Author: John Fletcher (1579 - 1625)

Text Compilations

• Bloody Brother
• Cupid's Revenge
• The Captain
• The Knight of the Burning Pestle
• The Maid's Tragedy
• The Queen of Corinth
• The Tragedy of Valentinian
• The Woman Hater

Texts set to music as art song or choral works [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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Special notes: All titles and first lines are included in this index, including those used by composers.
Titles used by the text author appear in boldface. First lines appear in italics.
A language code in a blue rectangle like ENG indicates that a translation to that language is available.
A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.

• A hymn to Pan (All ye woods and trees and bowers) - A. Bliss
• All ye woods and trees and bowers - A. Bliss
• An die Tonkunst aus Shakespear's "König Heinrich der Achte." (Orpheus bei der Laute Klang) - W. Taubert [possibly misattributed] DUT FIN FRE SWE
• A sad song (Lay a garland on my hearse) (from The Maid's Tragedy) - P. Warlock DUT GER
• Aspatia's song (Lay a garland on my hearse) (from The Maid's Tragedy) - J. Andriessen, I. Gurney, J. Jeffreys DUT GER
• Away, delights! go seek some other dwelling - E. Diemer, R. Johnson (Away, delights)
• Away, delights (Away, delights! go seek some other dwelling) - E. Diemer, R. Johnson
• Better music ne'er was known (Better music ne'er was known) - C. Parry
• Better music ne'er was known - C. Parry
• Come hither, you that love, and hear me sing (from The Tragedy of Valentinian) - R. Johnson
• Come hither you that love (Come hither, you that love, and hear me sing) (from The Tragedy of Valentinian) - R. Johnson
• Come hither you that love (from The Tragedy of Valentinian)
• Come, Sleep, and with thy sweet deceiving (from The Woman Hater) FRE GER SPA - R. Clarke, P. Glanville-Hicks, I. Gurney, J. Jeffreys, H. Procter-Gregg, P. Warlock (Sleep)
• Come sleep (Come, Sleep, and with thy sweet deceiving) (from The Woman Hater) - P. Glanville-Hicks FRE GER SPA
• Come, you whose loves are dead (Come, you whose loves are dead) - I. Gurney
• Come, you whose loves are dead - J. Benedict, I. Gurney
• Dirge for the faithful lover (Come, you whose loves are dead) - J. Benedict
• Do not fear to put thy feet - R. Hundley, E. Moeran (The River-God's song)
• Drink to-day, and drown all sorrow (from Bloody Brother) - G. Bachlund
• Evening in summer (Shepherds all and maidens fair) - C. Gibbs
• Heinrich VIII (Orpheus Laute hiess die Wipfel) - G. Witte [possibly misattributed] DUT FIN FRE SWE (Text: Anonymous after John Fletcher)
• Hence, all you vain delights - E. Goossens (Melancholy)
• Hymn to Pan (Sing his praises that doth keep) - R. Clarke
• I'll sail upon the Dog-star (I'll sail upon the Dog Star) - N. Maw, H. Purcell
• I'll sail upon the Dog Star - N. Maw, H. Purcell
• Lay a garland on my hearse (from The Maid's Tragedy) DUT GER - J. Andriessen, G. Bush, I. Gurney, J. Jeffreys, E. Moeran, C. Parry, R. Pearsall, A. Taylor, P. Warlock (Aspatia's song)
• Lay a garland on my hearse (Lay a garland on my hearse) (from The Maid's Tragedy) - G. Bush, C. Parry DUT GER
• Lay a garland (Lay a garland on my hearse) (from The Maid's Tragedy) - R. Pearsall, A. Taylor DUT GER
• Legt ein Kränzlein von der Eibe DUT (Text: Anonymous after Francis Beaumont)
• Let the Graces and Pleasures repair - H. Purcell
• Let the Graces (Let the Graces and Pleasures repair) - H. Purcell
• Lied aus Heinrich VIII, von Shakespeare (Orpheus Laute hiess die Wipfel) - E. Lassen [possibly misattributed] DUT FIN FRE SWE (Text: Anonymous after John Fletcher)
• London, to thee I do present the merry month of May (from The Knight of the Burning Pestle)
• Lovers rejoice, your paines shall be rewarded (from Cupid's Revenge) [x] - W. Lawes
• Lovers, rejoice (Lovers rejoice, your paines shall be rewarded) (from Cupid's Revenge) - W. Lawes [x]
• Madrigal à la musique (Orphée avec son luth faisait courber les chênes) - C. Bordes [possibly misattributed] DUT FIN GER GER GER SWE
• Melancholy (Hence, all you vain delights) - E. Goossens
• Mourn no more (Weep no more, nor sigh, nor groan) (from The Queen of Corinth) - P. Warlock
• Now the Lusty Spring is Seen (Now the lusty spring is seen) - G. Bush
• Now the lusty spring is seen - G. Bush
• O lead me to some peaceful gloom (O lead me to some peaceful gloom) - H. Purcell FRE
• O lead me to some peaceful gloom FRE - H. Purcell
• Orfeus med sin lutas klang (Orfeus med sin lutas klang) - W. Stenhammar [possibly misattributed] DUT FIN FRE GER GER GER [x]
• Orfeus med sin lutas klang [possibly misattributed] DUT FIN FRE GER GER GER [x] - W. Stenhammar
• Orphée avec son luth faisait courber les chênes [possibly misattributed] DUT FIN GER GER GER SWE - C. Bordes
• Orpheon kun kannel kaikui [possibly misattributed] DUT FRE GER GER GER SWE
• Orpheus bei der Laute Klang [possibly misattributed] DUT FIN FRE SWE - W. Taubert
• Orpheus dwong der bomen toppen [possibly misattributed] FIN FRE GER GER GER SWE
• Orpheus Laute hiess die Wipfel [possibly misattributed] DUT FIN FRE SWE (Text: Anonymous after John Fletcher) - E. Lassen, G. Witte
• Orpheus (Lucius's Song) (Orpheus with his lute made trees) (from Henry VIII) - M. Blitzstein [possibly misattributed] DUT FIN FRE GER GER GER SWE
• Orpheus with his lute made trees (from Henry VIII) [possibly misattributed] DUT FIN FRE GER GER GER SWE - G. Arkwright, M. Blitzstein, E. Bunge, C. Busch, M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco, T. Chilcot, W. Davies, J. Foulds, V. Gabriel, J. Gardner, S. Gerber, E. German, M. Greene, I. Gurney, R. Hundley, J. Keel, N. Lee, G. MacFarren, C. Manney, T. Pasatieri, R. Quilter, J. Rico, B. Roe, A. Schneider, W. Schuman, A. Somervell, A. Sullivan, R. Vaughan Williams
• Orpheus with his lute (Orpheus with his lute made trees) (from Henry VIII) - G. Arkwright, E. Bunge, C. Busch, W. Davies, J. Foulds, J. Gardner, E. German, M. Greene, I. Gurney, J. Keel, G. MacFarren, C. Manney, R. Quilter, B. Roe, A. Schneider, W. Schuman, A. Somervell, A. Sullivan, R. Vaughan Williams [possibly misattributed] DUT FIN FRE GER GER GER SWE
• Orpheus (Orpheus with his lute made trees) (from Henry VIII) - M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco, V. Gabriel, I. Gurney, N. Lee, T. Pasatieri [possibly misattributed] DUT FIN FRE GER GER GER SWE
• Shepherds all and maidens fair - C. Gibbs
• Since from my dear Astraea's sight FRE - H. Purcell
• Since from my dear Astrea's sight (Since from my dear Astraea's sight) - H. Purcell FRE
• Sing his praises that doth keep - R. Clarke (Hymn to Pan)
• Sleep (Come, Sleep, and with thy sweet deceiving) (from The Woman Hater) - R. Clarke, I. Gurney, J. Jeffreys, H. Procter-Gregg, P. Warlock FRE GER SPA
• Song4 (Orpheus with his lute made trees) (from Henry VIII) - S. Gerber [possibly misattributed] DUT FIN FRE GER GER GER SWE
• Still I'm wishing, still desiring - H. Purcell
• Still I'm wishing (Still I'm wishing, still desiring) - H. Purcell
• Sweet river (Do not fear to put thy feet) - R. Hundley
• Tell me, dearest, what is love? (Tell me, dearest, what is love?) (from The Captain) - R. Johnson
• Tell me, dearest, what is love? (from The Captain) - R. Johnson
• Tell me why, my charming fair - H. Purcell
• Tell me why (Tell me why, my charming fair) - H. Purcell
• The drinking song (Drink to-day, and drown all sorrow) (from Bloody Brother) - G. Bachlund
• There's not a Swain, on the Plain GER - H. Purcell
• There's not a swain (There's not a Swain, on the Plain) - H. Purcell GER
• The River-God's song (Do not fear to put thy feet) - E. Moeran
• The words by Shakespeare in Henry the Eight (Orpheus with his lute made trees) (from Henry VIII) - T. Chilcot [possibly misattributed] DUT FIN FRE GER GER GER SWE
• Weep no more, nor sigh, nor groan (from The Queen of Corinth) - P. Warlock
• What shall I do to show how much I love her? - H. Purcell
• What shall I do (What shall I do to show how much I love her?) - H. Purcell
• When Orpheus played (Orpheus with his lute made trees) (from Henry VIII) - R. Hundley [possibly misattributed] DUT FIN FRE GER GER GER SWE
• Willow song (Lay a garland on my hearse) (from The Maid's Tragedy) - E. Moeran DUT GER

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