Texts by A. Grant set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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

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• Blodeu'r gwynwydd (How closely the woodbine has twined round my bow'r!) - J. Haydn
• Codiad yr hedydd (See, O see, the breaking day) - J. Haydn
• Could I find a bonny glen - J. Haydn
• Cro Challin (My Colin, lov'd Colin, my Colin, my dear) - J. Haydn ⊗
• Crystal ground (Grisiel ground) (In the vale of Llangollen a cottage is seen) - J. Haydn
• Der treue Johnie (O wann kehrst Du zurück, mein treuer Johnnie!) - G. Kissling [possibly misattributed] ENG FRE (Text: Anonymous after William Smyth)
• Der treue Johnnie (O wann kehrst Du zurück, mein treuer Johnnie!) - L. Beethoven [possibly misattributed] ENG FRE (Text: Anonymous after William Smyth)
• Faithfu' Johnie (When will you come again, my faithfu' Johnie) - L. Beethoven [possibly misattributed] FRE GER
• Faithful Johnny (When will you come again, my faithfu' Johnie) - J. Raynor [possibly misattributed] FRE GER
• Farewell bliss and farewell Nancy (Farewell bliss and farewell Nancy) - L. Beethoven GER
• Ffarwel Ffranses (Farewell, Frances) (O farewell, my Frances, sweet Frances, adieu!) - J. Haydn
• For you, ye fair, the olive spreads - J. Haydn
• Hear the shuts of Evan's son! - L. Beethoven
• How closely the woodbine has twined round my bow'r! - J. Haydn
• In the vale of Llangollen a cottage is seen - J. Haydn
• In vain to this desert my fate I deplore (In vain to this desert my fate I deplore) - L. Beethoven FRE GER
• Killiecrankie (When Willy Pitt, as he thought fit) - J. Haydn
• Lieb und Glück fahrt hin auf immer (Lieb und Glück fahrt hin auf immer)
• Loth to depart (So mild was the ev'ning, so calm was the sky) - J. Haydn
• Loud, how loud the north wind blowing - J. Haydn
• Macgregor of Ruara's lament (My sorrow, deep sorrow, incessant returning) - J. Haydn ⊗
• My Colin, lov'd Colin, my Colin, my dear - J. Haydn ⊗
• My sorrow, deep sorrow, incessant returning - J. Haydn ⊗
• New Year's night (Nos Galan) (Loud, how loud the north wind blowing) - J. Haydn
• No house in the village could stow them FRE - J. Haydn
• O farewell, my Frances, sweet Frances, adieu! - J. Haydn
• 'Oh where, tell me where, is your Highland Laddie gone? - J. Haydn (The blue bell of Scotland)
• O say not that Arthur will see me no more - J. Haydn
• O wann kehrst Du zurück, mein treuer Johnnie! [possibly misattributed] ENG FRE - L. Beethoven, G. Kissling (Der treue Johnnie) (Text: Anonymous after William Smyth)
• O were I as fleet as the wings of the wind - J. Haydn
• O wise and valiant Willy - J. Haydn (O wise and valiant Willy)
• Rattling roaring Willy (O wise and valiant Willy) - J. Haydn
• See, O see, the breaking day - J. Haydn
• Sion, the Son of Evan (Hear the shuts of Evan's son!) - L. Beethoven
• So mild was the ev'ning, so calm was the sky - J. Haydn
• The blossom of the honey suckle (How closely the woodbine has twined round my bow'r!) - J. Haydn
• The blue bell of Scotland ('Oh where, tell me where, is your Highland Laddie gone?) - J. Haydn
• The door clapper (Y stwffwl) (O say not that Arthur will see me no more) - J. Haydn
• The lamentation of Cambria (Ye banks of dark Conway, deserted and drear) - J. Haydn
• The looking glass (For you, ye fair, the olive spreads) - J. Haydn
• The rising of the lark (See, O see, the breaking day) - J. Haydn
• The rock and a wee pickle tow (O were I as fleet as the wings of the wind) - J. Haydn
• The wish (Could I find a bonny glen) - J. Haydn
• Vergebens beklag' ich mein trübes Geschick (Vergebens beklag' ich mein trübes Geschick) FRE
• When will you come again, my faithfu' Johnie [possibly misattributed] FRE GER - L. Beethoven, J. Raynor (Faithfu' Johnie)
• When Willy Pitt, as he thought fit - J. Haydn
• Woo'd and married and a' (No house in the village could stow them) - J. Haydn FRE
• Ye banks of dark Conway, deserted and drear - J. Haydn

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