by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)
There be none of Beauty's daughters
Language: English
There be none of Beauty's daughters With a magic like thee; And like music on the waters Is thy sweet voice to me: When, as if its sound were causing The charmèd ocean's pausing, The waves lie still and gleaming, And the lull'd winds seem dreaming: And the midnight moon is weaving Her bright chain o'er the deep; Whose breast is gently heaving As an infant's asleep: So the spirit bows before thee, To listen and adore thee; With a full but soft emotion, Like the swell of Summer's ocean.
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- by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "Stanzas for music", appears in Poems, first published 1816 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gilbert A. Alcock , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1908 [ chorus ], partsong [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frances Allitsen (1848 - 1912), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1889 [ voice and piano ], London : Pitt and Hatzfield [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jan van Amerongen (b. 1938), "Stanzas for music", 1973, from Thompson-liederen, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by David Arditti (b. 1964), "Stanzas for Music", op. 2 no. 1 (1985-99), first performed 1990, from Thoughts of Youth, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Thomas Henry Wait Armstrong (1898 - ?), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1931 [ satb chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ivor Algernon Atkins (1869 - 1953), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1924 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frederic Balazs (b. 1920), "For Music", 1952 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harry C. Banks , "Allure", published 1932 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Johnson Bellerby (1858 - ?), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1886 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oscar Bernard , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1899 [ alto or baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert E. Bevan , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1910 [ SSATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Allan Biggs , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1926 [ SS chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Bjorseth , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", op. 5 no. ?, published [1894] [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from 3 engelske Sange med norsk Oversaettelse, Kristiania : Warmuth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Braun (1868 - ?), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published c1900 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. (Alfred or Arthur?) Herbert Brewer (1865 - 1928), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", 1905, published 1925, first performed 1906 [ TTBB quartet or chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Henry Brown (1830 - 1926), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1856 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Bunnett (1834 - 1923), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1861 [ medium voice (or high voice) and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rex de Cairos-Rego , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1911 [ low voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Carleton , "A Love Song", published 1870 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Case , "Stanzas set to music", published 1918 [ high voice and piano ], from Twelve songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968), "Music on the Waters", 1941 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frederick William Clarke (1852 - 1883), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1880 [ high voice and piano ], from Ten songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Clayton , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", op. 22 no. ?, published 1860 [ alto, piano, and violoncello ad libitum ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by George B. Cogdell , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 183-? [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Collins , "Beauty's daughter", published 1848? [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Redgrave Cripps (1882 - 1950), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1909 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Joseph Dent (1876 - 1957), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", 1896 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Giuseppe Dinelli , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1914 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Downs, Jr. , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", op. 7 no. ?, published 1866 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Lodge Ellerton (1801 - 1873), "There be none of beauties' [sic] Daughters", 1822, published 1826 [ voice and piano ], from Six Canzonets [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kenneth George Finlay (1882 - 1974), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1933 [ chorus ], partsong or unison chorus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernard Fitzgerald , "Stanzas set to music", published 1976 [ SATB chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by James S. Ford , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1892 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Herbert Foulds (1880 - 1939), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", op. 11 no. 1 (1925) [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Three Songs of Beauty, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", alternate title: "For Music", published 1937 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alan Gray (1855 - 1935), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1884 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph R. W. Harding , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1859 [ tenor and piano with violin ad libitum ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Horton Harris (b. 1938), "Stanzas set to music", 1961 [ voice and piano ], from Three Byron Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by David Haupt , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1938 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Hause , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1868 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maria Billington Hawes (1816 - 1886), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1856 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Faulkner Henniker , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1888-9 [ soprano, SATB chorus, and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", 1836, published 2001 [ voice and piano ], Furore Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alexander Frederic von Hessen (1863 - ?), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", op. 26 (Four songs) no. ?, published 1935 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Holbrooke (1878 - 1958), "Beauty's daughters", 1940, published 1954 [ alto or baritone and piano ], from Two Byron songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franklin Hopkins (1879 - ?), "With a magic like thee", published 1913 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Henry Humiston (1869 - 1923), "Beauty's Daughters", published 1912 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. Isly , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1867 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lucina Jewell , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1929 [ SSAA chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Noel Johnson (1863 - 1916), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from Two songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Laura Karpman , "Stanzas for music", copyright © 1986 [ soprano or tenor, flute (piccolo), English horn, bass clarinet, marimba, harpsichord, violin, viola, and contrabass ], from Stanzas for Music, no. 1, Saint Louis, Étoile Music ; note: this may be the wrong text for this title [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philip Knapton (1788 - 1833), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1818 [ female voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Graeme Koehne , "Stanzas for music", 1993 [ voice and orchestra or string quartet ], from Three Poems of Byron, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Francis Limpus (d. 1893), "To Inez", published 1880 [ baritone and piano ], note: [sic] for the title attached to this setting [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hamish MacCunn (1868 - 1916), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1892 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Mason , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1884 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Tobias Augustus Matthay (1858 - 1945), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1880 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Colin McAlpin (1870 - 1942), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1905 [ voice and piano ], from Ten songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", 1836, published 2001 [ voice and piano ], Furore Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Stanzas for Music [I] (There be none of Beauty’s daughters)", op. 323 (Sieben Lieder nach George Lord Byron) no. 5 (2021) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Antonio L. Mora , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1884 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ignaz Moscheles (1794 - 1870), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1840? [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ann Sheppard Mounsey (1811 - 1891), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", op. 16 (Three songs), published 1840? [ medium voice and piano duet ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Molleson Mudie (1809 - 1876), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1845 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sigismund von Neukomm (1778 - 1858), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1853 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Edward Newell , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1884 [ 2-part chorus and piano ], from Twelve Two-Part Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roy Newman , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1945 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harold Noble (1903 - 1998), "Beauty's Daughters", published 1950 [ SSA chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel Harold Oakley , "Beauty's Daughter", published 1924 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Owens (1925 - 2017), "Stanzas for music" [ tenor and piano ], from Stanzas for Music, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", 1895-6, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], from English Lyrics, Fourth Set, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Paston-Cooper , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1900 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mrs. Edmund Peel , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1850? [ voice and piano ], London : Leoni Lee [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Hugo Pierson (1816 - 1873), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1839 [ voice and piano ], from Thoughts of Melody [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frederick Piket (1903 - 1974), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1957 [ three-part chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Pointer (d. 1934), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1915 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ], from Four Part-Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur John Pritchard , "For Music", published 1959 [ SSA chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Humphrey Procter-Gregg (1895 - 1980), "There be none of Beauty's daughters" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", op. 24 no. 1 (1922), published 1922, first performed 1922 [ voice and piano ], from Five English Love Lyrics, no. 1, London, Chappell [sung text not yet checked]
- by Costi C. Ralli , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1883 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Rathbone (1874 - ?), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1930 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Herbert Frederick Birch Reynardson , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1880 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by G. O. Seers , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1914 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Sewell , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1881 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Duncan Smyth , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1909 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Laurence Southwick , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1943 [ women's chorus ], partsong [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", op. 14 (Six Songs) no. 4, published 1882 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jack Meredith Tatton (1901 - 1970), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1939 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], partsong [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Thomas (1826 - 1913), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 18--? [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Thomson (1805 - 1841), "There be none of Beauty's daughters" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Millard S. Thomson (b. 1918), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", 1944, first performed 1951 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Donald Francis Tovey (1875 - 1940), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1926 [ voice and piano ], from Six Songs, Set 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Henry Walthew (1872 - 1951), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1908 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Budgeon Ward , "None like thee", published 1859 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wintter Haynes Watts (1884 - 1962), "Like music on the Waters", published 1918 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810 - 1876), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", 1839 [ soprano or tenor and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mary Louisa White (1866 - 1935), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1906 [ low voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1885 [ voice and piano ], London: Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Wood (1866 - 1926), "There be none of Beauty's daughters", 1926 [ ATTB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Donald Wood , "There be none of Beauty's daughters", published 1934 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Henry Wright , "Like the swell of summer's ocean", published 1837 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Danish (Dansk), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [an adaptation] ; composed by Emil Sjögren.
- Also set in Danish (Dansk), a translation possibly by Christian Preezmann (1822 - 1893) and possibly by Ernst Frederik Wilhelm von der Recke (1848 - 1933); composed by Peter Arnold Heise.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation possibly by Karl Klingemann (1798 - 1862); composed by Felix Mendelssohn.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Otto Gildemeister (1823 - 1902) ; composed by Ludwig Hess, Alexander Ritter, Hugo Wolf.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ernst Ortlepp (1800 - 1864) ; composed by Franz Paul Lachner.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Nikolai Platonovich Ogaryov (1813 - 1877) , "Стансы" ; composed by Vladimir Mitrofanovich Ivanov-Korsunsky, Kristian Genrikh Paufler, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Shakhmatov, Konstantin Nikolayevich Startsev.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942) , "Стансы для музыки", written 1903 ; composed by Emil Cooper, Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Sloky pro hudbu"
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Alexis Paulin Pâris) , "Stances à mettre en musique"
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Fra tutte le più belle", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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