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Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by G. Allen

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Geoffrey Allen (b. 1927)

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

  • Bredon Hill : eight songs for tenor voice and piano to poems of A. E. Housman, op. 10
    • no. 1. When I came last to Ludlow (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
    • no. 2. Loveliest of trees (Text: Alfred Edward Housman) FRE HEB
    • no. 3. Twice a week the winter thorough [sic] (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
    • no. 4. Reveille (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
    • no. 5. On the idle hill of summer (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
    • no. 6. White in the moon (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
    • no. 7. 'Tis time I think (Text: Alfred Edward Housman) CHI
    • no. 8. Bredon Hill (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
  • Four songs to poems of Rosemary Dobson, op. 64
    • no. 1. A fine thing (Text: Rosemary de Brissac Dobson, AO) [x]*
    • no. 2. The bystander (Text: Rosemary de Brissac Dobson, AO) [x]*
    • no. 3. The alphabet (Text: Rosemary de Brissac Dobson, AO) [x]*
    • no. 4. Ampersand (Text: Rosemary de Brissac Dobson, AO) [x]*
  • Remembered love : four songs to poems of Geoffrey Grigson, op. 62
    • no. 1. Young and old (Text: Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson) [x]*
    • no. 2. The yew tree (Text: Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson) [x]*
    • no. 3. Sappho's loneliness (Text: Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson) [x]*
    • no. 4. The rock (Text: Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson) [x]*
  • Songs that mother never taught me, op. 17
    • no. 1. Love letters (Text: Anonymous) [x]
    • no. 2. Heart attack (Text: Anonymous) [x]
    • no. 3. The vampire's lullaby (Text: Anonymous) [x]
    • no. 4. The dangers of love (Text: Anonymous) [x]
  • Speaking of the snow : a song cycle for voice and piano to poems by Kevin Crossley-Holland
    • no. 1. Prism (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
    • no. 2. Snowman (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
    • no. 3. Lover (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
    • no. 4. Old man (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
    • no. 5. He who hesitates (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
    • no. 6. Prisoner (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
    • no. 7. The fair field (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
  • Stile and stump : five songs to poems of Kevin Crossley-Holland
    • no. 1. Shadows (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
    • no. 2. Every stile and stump (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
    • no. 3. Leaf girl (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
    • no. 4. Grace (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
    • no. 5. The Jesus of Norton (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
  • Two Browning songs, op. 2
    • no. 1. Lovers' quarrel (Text: Robert Browning)
    • no. 2. Home‑thoughts, from abroad (Text: Robert Browning)
  • Two Chinese songs : to poems by Li Po, op. 1
    • no. 1. Flute music (Text: E. D. Edwards after Li-Tai-Po) [x]
    • no. 2. The white egret (Text: E. D. Edwards after Li-Tai-Po) [x]
  • Two songs for a wedding
    • no. 1. Smile o voluptuous cool-breath'd earth (Text: Walt Whitman) ITA
    • no. 2. Love's coming (Text: John Shaw Neilson) [x]
  • Two songs for baritone, viola and cello, op. 76b
    • no. 1. On Betelgeuse (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
    • no. 2. On the inland sea (Text: James Falconer Kirkup, FRSL) [x]
  • Two songs : for voice and viola (or voice, violin and viola), op. 76a
    • no. 1. On Betelgeuse (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
    • no. 2. On the inland sea (Text: James Falconer Kirkup, FRSL) [x]

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

  • A fine thing, op. 64 no. 1 (in Four songs to poems of Rosemary Dobson) (Text: Rosemary de Brissac Dobson, AO) [x]*
  • Ampersand, op. 64 no. 4 (in Four songs to poems of Rosemary Dobson) (Text: Rosemary de Brissac Dobson, AO) [x]*
  • Bredon Hill, op. 10 no. 8 (in Bredon Hill : eight songs for tenor voice and piano to poems of A. E. Housman) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
  • Every stile and stump (in Stile and stump : five songs to poems of Kevin Crossley-Holland ) (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
  • Flute music, op. 1 no. 1 (in Two Chinese songs : to poems by Li Po) (Text: E. D. Edwards after Li-Tai-Po) [x]
  • Grace (in Stile and stump : five songs to poems of Kevin Crossley-Holland ) (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
  • Heart attack, op. 17 no. 2 (in Songs that mother never taught me) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
  • He who hesitates (in Speaking of the snow : a song cycle for voice and piano to poems by Kevin Crossley-Holland ) (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
  • Home‑thoughts, from abroad, op. 2 no. 2 (in Two Browning songs) (Text: Robert Browning)
  • Leaf girl (in Stile and stump : five songs to poems of Kevin Crossley-Holland ) (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
  • Love letters , op. 17 no. 1 (in Songs that mother never taught me) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
  • Loveliest of trees , op. 10 no. 2 (in Bredon Hill : eight songs for tenor voice and piano to poems of A. E. Housman) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman) FRE HEB
  • Lovers' quarrel, op. 2 no. 1 (in Two Browning songs) (Text: Robert Browning)
  • Lover (in Speaking of the snow : a song cycle for voice and piano to poems by Kevin Crossley-Holland ) (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
  • Love's coming (in Two songs for a wedding) (Text: John Shaw Neilson) [x]
  • Old man (in Speaking of the snow : a song cycle for voice and piano to poems by Kevin Crossley-Holland ) (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
  • On Betelgeuse, op. 76a no. 1 (in Two songs : for voice and viola (or voice, violin and viola)) (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
  • On Betelgeuse, op. 76b no. 1 (in Two songs for baritone, viola and cello) (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
  • On the idle hill of summer , op. 10 no. 5 (in Bredon Hill : eight songs for tenor voice and piano to poems of A. E. Housman) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
  • On the inland sea, op. 76b no. 2 (in Two songs for baritone, viola and cello) (Text: James Falconer Kirkup, FRSL) [x]
  • On the inland sea, op. 76a no. 2 (in Two songs : for voice and viola (or voice, violin and viola)) (Text: James Falconer Kirkup, FRSL) [x]
  • Prism (in Speaking of the snow : a song cycle for voice and piano to poems by Kevin Crossley-Holland ) (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
  • Prisoner (in Speaking of the snow : a song cycle for voice and piano to poems by Kevin Crossley-Holland ) (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
  • Reveille , op. 10 no. 4 (in Bredon Hill : eight songs for tenor voice and piano to poems of A. E. Housman) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
  • Sappho's loneliness, op. 62 no. 3 (in Remembered love : four songs to poems of Geoffrey Grigson) (Text: Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson) [x]*
  • Shadows (in Stile and stump : five songs to poems of Kevin Crossley-Holland ) (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
  • Smile o voluptuous cool-breath'd earth (in Two songs for a wedding) (Text: Walt Whitman) ITA
  • Snowman (in Speaking of the snow : a song cycle for voice and piano to poems by Kevin Crossley-Holland ) (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
  • The alphabet, op. 64 no. 3 (in Four songs to poems of Rosemary Dobson) (Text: Rosemary de Brissac Dobson, AO) [x]*
  • The bystander, op. 64 no. 2 (in Four songs to poems of Rosemary Dobson) (Text: Rosemary de Brissac Dobson, AO) [x]*
  • The dangers of love, op. 17 no. 4 (in Songs that mother never taught me) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
  • The fair field (in Speaking of the snow : a song cycle for voice and piano to poems by Kevin Crossley-Holland ) (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
  • The Jesus of Norton (in Stile and stump : five songs to poems of Kevin Crossley-Holland ) (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
  • The rock, op. 62 no. 4 (in Remembered love : four songs to poems of Geoffrey Grigson) (Text: Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson) [x]*
  • The vampire's lullaby, op. 17 no. 3 (in Songs that mother never taught me) (Text: Anonymous) [x]
  • The white egret, op. 1 no. 2 (in Two Chinese songs : to poems by Li Po) (Text: E. D. Edwards after Li-Tai-Po) [x]
  • The yew tree, op. 62 no. 2 (in Remembered love : four songs to poems of Geoffrey Grigson) (Text: Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson) [x]*
  • 'Tis time I think , op. 10 no. 7 (in Bredon Hill : eight songs for tenor voice and piano to poems of A. E. Housman) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman) CHI
  • Twice a week the winter thorough [sic] , op. 10 no. 3 (in Bredon Hill : eight songs for tenor voice and piano to poems of A. E. Housman) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
  • When I came last to Ludlow , op. 10 no. 1 (in Bredon Hill : eight songs for tenor voice and piano to poems of A. E. Housman) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
  • White in the moon , op. 10 no. 6 (in Bredon Hill : eight songs for tenor voice and piano to poems of A. E. Housman) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
  • Young and old, op. 62 no. 1 (in Remembered love : four songs to poems of Geoffrey Grigson) (Text: Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson) [x]*

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