by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
Merry, merry sparrow!
Language: English
Merry, merry sparrow! Under leaves so green A happy blossom Sees you, swift as arrow, Seek your cradle narrow, Near my bosom. Pretty, pretty robin! Under leaves so green A happy blossom Hears you sobbing, sobbing, Pretty, pretty robin, Near my bosom.
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Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "The blossom", appears in Songs of Innocence and Experience, in Songs of Innocence, no. 6, first published 1789 [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 Mark Armanini (b. 1952), "The blossom", 1985 [ SATB chorus, a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edgar Leslie Bainton (1880 - 1956), "The robin", published 1925 [ unison chorus and piano ], London : Novello [sung text not yet checked]
- by Seymour Barab (1921 - 2014), "The blossom " [ soprano, clarinet, and piano ], from Bits and Pieces, no. 5, ECS Publishing [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elaine Louise Bearer (b. 1947), "Blossom", 1974 [ SAB chorus a cappella ], from Three Settings from William Blake's Songs of Innocence, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maximilian Beckschäfer (b. 1952), "The blossom", 1978 [ voice and instrumental ensemble ], from Songs after William Blake, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Bolcom (b. 1938), "The blossom", 1956-81 [ solo voices, chorus, orchestra ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rutland Boughton (1878 - 1960), "The blossom", op. 34a no. 1 (1912), published 1912 [ unison chorus and piano ], from Songs of Childhood, or Six Unison Songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hayg Boyadjian (b. 1938), "The blossom", 1975 [sung text not yet checked]
- by (William) Havergal Brian (1876 - 1972), "The blossom", 1914, published 1929 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vincent Henry Palmer Caillard, Sir (1856 - 1930), "The blossom", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from The Songs of Innocence of William Blake, no. 6, London : Novello, Ewer & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mary Grant Carmichael (1851 - 1935), "The blossom", published c1917 [ duet for soprano and alto (or tenor and baritone) ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mary Grant Carmichael (1851 - 1935), "The blossom", published 1917 [ voice and piano ], from Four Songs, no. 2, Boston, New York : A. P. Schmidt Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elizabeth Penn Sprague Coolidge (Mrs. Frederick Shurtleff Coolidge) (1864 - 1953), "The blossom", 19--? [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John H. Corina (1928 - 2014), "The blossom", 1976, first performed 1977 [ mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon ], from From Songs of Innocence and Experience [sung text not yet checked]
- by Norman Curtis (b. 1933), "The blossom", c1959 [ voice and piano ], from William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vernon Duke (1903 - 1969), "The blossom", published c1955 [ medium voice and piano ], from Four Songs, no. 3, NY : Broude Bros. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Frederick Dunhill (1877 - 1946), "The blossom", published c1933 [ unison chorus (and piano?) ], London : Edward Arnold & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. Lehman Engel (b. 1910), "The blossom", published 1939 [ SSA chorus a cappella ], from The Lamb and The Blossom (was Songs of Innocence), no. 2, NY : Arrow Music Press (Boosey & Hawkes) [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Charles William) Eric Fogg (1903 - 1939), "A happy blossom", published 1924 [ partsong: three-part women's chorus and piano ], London : Stainer & Bell [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Frandsen (b. 1956), "The blossom", 1984 [ soprano and guitar ], from Songs of Innocence I, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ole Carsten Green (b. 1922), "The blossom", op. 27b no. 6 (1973) [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hilda M. Grieveson , "Merry, merry sparrow!", published 1929 [ 2-part treble chorus and piano ], London, H. F. W. Deane & Sons [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Henry Hadow, Sir (1859 - 1937), "The blossom", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from First Album of Five Songs, no. 2, Oxford, Acott, Harris & Co. (later Oxford University Press) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Matthew Hale (1875 - 1960), "The blossom", op. 16 no. 7, published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Twelve Songs, no. 7, London : A. Lengnick [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "The blossom", op. 13 (Seven songs) no. 3 (1913) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gert Haussner (b. 1963), "The blossom", 1986, published 1988 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], Strasshof, Austria : Hank Edition [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Victor Hely-Hutchinson (1901 - 1947), "The blossom", published c1932 [ women's chorus or boys' chorus and piano or strings ], from The Echoing Green and Other Songs, from Blake's Songs of Innocence, no. 5, London : Elkin & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Holbrooke (1878 - 1958), "The blossom", op. 130 no. 12 (1934), published 1934 [ SAT chorus ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 12, London : Modern Music Library [sung text not yet checked]
- by Helen C. Howarth , "The blossom", published c1909 [ medium voice and piano ], from 7 songs of William Blake, no. 3, London ; New York : Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Chester Edward Ide (1878 - 1944), "The blossom ", c1928 [ vocal duet for treble voices a cappella ], from Songs of Innocence -- Eight Poems by William Blake, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Percy Jackman , "The blossom", published c1898 [ SSA trio a cappella ], London : Novello [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mary Margaret Kelly (b. 1957), "The blossom", c1985 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Five Poems from William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Brodbin Kennedy , "The blossom", published c1964 [ three-part treble chorus a cappella ], from A Spring Festival, no. 1, NY : Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
- by André Laporte (b. 1931), "The blossom ", 1979, published c1983 [ SSSS chorus a cappella ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 4, Kontich, Belgium : De notenboom [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joan Littlejohn (b. 1937), "The blossom" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter J. Lockitt , "The blossom", published c1907 [ high voice and piano ], from Two Songs, no. 2, London : Weekes & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by James Lyon (1872 - 1949), "The blossom ", op. 73 no. 1, published c1919 [ SA chorus and piano? ], London : A. Weekes & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles T. Maclary , "The blossom", published 1941 [ unison or 2-part treble chorus a cappella ], from Nine Happy Songs, from Songs of Innocence of William Blake, no. 6, Philadelphia : Elkan-Vogel Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Douglas McGilvra (b. 1945), "The blossom", 1976-7, first performed 1978 [ soprano, three flutes, 2 pianos, and celesta ], from Blake Texts, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael Richard Miller (b. 1932), "The blossom", 1965, first performed 1966 [ SSA chorus and piano ], from Blake's Garden, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Thomas Moore, Jr. , "The blossom ", c1976 [ women's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Poul Rovsing Olsen (1922 - 1982), "The blossom", op. 7 no. 2, published 1947, first performed 1948 [ soprano and piano ], from Four Songs, no. 2, Copenhagen : Viking Musikforlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daniel Rogers Pinkham (1923 - 2006), "The blossom", published c1960, first performed 1960 [ SA chorus a cappella ], from Five Canzonets, no. 2, New York : Associated Music Publishers [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ellen Raskin (1928 - 1984), "The blossom", published 1966 [ voice and piano and/or guitar ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 6, Garden City, NY : Doubleday [sung text not yet checked]
- by (William Herbert) Mervyn Roberts (1906 - 1990), "The happy blossom", 1940, rev. 1972 [ soprano and piano ], from Four Songs of Innocence, no. 3, withdrawn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rámon Keith Roper (b. 1941), "The blossom", published 1972 [ high voice and piano ], from Wings II [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis George Scott (1880 - 1958), "The blossom ", published c1927 [ unison chorus and piano ], London : Stainer & Bell [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Shadle (b. 1960), "The blossom", 1999 [ vocal sextet a cappella ], from Three Songs of Innocence and a Song of Experience, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gregg Smith (b. 1931), "The blossom", published c1975 [ unison treble chorus and piano (with optional instruments) ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 3, NY : G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Somervell, Sir (1863 - 1937), "The blossom", published 1889 [ voice and piano ], from Five Songs of Innocence (formerly Four Songs of Innocence), no. 2, London, Stanley Lucas & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ronald Stevenson (b. 1928), "The blossom", 1948-50, rev. 1965 [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 6, another version exists for voice, flute, and string quintet (composed 1966-71) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dorothy Wauchope Stewart , "The blossom", published c1926 [ unison chorus and 2-part treble chorus ], from Eight Songs of Innocence, no. 5, London : H. W. F. Deane & Sons, The Year Book Press [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anthony Strilko (b. 1931), "The blossom", 1960? [ high voice and piano ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Austin Sykes (1909 - 1962), "The blossom", 1935-6, first performed 1975 [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles A. Trew , "The robin", published c1914 [ 2-part chorus for treble voices and piano ], London : J. Williams [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Ebenezer West (1863 - 1929), "The blossom", published c1918 [ SSA chorus a cappella ], in Junior Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Harold White (1884 - 1945), "The blossom", published 1945 [ unison chorus ], London : J. B. Cramer & Co (Brodt) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Margaret Lucy Wilkins (b. 1939), "The blossom", op. 15 no. 1 (1970) [ mezzo-soprano, viola, and piano ], from Songs of Innocence and Experience, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard M. Willis (b. 1929), "The blossom", 1970 [ soprano, clarinet, percussion, and piano ], from Three Songs by Blake, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Willis, Dr. (b. 1929), "The blossom", 1970 [ soprano, piano, clarinet, and percussion ], from Three Songs from Blake [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Wood (1866 - 1926), "The blossom", published 1926 [ SSA chorus a cappella ], partsong; London : H. F. W. Dean & Sons [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ruth Shaw Wylie (b. 1916), "The blossom", op. 13 no. 3 (1950, c1974), published 1977 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Five Madrigals to Poems by William Blake, from Songs of Innocence and Experience, no. 3, West Babylon, NY : Branch [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 42