Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by L. Berkeley
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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:
- 3 Early Songs
- no. 1. D'un vanneur de blé aux vents (Text: Joachim du Bellay) DUT ENG GER
- no. 2. Pastourelle (Text: Anonymous) [x]
- no. 3. Rondeau (Text: Charles, Duc d'Orléans)
- Another Spring, op. 93 no. 1, op. 93
- no. 1. Poetry (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- no. 2. Another Spring (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- no. 3. Afraid (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- Autumn's Legacy, op. 58
- no. 1. The mighty thoughts of an old world (Text: Thomas Lovell Beddoes)
- no. 2. All night a wind of music (Text: Thomas Lovell Beddoes)
- no. 3. Lesbos (Text: Lawrence Durrell) *
- no. 4. To-night the winds begin to rise (Text: Alfred Tennyson, Lord)
- no. 5. Hurrahing in the harvest (Text: Gerard Manley Hopkins)
- no. 6. Rich days (Text: William Henry Davies)
- no. 7. When we were idlers with the loitering rills (Text: David Hartley Coleridge)
- Five Chinese Songs, op. 78
- no. 1. People hide their love (Text: Arthur Waley after Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty) ⊗
- no. 2. The autumn wind (Text: Arthur Waley after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty) ⊗
- no. 3. Dreaming of a dead lady (Text: Arthur Waley after Shên-Yo) ⊗
- no. 4. Late spring (Text: Robert Kotewall; Norman L. Smith after Yang Knang) ⊗*
- no. 5. The riverside village (Text: Robert Kotewall; Norman L. Smith after Sikong Shu) *
- Five Herrick Poems, op. 89
- no. 1. Now is your turne, my dearest, to be set (Text: Robert Herrick)
- no. 2. Dearest of thousands, now the time draws neare (Text: Robert Herrick)
- no. 3. These springs were maidens once that lov'd (Text: Robert Herrick)
- no. 4. My God! look on me withe'eye (Text: Robert Herrick)
- no. 5. If nine times you your bridegroom kiss (Text: Robert Herrick)
- Five Housman Songs, op. 14 no. 3
- no. 1. The half-moon westers low (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
- no. 2. The street sounds to the soldiers' tread (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
- no. 3. He would not stay for me (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
- no. 4. Look not in my eyes (Text: Alfred Edward Housman) FRE HEB
- no. 5. Because I liked you better (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
- Five poems, op. 53
- no. 1. Lauds (Text: W. H. Auden)
- no. 2. O lurcher-loving collier, black as night (Text: W. H. Auden)
- no. 3. What's in your mind, my dove, my coney? (Text: W. H. Auden)
- no. 4. Eyes look into the well (Text: W. H. Auden)
- no. 5. Carry her over the water (Text: W. H. Auden)
- Five Songs
- Silver (Text: Walter De la Mare) CAT FRE GER
- The song of the soldiers (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- Mistletoe (Text: Walter De la Mare) GER
- Five Songs, op. 26
- no. 1. The horseman (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- no. 2. Mistletoe (Text: Walter De la Mare) GER
- no. 3. Poor Henry (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- no. 4. The song of soldiers (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- no. 5. Silver (Text: Walter De la Mare) CAT FRE GER
- Five Songs, op. 14 no. 2
- no. 1. Night covers up the rigid land (Text: W. H. Auden)
- no. 2. The beacon barn (Text: Patrick O'Malley) [x]
- no. 3. Bells of Cordoba (Text: Stanley Richardson after Federico García Lorca) * FRE
- no. 4. Tant que mes yeux (Text: Louise Labé) ENG ENG GER
- no. 5. Ode du premier jour de mai (Text: Jean Passerat) ENG
- Four Poems of St. Teresa of Avila
- no. 1. If, Lord, Thy love for me is strong (Text: Arthur Symons after Saint Teresa of Ávila) ⊗
- no. 2. Shepherd, shepherd, hark that calling (Text: Arthur Symons after Saint Teresa of Ávila) ⊗
- no. 3. Let mine eyes see thee (Text: Arthur Symons after Saint Teresa of Ávila) ⊗
- no. 4. Today a shepherd and our kin (Text: Arthur Symons after Saint Teresa of Ávila) ⊗
- Songs of the Half-Light, op. 65
- no. 1. Rachel (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- no. 2. Full moon (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- no. 3. All that's past (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- no. 4. The moth (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- no. 5. The fleeting (Text: Walter De la Mare) [x]
- Three Greek Songs, op. 38
- no. 1. Epitaph of Timas (Text: Frederick Adam Wright after Sappho) FRE FRE
- no. 2. Spring Song (Text: Frederick Adam Wright after Antipater of Sidon) ⊗
- no. 3. To Aster (Text: Frederick Adam Wright after Plato) ITA RUS
- Three Songs for Four Male Voices
- Spring goeth all in white (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
- Tombeaux
- no. 1. Tombeau de Sapho (Text: Jean Cocteau)
- no. 2. Tombeau de Socrate (Text: Jean Cocteau)
- no. 3. Tombeau d'un fleuve (Text: Jean Cocteau)
- no. 4. Tombeau de Narcisse (Text: Jean Cocteau)
- no. 5. Tombeau de Don Juan (Text: Jean Cocteau)
- Trois poèmes de Vildrac
- no. 1. Sur quel arbre du ciel (Text: Charles Messager , as Charles Vildrac) [x]
- no. 2. Ce caillou chaud de soleil (Text: Charles Messager , as Charles Vildrac) [x]
- no. 3. Cet enfant de jadis (Text: Charles Messager , as Charles Vildrac) [x]
All titles of vocal settings in Opus order
- Batter my heart (Text: John Donne) FRE GER
- Ce caillou chaud de soleil (Text: Charles Messager , as Charles Vildrac) [x]
- Cet enfant de jadis (Text: Charles Messager , as Charles Vildrac) [x]
- Colonnus' praise (Text: William Butler Yeats)
- Counting the beats (Text: Robert Graves) *
- D'un vanneur de blé aux vents (Text: Joachim du Bellay) DUT ENG GER
- How love came in (Text: Robert Herrick)
- If, Lord, Thy love for me is strong (Text: Arthur Symons after Saint Teresa of Ávila) ⊗
- Let mine eyes see thee (Text: Arthur Symons after Saint Teresa of Ávila) ⊗
- Lullaby (Text: William Butler Yeats)
- Mistletoe (Text: Walter De la Mare) GER
- Pastourelle (Text: Anonymous) [x]
- Poor Henry (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- Rondeau (Text: Charles, Duc d'Orléans)
- Shepherd, shepherd, hark that calling (Text: Arthur Symons after Saint Teresa of Ávila) ⊗
- Silver (Text: Walter De la Mare) CAT FRE GER
- Spring goeth all in white (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
- Sur quel arbre du ciel (Text: Charles Messager , as Charles Vildrac) [x]
- The ecstatic (Text: Cecil Day Lewis) *
- The song of the soldiers (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- The windhover (Text: Gerard Manley Hopkins) FIN
- Thou hast made me (Text: John Donne) FRE GER
- Today a shepherd and our kin (Text: Arthur Symons after Saint Teresa of Ávila) ⊗
- Tombeau de Don Juan (Text: Jean Cocteau)
- Tombeau de Narcisse (Text: Jean Cocteau)
- Tombeau de Sapho (Text: Jean Cocteau)
- Tombeau de Socrate (Text: Jean Cocteau)
- Tombeau d'un fleuve (Text: Jean Cocteau)
- op. 14.
- no. 2a. Night covers up the rigid land (Text: W. H. Auden)
- no. 2b. The beacon barn (Text: Patrick O'Malley) [x]
- no. 2c. Bells of Cordoba (Text: Stanley Richardson after Federico García Lorca) * FRE
- no. 2d. Tant que mes yeux (Text: Louise Labé) ENG ENG GER
- no. 2e. Ode du premier jour de mai (Text: Jean Passerat) ENG
- no. 3a. The half-moon westers low (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
- no. 3b. The street sounds to the soldiers' tread (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
- no. 3c. He would not stay for me (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
- no. 3d. Look not in my eyes (Text: Alfred Edward Housman) FRE HEB
- no. 3e. Because I liked you better (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
- op. 26. Five Songs
- no. 1. The horseman (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- no. 2. Mistletoe (Text: Walter De la Mare) GER
- no. 3. Poor Henry (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- no. 4. The song of soldiers (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- no. 5. Silver (Text: Walter De la Mare) CAT FRE GER
- op. 38. Three Greek Songs
- no. 1. Epitaph of Timas (Text: Frederick Adam Wright after Sappho) FRE FRE
- no. 2. Spring Song (Text: Frederick Adam Wright after Antipater of Sidon) ⊗
- no. 3. To Aster (Text: Frederick Adam Wright after Plato) ITA RUS
- op. 53. Five poems
- no. 1. Lauds (Text: W. H. Auden)
- no. 2. O lurcher-loving collier, black as night (Text: W. H. Auden)
- no. 3. What's in your mind, my dove, my coney? (Text: W. H. Auden)
- no. 4. Eyes look into the well (Text: W. H. Auden)
- no. 5. Carry her over the water (Text: W. H. Auden)
- op. 58. Autumn's Legacy
- no. 1. The mighty thoughts of an old world (Text: Thomas Lovell Beddoes)
- no. 2. All night a wind of music (Text: Thomas Lovell Beddoes)
- no. 3. Lesbos (Text: Lawrence Durrell) *
- no. 4. To-night the winds begin to rise (Text: Alfred Tennyson, Lord)
- no. 5. Hurrahing in the harvest (Text: Gerard Manley Hopkins)
- no. 6. Rich days (Text: William Henry Davies)
- no. 7. When we were idlers with the loitering rills (Text: David Hartley Coleridge)
- op. 60.
- op. 65. Songs of the Half-Light
- no. 1. Rachel (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- no. 2. Full moon (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- no. 3. All that's past (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- no. 4. The moth (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- no. 5. The fleeting (Text: Walter De la Mare) [x]
- op. 78. Five Chinese Songs
- no. 1. People hide their love (Text: Arthur Waley after Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty) ⊗
- no. 2. The autumn wind (Text: Arthur Waley after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty) ⊗
- no. 3. Dreaming of a dead lady (Text: Arthur Waley after Shên-Yo) ⊗
- no. 4. Late spring (Text: Robert Kotewall; Norman L. Smith after Yang Knang) ⊗*
- no. 5. The riverside village (Text: Robert Kotewall; Norman L. Smith after Sikong Shu) *
- op. 89. Five Herrick Poems
- no. 1. Now is your turne, my dearest, to be set (Text: Robert Herrick)
- no. 2. Dearest of thousands, now the time draws neare (Text: Robert Herrick)
- no. 3. These springs were maidens once that lov'd (Text: Robert Herrick)
- no. 4. My God! look on me withe'eye (Text: Robert Herrick)
- no. 5. If nine times you your bridegroom kiss (Text: Robert Herrick)
- op. 93. Another Spring, op. 93 no. 1
- no. 1a. Poetry (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- no. 1b. Another Spring (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- no. 1c. Afraid (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- op. 102. Sonnet (Text: Louise Labé) ENG GER
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