Texts by J. Donne set in Art Songs and Choral Works
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- A Fever (O ! Do not die, for I shall hate)
- A flowre at sun-rising () - R. Bennett [x]
- A Hymne to Christ, at the Authors last going into Germany (In what torne ship soever I embarke)
- A Hymne to Christ (In what torne ship soever I embarke) - E. Maconchy
- A Hymn to God the Father (Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun) - G. Bachlund, E. Bainton, G. Eldridge, M. Emery, J. Hilton, P. Humfrey, J. Joubert, D. Le Gallienne, E. Maconchy, J. McCabe, E. Raum, E. Rubbra, A. Wyton
- All kings, and all their favourites - D. Cox (The Anniversary)
- All this while the Physitians themselves have beene (from Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes) - P. Rainier (Meditation XIX)
- A nocturnal upon St. Lucy's Day, being the shortest day ('Tis the year's midnight, and it is the day's)
- Antiquary (If in his study he hath so much care) (from Epigrams)
- A statue of snowe () - R. Bennett [x]
- As virtuous men pass mildly away ITA - R. Finney (A valediction: forbidding mourning)
- At the round earth's imagin'd corners (At the round earth's imagined corners, blow) (from Holy Sonnets) - M. Berkeley, H. Boatwright, B. Britten, G. Burgon, J. Hall, B. Kelly, D. Le Gallienne, C. Parry, F. Routh, W. Wordsworth FRE GER
- At the round earth's imagined corners, blow (from Holy Sonnets) FRE GER - M. Berkeley, H. Boatwright, B. Britten, G. Burgon, J. Eaton, J. Hall, B. Kelly, D. Le Gallienne, C. Parry, G. Ridout, F. Routh, W. Wordsworth
- At the round earth's imagined corners (At the round earth's imagined corners, blow) (from Holy Sonnets) - J. Eaton, G. Ridout FRE GER
- At the round earth's imagined corners (from Holy Sonnets) FRE GER
- Autumnal (No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace) - A. Roth
- A valediction: forbidden mourning (As virtuous men pass mildly away) - R. Finney ITA
- A valediction: forbidding mourning (As virtuous men pass mildly away) ITA
- A valediction: of weeping (Let me pour forth) - R. Finney ITA
- Batter my heart, three person'd God; for you (from Holy Sonnets) FRE GER - L. Berkeley, B. Britten, G. Burgon, M. Burtch, J. Eaton, O. Greif, J. Hall, D. Le Gallienne, D. Moore, W. Wordsworth
- Batter my heart, three person'd God (Batter my heart, three person'd God; for you) (from Holy Sonnets) - G. Burgon, J. Eaton FRE GER
- Batter my heart (Batter my heart, three person'd God; for you) (from Holy Sonnets) - L. Berkeley, B. Britten, M. Burtch, J. Hall, D. Le Gallienne, D. Moore, W. Wordsworth FRE GER
- Break of day (Stay, O sweet, and do not rise) - W. Corkine, H. McDonald, M. Trotta, P. Warlock
- Bring us, o Lord God, at our last awakening (Bring us, o Lord God, at our last awakening) - W. Harris ITA
- Bring us, o Lord God, at our last awakening ITA - W. Harris
- Busy old fool, unruly Sun - H. Emmer, E. Maconchy, R. Vaughan Williams (The sun rising)
- By miracles exceeding (crucifixion) (By miracles exceeding power of man) - J. Mitchell
- By miracles exceeding power of man - J. Mitchell
- Come live with me, and be my love GER - D. Cox (The bait)
- Confined love (Some man unworthy to be possessor) - H. Smith
- Daybreak (Stay, O sweet, and do not rise) - R. Clarke, V. Fine, E. Freer, J. Raynor
- Death be not proud, though some have called thee (from Holy Sonnets) FRE GER GER GER ITA - Atli Heimir Sveinsson, R. Bennett, B. Britten, M. Burtch, D. Busarow, L. Crabtree, O. Greif, J. Hall, F. Heath, D. Jenni, D. Le Gallienne, D. Moore, W. Wordsworth
- Death be not proud (Death be not proud, though some have called thee) (from Holy Sonnets) - Atli Heimir Sveinsson, R. Bennett, B. Britten, M. Burtch, D. Busarow, L. Crabtree, O. Greif, J. Hall, F. Heath, D. Jenni, D. Le Gallienne, D. Moore, W. Wordsworth FRE GER GER GER ITA
- Deign at my hands (introduction) (Deign at my hands this crown of prayer and praise) - J. Mitchell
- Deign at my hands this crown of prayer and praise - J. Mitchell
- Falling star (Go and catch a falling star) - P. Hersant ITA
- Feaver (O ! Do not die, for I shall hate) - R. Malipiero
- For my first twenty years, since yesterday - H. Smith (The computation)
- For whom the bell tolls (No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the) (from Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes) - J. Kaufer GER
- From being anxious, or secure (from A Litany) - E. Křenek
- From needing danger, to be good (from A Litany) - R. Bennett, E. Křenek
- Go and catch a falling star (Go and catch a falling star) - Anonymous, C. Brumby, D. Cox, W. Flanagan, P. Hersant, L. Hoiby, R. Perera, B. Stevens ITA
- Hear us, O hear us Lord; to thee (from A Litany) - R. Bennett, C. Cope, A. Downes, L. Hoiby, E. Křenek, A. Piccolo
- Hear us, O Hear us, Lord (Hear us, O hear us Lord; to thee) (from A Litany) - A. Downes
- He is stark mad, who ever says - S. Adler
- Holy Sonnet no. XIV (Batter my heart, three person'd God; for you) (from Holy Sonnets) - J. Eaton FRE GER
- Holy sonnet (Batter my heart, three person'd God; for you) (from Holy Sonnets) - O. Greif FRE GER
- I am two fools, I know - S. Adler
- I can love both fair and brown ITA - S. Adler
- If in his study he hath so much care (from Epigrams) (Antiquary) - E. Diemer
- Immensity, cloister'd in thy dear womb - J. Mitchell
- Immensity cloistered (nativity) (Immensity, cloister'd in thy dear womb) - J. Mitchell
- I never stoop'd so low, as they - J. Adams (Negative love)
- Intermezzo (Busy old fool, unruly Sun) - R. Vaughan Williams
- In the Wombe of the Earth (The Bell rings out; the pulse thereof is changed; the) - P. Rainier
- In the wombe of the earth
- In what torne ship soever I embarke - E. Maconchy (A Hymne to Christ, at the Authors last going into Germany)
- I scarce believe my love to be so pure - R. Finney (Love's growth)
- I sing the progress of a deathless soul (I sing the progress of a deathless soul) - A. Downes
- I sing the progress of a deathless soul - A. Downes
- I wonder, by my troth, what thou, and I ITA - S. Adler, M. Arnold, P. Lawson, D. McWhinnie, B. Stevens, G. Swayne (The good-morrow)
- Let me pour forth my tears before thy face ITA (A valediction: of weeping) - R. Finney
- Let me pour forth ITA - R. Finney (A valediction: of weeping)
- Let not thy divining heart (Let not thy divining heart) - O. Penard ITA
- Let not thy divining heart ITA - O. Penard (Song: Sweetest love, I do not go)
- Litanie XV (From being anxious, or secure) (from A Litany) - E. Křenek
- Litanie XVI (From needing danger, to be good) (from A Litany) - R. Bennett, E. Křenek
- Litanie XX (Through Thy submitting all, to blows) (from A Litany) - R. Bennett, E. Křenek
- Litanie XXIII (Hear us, O hear us Lord; to thee) (from A Litany) - R. Bennett, C. Cope, L. Hoiby, E. Křenek, A. Piccolo
- Litanie XXVII (That learning, Thine ambassador) (from A Litany) - E. Křenek
- Little Thinkest Thou, Poore Flower (Little think'st thou, poor flower) - I. Holst
- Little think'st thou, poor flower - I. Holst (The Blossom)
- Love, all alike, no season knows, or clime (The sun rising) - H. Emmer, E. Maconchy, R. Vaughan Williams
- Love's growth (I scarce believe my love to be so pure) - R. Finney
- Mark but this flea, and mark in this - E. Křenek (The flea)
- Meditation XVII (Perchance he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill as that he knows) (from Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes) GER
- Meditation XIX (All this while the Physitians themselves have beene) (from Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes)
- Moist with one drop of Thy blood, my dry soul - J. Mitchell
- Moist with one drop (resurrection) (Moist with one drop of Thy blood, my dry soul) - J. Mitchell
- Negative love (I never stoop'd so low, as they) - J. Adams
- Nocturnal ('Tis the year's midnight, and it is the day's) - R. Bennett, H. Brian, I. Hamilton
- No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent (from Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes) GER (Meditation XVII) - J. Kaufer
- No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the (from Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes) GER - J. Kaufer (Meditation XVII)
- No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace - A. Roth
- Now thou hast loved me one whole day - S. Adler, M. Arnold (Woman's constancy)
- Nunc, lento, sonitu dicunt, morieris (Nunc, lento, sonitu dicunt, morieris) - P. Rainier GER
- Nunc, lento, sonitu dicunt, morieris GER - P. Rainier
- O ! Do not die, for I shall hate - R. Malipiero (A Fever)
- Oh might those sighes and teares return againe (from Holy Sonnets) FRE GER - B. Britten, J. Hall
- Oh might those sighes and teares (Oh might those sighes and teares return againe) (from Holy Sonnets) - B. Britten, J. Hall FRE GER
- Oh my blacke Soule! now thou art summoned (from Holy Sonnets) FRE GER - B. Britten, M. Burtch, J. Eaton, J. Hall
- Oh my blacke Soule! (Oh my blacke Soule! now thou art summoned) (from Holy Sonnets) - B. Britten, M. Burtch FRE GER
- Oh, my black Soul! (Oh my blacke Soule! now thou art summoned) (from Holy Sonnets) - J. Eaton FRE GER
- O Holy Ghost, whose temple I (from A Litany) - E. Křenek (The Holy Ghost)
- O Holy Ghost, whose temple I am (from A Litany) (The Holy Ghost) - E. Křenek
- O Holy Ghost (O Holy Ghost, whose temple I) (from A Litany) - E. Křenek
- O how feeble is mans power (O how feeble is man's power) - O. Penard ITA
- O how feeble is man's power ITA - O. Penard (Song: Sweetest love, I do not go)
- Oh, to vex me, contraryes meet in one (from Holy Sonnets) FRE GER - B. Britten, G. Burgon, J. Hall
- Oh, to vex me (Oh, to vex me, contraryes meet in one) (from Holy Sonnets) - B. Britten, G. Burgon, J. Hall FRE GER
- O my blacke Soule (Oh my blacke Soule! now thou art summoned) (from Holy Sonnets) - J. Hall FRE GER
- Perchance he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill as that he knows (from Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes) GER (Meditation XVII) - J. Kaufer
- Poore intricated soule () - R. Bennett [x]
- Salute the last and everlasting day - J. Mitchell
- Salute the last (ascension) (Salute the last and everlasting day) - J. Mitchell
- Salvation to all (annunciation) (Salvation to all that will is nigh) - J. Mitchell
- Salvation to all that will is nigh - J. Mitchell
- Send home my long-strayed eyes to me (Send home my long-strayed eyes to me) - W. Flanagan
- Send home my long-strayed eyes to me - B. Boyle, H. Brian, G. Coprario, W. Flanagan, L. Hoiby (The message)
- Show me dear Christ, thy spouse so bright and clear (from Holy Sonnets) - G. Burgon
- Show me, dear Christ (Show me dear Christ, thy spouse so bright and clear) (from Holy Sonnets) - G. Burgon
- Since Christ embraced the cross itself, dare I - W. Davies (The cross)
- Since she whom I lov'd hath pay'd her last debt (from Holy Sonnets) FRE GER - B. Britten, G. Burgon, J. Hall
- Since she whom I lov'd (Since she whom I lov'd hath pay'd her last debt) (from Holy Sonnets) - B. Britten, J. Hall FRE GER
- Since she whom I loved (Since she whom I lov'd hath pay'd her last debt) (from Holy Sonnets) - G. Burgon FRE GER
- Some man unworthy to be possessor - H. Smith (Confined love)
- Sonett an den Tod (Tod, sei nicht stolz! hast keinen Grund dazu) (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten) FRE ITA
- Song: Sweetest love, I do not go (Sweetest love, I do not go) ITA
- Song (Sweetest love, I do not go) - R. Perera ITA
- So, so break off this last lamenting kiss - A. Ferrabosco (The Expiration)
- So, so leave off this lamenting kisse (So, so break off this last lamenting kiss) - A. Ferrabosco
- So, so leave off this lamenting kiss (The Expiration) - A. Ferrabosco
- Spit in my face, ye Jews, and pierce my side (from Holy Sonnets) - A. Downes, J. Eaton
- Spit in my face, ye Jews (Spit in my face, ye Jews, and pierce my side) (from Holy Sonnets) - A. Downes
- Spit in my face you Jews (Spit in my face, ye Jews, and pierce my side) (from Holy Sonnets) - J. Eaton
- Stay, O sweet, and do not rise - G. Bush, R. Clarke, W. Corkine, M. Davidson, M. Emery, V. Fine, E. Freer, E. Langer, H. McDonald, J. Raynor, M. Trotta, P. Warlock (Break of Day)
- Stay o sweet and do not rise (Stay, O sweet, and do not rise) - M. Emery
- Stay o sweet (Stay, O sweet, and do not rise) - G. Bush, M. Davidson, E. Langer
- Sweetest love, I do not go ITA - Anonymous, M. Emery, B. Kelly, O. Penard, R. Perera, B. Stevens (Song: Sweetest love, I do not go)
- Sweetest love, I do not go (Sweetest love, I do not go) - Anonymous, M. Emery, B. Kelly, B. Stevens ITA
- Sweetest love (Sweetest love, I do not go) - O. Penard ITA
- Sweet stay awhile, why do you rise?
- Sweet stay awhile, why will you rise? - Anonymous, J. Cloud, J. Dowland, H. Lawes, M. Ostrzyga
- Sweet, stay awhile (Sweet stay awhile, why will you rise?) - Anonymous, J. Cloud, J. Dowland, H. Lawes, M. Ostrzyga
- That learning, Thine ambassador (from A Litany) - E. Křenek
- The Anniversary (All kings, and all their favourites) - D. Cox
- The bait (Come live with me, and be my love) - D. Cox GER
- The Bell rings out; the pulse thereof is changed; the - P. Rainier
- The Blossom (Little think'st thou, poor flower)
- The broken heart (He is stark mad, who ever says) - S. Adler
- The cold white snowie Nunnery (from A Litany) - A. Downes (The virgins)
- The computation (For my first twenty years, since yesterday) - H. Smith
- The cross (Since Christ embraced the cross itself, dare I) - W. Davies
- The Expiration (So, so break off this last lamenting kiss)
- The flea (Mark but this flea, and mark in this) - E. Křenek
- The good morrow (I wonder, by my troth, what thou, and I) - S. Adler, M. Arnold, P. Lawson, D. McWhinnie, B. Stevens, G. Swayne ITA
- The Holy Ghost (O Holy Ghost, whose temple I) (from A Litany)
- The indifferent (I can love both fair and brown) - S. Adler ITA
- The message (Send home my long-strayed eyes to me) - B. Boyle, H. Brian, G. Coprario, L. Hoiby
- The rags of time (Busy old fool, unruly Sun) - H. Emmer
- The seasons of his mercies () - R. Bennett [x]
- The sun rising (Busy old fool, unruly Sun) - E. Maconchy
- The triple fool (I am two fools, I know) - S. Adler
- The virgins (The cold white snowie Nunnery) (from A Litany) - A. Downes
- This is my play's last scene; here heavens appoint (from Holy Sonnets) ITA - G. Burgon
- This is my play's last scene (This is my play's last scene; here heavens appoint) (from Holy Sonnets) - G. Burgon ITA
- Thou call'st me effeminat, for I love womens joyes
- Thou hast made me, and shall thy work decay? (from Holy Sonnets) FRE GER - L. Berkeley, B. Britten, G. Burgon, J. Hall, D. Moore, G. Ridout, W. Wordsworth
- Thou hast made me (Thou hast made me, and shall thy work decay?) (from Holy Sonnets) - L. Berkeley, B. Britten, G. Burgon, J. Hall, D. Moore, G. Ridout, W. Wordsworth FRE GER
- Through Thy submitting all, to blows (from A Litany) - R. Bennett, E. Křenek
- 'Tis the year's midnight, and it is the day's - R. Bennett, H. Brian, I. Hamilton (A nocturnal upon St. Lucy's Day, being the shortest day)
- To ask for all thy love, and thy whole heart - J. Dowland, J. Raynor
- To ask for all thy love (To ask for all thy love, and thy whole heart) - J. Dowland, J. Raynor
- Tod, sei nicht stolz! hast keinen Grund dazu (from Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten) FRE ITA (Sonett an den Tod) -
- We cannot bid the fruits come in May (from Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes) (Meditation XIX) - P. Rainier
- Wee Cannot Bid the Fruits (All this while the Physitians themselves have beene) (from Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes) - P. Rainier
- What if this present were the world's last night? (What if this present were the world's last night?) (from Holy Sonnets) - J. Eaton FRE GER
- What if this present were the world's last night? (from Holy Sonnets) FRE GER - B. Britten, J. Eaton, J. Hall
- What if this present (What if this present were the world's last night?) (from Holy Sonnets) - B. Britten, J. Hall FRE GER
- When senses, which thy soldiers are (When senses, which thy soldiers are) (from A Litany) - A. Downes
- When senses, which thy soldiers are (from A Litany) - A. Downes
- When thou sigh'st, thou sigh'st not wind ITA - O. Penard (Song: Sweetest love, I do not go)
- When thou sigh'st (When thou sigh'st, thou sigh'st not wind) - O. Penard ITA
- Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun - G. Bachlund, E. Bainton, G. Eldridge, M. Emery, J. Hilton, P. Humfrey, J. Joubert, D. Le Gallienne, E. Maconchy, D. Mason, J. McCabe, E. Raum, E. Rubbra, A. Wyton (A Hymn to God the Father)
- Wilt thou forgive (Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun) - D. Mason
- Wilt thou love God, as he thee? Then digest (from Holy Sonnets) - G. Burgon, G. Ridout
- Wilt thou love God? (Wilt thou love God, as he thee? Then digest) (from Holy Sonnets) - G. Burgon, G. Ridout
- With his kind mother (temple) (With His kind mother, who partakes thy woe) - J. Mitchell
- With His kind mother, who partakes thy woe - J. Mitchell
- Woman's constancy (Now thou hast loved me one whole day) - S. Adler, M. Arnold
- Yesternight the sun went hence ITA - O. Penard (Song: Sweetest love, I do not go)
- Yesternight (Yesternight the sun went hence) - O. Penard ITA
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