Texts by J. Fletcher set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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John Fletcher (1579 - 1625)

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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 DUT FIN FRE SWE DAN
Arm, arm, arm, arm! the scouts are all come in (from The Mad Lover) - R. Johnson, C. Stanford (Song)
Arm, arm! the scouts are come in (Arm, arm, arm, arm! the scouts are all come in) (from The Mad Lover) - R. Johnson
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, P. Campbell, I. Gurney, J. Jeffreys, P. Sculthorpe DUT GER
Away, delights! go seek some other dwelling - E. Diemer, R. Johnson, A. Rawsthorne (Away, delights)
Away, delights (Away, delights! go seek some other dwelling) - E. Diemer, R. Johnson, A. Rawsthorne
Better music ne'er was known (Better music ne'er was known) - C. Parry
Better music ne'er was known - C. Parry
Care-charming sleep (Care-charming sleep) - R. Johnson, J. Raynor
Care-charming sleep - R. Johnson, J. Raynor
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, Shepherds, Come! (Come, shepherds, come!) - J. Raynor
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, J. Raynor, P. Warlock (Sleep)
Come sleep (Come, Sleep, and with thy sweet deceiving) (from The Woman Hater) - P. Glanville-Hicks, J. Raynor FRE GER SPA
Come, you whose loves are dead (Come, you whose loves are dead) - I. Gurney, J. Raynor
Come, you whose loves are dead - J. Benedict, I. Gurney, J. Raynor
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
God Lyaeus, ever young - A. Rawsthorne (God Lyaeus)
God Lyaeus (God Lyaeus, ever young) - A. Rawsthorne
Heinrich VIII (Orpheus Laute hiess die Wipfel) - G. Witte DUT FIN FRE SWE DAN (Text: Anonymous after John Fletcher)
Hence, all you vain delights - E. Goossens, J. Raynor (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) - B. Britten, N. Maw, H. Purcell CAT CHI ⊗
I'll sail upon the Dog Star CAT CHI - B. Britten, N. Maw, H. Purcell ⊗
In Praise Of Melancholy (Hence, all you vain delights) - J. Raynor
Lay a garland on my hearse (from The Maid's Tragedy) DUT GER - J. Andriessen, G. Bush, P. Campbell, I. Gurney, J. Jeffreys, E. Moeran, C. Parry, R. Pearsall, J. Raynor, P. Sculthorpe, A. Somervell, 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, J. Raynor, A. Somervell, 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 DUT FIN FRE SWE DAN (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) - W. Lawes [x]
Lovers, rejoice (Lovers rejoice, your paines shall be rewarded) (from Cupid's Revenge) - W. Lawes [x]
Love's Emblems (Now the lusty spring is seen) - J. Raynor
Madrigal à la musique (Orphée avec son luth faisait courber les chênes) - C. Bordes DUT FIN GER GER GER SWE DAN
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
Naar til Lyren Orfeus sang (Naar til Lyren Orfeus sang) - P. Heise DUT FIN FRE GER GER GER SWE [x]
Naar til Lyren Orfeus sang DUT FIN FRE GER GER GER SWE - P. Heise [x]
Now the lusty spring is seen - G. Bush, J. Raynor (Love's Emblems)
Now the Lusty Spring is Seen (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 skogens DUT FIN FRE GER GER GER DAN - W. Stenhammar
Orfeus med sin lutas klang (Orfeus med sin lutas klang skogens) - W. Stenhammar DUT FIN FRE GER GER GER DAN
Orphée avec son luth faisait courber les chênes DUT FIN GER GER GER SWE DAN - C. Bordes
Orpheon kun kannel kaikui DUT FRE GER GER GER SWE DAN
Orpheus bei der Laute Klang DUT FIN FRE SWE DAN - W. Taubert
Orpheus dwong der bomen toppen FIN FRE GER GER GER SWE DAN
Orpheus Laute hiess die Wipfel DUT FIN FRE SWE DAN - E. Lassen, G. Witte (Text: Anonymous after John Fletcher)
Orpheus (Lucius's Song) (Orpheus with his lute made trees) (from Henry VIII) - M. Blitzstein DUT FIN FRE GER GER GER SWE DAN
Orpheus with his lute made trees (from Henry VIII) DUT FIN FRE GER GER GER SWE DAN - G. Arkwright, M. Blitzstein, E. Bunge, C. Busch, M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco, T. Chilcot, E. Coates, W. Davies, J. Foulds, V. Gabriel, J. Gardner, S. Gerber, E. German, M. Greene, I. Gurney, E. Heathcote, R. Hundley, J. Keel, N. Lee, G. MacFarren, C. Manney, T. Pasatieri, R. Quilter, J. Raynor, J. Rico, B. Roe, E. Rubbra, A. Schneider, W. Schuman, S. Smith, 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, E. Coates, W. Davies, J. Foulds, J. Gardner, E. German, M. Greene, I. Gurney, E. Heathcote, J. Keel, G. MacFarren, C. Manney, R. Quilter, J. Raynor, B. Roe, E. Rubbra, A. Schneider, W. Schuman, S. Smith, A. Somervell, A. Sullivan, R. Vaughan Williams DUT FIN FRE GER GER GER SWE DAN
Orpheus (Orpheus with his lute made trees) (from Henry VIII) - M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco, V. Gabriel, I. Gurney, N. Lee, T. Pasatieri DUT FIN FRE GER GER GER SWE DAN
See the day begins to break (See the day begins to break) (from The Faithful Shepherdess) - E. Wellesz
See the day begins to break (from The Faithful Shepherdess) - E. Wellesz
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 DUT FIN FRE GER GER GER SWE DAN
Song (Arm, arm, arm, arm! the scouts are all come in) (from The Mad Lover)
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 Battle of Pelusium (Arm, arm, arm, arm! the scouts are all come in) (from The Mad Lover) - C. Stanford
The drinking song (Drink to-day, and drown all sorrow) (from Bloody Brother) - G. Bachlund
There's not a swain of the plain (There's not a Swain, on the Plain) - B. Britten CAT GER
There's not a Swain, on the Plain CAT GER - B. Britten, H. Purcell
There's not a swain (There's not a Swain, on the Plain) - H. Purcell CAT 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 DUT FIN FRE GER GER GER SWE DAN
Weep no more, nor sigh, nor groan (from The Queen of Corinth) - N. von Engelbrunner, P. Warlock
Weep no more (Weep no more, nor sigh, nor groan) (from The Queen of Corinth) - N. von Engelbrunner
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 DUT FIN FRE GER GER GER SWE DAN
Willow song (Lay a garland on my hearse) (from The Maid's Tragedy) - E. Moeran DUT GER

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