Texts by W. Thackeray set in Art Songs and Choral Works
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Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):
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- A credo (For the sole edification) (from Five German Ditties)
- A little girl through field and wood (from Five German Ditties) FRE - P. Tranchell (The chaplet)
- And thou wert once a maiden fair (from Five German Ditties) - P. Tranchell (On a very old woman)
- A tale of long ago (There liv'd a sage in days of yore) (from Five German Ditties) - H. Noble FRE
- A tragic story (There liv'd a sage in days of yore) (from Five German Ditties) - A. Bergh, B. Britten, E. Bullock, G. Chadwick, A. Hamerton, G. Peterkin, J. Roff, P. Tranchell FRE
- A tragic tale (There liv'd a sage in days of yore) (from Five German Ditties) - J. Fox, D. Slater FRE
- Ballad of Little Billee (There were three sailors of Bristol city) (from Sand and Canvas) - G. O'Hara, G. Peel
- Bread and butter (Werther had a love for Charlotte) (from Miscellanies: Prose and Verse) - S. Barab
- Commanders of the Faithful (The Pope he is a happy man) (from Rebecca and Rowena) - W. Platt
- Credo (For the sole edification) (from Five German Ditties) - G. Chadwick
- Cutting him dead (Werther had a love for Charlotte) (from Miscellanies: Prose and Verse) - C. Blyton
- Doctor Luther (For the sole edification) (from Five German Ditties) - P. Tranchell
- For the sole edification (from Five German Ditties) - G. Chadwick, P. Tranchell (A credo)
- Ho! pretty page, with the dimpled chin (Ho! pretty page, with the dimpled chin) (from Rebecca and Rowena) - A. Foote
- Ho! pretty page, with the dimpled chin (from Rebecca and Rowena) - A. Foote, T. Marzials, W. Platt, R. Walthew
- How spake of old the Royal Seer? - M. Crichton (Vanitas Vanitatum)
- Little Billee (There were three sailors of Bristol city) (from Sand and Canvas) - R. Boughton, W. Bowie, J. Diack, P. Edmonds, C. Herreshoff, M. Hurd, H. Sykes, C. Wood
- On a very old woman (And thou wert once a maiden fair) (from Five German Ditties)
- Sorrows of Werther (Werther had a love for Charlotte) (from Miscellanies: Prose and Verse) - R. Walthew
- The Age of Wisdom (Ho! pretty page, with the dimpled chin) (from Rebecca and Rowena) - W. Platt, R. Walthew
- The Almack's Adieu (Your Fanny was never false-hearted)
- The chaplet (A little girl through field and wood) (from Five German Ditties) - P. Tranchell FRE
- The cold gray hills they bind me around (from Five German Ditties) CAT FRE RUS - P. Tranchell, R. Walthew (The king on the tower)
- The garret (With pensive eyes the little room I view) GER
- The king on the tower (The cold gray hills they bind me around) (from Five German Ditties) - P. Tranchell, R. Walthew CAT FRE RUS
- The Knightly Guerdon (Untrue to my Ulric I never could be)
- The pigtail (There liv'd a sage in days of yore) (from Five German Ditties) - S. Barab, F. Bullard, M. Dring, H. Gilbert, J. Wardale FRE
- The Pope he is a happy man (from Rebecca and Rowena) - W. Platt (Commanders of the Faithful)
- There liv'd a sage in days of yore (from Five German Ditties) FRE - S. Barab, A. Bergh, B. Britten, F. Bullard, E. Bullock, G. Chadwick, M. Dring, J. Fox, H. Gilbert, A. Hamerton, H. Noble, G. Peterkin, J. Roff, D. Slater, P. Tranchell, J. Wardale (A tragic story)
- There were three sailors of Bristol city (from Sand and Canvas) - R. Boughton, W. Bowie, J. Diack, P. Edmonds, C. Herreshoff, M. Hurd, G. O'Hara, G. Peel, H. Sykes, C. Wood (The three sailors)
- The rose upon my balcony the morning air perfuming (from Vanity Fair) - B. Rolt, C. Stanford (The rose upon my balcony)
- The rose upon my balcony (The rose upon my balcony the morning air perfuming) (from Vanity Fair) - B. Rolt, C. Stanford
- The three sailors (There were three sailors of Bristol city) (from Sand and Canvas)
- To a very old woman (And thou wert once a maiden fair) (from Five German Ditties) - P. Tranchell
- Untrue to my Ulric I never could be (The Knightly Guerdon) -
- Vanitas Vanitatum (How spake of old the Royal Seer?)
- Vanity of vanities (How spake of old the Royal Seer?) - M. Crichton
- Wait till you come to forty years (Ho! pretty page, with the dimpled chin) (from Rebecca and Rowena) - T. Marzials
- Wapping Old Stairs (Your Molly has never been false, she declares) - W. Walton [misattributed] (Text: Anonymous)
- Werther had a love for Charlotte (from Miscellanies: Prose and Verse) - S. Barab, C. Blyton, R. Walthew (Sorrows of Werther)
- With pensive eyes the little room I view GER (The garret) -
- Your Fanny was never false-hearted (The Almack's Adieu) -
- Your Molly has never been false, she declares [misattributed] (Text: Anonymous) - W. Walton (Wapping Old Stairs)
Last update: 2023-07-04 18:39:25