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

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John Bernhoff (flourished 1890-1912)

Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):

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A day of June has return'd once more (A day of June has return'd once more)
Ah! thou know'st, sweet, all mine anguish CAT DUT FRE GER ITA RUS SPA SPA (Devotion) -
Ah woe is me, unhappy man! for I've nought: no lands, no money CAT DUT FRE ITA (Ah woe is me, unhappy man!) -
Ah woe is me, unhappy man! (Ah woe is me, unhappy man! for I've nought: no lands, no money) CAT DUT FRE ITA
All Souls' Day (Place at my side the purple glowing heather) CAT DUT DUT FRE GRE ITA POR SPA SPA FRE
A name carved on a tombstone grey and old
And all for half-a-crown (The maid would fain a lover find) DUT FRE
Angels' vigil (The day at last is ended) FRE
Anguish (Ere the apple ripen'd, from its bough 'twas shaken) GER
An my scythe were whetted sharp and keen... (An my scythe were whetted sharp and keen) DUT GER ITA
Anthem (Jacob! thy lost son, behold) CAT FRE
A ray of golden sunlight calm (A ray of golden sunlight calm) FRE
A star shone brightly in azure height (The Star of Bethlehem) -
At midnight-hour, when all mortals slumber FRE RUS FRE (Song of the elves) -
At times a dream comes o'er us FRE FRE (Christmas-Cheer) -
Autumn leaves (Songs whose strains are long forgotten) - H. Hermann
A youth pass'd by the garden-gate (A youth pass'd by the garden-gate)
Baby, don't fret you! (Wine soup. A nursery rhyme) -
Becalmed (Silence broodeth o'er the Ocean) CAT DUT FIN FRE FRE FRE ITA RUS RUS RUS
Bee-Song (In the grove, with odours teeming)
Behold, I'm a harp here (Behold, I'm a harp here) FRE
Breathe thy fragrance, modest violet FRE ITA (The violet) -
Brooklet and tears (Thro' the grove a brooklet flows in leafy shade) GER
But thou didst not leave his soul in hell (Thy rebuke hath broken his heart)
Calme de mer (Un profond silence règne) CAT DUT ENG ENG ENG FIN ITA RUS RUS RUS
Christmas-Cheer (At times a dream comes o'er us) FRE FRE
Christmas (Hark! The herald host is singing)
Come, sweet babe, cease playing (Slumber song) -
Consolation (Dark forest green and old! Who will your keeper be?) DUT GER
Could I once again caress thee (Could I once again caress thee)
Cradle Song (Soft nest in the willow)
Dame Fortune, she's a flighty thing (Luck) -
Dark forest green and old! Who will your keeper be? DUT GER (Consolation) -
Day of my Life-Tide (Day of my Life-Tide!)
Dear Granny in the garden sits - A. Beach
Deep in a garden all with blossoms teeming FRE (Deep in a garden) -
Deep in a garden (Deep in a garden all with blossoms teeming) FRE
Departure (The fragrant sweet herbs on moor and hill) FRE
Devotion (Ah! thou know'st, sweet, all mine anguish) CAT DUT FRE GER ITA RUS SPA SPA
Down from her nest a wild dove flew DUT GER GER ITA (The forsaken lassie) -
Dreams of Spring (Gone is that dream of rapture)
En cheminant (Je parcours les vastes prairies) ENG
Ere the apple ripen'd, from its bough 'twas shaken GER (Anguish) -
Ere we part, love, kiss me ... (Ere we part, love, kiss me) GER GER ITA
Evening song () - H. Hermann FRE [x]
Forest-Solitude (Woodlands so fair!) FRE
Four prancing white steeds CAT DUT FRE ITA SPA (I love but thee) -
From the forest-trees the night CAT DUT FRE ITA RUS SPA (Night) -
Gone is that dream of rapture (Dreams of Spring) -
Greeting from afar (Shed thy silvry beams, bright star, on my pathway yonder) GER
Hark, the cuckoo in the woods his mate now is calling GER (Never say "die!") -
Hark! The herald host is singing (Christmas) -
Hark! yonder far 'neath the greenwood tree (Hark! yonder far 'neath the greenwood tree)
Homeward plod the reapers. Set the tables, lasses GER (The wreath) -
Hoping, yet ever despairing (Hoping, yet ever despairing) CAT DUT FRE
I came unto a meadow, the setting sun still shone (The solitary piper) -
I came unto a meadow (The solitary piper) -
I found her hid in rosy bow'r CAT DUT FRE ITA SPA (The Rose Chain) -
I gave my heart to a blue-eyed maid (Woeful tale) -
I lay a wreath, with trembling hand - A. Beach
I love but thee, nor can I flee that love FRE (I love but thee) -
I love but thee (Four prancing white steeds) CAT DUT FRE ITA SPA
I love but thee (I love but thee, nor can I flee that love) FRE
In the grove, with odours teeming (Bee-Song) -
I stand and linger where first I met him (I stand and linger where first I met him)
I stand and wait, gaze down the lane (I stand and wait) -
I stand and wait (I stand and wait, gaze down the lane)
I went along the road that lonely lay CAT DUT FRE ITA POL (Longing) -
Jacob! thy lost son, behold CAT FRE (Anthem) -
Je parcours les vastes prairies ENG (En cheminant) -
Knowst thou the land where citron-blossoms blow CAT CZE DUT DUT FRE FRE FRE FRE FRE FRE GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS FRE FRE FRE FRE GER RUS RUS (Mignon) -
Lads and lassies gay DUT GER GER (Ringlet and wreathlet) -
Lilies and roses (O'er the spreading meads I wander) FRE
Longing Hearts (Over mountain and dale went a youth, in spring) CAT DUT FRE
Longing (I went along the road that lonely lay) CAT DUT FRE ITA POL
Lord, oft as I kneel before Thee FRE (Prayer) -
Luck (Dame Fortune, she's a flighty thing)
Mignon (Knowst thou the land where citron-blossoms blow) CAT CZE DUT DUT FRE FRE FRE FRE FRE FRE GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS FRE FRE FRE FRE GER RUS RUS
My heart, so sad and silent now CAT DUT FRE (My heart, so sad) -
My heart, so sad (My heart, so sad and silent now) CAT DUT FRE
My lover's shy, almost to sadness! FRE GER - J. Marx
Never say "die!" (Hark, the cuckoo in the woods his mate now is calling) GER
Night (From the forest-trees the night) CAT DUT FRE ITA RUS SPA
Nought (So, you want me to name my) CAT DUT FRE ITA
O'er the spreading meads I wander FRE (Lilies and roses) -
O let me kiss thine eye, sweet
Once my heart I bore in hand FRE (The compassionate lassie) -
Over mountain and dale went a youth, in spring CAT DUT FRE (Longing Hearts) -
Place at my side the purple glowing heather CAT DUT DUT FRE GRE ITA POR SPA SPA FRE (All Souls' Day) -
Prayer (Lord, oft as I kneel before Thee) FRE
Pride of my heart, its crown, its joy, thou art a golden treasure CAT DUT FRE ITA (Pride of my heart) -
Pride of my heart (Pride of my heart, its crown, its joy, thou art a golden treasure) CAT DUT FRE ITA
Ringlet and wreathlet (Lads and lassies gay) DUT GER GER
Roaming alone by the seaside dreary (Roaming alone by the seaside dreary)
Rock me onward, whisp'ring waters! (Solitude) -
Rosmarine or lily DUT GER (The modest lassie) -
Santa Claus (The Christmas Bells are ringing clear)
Say wherefore vainly wouldst dissemble? CAT DUT FRE (Say wherefore vainly . . .) -
Say wherefore vainly . . . (Say wherefore vainly wouldst dissemble?) CAT DUT FRE
Shed thy silvry beams, bright star, on my pathway yonder GER (Greeting from afar) -
She rose full early at break of day CAT DUT DUT FRE SWE (The faithful lassie) -
Show thy verdure, waving grass green by the purpling heather! DUT GER GER ITA (Show thy verdure...) -
Show thy verdure, waving grass DUT GER GER ITA (Show thy verdure...) -
Show thy verdure... (Show thy verdure, waving grass) DUT GER GER ITA
Silence broodeth o'er the Ocean CAT DUT FIN FRE FRE FRE ITA RUS RUS RUS (Becalmed) -
Sir Spring once more is come to town CAT DUT FRE ITA (Sir Spring) -
Sir Spring (Sir Spring once more is come to town) CAT DUT FRE ITA
Slowly to yonder church my steps I wended (Slowly to yonder church my steps I wended)
Slumber song (Come, sweet babe, cease playing)
Small our hamlet by the riverside, love GER GER ITA (Small our hamlet ...) -
Small our hamlet ... (Small our hamlet by the riverside, love) GER GER ITA
Soft nest in the willow (Cradle Song) -
Solitude (Rock me onward, whisp'ring waters!)
Song of the elves (At midnight-hour, when all mortals slumber) FRE RUS FRE
Songs whose strains are long forgotten - H. Hermann
So, you want me to name my CAT DUT FRE ITA (Nought) -
Speed thee, swallow... (Speed thee, swallow) DUT DUT GER
Spring's sweet buds now have burst into blossom CAT DUT FRE ITA (Voices of Spring) -
Stay with us! our playmates await but our call FRE (The elves) -
Strands, love's colours wearing (Strands) -
Strands (Strands, love's colours wearing)
The Angel's Love‑Message (The moonlight now has paled and vanish'd) CAT DUT FRE ITA
The captured bride (Went a maiden fair amaying) DUT GER
The children's thanks (I lay a wreath, with trembling hand) - A. Beach
The Christmas Bells are ringing clear (Santa Claus) -
The compassionate lassie (Once my heart I bore in hand) FRE
The coy one () - H. Hermann CAT FRE ITA RUS [x]
The day at last is ended FRE (Angels' vigil) -
The elves (Stay with us! our playmates await but our call) FRE
The faithful lassie (She rose full early at break of day) CAT DUT DUT FRE SWE
The forsaken lassie (Down from her nest a wild dove flew) DUT GER GER ITA
The fragrant sweet herbs on moor and hill FRE (Departure) -
The Georgina (Wherefore so late, say, sweet Georgina?) CAT DUT FRE ITA
The Horae are fickle, and swift is their flight (The Horae) -
The Horae (The Horae are fickle, and swift is their flight)
The maid would fain a lover find DUT FRE (And all for half-a-crown) -
The merry dance is o'er (The merry dance is o'er)
The modest lassie (Rosmarine or lily) DUT GER
The moonbeams silver the landscape o'er (The moonbeams silver the landscape o'er)
The moonlight now has paled and vanish'd CAT DUT FRE ITA (The Angel's Love‑Message) -
The night is dark and the tempest roars (The night is dark and the tempest roars)
The pleading rose (There was a bonnie lass) DUT GER ITA
There was a bonnie lass DUT GER ITA (The pleading rose) -
The Rose Chain (I found her hid in rosy bow'r) CAT DUT FRE ITA SPA
The shy lover (My lover's shy, almost to sadness!) - J. Marx FRE GER
The solitary piper (I came unto a meadow)
The Star of Bethlehem (A star shone brightly in azure height)
The village church stands surrounded
The violet (Breathe thy fragrance, modest violet) FRE ITA
The waves (Who shall detain us) - H. Hermann
The wreath (Homeward plod the reapers. Set the tables, lasses) GER
Thou sleepst and I bend me o'er thee, sweet CAT DUT FRE (To my baby) -
Thro' the grove a brooklet flows in leafy shade GER (Brooklet and tears) -
Thy rebuke hath broken his heart (But thou didst not leave his soul in hell) -
To-morrow's sun will rise in glory beaming CAT DUT DUT DUT FRE FRI IRI ITA ITA SPA SPA (To-Morrow!) -
To-Morrow! (To-morrow's sun will rise in glory beaming) CAT DUT DUT DUT FRE FRI IRI ITA ITA SPA SPA
To my baby (Thou sleepst and I bend me o'er thee, sweet) CAT DUT FRE
Un profond silence règne CAT DUT ENG ENG ENG FIN ITA RUS RUS RUS (Calme de mer) -
Up, lift now the sparkling gold cup to the lip, and drink! CAT DUT FRE ITA LIT SPA
Upon the cross thy pangs they saw
Voices of Spring (Spring's sweet buds now have burst into blossom) CAT DUT FRE ITA
Watch, love, else some fine day GER GER (Watch, Love...) -
Watch, Love... (Watch, love, else some fine day) GER GER
Went a maiden fair amaying DUT GER (The captured bride) -
When all sails are sleeping (When all sails are sleeping) CAT FRE
Wherefore so late, say, sweet Georgina? CAT DUT FRE ITA (The Georgina) -
Who shall detain us - H. Hermann
Wine soup. A nursery rhyme (Baby, don't fret you!)
With Granny (Dear Granny in the garden sits) - A. Beach
Woeful tale (I gave my heart to a blue-eyed maid)
Woodlands so fair! FRE (Forest-Solitude) -

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