Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by G. Allen

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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 Opus order

• Every stile and stump (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
• Grace (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
• He who hesitates (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
• Leaf girl (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
• Lover (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
• Love's coming (Text: John Shaw Neilson) [x]
• Old man (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
• Prism (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
• Prisoner (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
• Shadows (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
• Smile o voluptuous cool-breath'd earth (Text: Walt Whitman) ITA
• Snowman (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
• The fair field (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*
• The Jesus of Norton (Text: Kevin John William Crossley-Holland) [x]*

• op. 1. Two Chinese songs : to poems by Li Po
  • 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]
• op. 2. Two Browning songs
  • no. 1. Lovers' quarrel (Text: Robert Browning)
  • no. 2. Home‑thoughts, from abroad (Text: Robert Browning)
• op. 10. Bredon Hill : eight songs for tenor voice and piano to poems of A. E. Housman
  • 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)
• op. 17. Songs that mother never taught me
  • 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]
• op. 62. Remembered love : four songs to poems of Geoffrey Grigson
  • 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]*
• op. 64. Four songs to poems of Rosemary Dobson
  • 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]*
• op. 76a. Two songs : for voice and viola (or voice, violin and viola)
  • no. 1. On Betelgeuse (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
  • no. 2. On the inland sea (Text: James Falconer Kirkup, FRSL) [x]
• op. 76b. Two songs for baritone, viola and cello
  • no. 1. On Betelgeuse (Text: Humbert Wolfe)
  • no. 2. On the inland sea (Text: James Falconer Kirkup, FRSL) [x]

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