Texts by H. Taylor set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Helen Taylor (1876 - 1943)

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

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A bonny ship () - W. Sanderson [x]
A little love serenade (On lutes of silver) - L. Ronald
Along the lanes where first we met - M. Brahe
And a the evening shadows longer grew, they found themselves in the village of Farthinhoe where they would spend the night - M. Easthope
And so they passed from Farthinghoe - M. Easthope
Apart () - W. Sanderson [x]
April's hour (There’s a fairy sleeping in every folded flower) - C. Gibbs
As I went a-roaming one morning in springtide - M. Brahe
As I went a-roaming (As I went a-roaming one morning in springtide) - M. Brahe
A song of rest (Day is for work and play) - L. Ronald
A summer greeting () - W. Sanderson [x]
A sunset song (The sun dies in his flaming shroud) - L. Ronald
Beside the green pastures I’ll rest me today - W. Sanderson
Be you a-comin' () - W. Sanderson [x]
Bless this house O Lord we pray; Make it safe by night and day - M. Brahe
Bless this house (Bless this house O Lord we pray; Make it safe by night and day) - M. Brahe
Blue ribbons (I'll wear a ring and a bunch of blue ribbons) - M. Brahe [x]
Can’t you hear them blowing, fairy horns ablowing - M. Brahe
Come beaux and belles, the music swells - M. Brahe [x]
Come, dance at our wedding () - W. Sanderson [x]
Come take your lute, my love, and play - M. Head
Come take your lute (Come take your lute, my love, and play) - M. Head
Come take your lute () - M. Head [x]
Come to the fair (The sun is a shining to welcome the day) - F. Martin
Country folk (Oh, country folk lead quiet days) - M. Brahe
Dainty, dainty maiden - M. Brahe
Dawn song (The livelong night I lay awake) - M. Brahe
Day is for work and play - L. Ronald
Deep down below the shining waves - H. Bland [x]
Drest in your gown of blue brocade - M. Brahe
Dusk of dreams (There’s a swaying of branches where the white blossom swings) - M. Easthope
Episode (And a the evening shadows longer grew, they found themselves in the village of Farthinhoe where they would spend the night) - M. Easthope
Every flower that blows - M. Brahe
Farewell to the feasting - M. Head
Gay gowns and colours rare - M. Brahe
Goodnight, but not goodbye () - W. Sanderson [x]
Green pastures (Beside the green pastures I’ll rest me today) - W. Sanderson
Hawthorn (Along the lanes where first we met) - M. Brahe
Haymaker's dance () - W. Sanderson [x]
Heart of the night, Heaven’s calm profound - M. Brahe
Heart of the night (Heart of the night, Heaven’s calm profound) - M. Brahe
Hedge of briar () - G. Bantock [x]
Here to-day and gone to-morrow (And so they passed from Farthinghoe) - M. Easthope
If all the year were spring-time - M. Brahe
I know why the white clouds go riding on high - M. Brahe
I'll wear a ring and a bunch of blue ribbons - M. Brahe [x]
I love you/ With the wind in your hair - C. Gibbs
I’m looking from my balcony - M. Brahe
In Norley Wood the thickets ring - M. Brahe
In Norley Wood (In Norley Wood the thickets ring) - M. Brahe
In the pleasant summer time () - W. Sanderson [x]
In vanity fair (Oh, ribbons and laces and sweet pretty faces) - M. Brahe [x]
I passed by your window (I passed by your window) - M. Brahe
I passed by your window - M. Brahe
I shall remember (Sigh of wind on a moonless night) - C. Gibbs
Jingle hat (Whether you wish it or no) - M. Easthope
Laughing cavalier (You’re a very dashing blade, Cavalier) - W. Sanderson
Life's balcony (I’m looking from my balcony) - M. Brahe
Little mermaids (Deep down below the shining waves) - H. Bland [x]
Long, long ago when the moon was a maid - L. Ronald
Looking for you () - W. Sanderson [x]
Love me again () - W. Sanderson [x]
Love's destiny () - W. Sanderson [x]
Messengers (I know why the white clouds go riding on high) - M. Brahe
My name is Tom Shilling, the King of the Quacks - M. Easthope
My sword for the King (Farewell to the feasting) - M. Head
Now all the world in peaceful slumber lies - C. Gibbs
Oh, country folk lead quiet days - M. Brahe
Oh, if I knew at all - H. Bland [x]
Oh, ribbons and laces and sweet pretty faces - M. Brahe [x]
On lutes of silver - L. Ronald
O Western Wind! when wilt thou blow - M. Brahe
O Western Wind! (O Western Wind! when wilt thou blow) - M. Brahe
Phyllis () - W. Sanderson [x]
Preamble (There was a troupe of mountebanks) - M. Easthope
Red roofs by the river - M. Brahe
Red roofs (Red roofs by the river) - M. Brahe
Requiescat (Now all the world in peaceful slumber lies) - C. Gibbs
Ring-time (If all the year were spring-time) - M. Brahe
Russet maids () - W. Sanderson [x]
Sewing song () - W. Sanderson [x]
Shepherds gay () - W. Sanderson [x]
Shy Mignonette (Gay gowns and colours rare) - M. Brahe
Sigh of wind on a moonless night - C. Gibbs
Silent strings (Silent strings) - G. Bantock
Silent strings - G. Bantock
Somebody's ball dress (Somebody's ball dress) - M. Brahe [x]
Somebody's ball dress - M. Brahe [x]
Sun and moon (The sun-child plays in the garden green) - H. Bland [x]
Susan is her name O! () - W. Sanderson [x]
Sylvan (Long, long ago when the moon was a maid) - L. Ronald
The April lady's come to town - H. Bland [x]
The April lady (The April lady's come to town) - H. Bland [x]
The bluebell way (Dainty, dainty maiden) - M. Brahe
The call of the May-time (When the merry birds are singing) - M. Brahe
The country dance (Come beaux and belles, the music swells) - M. Brahe [x]
The everlasting love (Every flower that blows) - M. Brahe
The fields lay brown on either hand - C. Gibbs
The happy wanderer () - M. Head [x]
The heart-rending story ('Tis of a lovely maiden the tale is told) - M. Easthope
The lamps () - W. Sanderson [x]
The little people (Can’t you hear them blowing, fairy horns ablowing) - M. Brahe
The livelong night I lay awake - M. Brahe
The minstrel (To the birds at morn) - M. Easthope
The miracle (The fields lay brown on either hand) - C. Gibbs
The moon looks down on Bethlehem () - W. Sanderson [x]
The quack doctor (My name is Tom Shilling, the King of the Quacks) - M. Easthope
There’s a fairy sleeping in every folded flower - C. Gibbs
There’s a swaying of branches where the white blossom swings - M. Easthope
There was a troupe of mountebanks - M. Easthope
The sun-child plays in the garden green - H. Bland [x]
The sun dies in his flaming shroud - L. Ronald
The sun is a shining to welcome the day - F. Martin
The three mummers () - M. Head [x]
The threshold () - W. Sanderson [x]
The way to fairyland (Oh, if I knew at all) - H. Bland [x]
The wind in your hair (I love you/ With the wind in your hair) - C. Gibbs
The windows () - W. Sanderson [x]
'Tis of a lovely maiden the tale is told - M. Easthope
To a minuature (Drest in your gown of blue brocade) - M. Brahe
To the birds at morn - M. Easthope
Two little words, we use them ev’ry day - M. Brahe
Two little words (Two little words, we use them ev’ry day) - M. Brahe
When summer comes I’ll steal away - L. Ronald
When summer comes (When summer comes I’ll steal away) - L. Ronald
When the merry birds are singing - M. Brahe
Whether you wish it or no - M. Easthope
Why? () - W. Sanderson [x]
Years ago, I loved you and you knew it - M. Brahe
Years ago (Years ago, I loved you and you knew it) - M. Brahe
You’re a very dashing blade, Cavalier - W. Sanderson

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