Texts by M. Arnold set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888)

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Ah, sweet angels, let him dream! (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - A. Foerster (Tristan and Iseult)
A June Nocturne (Raised are the dripping oars) (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - D. Barlow
All Creatures (O most high, almighty, good Lord God) (from Essays in Criticism) - M. Shaw GER SPA DUT ITA POR
A memory-picture (Laugh, my Friends, and without blame) (from The Strayed Reveller, and Other Poems) - P. Tate
And the first grey of morning fill'd the east (from Poems) - R. Robbins (Sohrab and Rustum)
A summer night (In the deserted, moon-blanch'd street) (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems)
Autumn (Requiescat) (Strew on her roses, roses) (from Poems) - H. Nelson
A wanderer is man from his birth (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - R. Vaughan Williams (The future)
But the majestic river floated on (from Poems) - H. Searle (Sohrab and Rustum)
Cadmus and Harmonia (Far, far from here) - V. Fine
Callicles (The mules, I think, will not be here this hour) (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems - Empedocles on Etna) - E. Elgar
Calm soul of all things! make it mine (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) (Lines written in Kensington Gardens) - E. Bacon, H. Baumgartner, T. Beveridge, T. Hold, K. Roger, P. Tate
Calm soul of all things (In this lone, open glade I lie) (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - H. Baumgartner, T. Beveridge, T. Hold
Calm soul (In this lone, open glade I lie) (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - E. Bacon
Canticle of the Sun (O most high, almighty, good Lord God) (from Essays in Criticism) - H. Boatwright, R. Hockley, M. Shaw, L. Sowerby GER SPA DUT ITA POR
Coldly, sadly descends (from New Poems) - A. Gatty, R. Vaughan Williams (Rugby Chapel)
Come, dear children, let us away (from The Strayed Reveller, and Other Poems) - M. Bauer, B. Burrows, G. Godfrey, R. Milford, R. Robbins, A. Somervell (The Forsaken Merman)
Come to me in my dreams, and then (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) FRE - C. Barry, H. Benner, F. Bridge, W. Bury, N. Cain, H. Coates, B. Crowe, M. Emery, M. Fax, S. Gaines, J. Keel, H. Keeton, L. Kellie, G. Klemm, A. Paganucci, P. Pisk, A. Somervell, C. Taylor, M. White (Longing)
Come to me in my dreams (Come to me in my dreams, and then) (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - C. Barry, F. Bridge, W. Bury, L. Kellie, G. Klemm, A. Somervell, M. White FRE
Creep into thy narrow bed (from New Poems) - M. Kalmanoff (The last word)
Crouch'd on the pavement, close by Belgrave Square (from New Poems) - C. Ives (West London)
Cumnor (Coldly, sadly descends) (from New Poems) - R. Vaughan Williams
Despondency (The thoughts that rain their steady glow) (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - P. Stearns
Dover Beach (The sea is calm to-night) (from New Poems) - S. Barber, E. Cone, R. Field, B. Gilmore, A. Goodhart, A. Henderson, J. Jarrett, M. Johnstone, M. Kalmanoff, J. Kaufer, R. Russell, R. Vaughan Williams GER LIT
Each on his own strict line we move (from Poems - Faded Leaves) - I. Atkins, H. Gál (Too late)
Elegie (In the deserted, moon-blanch'd street) (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - R. Still
Elegy for the nightingale (Hark! ah, the Nightingale!) (from Poems) - H. Blumenfeld
Elegy (Each on his own strict line we move) (from Poems - Faded Leaves) - H. Gál
Eyes of deep, soft, lucent hue (Vain is the effort to forget) (from Poems - Faded Leaves) - M. Emery
Far, far from each other our spirits have flown (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) FRE GER (Parting) - F. Bridge, W. Weekes
Far, far from each other (Far, far from each other) (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - F. Bridge FRE GER
Far, far from each other (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) FRE GER - F. Bridge (Parting)
Far, far from here - V. Fine (Cadmus and Harmonia)
From Dover Beach (The sea is calm to-night) (from New Poems) - F. Woltmann GER LIT
From the Canticle of the Sun (O most high, almighty, good Lord God) (from Essays in Criticism) - V. Thomson GER SPA DUT ITA POR
Go, for they call you, Shepherd, from the hill (from Poems) - R. Robbins (The Scholar-Gipsy)
Hark! ah, the Nightingale! (from Poems) - H. Blumenfeld, E. Cone, H. Morris (Philomela)
How changed is here each spot man makes or fills! - M. Rose (Thyrsis)
In the deserted, moon-blanch'd street (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - R. Still (A summer night)
In this lone, open glade I lie (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - E. Bacon, H. Baumgartner, T. Beveridge, T. Hold, K. Roger, P. Tate (Lines written in Kensington Gardens)
Laugh, my Friends, and without blame (from The Strayed Reveller, and Other Poems) - P. Tate (To my friends)
Lines from the Youth of Man (We, O Nature, depart) (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - J. Joubert
Lines written in Kensington Gardens (In this lone, open glade I lie) (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - K. Roger, P. Tate
Longing (Come to me in my dreams, and then) (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - H. Benner, N. Cain, H. Coates, B. Crowe, M. Emery, M. Fax, S. Gaines, J. Keel, H. Keeton, A. Paganucci, P. Pisk, C. Taylor FRE
Lost at sea (Weary of myself, and sick of asking) (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - C. Pye
May Day () - M. Fax [x]
Midsummer pomps (How changed is here each spot man makes or fills!) - M. Rose
Morality (We cannot kindle when we will) (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - P. Tate
My pent-up tears oppress my brain (My pent-up tears oppress my brain) - F. Bridge
My pent-up tears oppress my brain - F. Bridge
O most high, almighty, good Lord God (from Essays in Criticism) GER SPA DUT ITA POR - A. Beach, H. Boatwright, R. Hockley, J. Roff, M. Shaw, L. Sowerby, V. Thomson (The Canticle of the Sun)
On the Rhine (Vain is the effort to forget) (from Poems - Faded Leaves)
Oxonia (Coldly, sadly descends) (from New Poems) - A. Gatty
Oxus (But the majestic river floated on) (from Poems) - H. Searle
Parting (Ye storm-winds of Autumn) (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - W. Weekes FRE GER
Peace (Strew on her roses, roses) (from Poems) - E. Bacon
Philomela (Hark! ah, the Nightingale!) (from Poems) - E. Cone
Raised are the dripping oars (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - D. Barlow (The Youth Of Nature)
Requiescat (Strew on her roses, roses) (from Poems) - J. Brown, F. Durrant, A. Esmond, H. Hopekirk, J. Seymour, C. Stanford, R. Stoker, M. Woodward
Rugby Chapel (Coldly, sadly descends) (from New Poems)
Self-Dependence (Weary of myself, and sick of asking) (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems)
Separation (Stop! -- not to me, at this bitter departing) (from Poems - Faded Leaves)
Servants of God! -- or sons (from New Poems) (Rugby Chapel) - A. Gatty, R. Vaughan Williams
Sohrab and Rustum, Epilogue (And the first grey of morning fill'd the east) (from Poems) - R. Robbins
Sohrab and Rustum (And the first grey of morning fill'd the east) (from Poems)
Song of Callicles (The mules, I think, will not be here this hour) (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems - Empedocles on Etna) - M. Shaw
Soon will the high Midsummer pomps come on (Thyrsis) - M. Rose
Still glides the stream, slow drops the boat (from Poems - Faded Leaves) (The River) -
Stop! -- not to me, at this bitter departing (from Poems - Faded Leaves) (Separation) -
Strew no more red roses, maidens - F. Bridge
Strew no more red roses (Strew no more red roses, maidens) - F. Bridge
Strew on her roses, roses (from Poems) - E. Bacon, B. Bernoulli, J. Brown, H. Crossley, F. Durrant, A. Esmond, H. Hopekirk, H. Nelson, J. Seymour, C. Stanford, R. Stoker, P. Wilkinson, M. Woodward (Requiescat)
Strew on her roses, roses (Strew on her roses, roses) (from Poems) - B. Bernoulli
Strew on her roses (Strew on her roses, roses) (from Poems) - H. Crossley, P. Wilkinson
The Canticle of the Sun (O most high, almighty, good Lord God) (from Essays in Criticism) - A. Beach GER SPA DUT ITA POR
The Forsaken Merman, Epilogue (Come, dear children, let us away) (from The Strayed Reveller, and Other Poems) - R. Robbins
The Forsaken Merman (Come, dear children, let us away) (from The Strayed Reveller, and Other Poems) - M. Bauer, B. Burrows, G. Godfrey, R. Milford, A. Somervell
The future (A wanderer is man from his birth) (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - R. Vaughan Williams
The last word (Creep into thy narrow bed) (from New Poems) - M. Kalmanoff
The mules, I think, will not be here this hour (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems - Empedocles on Etna) - E. Elgar, M. Shaw
The nightingale (Hark! ah, the Nightingale!) (from Poems) - H. Morris
The River (Still glides the stream, slow drops the boat) (from Poems - Faded Leaves)
The Scholar Gipsy, Epilogue (Go, for they call you, Shepherd, from the hill) (from Poems) - R. Robbins
The Scholar-Gipsy (Go, for they call you, Shepherd, from the hill) (from Poems)
The sea is calm to-night (from New Poems) GER LIT - S. Barber, A. Bullard, E. Cone, R. Field, B. Gilmore, A. Goodhart, A. Henderson, J. Jarrett, M. Johnstone, M. Kalmanoff, J. Kaufer, R. Russell, R. Vaughan Williams, F. Woltmann (Dover Beach)
The Sea of Faith (The sea is calm to-night) (from New Poems) - A. Bullard GER LIT
The Song of the Creatures (O most high, almighty, good Lord God) (from Essays in Criticism) - J. Roff GER SPA DUT ITA POR
The thoughts that rain their steady glow (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - P. Stearns (Despondency)
The Youth Of Man (We, O Nature, depart) (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems)
The Youth Of Nature (Raised are the dripping oars) (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems)
This is not what man hates (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems - Empedocles on Etna)
Thoughts () - J. Trevalsa [x]
Thyrsis (How changed is here each spot man makes or fills!)
To my friends (Laugh, my Friends, and without blame) (from The Strayed Reveller, and Other Poems)
Too late (Each on his own strict line we move) (from Poems - Faded Leaves) - I. Atkins
Tristan and Iseult (Ah, sweet angels, let him dream!) (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems)
Tristram and Iseult (Ah, sweet angels, let him dream!) (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - A. Foerster
Vain is the effort to forget (from Poems - Faded Leaves) - M. Emery (On the Rhine)
Viens à moi dans la paix des songes [x] - S. Schlesinger
Viens dans mes songes ! (Viens à moi dans la paix des songes) - S. Schlesinger [x]
Weary of myself, and sick of asking (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - C. Pye (Self-Dependence)
We cannot kindle when we will (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - P. Tate (Morality)
We, O Nature, depart (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) - J. Joubert (The Youth Of Man)
West London (Crouch'd on the pavement, close by Belgrave Square) (from New Poems) - C. Ives
Ye storm-winds of Autumn (from Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems) FRE GER - W. Weekes (Parting)

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