainton, G. Bantock, A. Bax, P. Bliss, O. Bradley, B. Burrows, R. Clarke, E. Farrar, J. Harrison, F. Hart, Ramsay, A. Sandford, D. Young (The blessed damozel)
- The blessed damozel (The blessed damozel lean'd out) - G. Bantock
- The blessed damozel (The blessed damozel leaned out) - E. Bainton, G. Bantock, A. Bax, P. Bliss, O. Bradley, B. Burrows, R. Clarke, E. Farrar, J. Harrison, Ramsay, A. Sandford, D. Young FRE
- The gentle heart (Within the gentle heart Love shelters him) (from The Early Italian Poets) - R. Boughton
- The one hope (When vain desire at last and vain regret) (from Poems) - J. Ireland
- There came an image in Life's retinue (from Poems) - H. Bath, R. Vaughan Williams (Death-in-Love)
- The wind flapp'd loose, the wind was still - E. Maconchy (The woodspurge)
- The wing'd hour (Your hands lie open in the long fresh grass) (from Ballads and Sonnets) - R. Manton CAT FRE GER GER POL SPA
- The woodspurge (The wind flapp'd loose, the wind was still) - E. Maconchy
- Three shadows (I looked and saw your eyes) - G. Bennett, A. Somervell GER
- Twe ręce leżą śród wysokiej trawy CAT FRE GER GER SPA (Cisza południa) -
- Wann schau ich dich recht wahrhaft, Liebste mein? (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten) POL (Augen der Liebe) -
- War ich nicht hier zuvor - G. Bennett (Text: Anonymous after Dante Gabriel Rossetti) [x]
- Waving whispering trees GER - G. Bennett, C. Rogers (Adieu)
- Weidenwald (Ich sass mit Amor an des baches hang ·) (from Zeitgenössische Dichter - England - Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Aus: Das Haus des Lebens) - C. Ansorge FRE
- When do I see thee most, beloved one? (from Poems) GER POL - J. Hall, E. Riley, R. Vaughan Williams (Lovesight)
- When vain desire at last and vain regret (from Poems) - J. Ireland (The one hope)
- Willow-wood (I sat with Love upon a woodside well) (from Poems) - R. Vaughan Williams GER FRE
- Within the gentle heart Love shelters him (from The Early Italian Poets) - R. Boughton (Canzone: of the gentle heart)
- Would God your health were as this month of May - J. Ireland (English May)
- Your hands lie open in the long fresh grass (from Ballads and Sonnets) CAT FRE GER GER POL SPA - G. Boyle, H. Clough-Leighter, E. Cone, F. Converse, J. Diercks, E. Farrar, M. Gideon, R. Manton, C. Orr, M. Someren-Godfery, R. Vaughan Williams, E. Warren (Silent noon)
- Your hands lie open (Your hands lie open in the long fresh grass) (from Ballads and Sonnets) - G. Boyle CAT FRE GER GER POL SPA
- Youth's Spring-Tribute (On this sweet bank your head thrice sweet and dear) (from Ballads and Sonnets - The House of Life) - J. Ireland, A. Shepherd
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