Texts by E. Bulwer-Lytton set in Art Songs and Choral Works
Text Collections:
- Paul Clifford
- Rienzi. The Last of the Roman Tribunes
- The Last Days of Pompeii
- The Pilgrims of the Rhine
Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):
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Special notes: All titles and first lines are included in this index, including those used by composers.
Titles used by the text author appear in boldface. First lines appear in italics.
A language code in a blue rectangle like ENG indicates that a translation to that language is available.
A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.
- Absent yet present (As the flight of a river) - M. White FRE GER
- Ah, why art thou sad, my heart? Why (from Rienzi. The Last of the Roman Tribunes) SWE (Lay of the Lady of Provence) -
- An die Entfernte () - M. White FRE [x]
- As sleeps the dreaming Eve below (from Paul Clifford) GER (The Wish) -
- As the flight of a river FRE GER - M. White (Absent, yet present)
- Bei des Glühwurm's Licht im thauigen Kraut - H. Marschner (Der Fee Beschwörung)
- By the glow-worm's lamp in the dewy brake (from The Pilgrims of the Rhine) GER (The fairy's reproach) -
- Clifford's Serenade (There is a world where every night) (from Paul Clifford)
- Comme un fleuve qui porte à la mer ses flots gris GER - M. White [x]
- Der Fee Beschwörung (Bei des Glühwurm's Licht im thauigen Kraut) - H. Marschner
- Hvi är du sorgset arma hjerta? - P. Boman (Text: Anonymous after Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton)
- I love thee, I love thee - F. Allitsen, Cox (The loyalty of love)
- Immortality () - C. Scott [possibly misattributed] [x]
- L'absence (Comme un fleuve qui porte à la mer ses flots gris) - M. White GER [x]
- LAURA! a sunrise seems to break (Melancholy; To Laura) -
- Lay of the Lady of Provence (Ah, why art thou sad, my heart? Why) (from Rienzi. The Last of the Roman Tribunes) SWE
- Love's dial (I love thee, I love thee) - Cox
- Melancholy; To Laura (LAURA! a sunrise seems to break)
- Nydia's Love-Song (The Wind and the Beam loved the Rose) (from The Last Days of Pompeii)
- Nydia's Song (The Wind and the Beam loved the Rose) (from The Last Days of Pompeii) - H. Gubbins
- Sång af den sköna från Provence ur Bulwers Roman Rienzi (Hvi är du sorgset arma hjerta?) - P. Boman (Text: Anonymous after Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton)
- Serenade des Paul Clifford (Wenn unten sanft der Abend träumt) - E. Hanslick
- The fairy's reproach (By the glow-worm's lamp in the dewy brake) (from The Pilgrims of the Rhine) GER
- The loyalty of love (I love thee, I love thee) - F. Allitsen
- There is a world where every night (from Paul Clifford) (Clifford's Serenade) -
- The Wind and the Beam loved the Rose (from The Last Days of Pompeii) - H. Gubbins, H. Steer-Saxby (Nydia's Love-Song)
- The Wind and the Beam (The Wind and the Beam loved the Rose) (from The Last Days of Pompeii) - H. Steer-Saxby
- The Wish (As sleeps the dreaming Eve below) (from Paul Clifford) GER
- Wenn unten sanft der Abend träumt - E. Hanslick
- When stars are in the quiet skies (When stars are in the quiet skies) - C. Ives
- When stars are in the quiet skies (When stars are in the quiet skies) - G. Chadwick, C. Parry
- When stars are in the quiet skies - C. Ives
Last update: 2025-06-08 10:52:03