Author: John Bernhoff (flourished 1890-1912)

Texts set to music as art song or choral works [warning - 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)
• 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
• And all for half-a-crown (The maid would fain a lover find) DUT FRE
• Angels' vigil (The day at last is ended) FRE
• An my scythe were whetted sharp and keen... (An my scythe were whetted sharp and keen) DUT GER ITA
• An my scythe were whetted sharp and keen DUT GER ITA (An my scythe were whetted sharp and keen...)
• Anthem (Jacob! thy lost son, behold) CAT FRE
• A ray of golden sunlight calm (A ray of golden sunlight calm) FRE
• A ray of golden sunlight calm FRE (A ray of golden sunlight calm)
• 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) - Hans Hermann
• A youth pass'd by the garden-gate (A youth pass'd by the garden-gate)
• 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
• Bee-Song (In the grove, with odours teeming)
• Behold, I'm a harp here (Behold, I'm a harp here) FRE
• Behold, I'm a harp here FRE (Behold, I'm a harp here)
• 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
• 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)
• 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!)
• Day of my Life-Tide! (Day of my Life-Tide)
• Dear Granny in the garden sits - Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (With Granny)
• 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)
• En cheminant (Je parcours les vastes prairies) ENG
• Ere we part, love, kiss me ... (Ere we part, love, kiss me) GER GER ITA
• Ere we part, love, kiss me GER GER ITA (Ere we part, love, kiss me ...)
• Evening song () - Hans 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)
• Hark! The herald host is singing (Christmas)
• Hark! yonder far 'neath the greenwood tree (Hark! yonder far 'neath the greenwood tree)
• Hark! yonder far 'neath the greenwood tree (Hark! yonder far 'neath the greenwood tree)
• Hoping, yet ever despairing (Hoping, yet ever despairing) CAT DUT FRE
• Hoping, yet ever despairing CAT DUT FRE (Hoping, yet ever despairing)
• 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 - Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (The children's thanks)
• 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 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 GER 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 GER 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 - Joseph Marx (The shy lover)
• 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)
• 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
• 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 (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)
• 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 - Hans Hermann (Autumn leaves)
• So, you want me to name my CAT DUT FRE ITA (Nought)
• Speed thee, swallow... (Speed thee, swallow) DUT DUT GER
• Speed thee, swallow DUT DUT GER (Speed thee, swallow...)
• 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) - Amy Marcy Cheney Beach
• The Christmas Bells are ringing clear (Santa Claus)
• The compassionate lassie (Once my heart I bore in hand) FRE
• The coy one () - Hans Hermann 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 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 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 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!) - Joseph Marx FRE GER
• The solitary piper (I came unto a meadow)
• The Star of Bethlehem (A star shone brightly in azure height)
• The violet (Breathe thy fragrance, modest violet) FRE ITA
• The waves (Who shall detain us) - Hans Hermann
• 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 (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
• When all sails are sleeping FRE (When all sails are sleeping)
• Wherefore so late, say, sweet Georgina? CAT DUT FRE ITA (The Georgina)
• Who shall detain us - Hans Hermann (The waves)
• Wine soup. A nursery rhyme (Baby, don't fret you!)
• With Granny (Dear Granny in the garden sits) - Amy Marcy Cheney Beach
• Woeful tale (I gave my heart to a blue-eyed maid)
• Woodlands so fair! FRE (Forest-Solitude)

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