by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
There is sweet music here that softer...
Language: English
There is sweet music here that softer falls
Than petals from blown roses on the grass,
Or night-dews on still waters between walls
Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass;
Music that gentlier on the spirit lies,
Than tir'd eyelids upon tirèd eyes;
Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies.
Here are cool mosses deep,
And thro' the moss the ivies creep,
And in the stream the long-leaved flowers weep,
And from the craggy ledge the poppy hangs in sleep.
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in Poems, in The Lotos-Eaters, in Choric Song, no. 1, first published 1832 [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 Edgar Leslie Bainton (1880 - 1956), "There is sweet music here", published 1913 [ SS chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "The Lotus Isles", op. 76 (Two Songs) no. 2 [ voice and piano ], New York: G. Schirmer [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Robert) Houston Bright (1916 - 1970), "Soliloquy", published 1970 [ SSAATTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benjamin Burrows (1891 - 1966), "There is sweet music here", c1912, published 1917 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Three Songs, no. 2, from Three Songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugene Sanders Butler (b. 1935), "Music here", published 1973 [ SATB chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Patricia Cartwright , "There is sweet music here", published 1957 [ 2-part women's chorus or children's chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stephen Chatman (b. 1950), "There is sweet music here", 1984 [ SATB chorus and oboe (or flute, or violin, or clarinet) ], from There is sweet music here, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Harvey Clements (b. 1910), "There is sweet music here", published 1960 [ SSA chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anthony Vincent Benedictus Collins (1893 - 1963), "Indolence", published 1929 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Brian Blyth Daubney (b. 1929), "There is sweet music here", 1951 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Duro , "There is sweet music here", published 1972 [ satb chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Elgar, Sir (1857 - 1934), "There is sweet music", op. 53 no. 1, published 1908 [ SSAATTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Robert) Norman Fulton (1909 - 1980), "There is sweet music here", published 1965 [ SSA chorus and piano ], from Songs in solitude [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alan Gibbs (b. 1932), "There is sweet music here", 1963 [ satb chorus, strings (no violins), and organ ], from A Musical Homage [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Tasker Howard (1890 - 1964), "There is sweet music here", published 1923 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kenneth Blanchard Klaus (b. 1923), "There is sweet music here", published c1967 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Koepke , "There is sweet music here", published 1957 [ SSATBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "The Choric Song from "The Lotos Eaters"", published 1892 [ soprano, SATB chorus, and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Reginald Pasfield (1909 - 1994), "There is sweet music here", published 1966 [ 2-part women's chorus or children's chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Paviour (b. 1931), "There is sweet music here", published 1975 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Proctor (1906 - 1996), "There is sweet music here", published 1945 [ satb chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Reed (b. 1921), "Choric Song", published 1966 [ SATB chorus and woodwinds or small concert band ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Stoker (b. 1938), "There is sweet music here", published 1972 [ high voice and piano ], from Music that brings sweet sleep [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolph T. Werther (1896 - 1986), "From "Lotus eaters"", 1945-70 [ voice and piano ], note: [sic] on title [sung text not yet checked]
- by L. J. White , "There is sweet music", published 1952 [ satb chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 84