Texts by L. Cranmer-Byng set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Launcelot Alfred Cranmer-Byng (1872 - 1945)

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Across the willow-lake a temple shines (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock (The Island of Pines) ⊗
A dream of spring (Last night within my chamber's gloom) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock ⊗
Adrift (We cannot keep the gold of yesterday) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock GER
A feast of lanterns (In spring for sheer delight) (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock, C. Griffes ⊗
A gale goes ruffling down the stream (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock (Desondent) ⊗
A King of Liang (There was a King of Liang -- a king of wondrous might) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - F. Allitsen CZE
A King of Tang (There looms a lordly pleasure-tower o'er yon dim shore) (from A Feast of Lanterns) ⊗
Along the stream (The rustling nightfall strews my gown with roses) (from A Feast of Lanterns) - B. Dieren, P. Warlock
A lovely maiden, roaming (A lovely maiden, roaming) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Branscombe ⊗
A lovely maiden, roaming (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock, G. Branscombe (Return of Spring) ⊗
And there are tears (High o'er the hill the moon barque steers) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock GER ⊗
A Night on the Mountain (I sat upon the mountain-side and watched) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) ⊗
A prayer to Kwan-Yin (Mother of Pity, hear my prayer) (from A Feast of Lanterns) - P. Campbell ⊗
A thing of stone beside Lake Kouen-ming (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock (The celestial weaver) ⊗
Athwart the bed I watch the moonbeams cast a trail (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) FIN GER GER GER SLN FRE FRE FRE (Thoughts in a tranquil night) - G. Branscombe
Athwart the bed (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) FIN GER GER GER SLN FRE FRE FRE - G. Branscombe (Thoughts in a tranquil night)
Autumn across the Frontier (The last red leaves droop sadly o'er the slain) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock ⊗
A world apart (The Lady Moon is my lover) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) ⊗
Clad in blue silk and bright embroidery (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock (Tears in the Spring) ⊗
Death would have ravished her some hapless day (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock ⊗
Desolation (There was a King of Liang -- a king of wondrous might) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock CZE
Desondent (A gale goes ruffling down the stream) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) ⊗
Despair (A gale goes ruffling down the stream) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock ⊗
Disappointment (Still moonlight floods the inner gallery) (from A Feast of Lanterns) ⊗
Down by the eastern gate (from The Classics of Confucius. Book of Odes (Shi-King)) GER - F. Allitsen (The nightlong tryst) ⊗
Down the Hwai (Into the night the sounds of luting flow) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock ⊗
Dreaming at Golden Hill (The stranger merchants faring from the east) (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock
Drifting (We cannot keep the gold of yesterday) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) GER
Exile (Through the green blinds that shelter me) (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock ⊗
Fair is the pine grove and the mountain stream (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Branscombe (Fascination) ⊗
Fair is the pine grove (Fair is the pine grove and the mountain stream) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Branscombe ⊗
Fascination (Fair is the pine grove and the mountain stream) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) ⊗
From silver lamps a thin blue smoke is streaming (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock (The last revel) ⊗
From the tomb of an unknown woman (Mother of Pity, hear my prayer) (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock ⊗
Furl your sail! O furl your sail! - G. Bantock ⊗
Galloping home (Surely there sings no lighter heart than mine beneath the sky!) (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock ⊗
High o'er the hills (High o'er the hill the moon barque steers) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - F. Allitsen GER ⊗
High o'er the hill the moon barque steers (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) GER - F. Allitsen, G. Bachlund, G. Bantock, H. Dixon, C. Griffes, A. Hull, E. Whithorne (Tears) ⊗
Home (Surely there sings no lighter heart than mine beneath the sky!) (from A Feast of Lanterns) ⊗
In exile (Through the green blinds that shelter me) (from A Feast of Lanterns) ⊗
In spring for sheer delight (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock, C. Griffes (A feast of lanterns) ⊗
In the Yellow Dusk (The yellow dusk winds round the city wall) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - E. Horsman ⊗
Into the night the sounds of luting flow (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock (The River and the Leaf) ⊗
In Yung-Yang (I was a child in Yung-yang) (from A Feast of Lanterns) ⊗
I sat upon the mountain-side and watched (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock (A Night on the Mountain) ⊗
I was a child in Yung-yang (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock (In Yung-Yang) ⊗
Last night within my chamber's gloom (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock (A dream of spring) ⊗
Lines from the tomb of an unknown woman (Mother of Pity, hear my prayer) (from A Feast of Lanterns) ⊗
Memories with dusk return (The yellow dusk winds round the city wall) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) ⊗
Memories with the dusk return (The yellow dusk winds round the city wall) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock ⊗
Mother of Pity, hear my prayer (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock, P. Campbell (Lines from the tomb of an unknown woman) ⊗
My Fatherland (Athwart the bed) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Branscombe FIN GER GER GER SLN FRE FRE FRE
Night on the mountain (I sat upon the mountain-side and watched) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock ⊗
No more the peach-tree droops beneath the snow (from A Feast of Lanterns) - B. Allan-Moore (The Palace of Chao-Yang) ⊗
No more the peach tree (No more the peach-tree droops beneath the snow) (from A Feast of Lanterns) - B. Allan-Moore ⊗
On the banks of Jo-Eh (They gather lilies down the stream) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock FRE FRE FRE FRE
On the Banks of Jo-yeh (They gather lilies down the stream) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) FRE FRE FRE FRE
O willow flowers like flakes of snow (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock (Willow flowers) ⊗
Rain from the mountains of Ki-Sho (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock (The court of dreams) ⊗
Red trees, green hills in the sunset, and steppes of boundless grass (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock (The pavilion of abounding joy) ⊗
Return of spring (A lovely maiden, roaming) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock ⊗
Song of the peach-blossom fountain (Furl your sail! O furl your sail!) - G. Bantock ⊗
Still moonlight floods the inner gallery (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock, E. Whithorne (Disappointment) ⊗
Surely there sings no lighter heart than mine beneath the sky! (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock (Home) ⊗
Tears in the Spring (Clad in blue silk and bright embroidery) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) ⊗
Tears (High o'er the hill the moon barque steers) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bachlund, H. Dixon, C. Griffes, A. Hull, E. Whithorne GER ⊗
The Bride cometh (The turtle-dove dwells in the magpie's nest) (from The Classics of Confucius. Book of Odes (Shi-King)) - B. Burrows ⊗
The celestial weaver (A thing of stone beside Lake Kouen-ming) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock ⊗
The court of dreams (Rain from the mountains of Ki-Sho) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock ⊗
The ghost road (The winds and the pines are whispering) (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock ⊗
The golden nenuphar (Still moonlight floods the inner gallery) (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock, E. Whithorne ⊗
The Island of Pines (Across the willow-lake a temple shines) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock ⊗
The Kingfisher's Tower (Clad in blue silk and bright embroidery) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock ⊗
The King of Liang (There was a King of Liang -- a king of wondrous might) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - E. Whithorne CZE
The King of Tang (There looms a lordly pleasure-tower o'er yon dim shore) (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock ⊗
The Lady Moon is my lover (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock, E. Horsman (A world apart) ⊗
The last red leaves droop sadly o'er the slain (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock (Autumn across the Frontier) ⊗
The last revel (From silver lamps a thin blue smoke is streaming) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock ⊗
The lost one (The red gleam o'er the mountains) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock ⊗
The moon surprised us scattered round the tomb (from A Feast of Lanterns) ⊗
The nightless [sic] tryst (Down by the eastern gate) (from The Classics of Confucius. Book of Odes (Shi-King)) - F. Allitsen GER ⊗
The nightlong tryst (Down by the eastern gate) (from The Classics of Confucius. Book of Odes (Shi-King)) GER ⊗
The old fisherman of the mists and waters (The Lady Moon is my lover) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock ⊗
The Palace of Chao-Yang (No more the peach-tree droops beneath the snow) (from A Feast of Lanterns) ⊗
The pavilion of abounding joy (Red trees, green hills in the sunset, and steppes of boundless grass) (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock ⊗
The red gleam o'er the mountains (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock (The lost one) ⊗
There looms a lordly pleasure-tower o'er yon dim shore (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock (A King of Tang) ⊗
There was a King of Liang -- a king of wondrous might (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) CZE - F. Allitsen, G. Bantock, G. Branscombe, E. Whithorne (Desolation)
There was a King of Liang (There was a King of Liang -- a king of wondrous might) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Branscombe CZE
The River and the Leaf (Into the night the sounds of luting flow) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) ⊗
The rustling nightfall strews my gown with roses (from A Feast of Lanterns) - B. Dieren, P. Warlock (Along the stream)
The stranger merchants faring from the east (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock (Dreaming at Golden Hill)
The tomb of Chao-Chün (Death would have ravished her some hapless day) (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock ⊗
The turtle-dove dwells in the magpie's nest (from The Classics of Confucius. Book of Odes (Shi-King)) - B. Burrows (The Bride cometh) ⊗
The waning moon () - F. Allitsen [x] ⊗
The winds and the pines are whispering (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock (The ghost road) ⊗
The yellow dusk winds round the city wall (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock, E. Horsman (Memories with dusk return) ⊗
They gather lilies down the stream (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) FRE FRE FRE FRE - G. Bantock (On the Banks of Jo-yeh)
Thoughts in a tranquil night (Athwart the bed) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) FIN GER GER GER SLN FRE FRE FRE
Through the green blinds that shelter me (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock (In exile) ⊗
Thus wisdom sings (The Lady Moon is my lover) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - E. Horsman ⊗
Under the crescent moon's faint glow (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock (Under the moon)
Under the moon (Under the crescent moon's faint glow) (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) - G. Bantock
We cannot keep the gold of yesterday (from A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China) GER - G. Bantock (Drifting)
When wild geese leave the uplands lone (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock (Wild geese) ⊗
Wild geese (When wild geese leave the uplands lone) (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock ⊗
Willow flowers (O willow flowers like flakes of snow) (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock ⊗
Yung-Yang (I was a child in Yung-yang) (from A Feast of Lanterns) - G. Bantock ⊗

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