Texts by J. Bernhoff set in Art Songs and Choral Works
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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 FRE FRE FRE FRE FRE FRE GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS 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 FRE FRE FRE FRE FRE FRE GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS 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 (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
- 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 FRE IRI ITA ITA SPA SPA (To-Morrow!) -
- To-Morrow! (To-morrow's sun will rise in glory beaming) CAT DUT DUT FRE 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 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) 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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