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

Text Collections:

• A Feast of Lanterns
• A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China
• The Classics of Confucius. Book of Odes (Shi-King)

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

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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
• 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 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)
• 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 (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
• 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
• 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
• 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 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 - 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) - 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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