Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by A. Woodforde-Finden

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Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860 - 1919)

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

A Dream of Egypt

no. 1. Beside the lonely Nile (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
no. 2. Within the sphinx's solemn shade (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
no. 3. Pomegranate is your mouth (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
no. 4. I envy every circlet (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
no. 5. I wakened when the moon (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)

A lover in Damascus

no. 1. Far across the desert sands (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
no. 2. Where the Abana flows (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
no. 3. Beloved, in your absence (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
no. 4. How many a lonely caravan (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
no. 5. If in the great bazaars (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
no. 6. Allah be with us (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)

Five Little Japanese Songs

no. 1. Yo San (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
no. 2. When almond blossoms fall (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
no. 3. Little dove (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
no. 4. I sometimes wonder (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
no. 5. There are maidens in Japan (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)

Four Indian Love Lyrics

no. 1. The temple bells (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson , as Laurence Hope)
no. 2. Less than the dust (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson , as Laurence Hope)
no. 3. Kashmiri song (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson , as Laurence Hope)
no. 4. Till I wake (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson , as Laurence Hope)

Golden Hours

no. 1. At sea (Text: Gilbert Parker)
no. 2. There is an orchard (Text: Gilbert Parker)
no. 3. Her words come to me (Text: Gilbert Parker)
no. 4. Eyes like the sea (Text: Gilbert Parker)

On Jhelum River : a Kashmir Love Song

no. 1. Jhelum boat song (Text: Frederick John Fraser)
no. 2. The song of the bride (Text: Frederick John Fraser)
no. 3. Will the red sun never set!? (Text: Frederick John Fraser)
no. 4. Ashoo at her lattice (Text: Frederick John Fraser)
no. 5. Only a rose (Text: Frederick John Fraser)
no. 6. Kingfisher blue (Text: Frederick John Fraser)

Stars of the Desert : Four more Indian Love Lyrics

no. 1. Stars of the Desert (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson , as Laurence Hope)
no. 2. You are all that is lovely (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson , as Laurence Hope)
no. 3. The Rice was Under Water (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson)
no. 4. Fate (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson , as Laurence Hope)

The Eyes of Firozée : Two Songs

no. 1. Forlorn (Text: Frederick John Fraser) [x]
no. 2. The eyes of Firozée (Text: Frederick John Fraser) [x]

The Myrtles of Damascus

no. 1. The myrtles of Damascus (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
no. 2. After drought (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
no. 3. At nightfall (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
no. 4. I did not know (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
no. 5. L'envoi (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)

Three Little Mexican Songs : founded on old Mexican airs

no. 1. Flower of my heart (Text: Harold Simpson)
no. 2. Serenade (Text: Harold Simpson)
no. 3. Invitation to the dance (Text: Harold Simpson)

To the Hills : Four Eastern Poems

no. 1. The hut (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson , as Laurence Hope) [x]
no. 2. Korean song (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson , as Laurence Hope) [x]
no. 3. The sorrows of the day (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson , as Laurence Hope)
no. 4. To the hills (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson , as Laurence Hope) [x]

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

After drought (in The Myrtles of Damascus) (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
Allah be with us (in A lover in Damascus) (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
A request (Text: William Mudford) [x]
Ashoo at her lattice (in On Jhelum River : a Kashmir Love Song) (Text: Frederick John Fraser)
Asleep (Text: John Keats) GER
At nightfall (in The Myrtles of Damascus) (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
At sea (in Golden Hours) (Text: Gilbert Parker)
Beloved, in your absence (in A lover in Damascus) (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
Beside the lonely Nile (in A Dream of Egypt) (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
Eyes like the sea (in Golden Hours) (Text: Gilbert Parker)
Far across the desert sands (in A lover in Damascus) (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
Fate (in Stars of the Desert : Four more Indian Love Lyrics) (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson , as Laurence Hope)
Flower of my heart (in Three Little Mexican Songs : founded on old Mexican airs) (Text: Harold Simpson)
Forlorn (in The Eyes of Firozée : Two Songs) (Text: Frederick John Fraser) [x]
Her words come to me (in Golden Hours) (Text: Gilbert Parker)
How many a lonely caravan (in A lover in Damascus) (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
I did not know (in The Myrtles of Damascus) (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
I envy every circlet (in A Dream of Egypt) (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
If in the great bazaars (in A lover in Damascus) (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
Invitation to the dance (in Three Little Mexican Songs : founded on old Mexican airs) (Text: Harold Simpson)
I sometimes wonder (in Five Little Japanese Songs) (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
I wakened when the moon (in A Dream of Egypt) (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
Jhelum boat song (in On Jhelum River : a Kashmir Love Song) (Text: Frederick John Fraser)
Kashmiri song (in Four Indian Love Lyrics) (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson , as Laurence Hope)
Kingfisher blue (in On Jhelum River : a Kashmir Love Song) (Text: Frederick John Fraser)
Korean song (in To the Hills : Four Eastern Poems) (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson , as Laurence Hope) [x]
L'envoi (in The Myrtles of Damascus) (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
Less than the dust (in Four Indian Love Lyrics) (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson , as Laurence Hope)
Little dove (in Five Little Japanese Songs) (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
Only a rose (in On Jhelum River : a Kashmir Love Song) (Text: Frederick John Fraser)
Pomegranate is your mouth (in A Dream of Egypt) (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
Serenade (in Three Little Mexican Songs : founded on old Mexican airs) (Text: Harold Simpson)
Stars of the Desert (in Stars of the Desert : Four more Indian Love Lyrics) (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson , as Laurence Hope)
The eyes of Firozée (in The Eyes of Firozée : Two Songs) (Text: Frederick John Fraser) [x]
The hut (in To the Hills : Four Eastern Poems) (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson , as Laurence Hope) [x]
The myrtles of Damascus (in The Myrtles of Damascus) (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
There are maidens in Japan (in Five Little Japanese Songs) (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
There is an orchard (in Golden Hours) (Text: Gilbert Parker)
The Rice was Under Water (in Stars of the Desert : Four more Indian Love Lyrics) (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson)
The song of the bride (in On Jhelum River : a Kashmir Love Song) (Text: Frederick John Fraser)
The sorrows of the day (in To the Hills : Four Eastern Poems) (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson , as Laurence Hope)
The temple bells (in Four Indian Love Lyrics) (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson , as Laurence Hope)
Till I wake (in Four Indian Love Lyrics) (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson , as Laurence Hope)
To the hills (in To the Hills : Four Eastern Poems) (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson , as Laurence Hope) [x]
When almond blossoms fall (in Five Little Japanese Songs) (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
Where the Abana flows (in A lover in Damascus) (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
Will the red sun never set!? (in On Jhelum River : a Kashmir Love Song) (Text: Frederick John Fraser)
Within the sphinx's solemn shade (in A Dream of Egypt) (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
Yo San (in Five Little Japanese Songs) (Text: Charles Hanson Towne)
You are all that is lovely (in Stars of the Desert : Four more Indian Love Lyrics) (Text: Adela Florence Nicolson , as Laurence Hope)

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