Texts by A. Symons set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945)

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

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After love (To part now and parting now) (from Silhouettes) - N. Dello Joio, C. Lemont, L. Ronald
After sunset (The sea lies quieted beneath) (from Silhouettes - At Dieppe) - J. Becker, L. Campbell-Tipton, B. Neuer, E. Smyth GER
Against the world I closed my heart - W. Foster (White magic)
Alla passeretta bruna (If I bid yoUy you will come) (from Silhouettes)
All things leave me (As a perfume doth remain) (from London Nights - Bianca) - N. Dello Joio
Amoris victima (He who has entered by this sorrow's door) (from Amoris Victima - 1. Amoris Victima) - F. Hart
A prayer to St. Anthony of Padua (St. Anthony of Padua whom I bear) (from London Nights - Céleste) - B. Neuer, P. Warlock
A Roundel of Rest (The peace of a wandering sky) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) - H. Howells, N. O'Neill, C. Scott
As a perfume doth remain (As a perfume doth remain) (from London Nights - Bianca) - W. Foster
As a perfume doth remain (from London Nights - Bianca) - L. Campbell-Tipton, N. Dello Joio, J. Densmore, W. Foster, V. Hickey, C. Lemont, S. Lewis, F. Scott, M. Wald (Memory)
As a perfume (As a perfume doth remain) (from London Nights - Bianca) - M. Wald
A Spanish pastoral (Shepherd, shepherd, hark that calling!) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1 - From Santa Teresa) - I. Boyle ⊗
At dawn (She only knew the birth and death) (from Silhouettes) - E. Leginska
At Glad-Y-Wern (White-robed against the threefold white) - W. Foster
At Glad-Y-Wern
Autumn's twilight (The long September evening dies) (from London Nights - Intermezzo: Pastoral) - P. Warlock CHI
Autumn twilight (The long September evening dies) (from London Nights - Intermezzo: Pastoral) - G. Cockshott, J. Raynor CHI
Because it is the day of Palms (from Images of Good and Evil) GER - J. Ireland, E. Moeran, J. Musto, H. Noble, M. Sheldon (Palm Sunday : Naples)
Before the squall (The wind is rising on the sea) (from Silhouettes - At Dieppe) - J. Becker, E. Smyth GER
By the Pool at the Third Rosses (I heard the sighing of the reed) (from Images of Good and Evil - In Ireland) - H. Burleigh
Caprice (Her mouth is all of roses) - W. Foster
Consolation (If living sorrows any boon) (from Knave of hearts) - D. Tcimpidis ITA
Dancers from Java (Twitched strings, the clang of metal, beaten drums) (from Silhouettes) - B. Martinů
Darkness () - L. Campbell-Tipton [x]
Der wilde Sturmwind braust daher - E. Smyth
Die Sonne sank hinab - E. Smyth
During music (The music had the heat of blood) (from Silhouettes) - W. Watts
Fantoches (Scaramouche waves a threatening hand) - W. Johnson CAT FIN GER GER ITA
Frail autumn lights upon the leaves (from Silhouettes) - L. Cochran (In autumn)
From "La Vida es Sueño" of Calderon (We live, while we see the sun) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1) ITA
Gipsy love (The gipsy tents are on the down)
Gypsy love (The gipsy tents are on the down) - W. Foster
Here, there is peace, cool peace (from Silhouettes) - E. Hill, R. Manton (Peace at noon)
Her mouth is all of roses - W. Foster (Caprice)
He who has entered by this sorrow's door (from Amoris Victima - 1. Amoris Victima) - F. Hart
I am engulfed, and drown deliciously (from Days and Nights) - L. Campbell-Tipton (The opium-smoker)
I am the torch, she saith, and what to me - W. Foster (Modern beauty)
If I bid you, you will come (from Silhouettes) (Alla passeretta bruna) - L. Ronald
If I bid yoUy you will come (from Silhouettes) - L. Ronald (Alla passeretta bruna)
If living sorrows any boon (from Knave of hearts) ITA - D. Tcimpidis
If, Lord, Thy love for me is strong (If, Lord, Thy love for me is strong) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1 - From Santa Teresa) - L. Berkeley ⊗
If, Lord, Thy love for me is strong (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1 - From Santa Teresa) - L. Berkeley ⊗
I have grown tired of sorrow and human tears (from Images of Good and Evil - In Ireland) - H. Burleigh, H. Sang (In the Wood of Finvara)
I have had enough of women, and enough of love (from Images of Good and Evil) - F. Delius, E. Farrar, A. MacCunn (Wanderer's song)
I have laid sorrow to sleep - F. Hart (Love and Sleep)
I heard the sighing of the reed (from Images of Good and Evil - In Ireland) - H. Burleigh (By the Pool at the Third Rosses)
I lie on my pallet bed (from Silhouettes) - L. Ronald (Love in dreams)
In autumn (Frail autumn lights upon the leaves) (from Silhouettes) - L. Cochran
In Fountain Court (The fountain murmuring of sleep) (from Silhouettes) - M. Besly, P. Campbell, M. Davidson, M. Herbert, W. Hunt, C. Lemont, E. Maconchy, P. McIntyre, A. Russell CHI
In Kensington Gardens (Under the almond tree) (from Silhouettes) - E. Hill
In the Wood of Finvara (I have grown tired of sorrow and human tears) (from Images of Good and Evil - In Ireland) - H. Burleigh, H. Sang
I saw her shadow on the grass (from Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, etc.) (Vestigia) - M. Carmichael
Ist's Leben oder Tod - E. Smyth
Javanese Dancers (Twitched strings, the clang of metal, beaten drums) (from Silhouettes)
Judges' Walk (That night on Judges' Walk, the wind) (from Silhouettes) - C. Ives
June (The fountain murmuring of sleep) (from Silhouettes) - C. Forsyth CHI
Let mine eyes see thee, sweet Jesus of Nazareth (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1 - From Santa Teresa) - L. Berkeley ⊗
Let mine eyes see thee (Let mine eyes see thee, sweet Jesus of Nazareth) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1 - From Santa Teresa) - L. Berkeley ⊗
Life is a dream (We live, while we see the sun) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1) - J. Weinzweig ITA
Love and Sleep (I have laid sorrow to sleep) - F. Hart
Love in dreams (I lie on my pallet bed) (from Silhouettes) - L. Ronald
Love is a swallow (Love is a swallow) (from Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, etc.) - M. Carmichael
Love is a swallow (from Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, etc.) - M. Carmichael (Vestigia)
Love's Magnificat (Praise God, who wrought for you and me) (from London Nights) - H. Clough-Leighter
Magnificat (Praise God, who wrought for you and me) (from London Nights)
Mandoline (The singers of serenades) - W. Johnson CAT CHI CZE GER GER SPA
Meeresstille (Ist's Leben oder Tod) - E. Smyth
Memory (As a perfume doth remain) (from London Nights - Bianca) - L. Campbell-Tipton, J. Densmore, V. Hickey, C. Lemont, S. Lewis, F. Scott
Modern beauty (I am the torch, she saith, and what to me) - W. Foster
Montserrat (Peace waits among the hills)
Nach dem Sturm (Die Sonne sank hinab) - E. Smyth
Naples Bay (Because it is the day of Palms) (from Images of Good and Evil) - H. Noble GER
Night, a grey sky, a ghostly sea (from Silhouettes - At Dieppe) - J. Becker (On the beach)
O is it death or life that sounds (from Silhouettes - At Dieppe) GER - J. Becker, L. Campbell-Tipton, E. Smyth (Requies)
On Judges' Walk (That night on Judges' Walk, the wind) (from Silhouettes)
On the beach (Night, a grey sky, a ghostly sea) (from Silhouettes - At Dieppe) - J. Becker
O sick heart, be at rest! (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) - P. Warlock
O Water, voice of my heart (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) - L. Campbell-Tipton, P. McIntyre, J. Raynor (The crying of water)
Pain gnaws at my heart like a rat that gnaws at a beam (from Amoris Victima - 2. Amoris Exsul) - J. Ireland (The Rat)
Palm Sunday: Naples (Because it is the day of Palms) (from Images of Good and Evil) - J. Musto GER
Palm Sunday (Because it is the day of Palms) (from Images of Good and Evil) - M. Sheldon GER
Pantomime (Pierrot, no sentimental swain) - W. Johnson CHI GER GER
Peace at noon (Here, there is peace, cool peace) (from Silhouettes) - E. Hill, R. Manton
Peace waits among the hills - W. Davies (Montserrat)
Peace waits among the hills (Peace waits among the hills) - W. Davies
Pierrot, no sentimental swain CHI GER GER - W. Johnson (Pantomime)
Praise God, who wrought for you and me (from London Nights) - H. Clough-Leighter (Magnificat)
Requies (O is it death or life that sounds) (from Silhouettes - At Dieppe) - J. Becker, L. Campbell-Tipton, E. Smyth GER
Rest (The peace of a wandering sky) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) - J. Ireland
Santa Chiara (Because it is the day of Palms) (from Images of Good and Evil) - J. Ireland GER
Scaramouche waves a threatening hand CAT FIN GER GER ITA - W. Johnson (Fantoches)
She only knew the birth and death (from Silhouettes) - E. Leginska (At dawn)
Shepherd, shepherd, hark that calling (Shepherd, shepherd, hark that calling!) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1 - From Santa Teresa) - L. Berkeley ⊗
Shepherd, shepherd, hark that calling! (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1 - From Santa Teresa) - L. Berkeley, I. Boyle ⊗
Song of June (The fountain murmuring of sleep) (from Silhouettes) - H. Gál CHI
St. Anthony of Padua whom I bear (from London Nights - Céleste) - B. Neuer, P. Warlock (A prayer to St. Anthony of Padua)
That night on Judges' Walk, the wind (from Silhouettes) - C. Ives (On Judges' Walk)
The adoration (Why have you brought me myrrh) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) - J. Ireland
The boats go out and the boats come in (from Days and Nights) - L. Coerne, C. Edwards, P. McIntyre, H. Tye (The fisher's widow)
The crying of water (O Water, voice of my heart) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) - L. Campbell-Tipton, P. McIntyre, J. Raynor
The Day of Palms (Because it is the day of Palms) (from Images of Good and Evil) - E. Moeran GER
The fisher's widow (The boats go out and the boats come in) (from Days and Nights) - L. Coerne, C. Edwards, P. McIntyre, H. Tye
The fountain murmuring of sleep (from Silhouettes) CHI - M. Besly, P. Campbell, M. Davidson, C. Forsyth, H. Gál, M. Herbert, W. Hunt, J. Ireland, C. Lemont, E. Maconchy, P. McIntyre, A. Russell (In Fountain Court)
The gipsy tents are on the down - W. Foster (Gipsy love)
The grey wolf comes again : I had made fast (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) - H. Burleigh (The grey wolf)
The grey wolf comes again (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) (The grey wolf) - H. Burleigh
The grey wolf (The grey wolf comes again : I had made fast) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) - H. Burleigh
The long September evening dies (from London Nights - Intermezzo: Pastoral) CHI - G. Cockshott, J. Raynor, P. Warlock
The music had the heat of blood (from Silhouettes) - W. Watts (During music)
The opium-smoker (I am engulfed, and drown deliciously) (from Days and Nights) - L. Campbell-Tipton
The peace of a wandering sky (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) - H. Howells, J. Ireland, N. O'Neill, C. Scott (Rest)
The rat (Pain gnaws at my heart like a rat that gnaws at a beam) (from Amoris Victima - 2. Amoris Exsul) - J. Ireland
The sea lies quieted beneath (from Silhouettes - At Dieppe) GER - J. Becker, L. Campbell-Tipton, B. Neuer, E. Smyth (After sunset)
The sick heart (O sick heart, be at rest!) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) - P. Warlock
The silence () - F. Hart [x]
The singers of serenades CAT CHI CZE GER GER SPA - W. Johnson (Mandoline)
The wanderers (Wandering, ever wandering) (from Amoris Victima - 2. Amoris Exsul) - F. Hart
The wind is rising on the sea (from Silhouettes - At Dieppe) GER - J. Becker, E. Smyth (Before the squall)
Today a shepherd and our kin (Today a shepherd and our kin) (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1 - From Santa Teresa) - L. Berkeley ⊗
Today a shepherd and our kin (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1 - From Santa Teresa) - L. Berkeley ⊗
To part now and parting now (from Silhouettes) - N. Dello Joio, C. Lemont, L. Ronald (After love)
Tryst (The fountain murmuring of sleep) (from Silhouettes) - J. Ireland CHI
Twitched strings, the clang of metal, beaten drums (from Silhouettes) - B. Martinů (Javanese Dancers)
Twitched strings, the clang of metal (from Silhouettes) (Javanese Dancers) - B. Martinů
Under the almond tree (from Silhouettes) - E. Hill (In Kensington Gardens)
Vestigia (I saw her shadow on the grass) (from Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, etc.)
Vor dem Wetter (Der wilde Sturmwind braust daher) - E. Smyth
Wanderer's song (I have had enough of women, and enough of love) (from Images of Good and Evil) - F. Delius, E. Farrar, A. MacCunn
Wandering, ever wandering (from Amoris Victima - 2. Amoris Exsul) - F. Hart (The Wanderers)
We live, while we see the sun (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 1) ITA - J. Weinzweig (From "La Vida es Sueño" of Calderon)
White magic (Against the world I closed my heart) - W. Foster
White-robed against the threefold white - W. Foster
Why have you brought me myrrh (from Poems of Arthur Symons, Volume 2 - The Loom of Dreams) - J. Ireland (The adoration)
You are mine (If I bid yoUy you will come) (from Silhouettes) - L. Ronald

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