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

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William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)

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A complaint (There is a change -- and I am poor) - R. Owens
A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by GER (To Sleep) -
An den Schlaf (Die Herde Schlaf, die gemächlich zieht) - E. Pepping
And O, ye Fountains, Meadows, Hills, and Groves (Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood) - D. Crozier, W. Davies, G. Dyson, G. Finzi
And O, ye Fountains, Meadows, Hills, and Groves (There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream) - G. Finzi
A night-piece (The sky is overcast) - W. Bon
A slumber did my spirit seal (A slumber did my spirit seal) (from Lyrical Ballads) - J. Gardner, F. Hart
A slumber did my spirit seal (from Lyrical Ballads) - N. Dodd, J. Gardner, F. Hart (Lucy V)
As one who hangs down-bending from the side - D. Argento
A song for the spinning wheel (Swiftly turn the murmuring wheel!) (from The River Duddon, A series of Sonnets : Vaudracour and Julia : and Other Poems) - H. Antcliffe SWE
Away, away, it is the air - W. Bon (Away, away, it is the air)
Away, away (Away, away, it is the air) - W. Bon
Behold her, single in the field CZE - A. Bullard, M. Chandler, J. Diack, P. Hadley, W. McCauley, G. Rasmussen, R. Schonthal, W. Snell, A. Templeton, E. Thiman, L. Walters, I. Whyte, C. Wood, W. Wordsworth (The solitary reaper)
Behold the Child among his new-born blisses (Behold the Child among his new-born blisses) - G. Finzi
Behold the Child among his new-born blisses - G. Finzi (Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood)
But that night when on my bed I lay, I was most mov'd (from The Prelude or, Growth of a Poet's Mind; An Autobiographical Poem) CAT FRE
But that night when on my bed I lay (But that night) (from The Prelude or, Growth of a Poet's Mind; An Autobiographical Poem) - B. Britten CAT FRE
But that night (from The Prelude or, Growth of a Poet's Mind; An Autobiographical Poem) CAT FRE - B. Britten
Clouds, lingering yet, extend in solid bars - D. Argento
Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Sept. 3, 1803 (Earth has not anything to show more fair)
Daffodils (I wandered lonely as a cloud) - G. Bachlund, H. de Lange, R. Stöhr CHI CZE GER GER HUN POL
Die Herde Schlaf, die gemächlich zieht - E. Pepping
Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own (Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own) - G. Finzi
Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own - G. Finzi (Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood)
Earth has not anything to show more fair - R. Bennett, M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco, J. Eaton, R. Lane, R. Panufnik, A. Piggott, G. Rasmussen, J. Raynor, M. Short, W. Wordsworth (Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Sept. 3, 1803)
Epilogue: De Profundis (The world is too much with us; late and soon) - D. Argento
Fair is the Swan, whose majesty, prevailing - D. Argento
Fair Is The Swan (Fair is the Swan, whose majesty, prevailing) - D. Argento
Fleur des bois et des prairies - C. Gounod [x]
Fleur des bois (Fleur des bois et des prairies) - C. Gounod [x]
From low to high doth dissolution climb - J. Beeson (Mutability)
From 'Lucy' (I travelled among unknown men) (from Lyrical Ballads) - B. Britten CAT
Glide gently, thus for ever, ever glide - W. Walton
Glide gently (Glide gently, thus for ever, ever glide) - W. Walton
Hebridean Song (Behold her, single in the field) - A. Templeton CZE
Hope () - R. Owens [x]
How richly glows the water's breast - J. Fernström (Lines written while sailing In a boat at evening)
Hymn Near the Rapids (Jesu! bless our slender Boat) - D. Argento
I heard a thousand blended notes - O. Freudenthal (Written in early spring)
I heard a thousand... (I heard a thousand blended notes) - O. Freudenthal
In Remembrance Of Schubert (O glide, fair stream! For ever so) - D. Argento
In the mountains () - W. Bon [x]
Intimations of Immortality (There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream) - R. Samuel
It is a beauteous evening, calm and free - R. Birch
It is a beauteous evening (It is a beauteous evening, calm and free) - R. Birch
It is the first mild day of March GER - A. Brejestovsky, B. Randall (To my sister)
I travelled among unknown men (I travelled among unknown men) (from Lyrical Ballads) - B. Britten, N. Dodd, C. Ives CAT
I wandered lonely as a cloud (I wandered lonely as a cloud) - E. Thiman CHI CZE GER GER HUN POL
I wandered lonely as a cloud CHI CZE GER GER HUN POL - G. Bachlund, A. Hailstork, L. Héritte-Viardot, F. Kelley, F. Kelly, H. de Lange, J. Raynor, R. Stöhr, E. Thiman
Jak oblak, cestou já jsem šel CHI GER GER HUN POL (Narcisky) -
Jak obłok ponad pasmem gór (Jak obłok ponad pasmem gór) CHI CZE GER GER HUN
Jesu! bless our slender Boat - D. Argento
Let other bards of angels sing - S. Coleridge-Taylor (To Mary)
Lines written upon Westminster Bridge (Earth has not anything to show more fair) - J. Eaton
Lines written while sailing In a boat at evening (How richly glows the water's breast) - J. Fernström
Little Celandine (Pansies, lilies, kingcups, daisies) - C. Gounod FRE
Lucy I (Strange fits of passion have I known) (from Lyrical Ballads) - N. Dodd
Lucy II (She dwelt among the untrodden ways) (from Lyrical Ballads) - N. Dodd
Lucy III (I travelled among unknown men) (from Lyrical Ballads) - N. Dodd CAT
Lucy IV (Three years she grew in sun and shower) (from Lyrical Ballads) - N. Dodd
Lucy V (A slumber did my spirit seal) (from Lyrical Ballads) - N. Dodd
Lucy Gray (Oft had I heard of Lucy Gray) (from Lyrical Ballads)
Lucy (Oft had I heard of Lucy Gray) (from Lyrical Ballads) - F. Hart
Lucy (She dwelt among the untrodden ways) (from Lyrical Ballads) - S. Coleridge-Taylor
Lutes and voices down th' enchanted woods - D. Argento
Mary (Let other bards of angels sing) - S. Coleridge-Taylor
Music On The Water (Lutes and voices down th' enchanted woods) - D. Argento
Mutability (From low to high doth dissolution climb) - J. Beeson
My heart leaps up when I behold GER - C. Ives, P. Moravec, N. Rorem
My heart leaps up (My heart leaps up when I behold) - P. Moravec GER
Narcisky (Jak oblak, cestou já jsem šel) CHI GER GER HUN POL
No Nightingale did ever chaunt CZE (The solitary reaper) - A. Bullard, M. Chandler, J. Diack, P. Hadley, W. McCauley, G. Rasmussen, R. Schonthal, W. Snell, A. Templeton, E. Thiman, L. Walters, I. Whyte, C. Wood, W. Wordsworth
Now, while the birds thus sing a joyous song (Now, while the birds thus sing a joyous song) - G. Finzi
Now, while the birds thus sing a joyous song - G. Finzi (Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood)
O blithe New-comer! I have heard - A. Bax (To the Cuckoo)
Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood (There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream)
Ode (There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream)
Oft had I heard of Lucy Gray (from Lyrical Ballads) - F. Hart (Lucy Gray)
O glide, fair stream! For ever so - D. Argento
Oh joy! That in our embers
O joy! that in our embers - G. Finzi (Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood)
O joy! that in our embers (O joy! that in our embers) - G. Finzi
O joy! that in our embers - L. Kirchner
On such a night of June (The sun has long been set) - W. Bon
Osamělá žnečka (Viz tamo děvče samotné)
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting - G. Dyson, G. Finzi (Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood)
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting (Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting) - G. Finzi
Our birth is but a sleep (Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting) - G. Dyson
Our birth is but a sleep (There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream) - W. Davies
Pansies, lilies, kingcups, daisies FRE - C. Gounod
Prologue: Shadow And Substance (As one who hangs down-bending from the side) - D. Argento
Seven Daughters had Lord Archibald GER (The Seven Sisters) -
She dwelt among the untrodden ways (from Lyrical Ballads) - S. Coleridge-Taylor, N. Dodd, N. Peros, P. Sacco (Lucy II)
She dwelt among the untrodden ways (She dwelt among the untrodden ways) (from Lyrical Ballads) - N. Peros
She dwelt among untrodden ways (She dwelt among the untrodden ways) (from Lyrical Ballads) - P. Sacco
Sieben Töchter hatte Lord Archibald - J. Rheinberger
Snurra hjulet, raska på - J. Ekström [x] *
So may it be! (My heart leaps up when I behold) - C. Ives GER
Song for the spinning wheel (Swiftly turn the murmuring wheel!) (from The River Duddon, A series of Sonnets : Vaudracour and Julia : and Other Poems) - F. Barbour, W. Ibberson, G. Jacob, M. Peck-Taylor, M. Phillips SWE
Song for the Wandering Jew (Though the torrents from their fountains) - J. Sykes
Song of the Wandering Jew (Though the torrents from their fountains)
Sonnet (Earth has not anything to show more fair) - R. Bennett
Stay near me - do not take thy flight! - R. Stöhr (To a Butterfly)
Strange fits of passion have I known (from Lyrical Ballads) - N. Dodd (Lucy I)
Sweet are the sounds that mingle from afar CHI - D. Argento
Sweet is the love (Up! up! my friend, and clear your looks) - O. Freudenthal
Swiftly turn the murmuring wheel! (from The River Duddon, A series of Sonnets : Vaudracour and Julia : and Other Poems) SWE - H. Antcliffe, F. Barbour, W. Ibberson, G. Jacob, M. Peck-Taylor, M. Phillips (Song for the spinning wheel)
That Mighty Heart (Earth has not anything to show more fair) - R. Panufnik
The Daffodils (I wandered lonely as a cloud) - A. Hailstork, L. Héritte-Viardot, F. Kelley, F. Kelly, J. Raynor CHI CZE GER GER HUN POL
The death of young Romilly : a ballad (What is good for a bootless bene?") - F. Arkwright
The Force of Prayer; or, The Founding of Bolton Priory: A Tradition (What is good for a bootless bene?")
The Lake At Evening (Clouds, lingering yet, extend in solid bars) - D. Argento
The Lake At Night (Sweet are the sounds that mingle from afar) - D. Argento CHI
Then sing, ye Birds, sing, sing a joyous song! (Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood) - D. Crozier, W. Davies, G. Dyson, G. Finzi
Then sing, ye Birds, sing, sing a joyous song! (There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream) - G. Finzi
The rainbow comes and goes - D. Crozier, G. Finzi (Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood)
The Rainbow comes and goes (The rainbow comes and goes) - D. Crozier, G. Finzi
The Rainbow (My heart leaps up when I behold) - N. Rorem GER
There is a change -- and I am poor - R. Owens (A complaint)
There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream - W. Davies, G. Finzi (Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood)
There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream - R. Samuel (Ode)
There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream (There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream) - G. Finzi
The Seven Sisters (Seven Daughters had Lord Archibald) GER
The sky is overcast - W. Bon
The solitary reaper (Behold her, single in the field) - A. Bullard, M. Chandler, J. Diack, P. Hadley, W. McCauley, G. Rasmussen, R. Schonthal, W. Snell, E. Thiman, L. Walters, I. Whyte, C. Wood, W. Wordsworth CZE
The sun has long been set - W. Bon (The sun has long been set)
The tables turned; An Evening Scene on the same Subject (Up! up! my friend, and clear your looks)
The world is too much with us; late and soon - D. Argento, R. Ascham, M. Bargreen, S. Garrop
The world is too much with us (The world is too much with us; late and soon) - R. Ascham, M. Bargreen, S. Garrop
Though the torrents from their fountains - J. Sykes (Song of the Wandering Jew)
Thou, whose exterior semblance doth belie - G. Finzi (Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood)
Thou, whose exterior semblance doth belie (Thou, whose exterior semblance doth belie) - G. Finzi
Three years she grew in sun and shower (from Lyrical Ballads) - N. Dodd (Lucy IV)
To a Butterfly (Stay near me - do not take thy flight!) - R. Stöhr
To Mary (Let other bards of angels sing)
To my sister (It is the first mild day of March) - A. Brejestovsky, B. Randall GER
To Sleep (A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by) GER
To the Cuckoo (O blithe New-comer! I have heard) - A. Bax
Travelling () - W. Bon [x]
Upon Westminster Bridge (Earth has not anything to show more fair) - M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco, A. Piggott, J. Raynor, M. Short
Up! up! my friend, and clear your looks - O. Freudenthal (The tables turned; An Evening Scene on the same Subject)
Visa vid spinnrocken (Snurra hjulet, raska på ) - J. Ekström [x] *
Viz tamo děvče samotné (Osamělá žnečka) -
Vom einsamen Grund (Sieben Töchter hatte Lord Archibald) - J. Rheinberger
Weep not, beloved Friends! nor let the air (from Epitaphs) - S. Coleridge-Taylor, C. Rootham ⊗
Weep not, beloved friends (Weep not, beloved Friends! nor let the air) (from Epitaphs) - S. Coleridge-Taylor, C. Rootham ⊗
Westminster Bridge (Earth has not anything to show more fair) - R. Lane, G. Rasmussen, W. Wordsworth
What is good for a bootless bene?" - F. Arkwright (The Force of Prayer; or, The Founding of Bolton Priory: A Tradition)
Words from Wordsworth (O joy! that in our embers) - L. Kirchner
Written in early spring (I heard a thousand blended notes)
Ye blessed creatures, I have heard the call - G. Finzi (Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood)
Ye blessed Creatures, I have heard the call (Ye blessed creatures, I have heard the call) - G. Finzi
Young Romilly through Barden woods (The Force of Prayer; or, The Founding of Bolton Priory: A Tradition) - F. Arkwright

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