Texts by W. Watson set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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William Watson, Sir (1858 - 1935)

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

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Alpha and Omega (He throned her in the gateways of the world) (from For England) - F. Wood
April, April, laugh thy girlish laughter (from The Hope of the World and Other Poems) (Song) - P. Fetler, E. Freer, S. Homer, C. Lloyd, G. Osgood, G. Peel, H. Pyke, R. Quilter
April, April (April, April) (from The Hope of the World and Other Poems) - S. Homer, C. Lloyd
April, April (from The Hope of the World and Other Poems) - P. Fetler, E. Freer, S. Homer, C. Lloyd, G. Osgood, G. Peel, H. Pyke, R. Quilter (Song)
April, laugh thy girlish laughter (April, April) (from The Hope of the World and Other Poems) - G. Osgood
April (April, April) (from The Hope of the World and Other Poems) - P. Fetler, G. Peel, H. Pyke, R. Quilter
As some most pure and noble face (from Lachrymæ Musarum and Other Poems) - E. Dent (The fugitive ideal)
Behold, she is risen who lay asleep so long (from The Year of Shame) - F. Wood (The awakening)
Deep asleep, deep asleep (from The Poems of William Watson) - C. Gibbs, H. Noble, G. Peel (The Ballad of Semmerwater)
England and her colonies (She stands a thousand-wintered tree) (from Poems)
He throned her in the gateways of the world (from For England) - F. Wood (Alpha and Omega)
Leavetaking (Pass, thou wild light) (from The Poems of William Watson) - M. White
Let me go forth, and share (from The Hope of the World and Other Poems) - P. Coppola (Ode in May)
Lightly we met in the morn (Lightly we met in the morn) (from The Poems of William Watson - Miscellaneous) - H. Gardiner
Lightly we met in the morn (from The Poems of William Watson - Miscellaneous) - H. Gardiner (Song)
Like a Queen (O, like a queen's her happy tread) (from The Father of the Forest and Other Poems) - P. Atherton, S. Colburn, C. Johns
Long hath she slept, forgetful of delight (from Odes and Other Poems) - D. Wickens (Vita nuova)
Morn in May (Let me go forth, and share) (from The Hope of the World and Other Poems) - P. Coppola
Motherland (She stands a thousand-wintered tree) (from Poems) - G. Dyson
'Neath oaks that mused and pines that dreamed (O, like a queen's her happy tread) (from The Father of the Forest and Other Poems) - A. Shepherd
'Neath oaks that mused and pines that dreamed (from The Father of the Forest and Other Poems) (Song) - P. Atherton, S. Colburn, C. Johns, S. Liddle, A. Shepherd
Ode in May (Let me go forth, and share) (from The Hope of the World and Other Poems)
O, like a queen's her happy tread (from The Father of the Forest and Other Poems) - P. Atherton, S. Colburn, C. Johns, S. Liddle, A. Shepherd (Song)
O, like a Queen (O, like a queen's her happy tread) (from The Father of the Forest and Other Poems) - S. Liddle
O like the Queen's happy tread () - G. Peel [x]
Pass, thou wild light (from The Poems of William Watson) - M. White (Leavetaking)
She stands a thousand-wintered tree (from Poems) - G. Dyson, F. Wood (England and her colonies)
She was a lady great and splendid (from Wordsworth's Grave and Other Poems) - F. Allitsen, G. Peel (The lute player)
Song (April, April) (from The Hope of the World and Other Poems) - E. Freer
Song (Lightly we met in the morn) (from The Poems of William Watson - Miscellaneous)
Song (O, like a queen's her happy tread) (from The Father of the Forest and Other Poems)
Strange the world about me lies (from Wordsworth's Grave and Other Poems) - I. Gurney (World-Strangeness)
Tavern song (When winterly weather doth pierce to the skin) (from New Poems) - H. Fisher
The Awakening (Behold, she is risen who lay asleep so long) (from The Year of Shame) - F. Wood
The Ballad of Semmerwater (Deep asleep, deep asleep) (from The Poems of William Watson) - C. Gibbs, H. Noble, G. Peel
The fugitive ideal (As some most pure and noble face) (from Lachrymæ Musarum and Other Poems) - E. Dent
The lute player (She was a lady great and splendid) (from Wordsworth's Grave and Other Poems) - F. Allitsen, G. Peel
The Northern Star (Behold, she is risen who lay asleep so long) (from The Year of Shame) - F. Wood
The Tree of Nations (She stands a thousand-wintered tree) (from Poems) - F. Wood
The Warrior Lover () - N. O'Neill [x]
Vita nuova (Long hath she slept, forgetful of delight) (from Odes and Other Poems) - D. Wickens
Well he slumbers, greatly slain (Well he slumbers, greatly slain) (from Poems) - D. Mason
Well he slumbers, greatly slain (from Poems) - D. Mason
When birds were songless on the bough (When birds were songless on the bough) (from Wordsworth's Grave and Other Poems) - P. Atherton
When birds were songless on the bough (from Wordsworth's Grave and Other Poems) - P. Atherton, F. Nicholls (When birds were songless)
When birds were songless (When birds were songless on the bough) (from Wordsworth's Grave and Other Poems) - F. Nicholls
When winterly weather doth pierce to the skin (from New Poems) - H. Fisher (Tavern song)
World-Strangeness (Strange the world about me lies) (from Wordsworth's Grave and Other Poems) - I. Gurney

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