Texts by U. Vaughan Williams set in Art Songs and Choral Works
Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):
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- Along the green banks by the waterside - B. Roe [x] *
- And if I sing - J. Dove *
- Autobiography (I called them eagles, so they were all eagles) - J. Dove *
- Bronze, where my curious fingers run - J. Roberts *
- Certain parting does not wait its hour - J. Dove *
- Come and buy from our booths all the pleasures of man - R. Vaughan Williams *
- Epitaph (What was your quarry) - A. Hoddinott, B. Roe *
- From joy to fire () - H. Boatwright [x]
- From kingdoms of wisdom secret and far - R. Vaughan Williams [x] *
- Hands, eyes, and heart (Hands, give him all the measure of my love surer than any word) - R. Vaughan Williams *
- Hands, give him all the measure of my love surer than any word - R. Vaughan Williams *
- He did not know his father was a tree - B. Roe [x] *
- I am my own ghost now - A. Hoddinott, B. Roe *
- I called them eagles, so they were all eagles - J. Dove *
- If I am dumb, my hands speak to the earth - J. Dove [x] *
- I have served, so now I may command *
- I have served - A. Hoddinott, B. Roe *
- In old days, in stories that begin - B. Roe [x] *
- I was a cradled child who woke to see the stars - A. Hoddinott, B. Roe *
- I was a cradled child *
- Look in the mirror, soldier, soldier *
- Look in the mirror - A. Hoddinott, B. Roe *
- Lullaby (I was a cradled child who woke to see the stars) - A. Hoddinott, B. Roe *
- Man Have Pity On Man () - K. Swift [x] *
- Man without myth (He did not know his father was a tree) - B. Roe [x] *
- March of the Three Kings (From kingdoms of wisdom secret and far) - R. Vaughan Williams [x] *
- Martha (If I am dumb, my hands speak to the earth) - J. Dove [x] *
- Memory is my silver hound stalking days that time has hidden - A. Hoddinott, B. Roe *
- Memory is my silver hound *
- Menelaus (You will come home, not to the home you knew) - R. Vaughan Williams *
- My love has no measure but the words of other lovers - A. Hoddinott, B. Roe *
- My love has no measure *
- Once upon a time (In old days, in stories that begin) - B. Roe [x] *
- Out of herself the spider draws a thread - J. Dove [x] *
- Penelope (Certain parting does not wait its hour) - J. Dove *
- Procris is lying at the waterside - R. Vaughan Williams *
- Procris (Procris is lying at the waterside) - R. Vaughan Williams *
- Prologue (Memory is my silver hound stalking days that time has hidden) - A. Hoddinott, B. Roe *
- Promise fills the sky with light [x] *
- Silence and music (Silence, come first - Silence) - R. Vaughan Williams *
- Silence, come first - Silence - R. Vaughan Williams *
- Sleep, and I'll be still as another sleeper holding you in my arms - R. Vaughan Williams *
- Spder (Out of herself the spider draws a thread) - J. Dove [x] *
- Spoken to a bronze head (Bronze, where my curious fingers run) - J. Roberts *
- The lover (My love has no measure but the words of other lovers) - A. Hoddinott, B. Roe *
- The old man (I am my own ghost now) - A. Hoddinott, B. Roe *
- The quarry (Along the green banks by the waterside) - B. Roe [x] *
- The schoolboy (When learning came) - A. Hoddinott, B. Roe *
- The Siren (And if I sing) - J. Dove *
- The soldier (Look in the mirror) - A. Hoddinott, B. Roe *
- The Song of Vanity Fair (Come and buy from our booths all the pleasures of man) - R. Vaughan Williams *
- The statesman (I have served) - A. Hoddinott, B. Roe *
- Time Being (Time is, time was, time will be) - J. Dove [x] *
- Time is, time was, time will be - J. Dove [x] *
- Tired (Sleep, and I'll be still as another sleeper holding you in my arms) - R. Vaughan Williams *
- What was your quarry, silver hound? *
- What was your quarry - A. Hoddinott, B. Roe *
- When learning came - A. Hoddinott, B. Roe *
- You will come home, not to the home you knew that your thought remembers *
- You will come home, not to the home you knew - R. Vaughan Williams *
Last update: 2025-06-16 02:00:46