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Texts by C. Towne set in Art Songs and Choral Works

 § Author § 

Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949)

Text Collections:

  • The Quiet Singer and Other Poems

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

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  • After drought (There came an army from the sky) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • Ah! when the dark on many a heart descends (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • Allah be with us (Ah! when the dark on many a heart descends) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • A love garden () - H. Clough-Leighter [x]
  • At nightfall (I need so much the quiet of your love) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems) - J. Metcalf, A. Woodforde-Finden
  • Belovèd, in your absence I have told (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • Beloved, in your absence (Belovèd, in your absence I have told) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • Beside the lonely Nile (Beside the lonely Nile) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • Beside the lonely Nile - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • Clouds (They gather in the morning and at noon) - A. Kramer
  • Far across the desert sands (Far across the desert sands) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • Far across the desert sands (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • Grief's Prelude (I can forgive you in this hour we part) - A. MacFadyen
  • How many a lonely caravan sets out (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • How many a lonely caravan (How many a lonely caravan sets out) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • I can forgive you in this hour we part - A. MacFadyen
  • I did not know the nightingale could fling (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 87. Certain Fragments from the Arabic) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • I did not know (I did not know the nightingale could fling) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 87. Certain Fragments from the Arabic) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • I drink the fragrance of the rose (I drink the fragrance of the rose) - H. Clough-Leighter
  • I drink the fragrance of the rose - H. Clough-Leighter
  • I envy every circlet on your arm - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • I envy every circlet (I envy every circlet on your arm) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • If in the great bazaars (If in the great bazaars) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • If in the great bazaars (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • If one should ask of me, when all afire (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
  • If One Should Ask (If one should ask of me, when all afire) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
  • I have known loveliness that broke my heart - A. Kramer
  • I have known loveliness (I have known loveliness that broke my heart) - A. Kramer
  • I need so much the quiet of your love (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems) - J. Metcalf, A. Woodforde-Finden (At nightfall)
  • In the deep hush of a star-jeweled night (In the deep hush of a star-jeweled night) - A. Kramer
  • In the deep hush of a star-jeweled night - A. Kramer
  • I sometimes wonder where you stole - A. Woodforde-Finden (I sometimes wonder)
  • I sometimes wonder (I sometimes wonder where you stole) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • I thought my heart would break - C. Deis, A. Shaw
  • I wakened when the moon, with silver feet - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • I wakened when the moon (I wakened when the moon, with silver feet) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • L'envoi (O in that hour when both of us are dead) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 87. Certain Fragments from the Arabic) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • Little dove (Little wonder) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • Little wonder - A. Woodforde-Finden (Little Dove)
  • Love was with me yesterday (Love was with me yesterday) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems) - W. Golde
  • Love was with me yesterday (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems) - W. Golde (Remembrance)
  • Night (Wherefore should darkness terrify my soul?) - E. McArthur
  • O form to which the palms have lent their grace (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
  • O in that hour when both of us are dead (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 87. Certain Fragments from the Arabic) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • O little Yo San - A. Woodforde-Finden (Yo San)
  • O Queen of Beauty, who hast conquered kings (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
  • O Queen of Beauty (O Queen of Beauty, who hast conquered kings) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
  • O tomb! within thy shadows can it be (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
  • O Tomb! (O tomb! within thy shadows can it be) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
  • Pomegranate is your mouth (Pomegranate is your mouth) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • Pomegranate is your mouth - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • Remembrance (Love was with me yesterday) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems)
  • Serenade (O form to which the palms have lent their grace) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
  • So much I love, that I (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
  • So Much I Love (So much I love, that I) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
  • The myrtles of Damascus, when they smile (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild, A. Woodforde-Finden
  • The myrtles of Damascus (The myrtles of Damascus, when they smile) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild, A. Woodforde-Finden
  • The praises of her beauty I shall sing (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
  • The Praises of Her Beauty (The praises of her beauty I shall sing) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
  • There are maidens in Japan (There are maidens that I know) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • There are maidens that I know - A. Woodforde-Finden (There are maidens in Japan)
  • There came an army from the sky (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems) - A. Woodforde-Finden (After drought)
  • They gather in the morning and at noon - A. Kramer
  • Through the old city’s silence (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • To kiss her! 'Tis with musk-perfume to grow (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
  • To Kiss Her! (To kiss her! 'Tis with musk-perfume to grow) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
  • Waiting (I thought my heart would break) - C. Deis, A. Shaw
  • What morn shall find thee, O departed one (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
  • What Morn Shall I Find Thee? (What morn shall find thee, O departed one) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - Songs out of the Orient - 84. A Baghdad Lover (Being Certain Fragments from Scheherazade’s Songs in “The Thousand and One Nights”)) - B. Fairchild
  • When almond blossoms fall (When almond-blossoms fall) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • Wherefore should darkness terrify my soul? - E. McArthur
  • Where the Abana flows (Through the old city’s silence) (from The Quiet Singer and Other Poems - 86. A Lover in Damascus) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • Within the sphinx's solemn shade (Within the Sphinx’s solemn shade) - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • Within the Sphinx’s solemn shade - A. Woodforde-Finden
  • Yet the days pass like frightened ghosts. We too - A. Kramer
  • Yet the days pass (Yet the days pass like frightened ghosts. We too) - A. Kramer
  • Yo San (O little Yo San) - A. Woodforde-Finden

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