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

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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