Texts by J. Clare set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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John Clare (1793 - 1864)

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

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All nature has a feeling: woods, fields, brooks GER - M. Savickis (All nature has a feeling)
All nature has a feeling (All nature has a feeling: woods, fields, brooks) - M. Savickis GER
All nature owns with one accord GER - P. Dickinson (Nature's Hymn to the Deity)
An Invite, to Eternity (Say, wilt thou go with me, sweet maid?) (from John Clare: Poems) - I. Venables
Autumn (I love the fitful gust that shakes) (from John Clare: Poems)
Badger (When midnight comes a host of dogs and men) (from John Clare: Poems) - P. Dickinson
Ballad (Winter's gone, the summer breezes) (from The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems) GER
Birds' lament (Oh, says the linnet, if I sing) (from Madrigals and Chronicles)
Born upon an angel's breast (In crime and enmity they lie) - I. Venables GER
Break of day (The lark he rises early) - I. Stephens
Byron's Funeral (My eye was arrested by straggling groups of common people) - D. Thomas
Clock-a-clay (In the cowslip pips I lie) (from Life and Remains of John Clare) - R. Bennett, C. Gibbs, T. Hold
Come queen of months in company (May) - B. Britten
Conclusion (Dear Sir, / I am in a Madhouse and quite forget your Name) - D. Thomas
Dear Sir, / I am in a Madhouse and quite forget your Name - D. Thomas
Early Nightingale (When first we hear the shy-come nightingales) (from John Clare: Poems)
Elegy (I am: yet what I am none cares or knows) (from The Life of John Clare) - K. Roger GER
Enquiry (My dear boy) - D. Thomas
Evening bells (Sweet the merry bells ring round) - I. Venables
Evening Primrose (When once the sun sinks in the west) (from The Rural Muse - Sonnets) CAT DUT GER
Farm Breakfast (Maids shout to breakfast in a merry strife) (from John Clare: Poems) - T. Hold
Farmer's boy (He waits all day beside his little flock) - C. Barratt
Firwood (The fir trees taper into twigs and wear) (from John Clare: Poems)
God looks on nature with a glorious eye - D. Thomas
Hares at play (The birds are gone to bed, the cows are still)
He loved the brook's soft sound (from John Clare: Poems) - S. Dodgson (Peasant Poet)
Here morning in the ploughman's songs is met (from John Clare: Poems) - I. Gurney (Ploughman singing)
He waits all day beside his little flock - C. Barratt
I am: yet what I am none cares or knows (from The Life of John Clare) GER - T. Hold, T. Mirante, K. Roger, D. Thomas, I. Venables (I am)
I am (I am: yet what I am none cares or knows) (from The Life of John Clare) - T. Hold, T. Mirante, D. Thomas, I. Venables GER
Ich bin! Doch was ich bin - mag's keiner wissen? - G. Bachlund (Ich bin)
Ich bin (Ich bin! Doch was ich bin - mag's keiner wissen?) - G. Bachlund
I love the fitful gust that shakes (from John Clare: Poems) - R. Werther (Autumn)
I love the fitful gust (I love the fitful gust that shakes) (from John Clare: Poems) - R. Werther
In a Madhouse (Dear Sir, / I am in a Madhouse and quite forget your Name) - D. Thomas
In crime and enmity they lie GER - I. Venables (Love cannot die)
In the cowslip pips I lie (from Life and Remains of John Clare) - R. Bennett, C. Gibbs, T. Hold, J. Wilson (Clock-a-clay)
In the cowslip pips I lie (In the cowslip pips I lie) (from Life and Remains of John Clare) - J. Wilson
Invitation to Eternity (Say, wilt thou go with me, sweet maid?) (from John Clare: Poems) - D. Dorward, P. Standford
It is the evening hour (It is the evening hour) (from John Clare: Poems) - H. Clark, S. Fraser GER
It is the evening hour (from John Clare: Poems) GER - H. Clark, S. Fraser, L. Walters (Mary Bayfield)
I've often tried, when tending sheep and cow - T. Hold (The mock bird)
I wandered out one rainy day - T. Greaves
Little Trotty Wagtail he went in the rain (from Life and Remains of John Clare) - E. Bainton, A. Bullard, I. Copley, S. Dodgson, T. Greaves, G. Jacob, J. Jeffreys, J. Raynor, E. Rubbra, M. Shaw, P. Warlock, J. Wilson (Little Trotty Wagtail)
Little Trotty Wagtail (Little Trotty Wagtail he went in the rain) (from Life and Remains of John Clare) - E. Bainton, A. Bullard, I. Copley, T. Greaves, G. Jacob, J. Jeffreys, J. Raynor, E. Rubbra, M. Shaw, P. Warlock
Love cannot die (In crime and enmity they lie) GER
Love lives beyond the tomb (Love lives beyond the tomb) (from Life and Remains of John Clare) - I. Venables, R. Werther GER
Love Lives Beyond (Love lives beyond the tomb) (from Life and Remains of John Clare) - I. Venables GER
Love, meet me in the green glen - B. Elias
Maids shout to breakfast in a merry strife (from John Clare: Poems) - T. Hold (Farm Breakfast)
Market Day (With arms and legs at work and gentle stroke) (from John Clare: Poems) - T. Hold
Mary Bayfield (It is the evening hour) (from John Clare: Poems) GER
May (Come queen of months in company)
Meet me in the green glen (Love, meet me in the green glen) - B. Elias
Morning (O now the crimson east, its fire-streak burning) (from The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems) - R. Roderick-Jones
My dear boy - D. Thomas
My eye was arrested by straggling groups of common people - D. Thomas (Byron's Funeral)
Nature's Hymn to the Deity (All nature owns with one accord) - P. Dickinson GER
Nobody will own me or have me at any price [x] * (To Mary Collingwood) -
No sort of learning ever hurt his head [x] - T. Hold (The lout)
November (The shepherds almost wonder where they dwell) - T. Greaves, T. Hold
Oh, says the linnet, if I sing (from Madrigals and Chronicles) - R. Bennett, H. Tye (Birds' lament)
O Life, thy name to me's a galling sound (from The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems) - D. Diamond (On Death)
On Death (O Life, thy name to me's a galling sound) (from The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems) - D. Diamond
O now the crimson east, its fire-streak burning (from The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems) - R. Roderick-Jones (Morning)
Peasant Poet (He loved the brook's soft sound) (from John Clare: Poems) - S. Dodgson
Ploughman singing (Here morning in the ploughman's songs is met) (from John Clare: Poems) - I. Gurney
Quail's Nest (I wandered out one rainy day) - T. Greaves
Say, wilt thou go with me, sweet maid? (from John Clare: Poems) - D. Dorward, P. Standford, I. Venables (Invitation to Eternity)
Shepherd's Rondel (Winter's gone, the summer breezes) (from The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems) - A. Rowley GER
Simple enchantress! wreath'd in summer blooms (from The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems) - R. Roderick-Jones (To the Rural Muse)
Song's Eternity (What is song's eternity?) (from John Clare: Poems) - E. Boyce, L. Lethbridge, M. Short, P. Standford, J. Wilson
Sweet the merry bells ring round - I. Venables
The birds are gone to bed, the cows are still - J. Wilson (Hares at play)
The birds are gone to bed (The birds are gone to bed, the cows are still) - J. Wilson
The birds' lament (Oh, says the linnet, if I sing) (from Madrigals and Chronicles) - R. Bennett, H. Tye
The driving boy beside his team (May) - B. Britten
The early nightingale (When first we hear the shy-come nightingales) (from John Clare: Poems) - R. Bennett
The evening primrose (When once the sun sinks in the west) (from The Rural Muse - Sonnets) - B. Britten CAT DUT GER
The fir trees taper into twigs and wear (from John Clare: Poems) - R. Werther (Firwood)
The firtrees taper (The fir trees taper into twigs and wear) (from John Clare: Poems) - R. Werther
The Fox (The shepherd on his journey heard when nigh) (from John Clare: Poems) - S. Dodgson
The insect world amid the suns and dew - R. Bennett
The insect world (The insect world amid the suns and dew) - R. Bennett
The lark he rises early - I. Stephens
The lost one (It is the evening hour) (from John Clare: Poems) - L. Walters GER
The lout (No sort of learning ever hurt his head) - T. Hold [x]
The mock bird (I've often tried, when tending sheep and cow) - T. Hold
There is a charm in solitude that cheers (There is a charm in Solitude that cheers) - D. Thomas
The shepherd on his journey heard when nigh (from John Clare: Poems) - S. Dodgson (The Fox)
The shepherds almost wonder where they dwell - T. Greaves, T. Hold (November)
The turkeys wade the close to catch the bees (from John Clare: Poems) - S. Dodgson (Turkeys)
The winter robin () - A. Bullard [x]
To John Clare (Well, honest John, how fare you now at home?) (from John Clare: Poems) - T. Hold
To Mary Collingwood (Nobody will own me or have me at any price) [x] *
To the Rural Muse (Simple enchantress! wreath'd in summer blooms) (from The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems) - R. Roderick-Jones
Trotty Wagtail (Little Trotty Wagtail he went in the rain) (from Life and Remains of John Clare) - S. Dodgson, J. Wilson
Turkeys (The turkeys wade the close to catch the bees) (from John Clare: Poems) - S. Dodgson
Twas born upon an angel's breast GER (Love cannot die) - I. Venables
Well, honest John, how fare you now at home? (from John Clare: Poems) - T. Hold (To John Clare)
What is song's eternity? (from John Clare: Poems) - E. Boyce, L. Lethbridge, M. Short, P. Standford, J. Wilson (Song's Eternity)
When first we hear the shy-come nightingales (from John Clare: Poems) - R. Bennett, R. Werther (Early Nightingale)
When first we hear (When first we hear the shy-come nightingales) (from John Clare: Poems) - R. Werther
When midnight comes a host of dogs and men (from John Clare: Poems) - P. Dickinson, J. Wilson (Badger)
When midnight comes (When midnight comes a host of dogs and men) (from John Clare: Poems) - J. Wilson
When once the sun sinks in the west (from The Rural Muse - Sonnets) CAT DUT GER - B. Britten (Evening Primrose)
Wilt thou go with me, sweet maid (from John Clare: Poems) (Invitation to Eternity) - D. Dorward, N. Muhly, P. Standford, I. Venables
Winter's gone, the summer breezes (from The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems) GER - W. Bennett, A. Rowley (Ballad)
Winter's gone (Winter's gone, the summer breezes) (from The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems) - W. Bennett GER
Winter's Macht ist überwunden - W. Bennett
Winters Macht (Winter's Macht ist überwunden) - W. Bennett
With a glorious eye (God looks on nature with a glorious eye) - D. Thomas
With arms and legs at work and gentle stroke (from John Clare: Poems) - T. Hold (Market Day)
You told me to enquire about my old companions

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