Author: John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
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Texts set to music as art song or choral works [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]
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- Ah, fading joy, how quickly art thou past (Ah fading joy, how quickly art thou past!) (from The Indian Emperor) - Robin Holloway
- Ah fading joy, how quickly art thou past! (from The Indian Emperor) - Robin Holloway (Ah, fading joy, how quickly art thou past)
- Ah, how pleasant 'tis to love (Ah, how pleasant 'tis to love) (from Tyrannic Love) - Henry Purcell GER
- Ah, how pleasant 'tis to love (from Tyrannic Love) GER - Henry Purcell (Ah, how pleasant 'tis to love)
- Ah, how pleasant 'tis to love (from Tyrannic Love) GER (Ah, how sweet it is to love)
- Ah, how sweet it is to love (Ah, how pleasant 'tis to love) (from Tyrannic Love) GER
- Ah! how sweet it is to love (Ah! how sweet it is to love) (from Tyrannic Love) - Henry Purcell
- Ah! how sweet it is to love (from Tyrannic Love) - Henry Purcell (Ah! how sweet it is to love)
- Alexander's Feast ('Twas at the royal feast for Persia won)
- Alexis and Celia (Whilst Alexis lay pressed) - Seymour Barab
- An ode on the death of Mr Henry Purcell (Mark how the lark and linnet sing) - John Blow FRE
- Ask not the cause why sullen Spring (Song to a fair young lady, going out of town in the spring)
- Ask not the cause why sullen Spring - Ned Rorem (Song to a fair young lady, going out of town in the spring)
- A Song for Saint Cecilia's Day (From harmony, from heav'nly harmony) - David Evan Thomas FRE GER SPA
- Canto en honor de Santa Cecilia (De armonía, de célica armonía) (from Traducciones poéticas) ENG FRE GER
- Chloe found Amyntas lying all in tears (Chloe found Amyntas lying) - John Blow
- Chloe found Amyntas lying - John Blow (Chloe found Amyntas lying all in tears)
- Chloe found Amyntas lying (Rondelay)
- Chloe found Amyntas lying - Ned Rorem (Rondelay)
- Chloe found Amyntas lying - Seymour Barab (Roundelay)
- Come if you dare, our trumpets sound - Henry Purcell (Come if you dare)
- Come if you dare (Come if you dare, our trumpets sound) - Henry Purcell
- Creator spirit, by whose aid DUT GER LAT GER (Creator spirit)
- Creator spirit (Creator spirit, by whose aid) DUT GER LAT GER
- Cupid's counsel (Sylvia the fair, in the bloom of fifteen) - Werner (Erich) Josten
- De armonía, de célica armonía (from Traducciones poéticas) ENG FRE GER (Canto en honor de Santa Cecilia)
- Dear pledges of my love, while Heav'n so pleas'd
- Durch Harmonie, durch Himmels Harmonie ENG FRE SPA (Ode auf St. Caecilia)
- Durch Harmonie, durch Himmels Harmonie ENG FRE SPA - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Ode auf St. Caecilia)
- Fairest isle, all isles excelling FRE GER SPA - Henry Purcell (Fairest Isle)
- Fairest Isle (Fairest isle, all isles excelling) - Henry Purcell FRE GER SPA
- Fair Iris and her swain (Fair Iris and her swain) - Henry Purcell
- Fair Iris and her swain - Henry Purcell (Fair Iris and her swain)
- Fair Robin I love and hourly die - Kirke Mechem (Fair Robin I Love)
- Fair Robin I Love (Fair Robin I love and hourly die) - Kirke Mechem
- Fame, the great ill, from small beginnings grows
- Farewell, too little, and too lately known (To the Memory of Mr. Oldham)
- Farewell, too little, and too lately known - Steven R. Gerber (To the Memory of Mr. Oldham)
- For love ev'ry creature is formed by his nature - Henry Purcell (For love ev'ry creature)
- For love ev'ry creature (For love ev'ry creature is formed by his nature) - Henry Purcell
- From harmony, from heav'nly harmony FRE GER SPA - David Evan Thomas (A Song for Saint Cecilia's Day)
- From harmony, from heav'nly harmony FRE GER SPA - Georg Friedrich Händel (Ode for St. Cecilia's Day)
- From harmony this universal frame began FRE GER SPA - Norman Dello Joio (To Saint Cecilia)
- Go tell Amynta, gentle swain (Go tell Amynta, gentle swain) - Henry Purcell
- Go tell Amynta, gentle swain - Henry Purcell (Go tell Amynta, gentle swain)
- I attempt from Love's sickness to fly in vain FRE GER - Henry Purcell (I attempt from Love's sickness to fly)
- I attempt from Love's sickness to fly in vain FRE GER - Henry Purcell (Rondo)
- I attempt from Love's sickness to fly (I attempt from Love's sickness to fly in vain) - Henry Purcell FRE GER
- I feed a flame within which so torments me - Madeleine Dring (I feed a flame within)
- I feed a flame within (I feed a flame within which so torments me) - Madeleine Dring
- I look'd and saw within the Book of Fate - Henry Purcell (I look'd and saw within)
- I look'd and saw within (I look'd and saw within the Book of Fate) - Henry Purcell
- I see she flies me ev'rywhere SPA - Henry Purcell (I see, she flies me)
- I see, she flies me (I see she flies me ev'rywhere) - Henry Purcell SPA
- Let us wander not unseen - Henry Purcell (Let us wander)
- Let us wander (Let us wander not unseen) - Henry Purcell
- Mark how the lark and linnet sing FRE - John Blow (An ode on the death of Mr Henry Purcell)
- Music for a while (Music for a while) - Henry Purcell, Wim Zwaag FRE
- Music for a while FRE - Henry Purcell, Wim Zwaag (Music for a while)
- Ode auf St. Caecilia (Durch Harmonie, durch Himmels Harmonie) ENG FRE SPA
- Ode auf St. Caecilia (Durch Harmonie, durch Himmels Harmonie) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ENG FRE SPA
- Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (From harmony, from heav'nly harmony) - Georg Friedrich Händel FRE GER SPA
- Of which so sadly you complain - Henry Purcell (You say 'tis Love)
- Rondelay (Chloe found Amyntas lying)
- Rondelay (Chloe found Amyntas lying) - Ned Rorem
- Rondo (I attempt from Love's sickness to fly in vain) - Henry Purcell FRE GER
- Roundelay (Chloe found Amyntas lying) - Seymour Barab
- Secret-love () - Gordon Ware Binkerd [x]
- Seek not to know what must not be reveal'd - Henry Purcell (Seek not to know)
- Seek not to know (Seek not to know what must not be reveal'd) - Henry Purcell
- Shepherd, leave decoying (Shepherd, shepherd, leave decoying) - Henry Purcell
- Shepherd, shepherd, leave decoying - Henry Purcell (Shepherd, leave decoying)
- Shepherd, shepherd leave decoying (Shepherd, shepherd leave decoying) - Henry Purcell
- Shepherd, shepherd leave decoying - Henry Purcell (Shepherd, shepherd leave decoying)
- Song for a girl (Young I am and yet unskilled)
- Song for a girl (Young I am and yet unskilled) - Ned Rorem
- Song to a fair young lady, going out of town in the spring (Ask not the cause why sullen Spring)
- Song to a fair young lady, going out of town in the spring (Ask not the cause why sullen Spring) - Ned Rorem
- Song (Sylvia the fair, in the bloom of Fifteen)
- Song (Whilst Alexis lay pressed)
- Sylvia and Cupid (Sylvia the fair, in the bloom of Fifteen) - Seymour Barab
- Sylvia, how could you e're mistrust (from The Spanish Friar) - John Eccles (Sylvia, how could you)
- Sylvia, how could you (Sylvia, how could you e're mistrust) (from The Spanish Friar) - John Eccles
- Sylvia the fair, in the bloom of fifteen - Werner (Erich) Josten (Cupid's counsel)
- Sylvia the fair, in the bloom of Fifteen (Song)
- Sylvia the fair, in the bloom of Fifteen - Seymour Barab (Sylvia and Cupid)
- Take me, take me, some of you (Young I am and yet unskilled) - James Hook
- They tell us that your mighty powers above - Henry Purcell (They tell us that your mighty powers)
- They tell us that your mighty powers (They tell us that your mighty powers above) - Henry Purcell
- To Saint Cecilia (From harmony this universal frame began) - Norman Dello Joio FRE GER SPA
- To the Memory of Mr. Oldham (Farewell, too little, and too lately known)
- To the Memory of Mr. Oldham (Farewell, too little, and too lately known) - Steven R. Gerber
- 'Twas at the royal feast for Persia won (Alexander's Feast)
- Wake, Quivera, wake, our soft rest must cease - Henry Purcell (Why should men quarrel)
- What power art thou, who from below FRE - Henry Purcell (What power art thou)
- What power art thou (What power art thou, who from below) - Henry Purcell FRE
- Whilst Alexis lay pressed - Seymour Barab (Alexis and Celia)
- Whilst Alexis lay pressed (Song)
- Whilst I with grief did on you look [possibly misattributed] - Henry Purcell (Whilst I with grief)
- Whilst I with grief (Whilst I with grief did on you look) - Henry Purcell [possibly misattributed]
- Why should men quarrel (Wake, Quivera, wake, our soft rest must cease) - Henry Purcell
- Young I am and yet unskilled (Song for a girl)
- Young I am and yet unskilled - Ned Rorem (Song for a girl)
- Young I am and yet unskilled - James Hook (Take me, take me, some of you)
- You say 'tis Love creates the pain
- You say 'tis Love (Of which so sadly you complain) - Henry Purcell
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