Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by J. Oates
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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:
- !
- no. 1. A most irksome hobbadehoy
- no. 2. A woman of less than pleasing countenance
- no. 3. A questionable lady
- no. 4. A wandought, no doubt.
- no. 5. An unnecessary letter of a gentleman
- 2 songs of Walter de la Mare
- no. 2. The Cupboard (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- no. 2. Song of the Mad Prince (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- Five Tree Proverbs
- no. 1. Keep a green tree (Text: Volkslieder )
- no. 2. They tried to bury us (Text: Volkslieder )
- no. 3a. Sinfonia: Green light [x]
- no. 4. The bed of Reeds (Text: Volkslieder after Volkslieder ) ⊗
- no. 5. Berllan anweledig (Text: Volkslieder ) ENG
- no. 5a. An orchard invisible (Text: Anonymous after Volkslieder )
- La la la 1 and 2
- no. 1. La la la 1
- no. 2. La la la 2
- Three Shakespeare Songs
All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order
- After Heavy Rain (Text: Carol Purington)
- A Lover (Text: Amy Lowell)
- A most irksome hobbadehoy (in !)
- An orchard invisible (in Five Tree Proverbs) (Text: Anonymous after Volkslieder )
- An unnecessary letter of a gentleman (in !)
- A questionable lady (in !)
- Ave Maria (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts) AFR DUT ENG FRE FRE FRE ITA ITA ITA SPA SPA SWE UKR
- A wandought, no doubt. (in !)
- A woman of less than pleasing countenance (in !)
- Bee: Dance (Text: Carol Ann Duffy, Dame) *
- Berllan anweledig (in Five Tree Proverbs) (Text: Volkslieder ) ENG
- Can’t Live with Cats
- Dear Lady (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) FRE FRE GER GER GER
- Fairy Song (Text: William Shakespeare) FRE ITA
- Fairy Song (in Three Shakespeare Songs) (Text: William Shakespeare) FRE ITA
- I have supped (in Three Shakespeare Songs) (Text: William Shakespeare) FRE ITA ITA
- I loved you once... = I loved you once... (Text: Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin) CHI CZE ENG ENG FRE ITA POL UKR
- Keep a green tree (in Five Tree Proverbs) (Text: Volkslieder )
- La la la 1 (in La la la 1 and 2)
- La la la 2 (in La la la 1 and 2)
- Laüstic (Text: Anonymous after Marie de France) ⊗
- Lichens of Britain
- Limb-loosening love (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) FRE GER ITA RUS
- Medea (Text: Euripides)
- Money (Text: William Henry Davies)
- November (Text: Frederick William Harvey)
- Sinfonia: Green light (in Five Tree Proverbs) [x]
- Song of the Mad Prince (in 2 songs of Walter de la Mare) (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- The bed of Reeds (in Five Tree Proverbs) (Text: Volkslieder after Volkslieder ) ⊗
- The Blue bird (Text: Mary Coleridge) DUT FRE GER
- The Cupboard (in 2 songs of Walter de la Mare) (Text: Walter De la Mare)
- The Isle (in Three Shakespeare Songs) (Text: William Shakespeare) FRE ITA ITA
- The King of China’s Daughter (Text: Edith Sitwell)
- The Land of Lost Content (Text: Alfred Edward Housman) ITA
- The Mortuary Chest
- The Wife and her Lover (Text: Anonymous after Marie de France) ⊗
- The wind (Text: Christina Georgina Rossetti)
- They tried to bury us (in Five Tree Proverbs) (Text: Volkslieder )
Last update: 2026-08-23 20:53:21