Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by J. Sykes

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

• Homage to John Dowland
• no. 1. Jean with her golden grace (Text: Randall Carline Swingler) [x]
• no. 2. My mistress played (Text: Randall Carline Swingler) [x]
• no. 3. The Jealous Lover (Lachrymae) (Text: Randall Carline Swingler) [x]
• no. 4. To a Dahlia in the sun (Text: Randall Carline Swingler) [x]
• Songs of Experience
• no. 1. Introduction (Text: William Blake)
• no. 2. Earth's answer (Text: William Blake)
• no. 3. Love seeketh not itself to please (Text: William Blake) RUS
• no. 4. Holy Thursday (Text: William Blake)
• no. 5. The sick rose (Text: William Blake) CAT FRE GER GER IRI ITA NYN RUS SPA
• no. 6. The fly (Text: William Blake) CAT FRE RUS
• no. 7. The Angel (Text: William Blake)
• no. 8. The Tyger (Text: William Blake) CAT CHI FRE GER GER RUS
• no. 9. My pretty rose tree (Text: William Blake)
• no. 10. Ah! Sunflower (Text: William Blake) CAT FRE SPA
• no. 11. The lily (Text: William Blake)
• no. 12. The Garden of Love (Text: William Blake) GER
• no. 13. The Little Vagabond (Text: William Blake)
• no. 14. London (Text: William Blake) CAT FRE
• no. 15. The Human Abstract (Text: William Blake)
• no. 16. Infant sorrow (Text: William Blake)
• no. 17. The poison tree (Text: William Blake) CAT FRE GER
• no. 18. To Tirzah (Text: William Blake)
• no. 19. The schoolboy (Text: William Blake)
• no. 20. The voice of the ancient bard (Text: William Blake)
• Songs of Innocence
• no. 1. Piping down the valleys wild (Text: William Blake) RUS
• no. 2. The blossom (Text: William Blake)
• no. 3. The shepherd (Text: William Blake) CAT
• no. 4. The echoing green (Text: William Blake) DUT
• no. 5. The lamb (Text: William Blake) CAT GER GER RUS
• no. 6. The little black boy (Text: William Blake)
• no. 7. The little boy lost and found [multi-text setting] (Text: Blake)
• no. 8. Laughing song (Text: William Blake) CHI RUS
• no. 9. A cradle song (Text: William Blake)
• no. 10. The divine image (Text: William Blake) GER RUS
• no. 11. Holy Thursday (Text: William Blake)
• no. 12. Spring (Text: William Blake) GER
• no. 13. Nurse's song (Text: William Blake)
• no. 14. Infant Joy (Text: William Blake) RUS
• no. 15. A dream (Text: William Blake) CHI RUS
• no. 16. On another's sorrow (Text: William Blake)
• Three Poems by Francis Byrne
• no. 1. Sweetheart (Text: Francis Byrne) [x]
• no. 2. For I'll ne'er hang (Text: Francis Byrne) [x]
• no. 3. Old Dublin Bay (Text: Francis Byrne) [x]
• Two Songs
• no. 1. The king's son (Text: Thomas Boyd) [x]
• no. 2. Ah! Sunflower (Text: William Blake) CAT FRE SPA

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

• A cradle song (in Songs of Innocence) (Text: William Blake)
• A dream (in Songs of Innocence) (Text: William Blake) CHI RUS
• Ah! Sunflower (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake) CAT FRE SPA
• Ah! Sunflower (in Two Songs) (Text: William Blake) CAT FRE SPA
• Draw on, sweet Night (Text: Anonymous) DUT
• Earth's answer (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake)
• Easter Song (Text: Randall Carline Swingler) [x]
• Fair County of Kent (Text: H. G. Arnold, Rev.) [x]
• For I'll ne'er hang (in Three Poems by Francis Byrne) (Text: Francis Byrne) [x]
• Great God of Love (Text: Anonymous) GER
• Holy Thursday (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake)
• Holy Thursday (in Songs of Innocence) (Text: William Blake)
• Infant Joy (in Songs of Innocence) (Text: William Blake) RUS
• Infant sorrow (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake)
• Introduction (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake)
• Jean with her golden grace (in Homage to John Dowland) (Text: Randall Carline Swingler) [x]
• Laughing song (in Songs of Innocence) (Text: William Blake) CHI RUS
• London (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake) CAT FRE
• Love seeketh not itself to please (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake) RUS
• My mistress played (in Homage to John Dowland) (Text: Randall Carline Swingler) [x]
• My pretty rose tree (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake)
• New Year Song (Text: Randall Carline Swingler) [x]
• Nurse's song (in Songs of Innocence) (Text: William Blake)
• Old Dublin Bay (in Three Poems by Francis Byrne) (Text: Francis Byrne) [x]
• On another's sorrow (in Songs of Innocence) (Text: William Blake)
• Piping down the valleys wild (in Songs of Innocence) (Text: William Blake) RUS
• Song for the Wandering Jew (Text: William Wordsworth)
• Spring (in Songs of Innocence) (Text: William Blake) GER
• Sweetheart (in Three Poems by Francis Byrne) (Text: Francis Byrne) [x]
• The Angel (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake)
• The blossom (in Songs of Innocence) (Text: William Blake)
• The divine image (in Songs of Innocence) (Text: William Blake) GER RUS
• The echoing green (in Songs of Innocence) (Text: William Blake) DUT
• The fly (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake) CAT FRE RUS
• The Garden of Love (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake) GER
• The Human Abstract (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake)
• The Jealous Lover (Lachrymae) (Text: Randall Carline Swingler) [x]
• The Jealous Lover (Lachrymae) (in Homage to John Dowland) (Text: Randall Carline Swingler) [x]
• The king's son (in Two Songs) (Text: Thomas Boyd) [x]
• The lamb (in Songs of Innocence) (Text: William Blake) CAT GER GER RUS
• The lily (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake)
• The little black boy (in Songs of Innocence) (Text: William Blake)
• The little boy lost and found [multi-text setting] (in Songs of Innocence) (Text: Blake)
• The Little Vagabond (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake)
• The poison tree (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake) CAT FRE GER
• The schoolboy (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake)
• The shepherd (in Songs of Innocence) (Text: William Blake) CAT
• The sick rose (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake) CAT FRE GER GER IRI ITA NYN RUS SPA
• The Tyger (Text: William Blake) CAT CHI FRE GER GER RUS
• The Tyger (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake) CAT CHI FRE GER GER RUS
• The voice of the ancient bard (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake)
• To a Dahlia in the sun (Text: Randall Carline Swingler) [x]
• To a Dahlia in the sun (in Homage to John Dowland) (Text: Randall Carline Swingler) [x]
• To Tirzah (in Songs of Experience) (Text: William Blake)

Last update: 2025-07-17 05:52:02