Texts by O. Wilde set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

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Against these turbid turquoise skies - G. Bachlund, G. Gover, C. Griffes (Les Ballons)
Agyaglábon pihen e nagy-nagy ország (Theoretikos) -
A kékes-arany éji Themze (Impression du matin) -
A ligeten madár dalol (Endymion) -
A liliomok szórják dús aranyjuk (Le jardin) -
A lily-girl, not made for this world's pain GER - C. Haubiel (Madonna mia)
An omnibus across the bridge HUN - C. Blyton, C. Griffes (Symphony in yellow)
A téli ég fehér ködén (La mer) -
A tompa türkiszkék egen (Les ballons) -
At rest (Tread lightly, she is near) - H. Jervis-Read GER GER RUS
A white mist drifts across the shrouds HUN - C. Griffes, H. Jervis-Read (La mer)
Az omnibusz a hidra bú (Sárga szimfónia) -
Ballad of the Greek Sea (The western wind is blowing fair) - H. Jervis-Read
Beautiful star (O beautiful star with the crimson mouth!) (from Shakespearean Show Book) - M. Baron
Chuttjam pozhivi tut nemaє = Чуттям поживи тут немає RUS * - B. Lyatoshynsky
Come down, O Christ, and help me! reach Thy hand GER - C. Haubiel (E tenebris)
Could we dig up this long-buried treasure (Could we dig up this long-buried treasure) - E. Diemer
Could we dig up this long-buried treasure - E. Diemer (Roses And Rue (To L. L.))
De profundis (People point to Reading Gaol and say) - F. Rzewski
Early spring () - K. Schindler [x]
Ein Lilienmädchen, fremd im Erdenleben FRE (Text: Anonymous after Oscar Wilde) - E. Schulhoff
Endymion (A ligeten madár dalol)
Endymion (The apple trees are hung with gold) - E. McKenzie, C. Scott, C. Seeger HUN
E Tenebris (Come down, O Christ, and help me! reach Thy hand) - C. Haubiel GER
E Tenebris (Komm, Christus, hilf mir! reich mir deine Hand!) - E. Schulhoff FRE (Text: Anonymous after Oscar Wilde)
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes (from Lady Windermere's Fan) FRE
Hazel eyes () - M. Lowther [x]
Heavenly ladders () - W. Schaeffer [x]
He did not wear his scarlet coat (The Ballad of Reading Gaol (first version)) -
He did not wear his scarlet coat (from The Ballad of Reading Gaol (2nd version)) DUT
Helas (To drift with every passion till my soul) - T. Pasatieri
Her ivory hands on the ivory keys - E. Fine, E. McKenzie, B. Rogers (In the Gold Room: a Harmony)
Her voice (The wild bee reels from bough to bough) - J. Carpenter
Idyll (Out of the mid-wood's twilight) - F. Scott
I know not whether Laws be right (from The Ballad of Reading Gaol (2nd version)) - R. Beckett
Impression de Matin (The Thames nocturne of blue and gold) HUN
Impression du matin (A kékes-arany éji Themze)
Impression du matin (The Thames nocturne of blue and gold) - C. Griffes HUN
In a dim corner of my room for longer than my fancy thinks - G. Bantock (The Sphinx)
In Debtors' Yard the stones are hard (from The Ballad of Reading Gaol (2nd version))
In Reading gaol by Reading town (from The Ballad of Reading Gaol (2nd version)) GER
In the forest (Out of the mid-wood's twilight) - G. Bachlund, I. Freed, E. Tilden, C. Wong, M. Wyble
In the Gold Room: a Harmony (Her ivory hands on the ivory keys)
In the gold room (Her ivory hands on the ivory keys) - E. Fine, E. McKenzie, B. Rogers
Ischeznovenije luny = Исчезновение луны ( = ) - B. Lyatoshynsky UKR [x]
Kerker-Ballade () - H. Zagwijn (Text: Anonymous after Oscar Wilde) [x]
Komm, Christus, hilf mir! reich mir deine Hand! FRE (Text: Anonymous after Oscar Wilde) - E. Schulhoff
La Fuite de la Lune (To outer senses there is peace) - C. Griffes UKR RUS
La mer (A téli ég fehér ködén)
La mer (A white mist drifts across the shrouds) - C. Griffes HUN
Le jardin (A liliomok szórják dús aranyjuk)
Le jardin (The lily's withered chalice falls) - C. Griffes HUN
Le panneau (Ott, ahol árnyas a csalit)
Le panneau (Under the rose-tree's dancing shade) - G. Bachlund, G. Gover HUN
Le réveillon (The sky is laced with fitful red) - C. Griffes HUN
Le réveillon (Vörös az égen a szegély)
Les ballons (Against these turbid turquoise skies) - G. Bachlund, G. Gover, C. Griffes
Les ballons (A tompa türkiszkék egen)
Les silhouettes (The sea is fleck'd with bars of gray) - J. Carpenter
L'Expérience, c'est le nom que chacun donne à ses erreurs - D. Gougeon
L'Expérience (L'Expérience, c'est le nom que chacun donne à ses erreurs) - D. Gougeon
Madonna Mia (A lily-girl, not made for this world's pain) - C. Haubiel GER
Madonna mia (Ein Lilienmädchen, fremd im Erdenleben) - E. Schulhoff FRE (Text: Anonymous after Oscar Wilde)
Nay, Lord, not thus! white lilies in the spring - D. Ruyneman, M. Williamson (Sonnet on hearing the Dies Iræ sung in the Sistine Chapel)
O beautiful star with the crimson mouth! (from Shakespearean Show Book) - M. Baron, L. Kellie, B. Thomson (Under the balcony)
Oh! beautiful star (O beautiful star with the crimson mouth!) (from Shakespearean Show Book) - L. Kellie
Oh! beautiful (O beautiful star with the crimson mouth!) (from Shakespearean Show Book) - B. Thomson
Ott, ahol árnyas a csalit (Le panneau) -
Out of the mid-wood's twilight - G. Bachlund, E. Diemer, I. Freed, F. Scott, E. Tilden, C. Wong, M. Wyble (In the forest)
Out of the mid-wood's twilight (Out of the mid-wood's twilight) - E. Diemer
People point to Reading Gaol and say - F. Rzewski (De Profundis)
Reading Gaol (I know not whether Laws be right) (from The Ballad of Reading Gaol (2nd version)) - R. Beckett
Requiescat (Still, daß es sie nicht stört) - E. Schulhoff FRE RUS
Requiescat = Requiescat (Stupaj legko: ved' obitajet = Ступай легко: ведь обитает) - A. Kreyn GER GER
Requiescat (Tread lightly, she is near) - G. Bachlund, H. Boatwright, G. Butterworth, K. Clarke, H. Clough-Leighter, G. Cory, M. Emery, F. Farkas, C. Haubiel, R. Jones, G. McKay, T. Pasatieri, N. Rorem, E. Sharpe, D. Van Vactor, G. Young GER GER RUS
Roses And Rue (To L. L.) (Could we dig up this long-buried treasure)
Ruhe in Frieden (Schreit’ sachte, hier ruht sie) - G. Bachlund RUS
Sárga szimfónia (Az omnibusz a hidra bú)
Schreit’ sachte, hier ruht sie RUS - G. Bachlund
Serenade (For Music) (The western wind is blowing fair)
Six weeks the guardsman walked the yard (from The Ballad of Reading Gaol (2nd version))
Sonnet 'On hearing the Dies Iræ sung in the Sistine Chapel' (Nay, Lord, not thus! white lilies in the spring) - D. Ruyneman
Sonnet (Nay, Lord, not thus! white lilies in the spring) - M. Williamson
Still, daß es sie nicht stört FRE RUS - E. Schulhoff (Requiescat)
Still, daß sie es nicht hört FRE RUS (Requiescat) - E. Schulhoff
Stupaj legko: ved' obitajet = Ступай легко: ведь обитает GER GER - A. Kreyn (Requiescat)
Symphony in yellow (An omnibus across the bridge) - C. Blyton, C. Griffes HUN
The apple trees are hung with gold HUN - E. McKenzie, C. Scott, C. Seeger (Endymion)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol (first version) (He did not wear his scarlet coat)
The garden (The lily's withered chalice falls) - H. Jervis-Read HUN
The harlot's house (We caught the tread of dancing feet) - G. Bachlund, T. Pasatieri
The lily's withered chalice falls HUN - C. Griffes, H. Jervis-Read (Le jardin)
Theoretikos (Agyaglábon pihen e nagy-nagy ország)
Theoretikos (This mighty empire hath but feet of clay) - C. Berg HUN
There is no chapel on the day (from The Ballad of Reading Gaol (2nd version))
The sea is fleck'd with bars of gray - J. Carpenter (Les silhouettes)
The sea (A white mist drifts across the shrouds) - H. Jervis-Read HUN
The sky is laced with fitful red HUN - C. Griffes (Le réveillon)
The Sphinx [Song cycle] (In a dim corner of my room for longer than my fancy thinks) - G. Bantock
The Sphinx (In a dim corner of my room for longer than my fancy thinks)
The Thames nocturne of blue and gold HUN - C. Griffes (Impression de Matin)
The western wind is blowing fair - F. Cowen, H. Jervis-Read, O. Wilde (Serenade (For Music))
The wild bee reels from bough to bough - J. Carpenter (Her voice)
This mighty empire hath but feet of clay HUN - C. Berg (Theoretikos)
To drift with every passion till my soul - T. Pasatieri (Helas)
To Helen (The western wind is blowing fair) - F. Cowen, O. Wilde
To outer senses there is peace UKR RUS - C. Griffes (La Fuite de la Lune)
Tread lightly, she is near GER GER RUS - G. Bachlund, H. Boatwright, G. Butterworth, K. Clarke, H. Clough-Leighter, G. Cory, L. Dallapiccola, M. Emery, F. Farkas, C. Haubiel, H. Jervis-Read, R. Jones, G. McKay, T. Pasatieri, N. Rorem, E. Sharpe, D. Van Vactor, G. Young (Requiescat)
Tread lightly, she is near (Tread lightly, she is near) - L. Dallapiccola GER GER RUS
Under the balcony (O beautiful star with the crimson mouth!) (from Shakespearean Show Book)
Under the rose-tree's dancing shade HUN - G. Bachlund, E. Diemer, G. Gover (Le panneau)
Under the rose-tree's dancing shade (Under the rose-tree's dancing shade) - E. Diemer HUN
Vörös az égen a szegély (Le réveillon) -
Vtecha mіsjacja = Втеча місяця (Chuttjam pozhivi tut nemaє = Чуттям поживи тут немає) - B. Lyatoshynsky RUS *
We caught the tread of dancing feet - G. Bachlund, T. Pasatieri (The harlot's house)

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