There is sweet music here that softer falls (Tennyson, set by Edgar Leslie Bainton, Houston Bright, Benjamin Burrows, Eugene Sanders Butler, Patricia Cartwright, Stephen Chatman, John Harvey Clements, Anthony Vincent Benedictus Collins, Brian Blyth Daubney, John Duro, Edward Elgar, Sir, Norman Fulton, Alan Gibbs, John Tasker Howard, Kenneth Blanchard Klaus, Paul Koepke, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir, William Reginald Pasfield, Paul Paviour, Charles Proctor, Alfred Reed, Richard Stoker, Rudolph T. Werther, L. J. White) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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 tir'd 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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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 against a primary source]
by (Robert) Houston Bright (1916 - 1970), "Soliloquy", published 1970 [SSAATTBB chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Benjamin Burrows (1891 - 1966), "There is sweet music here", published 1917 [soprano or tenor and piano], from Three Songs [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Eugene Sanders Butler (b. 1935), "Music here", published 1973 [SATB chorus and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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 against a primary source]
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 against a primary source]
by John Harvey Clements (b. 1910), "There is sweet music here", published 1960 [SSA chorus and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Anthony Vincent Benedictus Collins (1893 - 1963), "Indolence", published 1929 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Brian Blyth Daubney (b. 1929), "There is sweet music here", 1951 [soprano or tenor and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by John Duro , "There is sweet music here", published 1972 [satb chorus and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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 against a primary source]
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 against a primary source]
by John Tasker Howard (1890 - 1964), "There is sweet music here", published 1923 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Kenneth Blanchard Klaus (b. 1923), "There is sweet music here", published c1967 [soprano and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Paul Koepke , "There is sweet music here", published 1957 [SSATBB chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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 against a primary source]
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 against a primary source]
by Paul Paviour (b. 1931), "There is sweet music here", published 1975 [high voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Charles Proctor (1906 - 1996), "There is sweet music here", published 1945 [satb chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Alfred Reed (b. 1921), "Choric Song", published 1966 [SATB chorus and woodwinds or small concert band] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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 against a primary source]
by Rudolph T. Werther (1896 - 1986), "From "Lotus eaters"", 1945-70 [voice and piano], note: [sic] on title [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by L. J. White , "There is sweet music", published 1952 [satb chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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