Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by N. LeFanu

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Nicola LeFanu (b. 1947)

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

A Travelling Spirit

no. 1. Riddle 74 (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland)
no. 2. Riddle 7 (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland)

Mira Clas Tenebras

no. 1. Phoebi claro nondum orto iubare [x]

Songs for Jane

no. 1. Far away (Text: Anonymous after Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) ⊗
no. 2. Scattered petals
no. 3. Standing around, looking intelligent (Text: Anonymous after Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) ⊗

The Green Children

no. 1. Strawberries red! in Strawberry wood (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) *

The Same Day Dawns [multi-composer]

no. 1. The still drone of the time past midnight, composed by Nicola LeFanu
no. 2. The time I went to see my brother, composed by Nicola LeFanu (Text: Anonymous)
no. 3. Horses, blown by the whirlwind, composed by Nicola LeFanu
no. 4. O my lord jasmine, composed by Nicola LeFanu (Text: Anonymous)
no. 5. Joy, composed by Nicola LeFanu
no. 6. How can one ever know?, composed by Nicola LeFanu
no. 7. When will there be an end, composed by Nicola LeFanu
no. 8. Less than a day, composed by Nicola LeFanu
no. 9. [No title], composed by Nicola LeFanu
no. 10a. Ah, composed by Nicola LeFanu
no. 10b. Who is your mother?, composed by Nicola LeFanu
no. 12. O my lord jasmine, composed by Nicola LeFanu (Text: Anonymous)
no. 13. [No title], composed by Nicola LeFanu
no. 14. The wind sleeps, composed by Nicola LeFanu
no. 15. Green, gold, composed by Nicola LeFanu
no. 16. The time I went to see my brother, composed by Nicola LeFanu (Text: Anonymous)
no. 17. The still drone of the time past midnight, composed by Nicola LeFanu

The Tongue and the Heart

no. 1. Hemispheres (Text: John Fuller) *
no. 2. Sunset (Text: John Fuller) *
no. 3. Pichet (Text: John Fuller)
no. 4. Puzzle (Text: John Fuller)

Two Auden Songs

no. 1. Lullaby (Text: W. H. Auden)
no. 2. Edward Lear (Text: W. H. Auden)

Two French Songs

no. 1. Billet à Whistler (Text: Stéphane Mallarmé)
no. 2. Au Chat (Text: Gwen John)

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

Ah (in The Same Day Dawns)
Alkman the Choirmaster (Text: John Fuller)
Au Chat (in Two French Songs) (Text: Gwen John)
Billet à Whistler (in Two French Songs) (Text: Stéphane Mallarmé)
But Stars Remaining [multi-text setting] (Text: Lewis)
Edward Lear (in Two Auden Songs) (Text: W. H. Auden)
Far away (in Songs for Jane) (Text: Anonymous after Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) ⊗
Finding (Text: Ursula Vaughan Williams)
For We Are The Stars (Text: Volkslieder )
Green, gold (in The Same Day Dawns)
Hemispheres (in The Tongue and the Heart) (Text: John Fuller) *
Horses, blown by the whirlwind (in The Same Day Dawns)
How can one ever know? (in The Same Day Dawns)
I am Bread (Text: Brendan Kennelly)
Joy (in The Same Day Dawns)
La Cancion De La Luna (Text: Federico García Lorca)
Less than a day (in The Same Day Dawns)
Lullaby (in Two Auden Songs) (Text: W. H. Auden)
Moth-Ghost (Text: James Harpur) [x]
O my lord jasmine (in The Same Day Dawns) (Text: Anonymous)
O my lord jasmine (in The Same Day Dawns) (Text: Anonymous)
On The Wind (Text: Anne Le Marquand Hartigan) *
Phoebi claro nondum orto iubare (in Mira Clas Tenebras) [x]
Pichet (in The Tongue and the Heart) (Text: John Fuller)
Puzzle (in The Tongue and the Heart) (Text: John Fuller)
Riddle 74 (in A Travelling Spirit) (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland)
Riddle 7 (in A Travelling Spirit) (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland)
Scattered petals (in Songs for Jane)
Standing around, looking intelligent (in Songs for Jane) (Text: Anonymous after Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) ⊗
Strawberries red! in Strawberry wood (in The Green Children) (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) *
Sunset (in The Tongue and the Heart) (Text: John Fuller) *
The Bourne (Text: Christina Georgina Rossetti)
The Little Valleys (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
The still drone of the time past midnight (in The Same Day Dawns)
The still drone of the time past midnight (in The Same Day Dawns)
The time I went to see my brother (in The Same Day Dawns) (Text: Anonymous)
The time I went to see my brother (in The Same Day Dawns) (Text: Anonymous)
The Valleys Shall Sing (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
The wind sleeps (in The Same Day Dawns)
Trio 2: Song for Peter
When will there be an end (in The Same Day Dawns)
Who is your mother? (in The Same Day Dawns)
[No title] (in The Same Day Dawns)
[No title] (in The Same Day Dawns)

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