Composer: Ernest John Moeran (1894 - 1950)

Listing of art song and choral settings in the database

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.

• Four English Lyrics, R. 69
• no. 1. Cherry ripe (Text: Thomas Campion) DUT
• no. 2. Willow song (Text: Francis Beaumont) DUT GER
• no. 3. The constant lover (Text: William Browne, of Tavistock)
• no. 4. The passionate shepherd (Text: Christopher Marlowe)
• Four Shakespeare Songs, R. 76
• no. 1. The Lover and his Lass (Text: William Shakespeare) FIN FRE GER GER
• no. 2. Where the bee sucks (Text: William Shakespeare) FIN FRE FRE GER
• no. 3. When daisies pied (Text: William Shakespeare) FIN FRE FRE GER GER NOR
• no. 4. When Icicles hang by the wall (Text: William Shakespeare) FIN FRE GER
• Four Songs from A Shropshire Lad, R. 3
• no. 1. Westward on the high‑hilled plains (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
• no. 2. When I came last to Ludlow (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
• no. 3. This time of year a twelvemonth past (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
• no. 4. Far in a western brookland (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
• Ludlow Town, R. 9
• no. 1. When smoke stood up from Ludlow (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
• no. 2. Farewell to barn and stack and tree (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
• no. 3. Say, lad, have you things to do? (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
• no. 4. The lads in their hundreds to Ludlow come in for the fair (Text: Alfred Edward Housman) FRE HEB
• Seven Poems by James Joyce, R. 51
• no. 1. Strings in the earth and air (Text: James Joyce) FRE POL
• no. 2. The merry green wood (Text: James Joyce) FRE
• no. 3. Bright cap (Text: James Joyce) FRE
• no. 4. The pleasant valley (Text: James Joyce) FRE
• no. 5. Donnycarney (Text: James Joyce) FRE
• no. 6. Rain has fallen (Text: James Joyce) FRE GER POL SPA
• no. 7. Now, O now, in this brown land (Text: James Joyce) FRE
• Six Folksongs from Norfolk, R. 23
• no. 1. Down by the riverside (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 2. The Bold Richard (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 3. Lonely waters (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 4. The press-gang (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 5. The shooting of his dear (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 6. The Oxford sporting blade (Text: Volkslieder )
• Six Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan, R. 85
• no. 1. Evening (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
• no. 2. The poplars (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
• no. 3. A cottager (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
• no. 4. The dustman (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
• no. 5. Lullaby (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
• no. 6. The herdsman (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
• Six Suffolk Folksongs, R. 60
• no. 1. Nutting time (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 2. Blackberry Fold (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 3. Cupid's garden (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 4. Father and daughter (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 5. The Isle of Cloy (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 6. A seaman's life (Text: Volkslieder )
• Songs from County Kerry, R. 97
• no. 1. The dawning of the day (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 2. My love passed me by (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 3. The murder of Father Hanratty (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 4. The roving Dingle boy (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 5. The lost lover (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 6. The tinker's daughter (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 7. Kitty, I am in love with you (Text: Volkslieder )
• Songs of Springtime, R. 54
• no. 1. Under the greenwood tree (Text: William Shakespeare) DUT FIN FRE GER GER
• no. 2. The River-God's song (Text: Francis Beaumont)
• no. 3. Spring, the sweet Spring (Text: Thomas Nashe) GER
• no. 4. Love is a sickness (Text: Samuel Daniel)
• no. 5. Sigh no more, ladies (Text: William Shakespeare) DUT DUT FIN FIN FRE FRE ITA POL
• no. 6. Good wine (Text: William Browne, of Tavistock)
• no. 7. To daffodils (Text: Robert Herrick) DUT FIN GER
• The Joyce Book [multi-composer] (Treize à la douzaine) FRE
• no. 1. Tilly, composed by Ernest John Moeran (Text: James Joyce) FRE GER
• no. 2. Watching the needleboats at San Saba, composed by Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir (Text: James Joyce) FRE GER
• no. 3. A flower given to my daughter, composed by Albert Roussel (Text: James Joyce) FRE GER ITA
• no. 4. She weeps over Rahoon, composed by Herbert Hughes (Text: James Joyce) FRE GER
• no. 5. Tutto è sciolto, composed by John (Nicholson) Ireland (Text: James Joyce) FRE GER
• no. 6. On the beach at Fontana, composed by Roger Sessions (Text: James Joyce) FRE GER
• no. 7. Simples, composed by Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, Sir (Text: James Joyce) FRE GER
• no. 8. Flood, composed by Herbert Norman Howells (Text: James Joyce) FRE GER
• no. 9. Nightpiece, composed by George Antheil (Text: James Joyce) FRE GER
• no. 10. Alone, composed by Edgardo Carducci (Text: James Joyce) FRE GER
• no. 11. A memory of the players in a mirror at midnight, composed by (Aynsley) Eugene Goossens, Sir (Text: James Joyce) FRE
• no. 12. Bahnhofstrasse, composed by Charles Wilfred Orr (Text: James Joyce) FRE
• no. 13. A Prayer, composed by Bernard van Dieren (Text: James Joyce) FRE
• Two songs, R. 24
• no. 1. The bean flower (Text: Dorothy Leigh Sayers)
• no. 2. Impromptu in March (Text: Doreen A. E. Wallace)
• Two Songs from the Repertoire of John Goss, R. 29
• no. 1. Can't you dance the polka? (Text: Anonymous )
• no. 2. Mrs. Dyer the baby farmer (Text: Anonymous )

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

• A cottager, R. 85 no. 3 (in Six Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan) (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
• A dream of death, R. 40 (Text: William Butler Yeats) FRE
• Alsatian Carol, R. 65 (Text: Anonymous ) [x]
• A seaman's life, R. 60 no. 6 (in Six Suffolk Folksongs) (Text: Volkslieder )
• Blackberry Fold, R. 60 no. 2 (in Six Suffolk Folksongs) (Text: Volkslieder )
• Blue-eyed spring, R. 63 (Text: Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols , as Edward Lightfoot)
• Bright cap, R. 51 no. 3 (in Seven Poems by James Joyce) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
• Candlemas Eve, R. 96 (Text: Anonymous ) [x]
• Can't you dance the polka?, R. 29 no. 1 (in Two Songs from the Repertoire of John Goss) (Text: Anonymous )
• Cherry ripe, R. 69 no. 1 (in Four English Lyrics) (Text: Thomas Campion) DUT
• Christmas Day in the Morning, R. 34 (Text: Anonymous ) [x]
• Come away, Death, R. 39 (Text: William Shakespeare) DUT DUT FIN FRE GER GER GER ITA NOR NOR SWE
• Commendation of Music, R. 33 (Text: Anonymous ) [x]
• Cupid's garden, R. 60 no. 3 (in Six Suffolk Folksongs) (Text: Volkslieder )
• Diaphenia, R. 72 (Text: Henry Constable) FRE
• Donnycarney, R. 51 no. 5 (in Seven Poems by James Joyce) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
• Down by the riverside, R. 23 no. 1 (in Six Folksongs from Norfolk) (Text: Volkslieder )
• Evening, R. 85 no. 1 (in Six Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan) (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
• Farewell to barn and stack and tree, R. 9 no. 2 (in Ludlow Town) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
• Far in a western brookland, R. 3 no. 4 (in Four Songs from A Shropshire Lad) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
• Far in a western brookland, R. 44 (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
• Father and daughter, R. 60 no. 4 (in Six Suffolk Folksongs) (Text: Volkslieder )
• Gaol song, R. 31 (Text: Volkslieder )
• Gather ye rosebuds, R. 21 (Text: Robert Herrick) SPA
• Good wine, R. 54 no. 6 (in Songs of Springtime) (Text: William Browne, of Tavistock)
• Green fire, R. 106 (Text: Anonymous ) [x]
• High Germany, R. 108 (Text: Volkslieder )
• If there be any gods, R. 87 (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
• Impromptu in March, R. 24 no. 2 (in Two songs) (Text: Doreen A. E. Wallace)
• I'm weary, yes Mother darling, R. 91 (Text: Anonymous ) [x]
• Invitation in autumn, R. 84 (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan) *
• In youth is pleasure, R. 41 (Text: R. Wever, probably Richard Wever)
• Ivy and Holly, R. 66 (Text: Anonymous ) [x]
• Kitty, I am in love with you, R. 97 no. 7 (in Songs from County Kerry) (Text: Volkslieder )
• Lonely waters, R. 23 no. 3 (in Six Folksongs from Norfolk) (Text: Volkslieder )
• Love is a sickness, R. 54 no. 4 (in Songs of Springtime) (Text: Samuel Daniel)
• Loveliest of trees, R. 62 (Text: Alfred Edward Housman) FRE HEB
• Lullaby, R. 85 no. 5 (in Six Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan) (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
• Maltworms, R. 48 (Text: William Stevenson, Sir)
• Mantle of blue, R. 111 (Text: Padraic Colum)
• Mrs. Dyer the baby farmer, R. 29 no. 2 (in Two Songs from the Repertoire of John Goss) (Text: Anonymous )
• My love passed me by, R. 97 no. 2 (in Songs from County Kerry) (Text: Volkslieder )
• Nocturne, R. 70 (Text: Anonymous ) [x]
• Now, O now, in this brown land, R. 51 no. 7 (in Seven Poems by James Joyce) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
• Nutting time, R. 60 no. 1 (in Six Suffolk Folksongs) (Text: Volkslieder )
• Oh fair enough are sky and plain, R. 100 (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
• O sweet fa's the eve, R. 101 (Text: Robert Burns) FRE
• O sweet fa's the eve, R. 46 (Text: Robert Burns) FRE
• Parson and clerk, R. 94 (Text: Volkslieder )
• Phyllida and Corydon, R. 75 (Text: Nicholas Breton)
• Rahoon, R. 93 (Text: James Joyce) FRE GER
• Rain has fallen, R. 51 no. 6 (in Seven Poems by James Joyce) (Text: James Joyce) FRE GER POL SPA
• Robin Hood borne on his bier, R. 25 (Text: Anthony Munday)
• Rosaline, R. 73 (Text: Thomas Lodge)
• Rosefrail, R. 52 (Text: James Joyce) FRE GER ITA
• Say, lad, have you things to do?, R. 9 no. 3 (in Ludlow Town) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
• Sheepshearing, R. 102 (Text: Anonymous ) [x]
• Sigh no more, ladies, R. 54 no. 5 (in Songs of Springtime) (Text: William Shakespeare) DUT DUT FIN FIN FRE FRE ITA POL
• Spring goeth all in white, R. 8 (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• Spring, the sweet Spring, R. 54 no. 3 (in Songs of Springtime) (Text: Thomas Nashe) GER
• Strings in the earth and air, R. 51 no. 1 (in Seven Poems by James Joyce) (Text: James Joyce) FRE POL
• The bean flower, R. 24 no. 1 (in Two songs) (Text: Dorothy Leigh Sayers)
• The Bold Richard, R. 23 no. 2 (in Six Folksongs from Norfolk) (Text: Volkslieder )
• The constant lover, R. 69 no. 3 (in Four English Lyrics) (Text: William Browne, of Tavistock)
• The dawning of the day, R. 97 no. 1 (in Songs from County Kerry) (Text: Volkslieder )
• The Day of Palms, R. 18 (Text: Arthur Symons) GER
• The dustman, R. 85 no. 4 (in Six Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan) (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
• The echoing green , R. 68 (Text: William Blake) DUT
• The herdsman, R. 85 no. 6 (in Six Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan) (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
• The Isle of Cloy, R. 60 no. 5 (in Six Suffolk Folksongs) (Text: Volkslieder )
• The jolly carter, R. 86 (Text: Volkslieder )
• The jolly carter, R. 35 (Text: Volkslieder )
• The lads in their hundreds to Ludlow come in for the fair, R. 9 no. 4 (in Ludlow Town) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman) FRE HEB
• The little milkmaid, R. 45 (Text: Volkslieder )
• The lost lover, R. 97 no. 5 (in Songs from County Kerry) (Text: Volkslieder )
• The Lover and his Lass, R. 102 (Text: William Shakespeare) FIN FRE GER GER
• The Lover and his Lass, R. 76 no. 1 (in Four Shakespeare Songs) (Text: William Shakespeare) FIN FRE GER GER
• The merry green wood, R. 51 no. 2 (in Seven Poems by James Joyce) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
• The merry month of May, R. 38 (Text: Thomas Dekker)
• The monk's fancy, R. 109 (Text: Henry J. Hope) *
• The murder of Father Hanratty, R. 97 no. 3 (in Songs from County Kerry) (Text: Volkslieder )
• The North Sea ground (Text: Cicely Fox Smith)
• The Oxford sporting blade, R. 23 no. 6 (in Six Folksongs from Norfolk) (Text: Volkslieder )
• The passionate shepherd, R. 69 no. 4 (in Four English Lyrics) (Text: Christopher Marlowe)
• The pleasant valley, R. 51 no. 4 (in Seven Poems by James Joyce) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
• The poplars, R. 85 no. 2 (in Six Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan) (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
• The press-gang, R. 23 no. 4 (in Six Folksongs from Norfolk) (Text: Volkslieder )
• The River-God's song, R. 54 no. 2 (in Songs of Springtime) (Text: Francis Beaumont)
• The roving Dingle boy, R. 97 no. 4 (in Songs from County Kerry) (Text: Volkslieder )
• The Sailor and young Nancy, R. 30 (Text: Volkslieder )
• The shooting of his dear, R. 23 no. 5 (in Six Folksongs from Norfolk) (Text: Volkslieder )
• The sweet o' the year, R. 61 (Text: William Shakespeare) FRE GER
• The tinker's daughter, R. 97 no. 6 (in Songs from County Kerry) (Text: Volkslieder )
• This time of year a twelvemonth past , R. 3 no. 3 (in Four Songs from A Shropshire Lad) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
• Tilly, R. 105 (in The Joyce Book) (Text: James Joyce) FRE GER
• 'Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town, R. 43 (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
• To blossoms, R. 107 (Text: Robert Herrick)
• To daffodils, R. 54 no. 7 (in Songs of Springtime) (Text: Robert Herrick) DUT FIN GER
• Troll the bowl, R. 42 (Text: Thomas Dekker)
• Twilight, R. 7 (Text: John Masefield)
• Under the broom, R. 32 (Text: Anonymous ) [x]
• Under the greenwood tree, R. 54 no. 1 (in Songs of Springtime) (Text: William Shakespeare) DUT FIN FRE GER GER
• Weep you no more, sad fountains , R. 20 (Text: Anonymous 16^th century ) GER
• Weep you no more, sad fountains , R. 20a (Text: Anonymous 16^th century ) GER
• Westward on the high‑hilled plains , R. 3 no. 1 (in Four Songs from A Shropshire Lad) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
• When daisies pied, R. 76 no. 3 (in Four Shakespeare Songs) (Text: William Shakespeare) FIN FRE FRE GER GER NOR
• When I came last to Ludlow, R. 3 no. 2 (in Four Songs from A Shropshire Lad) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
• When Icicles hang by the wall, R. 76 no. 4 (in Four Shakespeare Songs) (Text: William Shakespeare) FIN FRE GER
• When June is come, R. 19 (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
• When smoke stood up from Ludlow, R. 9 no. 1 (in Ludlow Town) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
• Where the bee sucks, R. 76 no. 2 (in Four Shakespeare Songs) (Text: William Shakespeare) FIN FRE FRE GER
• Willow song, R. 69 no. 2 (in Four English Lyrics) (Text: Francis Beaumont) DUT GER

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