Texts by J. Dryden set in Art Songs and Choral Works
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- Ah, fading joy, how quickly art thou past (Ah fading joy, how quickly art thou past!) (from The Indian Emperor) - R. Holloway
- Ah fading joy, how quickly art thou past! (from The Indian Emperor) - R. Holloway, E. Wellesz
- Ah! Fading Joy (Ah fading joy, how quickly art thou past!) (from The Indian Emperor) - E. Wellesz
- Ah, how pleasant 'tis to love (Ah, how pleasant 'tis to love) (from Tyrannic Love) - H. Purcell GER
- Ah, how pleasant 'tis to love (from Tyrannic Love) GER - H. Purcell (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) - H. Purcell
- Ah! how sweet it is to love (from Tyrannic Love) - H. Purcell
- Alexander's Feast ('Twas at the royal feast for Persia won)
- Alexis and Celia (Whilst Alexis lay pressed) - S. Barab
- An ode on the death of Mr Henry Purcell (Mark how the lark and linnet sing) - J. Blow FRE
- Ask not the cause why sullen Spring - N. 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) - D. 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) - J. Blow
- Chloe found Amyntas lying - S. Barab, J. Blow, N. Rorem (Rondelay)
- Come if you dare, our trumpets sound - H. Purcell
- Come if you dare (Come if you dare, our trumpets sound) - H. Purcell
- Creator spirit, by whose aid DUT GER GER LAT (Creator spirit) -
- Creator spirit (Creator spirit, by whose aid) DUT GER GER LAT
- Cupid's counsel (Sylvia the fair, in the bloom of fifteen) - W. 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 - W. Mozart
- Fairest isle, all isles excelling CAT CHI FRE GER SPA - B. Britten, H. Purcell
- Fairest Isle (Fairest isle, all isles excelling) - B. Britten, H. Purcell CAT CHI FRE GER SPA
- Fair Iris and her swain (Fair Iris and her swain) - H. Purcell
- Fair Iris and her swain - H. Purcell
- Fair Robin I love and hourly die - K. Mechem
- Fair Robin I Love (Fair Robin I love and hourly die) - K. Mechem
- Fame, the great ill, from small beginnings grows
- Farewell, too little, and too lately known - S. Gerber (To the Memory of Mr. Oldham)
- For love ev'ry creature is formed by his nature - H. Purcell
- For love ev'ry creature (For love ev'ry creature is formed by his nature) - H. Purcell
- From harmony, from heav'nly harmony FRE GER SPA - G. Händel, R. Panufnik, D. Thomas, E. Whitlock
- From harmony this universal frame began FRE GER SPA - N. Dello Joio
- From Harmony To Harmony (From harmony, from heav'nly harmony) - E. Whitlock FRE GER SPA
- Go tell Amynta, gentle swain (Go tell Amynta, gentle swain) - H. Purcell
- Go tell Amynta, gentle swain - H. Purcell
- Heav'nly Harmony (From harmony, from heav'nly harmony) - R. Panufnik FRE GER SPA
- How blest are shepherds, how happy their lasses CAT - B. Britten, H. Purcell
- How blest are shepherds (How blest are shepherds, how happy their lasses) - B. Britten, H. Purcell CAT
- I attempt from Love's sickness to fly in vain CAT FRE GER - B. Britten, H. Purcell
- I attempt from Love's sickness to fly (I attempt from Love's sickness to fly in vain) - B. Britten, H. Purcell CAT FRE GER
- I feed a flame within which so torments me - M. Dring
- I feed a flame within (I feed a flame within which so torments me) - M. Dring
- I look'd and saw within the Book of Fate - H. Purcell
- I look'd and saw within (I look'd and saw within the Book of Fate) - H. Purcell
- I see she flies me ev'rywhere SPA - H. Purcell
- I see, she flies me (I see she flies me ev'rywhere) - H. Purcell SPA
- Let us wander not unseen GER - H. Purcell
- Let us wander (Let us wander not unseen) - H. Purcell GER
- Mark how the lark and linnet sing FRE - J. Blow
- Music for a while (Music for a while) - B. Britten, H. Purcell, W. Zwaag CAT FRE
- Music for a while CAT FRE - B. Britten, H. Purcell, W. Zwaag
- Ode auf St. Caecilia (Durch Harmonie, durch Himmels Harmonie) - W. Mozart ENG FRE SPA
- Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (From harmony, from heav'nly harmony) - G. Händel FRE GER SPA
- Of which so sadly you complain - H. Purcell
- Rondelay (Chloe found Amyntas lying) - N. Rorem
- Rondo (I attempt from Love's sickness to fly in vain) - H. Purcell CAT FRE GER
- Roundelay (Chloe found Amyntas lying) - S. Barab
- Secret-love () - G. Binkerd [x]
- Seek not to know what must not be reveal'd - H. Purcell
- Seek not to know (Seek not to know what must not be reveal'd) - H. Purcell
- Shepherd, leave decoying (Shepherd, shepherd, leave decoying) - B. Britten, H. Purcell CAT
- Shepherd, shepherd leave decoying (Shepherd, shepherd leave decoying) - H. Purcell
- Shepherd, shepherd, leave decoying CAT - B. Britten, H. Purcell
- Shepherd, shepherd leave decoying - H. Purcell
- Song for a girl (Young I am and yet unskilled) - N. Rorem
- Song to a fair young lady, going out of town in the spring (Ask not the cause why sullen Spring) - N. 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) - S. Barab
- Sylvia, how could you e're mistrust (from The Spanish Friar) - J. Eccles
- Sylvia, how could you (Sylvia, how could you e're mistrust) (from The Spanish Friar) - J. Eccles
- Sylvia the fair, in the bloom of Fifteen - S. Barab (Song)
- Sylvia the fair, in the bloom of fifteen - W. Josten
- Take me, take me, some of you (Young I am and yet unskilled) - J. Hook
- They tell us that your mighty powers above - H. Purcell
- They tell us that your mighty powers (They tell us that your mighty powers above) - H. Purcell
- To Saint Cecilia (From harmony this universal frame began) - N. Dello Joio FRE GER SPA
- To the Memory of Mr. Oldham (Farewell, too little, and too lately known) - S. Gerber
- 'Twas at the royal feast for Persia won (Alexander's Feast) -
- Wake, Quivera, wake, our soft rest must cease - H. Purcell
- What power art thou, who from below FRE - H. Purcell
- What power art thou (What power art thou, who from below) - H. Purcell FRE
- Whilst Alexis lay pressed - S. Barab (Song)
- Whilst I with grief did on you look [possibly misattributed] - H. Purcell
- Whilst I with grief (Whilst I with grief did on you look) - H. Purcell [possibly misattributed]
- Why should men quarrel (Wake, Quivera, wake, our soft rest must cease) - H. Purcell
- Young I am and yet unskilled - J. Hook, N. Rorem (Song for a girl)
- You say 'tis Love creates the pain
- You say 'tis Love (Of which so sadly you complain) - H. Purcell
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