Texts by T. Campion set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)

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A Hymn in Praise of Neptune (Of Neptune's empire let us sing) - C. Stanford
All lookes be pale, harts cold as stone - T. Campion
All lookes be pale (All lookes be pale, harts cold as stone) - T. Campion
Amaryllis (I care not for these Ladies) - C. Gibbs, J. Jeffreys DUT FRI
As by the streames of Babilon (As by the streames of Babilon) - T. Campion
As by the streames of Babilon - T. Campion
A secret loue or two I must confesse - T. Campion
A secret love (A secret loue or two I must confesse) - T. Campion
Author of light, revive my dying sprite - T. Campion
Author of Light (Author of light, revive my dying sprite) - T. Campion
Awake, awake, thou heavy sprite (Awake, awake! thou heavy sprite) - T. Campion GER
Bang nach Musik, seufzt mein vereinsamt Herz (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten) (Trostlied) -
Bangnis (Schon will die Nacht den dunkeln Vorhang breiten) (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten) SPA
Beauty is but a painted hell (Beauty is but a painted hell) - T. Campion, D. Hol
Beauty is but a painted hell - T. Campion, D. Hol
Beauty, since you so much desire (Beauty, since you so much desire) - T. Campion
Beauty, since you so much desire - T. Campion
Be thou then my Beauty named (Be thou then my Beauty named) - T. Campion, G. Peel
Be thou then my Beauty named - T. Campion, G. Peel
Bittgesuch (Feuer, das brennen soll, will, daß man's nährt) (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten)
Blame not my cheeks, though pale with loue they be (Blame not my cheeks, though pale with loue they be) - T. Campion
Blame not my cheeks, though pale with loue they be - T. Campion
Brauely deckt, come forth, bright day (Brauely deckt, come forth, bright day) - T. Campion
Brauely deckt, come forth, bright day - T. Campion
Breake now my heart and dye, Oh no, she may relent - T. Campion
Breake now my heart and dye (Breake now my heart and dye, Oh no, she may relent) - T. Campion
Bring away this Sacred Tree - T. Campion
Cherry ripe (There is a garden in her face) - E. Moeran DUT
Come a shore, come, merrie mates - T. Campion
Come away, arm'd with loues delights (Come away, arm'd with loues delights) - T. Campion
Come away, arm'd with loues delights - T. Campion
Come, cheerful day, part of my life, to me - T. Campion
Come, cheerful day (Come, cheerful day, part of my life, to me) - T. Campion
Come, let vs sound with melody, the praises (Come, let vs sound with melody, the praises) - T. Campion
Come, let vs sound with melody, the praises - T. Campion
Come, my life's delight (Come, O come, my life's delight!) - W. Hurlstone FRE
Come, O come my life's delight (Come, O come, my life's delight!) - T. Campion, R. Clarke, I. Gurney, B. Holmes, D. Lang FRE
Come, O come, my life's delight! FRE - T. Campion, R. Clarke, I. Gurney, B. Holmes, W. Hurlstone, D. Lang, R. Quilter
Come, you pretty false-ey'd wanton (Come, you pretty false-ey'd wanton) - T. Campion
Come, you pretty false-ey'd wanton - T. Campion
Could my heart more tongues imploy (Could my heart more tongues imploy) - T. Campion
Could my heart more tongues imploy - T. Campion
Darf ich, Süße, bei dir sein (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten) (Verstimmtes Ständchen) -
Faine would I my loue disclose (Faine would I my loue disclose) - T. Campion
Faine would I my loue disclose - T. Campion
Faine would I wed a faire yong man that day and night could please mee - T. Campion
Faine would I wed a faire yong man (Faine would I wed a faire yong man that day and night could please mee) - T. Campion
Fair, if you expect admiring (Fair, if you expect admiring) - T. Campion
Fair, if you expect admiring - T. Campion
Feuer, das brennen soll, will, daß man's nährt (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten) (Bittgesuch) -
Fire, fire, fire, fire, loe here I burne in such desire
Fire, fire, fire, fire - T. Campion, D. Hol
Fire, fire, fire (Fire, fire, fire, fire) - T. Campion, D. Hol
Fire that must flame is with apt fuel fed GER - T. Campion
Fire that must flame (Fire that must flame is with apt fuel fed) - T. Campion GER
Followe thy faire sunne unhappy shaddowe - T. Campion, T. Kroll, V. Thomson
Followe thy faire sunne (Followe thy faire sunne unhappy shaddowe) - T. Campion
Follow thy fair sun (Followe thy faire sunne unhappy shaddowe) - T. Kroll, V. Thomson
Follow your saint follow with accents sweet - T. Campion, W. Davies, H. Procter-Gregg, V. Thomson
Follow your saint (Follow your saint follow with accents sweet) - T. Campion, W. Davies, H. Procter-Gregg, V. Thomson
Gebet (Wach auf, wach auf aus deinem Nichts) (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten)
Give beauty all her right (Give Beauty all her right!) - T. Campion
Give Beauty all her right! - T. Campion
Goe, happy man, like th'Euening Starre - T. Campion
Good men, shew, if you can tell (Good men, shew, if you can tell) - T. Campion
Good men, shew, if you can tell - T. Campion
Harden now thy tyred hart, with more then flinty rage - T. Campion
Harden now thy tyred hart (Harden now thy tyred hart, with more then flinty rage) - T. Campion
Harke all you ladies that do sleep - T. Campion
Harke all you ladies (Harke all you ladies that do sleep) - T. Campion
Heart's music (Tune thy Musicke to thy hart) - R. Vaughan Williams
Her rosie cheekes, her euer smiling eyes (Her rosie cheekes, her euer smiling eyes) - T. Campion
Her rosie cheekes, her euer smiling eyes - T. Campion
How eas'ly wert thou chained (How eas'ly wert thou chained) - T. Campion
How eas'ly wert thou chained - T. Campion
I care not for these Ladies (I care not for these Ladies) - T. Campion, B. Holmes DUT FRI
I care not for these Ladies DUT FRI - T. Campion, C. Gibbs, B. Holmes, J. Jeffreys
I care not for those Ladies DUT FRI
If thou long'st so much to learn, sweet boy, what 'tis to love - T. Campion
If thou long'st so much to learn (If thou long'st so much to learn, sweet boy, what 'tis to love) - T. Campion
I must complain, yet doe enioy my Loue - T. Campion
I must complain (I must complain, yet doe enioy my Loue) - T. Campion
It fell on a sommers day (It fell on a sommers day) - T. Campion SPA
It fell on a sommers day SPA - T. Campion
Jack and Jone (Jacke and Jone they think no ill) - T. Campion
Jacke and Jone they think no ill - T. Campion
Kinde are her answeres (Kinde are her answeres) - T. Campion
Kinde are her answeres - T. Campion
Leaue prolonging thy distresse (Leaue prolonging thy distresse) - T. Campion
Leaue prolonging thy distresse - T. Campion
Leave prolonging thy distress
Lift vp to heau'n, sad wretch, thy heauy spright - T. Campion
Lift vp to heau'n, sad wretch (Lift vp to heau'n, sad wretch, thy heauy spright) - T. Campion
Lighten, heauy heart, thy spright (Lighten, heauy heart, thy spright) - T. Campion
Lighten, heauy heart, thy spright - T. Campion
Loe, when backe mine eye (Loe, when backe mine eye) - T. Campion
Loe, when backe mine eye - T. Campion
Loue me or not, loue her I must or dye (Loue me or not, loue her I must or dye) - T. Campion
Loue me or not, loue her I must or dye - T. Campion
Love me or not, love her I must or die
Lo when back mine eye
Maids are simple, some men say
Männerstolz (Schön bist du nicht, bist du auch rot und weiß) (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten)
Maydes are simple, some men say (Maydes are simple, some men say) - T. Campion
Maydes are simple, some men say - T. Campion
Mistris, since you so much desire (Mistris, since you so much desire) - T. Campion
Mistris, since you so much desire - T. Campion
Most sweet and pleasing are thy wayes, O God - T. Campion
Most sweet and pleasing are thy ways (Most sweet and pleasing are thy wayes, O God) - T. Campion
My life's delight (Come, O come, my life's delight!) - R. Quilter FRE
My loue hath vowd hee will forsake mee (My loue hath vowd hee will forsake mee) - T. Campion
My loue hath vowd hee will forsake mee - T. Campion
My love hath vowed he will forsake me
My sweetest Lesbia, let vs liue and loue (My sweetest Lesbia, let vs liue and loue) - T. Campion
My sweetest Lesbia, let vs liue and loue - T. Campion
Neuer loue vnlesse you can (Neuer loue vnlesse you can) - T. Campion
Neuer loue vnlesse you can - T. Campion
Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore - E. Bunge, T. Campion, W. Davies, C. Parry, H. Procter-Gregg, R. Shephard, C. Wood
Never weather-beaten sail (Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore) - E. Bunge, T. Campion, W. Davies, C. Parry, H. Procter-Gregg, R. Shephard, C. Wood
Now winter nights enlarge (Now winter nights enlarge) - T. Campion, D. Hol, B. Holmes
Now winter nights enlarge - G. Busby, T. Campion, D. Hol, B. Holmes, P. Moore
O be still, be still, unquiet thoughts, and rest on love's adventer - P. Warlock
O deare that I with thee might liue (O deare that I with thee might liue) - T. Campion
O deare that I with thee might liue - T. Campion
Of Neptune's empire let us sing - C. Stanford (A Hymn in Praise of Neptune)
Oft have I sigh'd for him that hears me not - T. Campion
Oft have I sigh'd (Oft have I sigh'd for him that hears me not) - T. Campion
O sweet delight () - D. Hol [x]
Out of my soules deapth to thee my cryes have sounded - T. Campion
Out of my soules deapth (Out of my soules deapth to thee my cryes have sounded) - T. Campion
O what vnhop't for sweet supply (O what vnhop't for sweet supply !) - T. Campion
O what vnhop't for sweet supply ! - T. Campion
Pin'd I am and like to die (Pin'd I am and like to die) - T. Campion
Pin'd I am and like to die - T. Campion
Rose cheek'd Laura, come (Rose cheek'd Laura, come) - T. Campion, I. Gurney, V. Thomson
Rose cheek'd Laura, come - T. Campion, I. Gurney, V. Thomson
Schön bist du nicht, bist du auch rot und weiß (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten) (Männerstolz) -
Schon will die Nacht den dunkeln Vorhang breiten (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten) SPA (Bangnis) -
Seeke the Lord, and in his wayes perseuer (Seeke the Lord, and in his wayes perseuer) - T. Campion
Seeke the Lord, and in his wayes perseuer - T. Campion
See where she flies enrag'd from me (See where she flies enrag'd from me) - T. Campion
See where she flies enrag'd from me - T. Campion
Shall I come, sweet love, to thee GER GER - T. Campion
Shall I come, sweet love? (Shall I come, sweet love, to thee) - T. Campion GER GER
Sieh mich, Herr: auch ich bin Dein! (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten) (Tagruf) -
Silent music (Rose cheek'd Laura, come) - I. Gurney
Silly boy, 'tis ful Moone yet thy night as day shines clearely - T. Campion
Silly boy, 'tis ful Moone (Silly boy, 'tis ful Moone yet thy night as day shines clearely) - T. Campion
Sing a song of ioy (Sing a song of ioy) - T. Campion
Sing a song of ioy - T. Campion
Sleepe, angry beauty, sleep, and feare not me - T. Campion
Sleepe, angry beauty (Sleepe, angry beauty, sleep, and feare not me) - T. Campion
So many loues haue I neglected (So many loues haue I neglected) - T. Campion
So many loues haue I neglected - T. Campion
Song: Bring away this Sacred Tree (Bring away this Sacred Tree) - T. Campion
Song: Come a shore, come, merrie mates (Come a shore, come, merrie mates) - T. Campion
Song: Goe, happy man (Goe, happy man, like th'Euening Starre) - T. Campion
Song: While dancing rests (While dancing rests, fit place to musicke graunting) - T. Campion
So quicke, so hot, so mad is thy fond sute - T. Campion
So quicke, so hot, so mad (So quicke, so hot, so mad is thy fond sute) - T. Campion
Sweet, exclude mee not, nor be divided (Sweet, exclude mee not, nor be divided) - T. Campion
Sweet, exclude mee not, nor be divided - T. Campion
Tagruf (Sieh mich, Herr: auch ich bin Dein!) (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten)
The cypress curtain of the night is spread GER SPA - T. Campion
The cypress curtain of the night (The cypress curtain of the night is spread) - T. Campion GER SPA
The Lover's Maze (O be still, be still, unquiet thoughts, and rest on love's adventer) - P. Warlock
The man of life upright (The man of life vpright) - T. Loevendie
The man of life vpright, whose chearfull minde is free
The man of life vpright, whose guiltlesse hart is free
The man of life vpright (The man of life vpright) - T. Campion
The man of life vpright (The man of life vpright) - T. Campion
The man of life vpright - T. Campion, T. Loevendie
The man of life vpright - T. Campion
The peacefull westerne winde (The peacefull westerne winde) - T. Campion
The peacefull westerne winde - T. Campion
There is a garden in her face (There is a garden in her face) - R. Allison, G. Bush, T. Campion, B. Holmes, J. Ireland, E. Moeran, V. Thomson DUT
There is none, O none but you (There is none, O none but you) - T. Campion
There is none, O none but you - T. Campion
Thinke you to seduce me so with words that haue no meaning - W. Corkine
Thinke you to seduce me so (Thinke you to seduce me so with words that haue no meaning) - W. Corkine
Think'st thou to seduce me then with words that have no meaning? - T. Campion
Think'st thou to seduce me then (Think'st thou to seduce me then with words that have no meaning?) - T. Campion
Thou art not fair for all thy red and white GER - T. Campion, I. Gurney, N. Lanier
Thou art not fair (Thou art not fair for all thy red and white) - T. Campion, I. Gurney, N. Lanier GER
Though you are young and I am old (Though you are young and I am old) - T. Campion
Though you are young and I am old - T. Campion
Though your strangenesse frets my hart (Though your strangenesse frets my hart) - T. Campion
Though your strangenesse frets my hart - T. Campion
Thou ioy'st, fond boy, to be by many loued (Thou ioy'st, fond boy, to be by many loued) - T. Campion
Thou ioy'st, fond boy, to be by many loued - T. Campion
Thrice tosse these Oaken ashes in the ayre - T. Campion, I. Gurney, B. Holmes, D. Steele
Thrice tosse these Oaken ashes (Thrice tosse these Oaken ashes in the ayre) - T. Campion
Thrice toss these oaken ashes in the air (Thrice tosse these Oaken ashes in the ayre) - B. Holmes, D. Steele
Thrice toss these oaken ashes up in air (Thrice tosse these Oaken ashes in the ayre) - I. Gurney
To Corinna singing (When to her lute Corrina sings) - M. White
To his sweet Lute Apollo sung the motions of the Spheares - T. Campion
To his sweet Lute (To his sweet Lute Apollo sung the motions of the Spheares) - T. Campion
To Musicke bent is my retyred minde (To Musicke bent is my retyred minde) - T. Campion GER
To Musicke bent is my retyred minde GER - T. Campion
Trostlied (Bang nach Musik, seufzt mein vereinsamt Herz) (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten)
Tune thy Musicke to thy hart (Tune thy Musicke to thy hart) - T. Campion
Tune thy Musicke to thy hart - T. Campion, W. Davies, H. Procter-Gregg, R. Vaughan Williams
Tune thy music to thy heart (Tune thy Musicke to thy hart) - W. Davies, H. Procter-Gregg
Turn back you wanton flyer
Turne all thy thoughts to eyes (Turne all thy thoughts to eyes) - T. Campion
Turne all thy thoughts to eyes - T. Campion
Turne backe you wanton flyer (Turne backe you wanton flyer) - T. Campion
Turne backe you wanton flyer - T. Campion
Vaile, loue, mine eyes : O hide from me - T. Campion
Vaile, loue, mine eyes (Vaile, loue, mine eyes : O hide from me) - T. Campion
Vaine men, whose follies make a God of Loue (Vaine men, whose follies make a God of Loue) - T. Campion
Vaine men, whose follies make a God of Loue - T. Campion
Verstimmtes Ständchen (Darf ich, Süße, bei dir sein) (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten)
View mee, Lord, a worke of thine (View mee, Lord, a worke of thine) - T. Campion GER
View mee, Lord, a worke of thine GER - T. Campion
Wach auf, wach auf aus deinem Nichts (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten) (Gebet) -
What harvest halfe so sweet is (What harvest halfe so sweet is) - T. Campion
What harvest halfe so sweet is - T. Campion
What if a day, or a month, or a yeare? (What if a day, or a month, or a yeare) - J. Dowland [misattributed] ITA (Text: Anonymous)
What if a day, or a month, or a yeare [misattributed] ITA (Text: Anonymous) - J. Dowland
What is a day, what is a yeere? (What is a day, what is a yeere?) - P. Rosseter
What is a day, what is a yeere? - P. Rosseter
What is it all that men possesse, among themselues conuersing ? - T. Campion
What is it all that men possesse (What is it all that men possesse, among themselues conuersing ?) - T. Campion
What then is loue but mourning? (What then is loue but mourning?) - P. Rosseter
What then is loue but mourning? - P. Rosseter
When Laura smiles her sight reuiues both night and day SPA - P. Rosseter
When Laura smiles (When Laura smiles her sight reuiues both night and day) - P. Rosseter SPA
When the God of merrie loue (When the God of merrie loue) - T. Campion
When the God of merrie loue - T. Campion
When thou must home to shades of under ground - T. Campion
When thou must home (When thou must home to shades of under ground) - T. Campion
When to her lute Corinna sings (When to her lute Corrina sings) - E. Diemer
When to her lute Corrina sings (When to her lute Corrina sings) - T. Campion, B. Holmes
When to her lute Corrina sings - T. Campion, E. Diemer, B. Holmes, M. White
Where are all thy beauties now, all harts enchayning? - T. Campion
Where are all thy beauties now (Where are all thy beauties now, all harts enchayning?) - T. Campion
Where shall I refuge seeke, if you refuse mee ? - T. Campion
Where shall I refuge seeke (Where shall I refuge seeke, if you refuse mee ?) - T. Campion
Where shee her sacred bowre adornes (Where shee her sacred bowre adornes) - T. Campion
Where shee her sacred bowre adornes - T. Campion
While dancing rests, fit place to musicke graunting - T. Campion
Winter nights (Now winter nights enlarge) - G. Busby, P. Moore
Wise men patience never want (Wise men patience never want) - T. Campion
Wise men patience never want - T. Campion
Yet once again, let us our measures move (Yet once again, let us our measures move) - E. Rubbra
Yet once again, let us our measures move - E. Rubbra
Young and simple though I am (Young and simple though I am) - T. Campion, N. Lanier
Young and simple though I am - T. Campion, N. Lanier
Your faire lookes enflame my desire (Your faire lookes enflame my desire) - T. Campion
Your faire lookes enflame my desire - T. Campion

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