Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by J. Weir

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Judith Weir (b. 1954)

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

A Spanish Liederbooklet

no. 1. Romance de Fonte-frida
no. 2. Romance de Rosa fresca
no. 3. Serenilla de la Zarzuela (Text: Juan López de Úbeda)

Scotch Minstrelsy

no. 1. Bessie Bell and Mary Gray
no. 2. Bonnie James Campbell
no. 3. Lady Isobel and the Elf-Knight (Text: Volkslieder )
no. 4. The Gypsy Laddie (Text: Volkslieder )
no. 5. The Braes of Yarrow (Text: Volkslieder )

Songs from the Exotic (Lieder aus der Fremde, translated by Frieder Anders) GER

no. 1. a Serbian folk-song (Text: Volkslieder after Volkslieder ) ⊗ GER
no. 2. from a Serbian epic (Text: Volkslieder after Volkslieder ) ⊗ GER
no. 3. The Romance of Count Arnaldos (Text: Volkslieder ) GER
no. 4. The song of a girl ravished away by the fairies in South Uist (Text: Volkslieder ) GER

The Voice of Desire

no. 1. The voice of desire (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
no. 2. White eggs in the bush (Text: Horst Ulrich Beier, Chief , as Ulli Beier after Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) ⊗*
no. 3. Written on terrestrial things (Text: Thomas Hardy) GER
no. 4. Sweet little red feet (Text: John Keats)

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

a Serbian folk-song (in Songs from the Exotic) (Text: Volkslieder after Volkslieder ) ⊗ GER
Bessie Bell and Mary Gray (in Scotch Minstrelsy)
Blackbirds and thrushes
Bonnie James Campbell (in Scotch Minstrelsy)
Broken branches (Text: Judith Weir) [x]*
Don't let that horse eat that violin (Text: Lawrence Ferlinghetti) *
from a Serbian epic (in Songs from the Exotic) (Text: Volkslieder after Volkslieder ) ⊗ GER
Lady Isobel and the Elf-Knight (in Scotch Minstrelsy) (Text: Volkslieder )
On buying a horse (Text: Anonymous)
Ox mountain was covered by trees (Text: Anonymous after Mencius) ⊗
Romance de Fonte-frida (in A Spanish Liederbooklet)
Romance de Rosa fresca (in A Spanish Liederbooklet)
Serenilla de la Zarzuela (in A Spanish Liederbooklet) (Text: Juan López de Úbeda)
Ständchen (Text: Ludwig Rellstab) CAT CHI DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG FIN FRE GRE IRI ITA JPN KOR LIT NOR POR SPA SPA SPA
Sweet little red feet (in The Voice of Desire) (Text: John Keats)
The Alps (Text: Emily Dickinson) GER
The Braes of Yarrow (in Scotch Minstrelsy) (Text: Volkslieder )
The Gypsy Laddie (in Scotch Minstrelsy) (Text: Volkslieder )
The Romance of Count Arnaldos (in Songs from the Exotic) (Text: Volkslieder ) GER
The song of a girl ravished away by the fairies in South Uist (in Songs from the Exotic) (Text: Volkslieder ) GER
The voice of desire (in The Voice of Desire) (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
White eggs in the bush (in The Voice of Desire) (Text: Horst Ulrich Beier, Chief , as Ulli Beier after Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) ⊗*
Written on terrestrial things (in The Voice of Desire) (Text: Thomas Hardy) GER

Last update: 2025-06-16 00:43:19