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![]() | Monday 11th December 2023 Search limited to letter 'A' Ab Ac Ad Ag Ai Al Am An Ar As At Au Av |
A. F. (19th-20th c.) English
Hasten to me (Nell' attesa): song / Mascheroni {17/388-1 - Ital. by Francesco Barcella; Eng. by A. F.}
A. L. Unknown
see Amelia Lehmann
A. P. Unknown
see Paladilhe, A
A. S. Unknown
see Stanton, A. S.
Abeniacar, Carlo (18th-19th c.) Italian
Luna Nova: canzone marinaresca / Costa {10/045-5[22] - versi di Salvatore di Giacomo; Ital. by Carlo Abeniacar}
Acworth, Harry Arbuthnot (1849-1933) English
Caractatus Op. 35: cantata [for STBarB soli & chor.] / Elgar {01/037-6 - words by H.A. Acworth}
Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf: for STB soli, chor. & orch. / Elgar {01/037-5 a-c - words by H.W. Longfellow & H.A. Acworth}
Adam, Helen Douglas (1909-1993) Scottish
The little green house / Gretchaninoff {solo v. : 17/232-3 - words by Helen Douglas Adam}
Adams, Katharine Unknown
Christ went up into the hills: song / Hageman {17/241-1 - poem by Katharine Adams}
Adams, Sarah Flower (1805-1848) English
Nearer, my God, to Thee: sacred song / Carey {17/113.2 - words by Sarah Flower Adams}
Nearer, my God, to Thee: [for solo v. & SATB chor.] / Gardner {02/046(3) - words by Sarah Adams}
Adcock, Almey St John (1894-1986) English
The Dorothy Perkins rose: song / Carew {17/113-2 - words by Almey St John Adcock}
Early in the morning Op. 46 No. 4: song / Phillips {17/448-12 a - words by Almey St John Adcock}
Early in the morning Op. 46 No. 4: song / Phillips {17/448-12 b - words by Almey St John Adcock}
Love the Jester Op. 46 No. 1: song / Phillips {17/448-11 - words by Almey St John Adcock}
Adrian, Walter Unknown
Bird of Spring: song / Dumayne {17/169.3 - words by Walter Adrian}
Agate, Edward (1880-1940) English
The mirror song {from Tales of Hoffmann}: aria: As jewels divine / Offenbach {17/435-3 - Fre. by Jules Barbier; Eng. by Edward Agate}
Agee, James (1909-1955) American
Sure on this shining night Op. 13 no. 3: song / Barber {17/027.8 - words by James Agee}
Agrell, Margery Georgina (1890-1967) English
To one who passed whistling through the night / Gibbs {solo v. : 17/219-2 - words by Margery Agrell}
Aiken, Conrad (1889-1973) American
Music I heard with you / Hageman {solo v. : 17/241-3 - poem by Conrad Aiken}
Alexander, Howard (20th c.) English
A bird's clear note: song / Mayerl {17/390.3 - words by Howard Alexander}
Deep in the quiet forest / Henley {solo v. : 17/280 - words by Howard Alexander}
Resting: song / Mayerl {17/391-1 - words by Howard Alexander}
Alexander, Mrs Cecil Frances (1818-1895) Irish
There is a green hill far away: sacred song / Gounod {17/226-5 a - words by Mrs C.F. Alexander}
There is a green hill far away: sacred song / Gounod {17/226-5 b - words by Mrs C.F. Alexander}
There is a green hill far away: sacred song / Gounod {17/226-5 c - words by Mrs C.F. Alexander}
Allen, Harvey Unknown
One song is in my heart: song / Krips {17/142.6 - words by Harvey Allen}
Allmers, Hermann (1821-1902) German
In summer fields (Feldeinsamkeit / Solitude champêtre) Op. 86 no. 2 / Brahms {solo v. : 17/099-9(2) - words by H. Almers; Eng. trans. Paul England}
Alma-Tadema, Laurence (1865-1940) Anglo-Belgian
Alnwick, H. Unknown
Drat 'em! (The shepherd's song) / Tulloch {17/553.8 - words by H. Alnwick}
Ambient, Mark (1860-1937) English
Chorus, gentlemen!: song / Löhr {17/352-1 - words by Mark Ambient}
Amoore, May Unknown
Just a ray of sunlight: song / Squire {17/527-4 - words by May Amoore}
Andersen, Hans Christian (1805-1875) Danish
The little tin soldier: [song] / Molloy {16/050-5 [7] - [words] by F. E. Weatherly (after Hans Andersen)}
Anderson, Arthur Unknown
Just for a while (Nur eine Nacht) Op. 52: song / Geiger {17/213 a - words by Arthur Anderson}
Poëm (In your eyes): voc. valse, w. violin & cello obbl. / Fibich {set 28/020 a - words by Arthur Anderson}
Anderson, L. Unknown
The crookit bawbee: old ballad / Anderson {voc. duet : 18/005 - addl. words by L. Anderson}
Anderson, Lady (Muriel) Unknown
A dog to walk with me / Wood {solo v. : 17/590-7 - words by Lady (Muriel) Anderson}
Anderson, Maxwell (1888-1959) American
September song {from Knickerbocker Holiday} / Weill {solo v. : p. voc. + sol-fa 17/568-2 - words by Maxwell Anderson}
Anon. Unknown
As ever I saw / Warlock {solo v. : 10/088[6] - Anon.}
As ever I saw / Warlock {solo v. : 17/563-7 - Anon.}
Away to Twiver / Warlock {solo v. : 17/563-8 - Anon.}
Because I were shy {from Three Northern County Folk Songs} / Johnston {solo v. : 17/300.5(2) a-b - words and air Anon.; arr. Lyell Johnston}
The bonnie banks o' Loch Lomon': Jacobite air / Trad. {p. voc. + sol-fa 16/050-1[63]}
Brown-haired maiden {from Songs of the North} / Lawson {17/331-9 - arr. Malcolm Lawson}
Colin's cattle {from Songs of the North}: milking song / Lawson {17/331-8 - arr. Malcolm Lawson}
Come let's be merry / Wilson {solo v. : 17/581-4 - Old English melody, arr. H. Lane Wilson}
Fair house of joy {from Seven Elizabethan Lyrics} Op. 12 no. 7: song / Quilter {17/462-3 a-b - Anon.}
Fair young Mary {from Songs of the North}: old Highland melody / Lawson {17/331-11 - arr. Malcolm Lawson}
The Fayrfax carol: SATB div./optional organ / Adès {SATB choir : 18/004}
The fuchsia tree Op. 25 No. 2: song / Quilter {17/462-12 a - old Manx ballad}
The fuchsia tree Op. 25 No. 2: song / Quilter {17/462-12 b - old Manx ballad}
The Golden Vanity {from English County Songs} / Broadwood {17/103.5 - words Anon.; arr. L. E. B.}
Had a horse . . . (Hatte einst ein graues Ross): old folk song / Korbay {17/322-2 - Anon.}
Hey, troly loly lo: song / Warlock {10/087[11] - Anon. (16th cent.)}
How can ye gang, lassie? {from Songs of the North}: old Scottish ballad / Lawson {17/331-10 - arr. Malcolm Lawson}
Hunting Tower: [sop./ten. duet] / Trad. {p. voc. + sol-fa 16/050-1[37] - Anon.}
A Hymn to the Virgin Op. 13 No. 2: for voice & harp (or piano). / Rubbra {17/483(2)[1] - Anon.}
A hymn to the Virgin Op. 1 No.1: cantata / Woodgate {bar. : 01/086[1] - Anon.}
I cannot help loving thee: song / Johns {17/299.5 - Anon.}
I have twelve oxen / Ireland {solo v. : 10/089[10] - Anon. (Early English)}
I have twelve oxen / Ireland {solo v. : 17/294-3 a - Anon. (Early English)}
I have twelve oxen / Ireland {solo v. : 17/294-3 b - Anon. (Early English)}
I have twelve oxen (J'ai douze boeufs) / Ireland {solo v. : 17/294-3.1 a-b - Anon. (Early English); version française de Lilian Fearn}
I'm owre young to marry yet / Diack {solo v. : p. voc. + sol-fa 17/162-13 - Anon.}
An Irish lament / Barkworth {solo v. : 17/029-2 a-c - Anon.}
Jack and Jill: new setting of an old rhyme / Diack {solo v. : 17/162-11 - 'with apologies to Handel'}
The keys of Heaven {from English County Songs}: duet / Newton {18/109-1 a-c - Anon.}
Leezie Lindsay {from Songs of the North}: old Scottish ballad / Lawson {17/331-12 - arr. Malcolm Lawson}
Linten lowrin {from Songs of the North}: old Aberdeenshire song / Lawson {17/331-7 - arr. Malcolm Lawson}
Little Jack Horner: new setting of an old rhyme / Diack {solo v. : 17/162-12 - 'with apologies to Handel'}
Love is a Bable: song for bar. v. / Parry {17/442-1 a-b - Anon.}
Love lies asleep in the rose: song / Cowen {10/045-5[8] - Anon.}
Now is the time for Christmas: carol for unison v. / Graham-Dixon {17/229.1 - Anon. (c.1500)}
Noye's Fludde (libr.): the Chester miracle play / Britten {libr. 03/025-2 - Anon.}
Oh Nancy's hair is yellow like gowd: old Border lilt / Kennedy-Fraser {solo v. : 17/316-17(2) a-b - 'poet unknown' arr. M. Kennedy-Fraser}
Peter Warlock's fancy: song / Warlock {10/089[5] - Anon. (16th cent.)}
Peter Warlock's fancy: song / Warlock {17/563-3 - Anon. (16th cent.)}
Philosophy song: [song] / Emmel {16/050-5 [31] - words Anon.}
Piggesnie: song / Warlock {10/087[12] - words Anon. 16th cent.}
The Queen's Maries {from The New Scottish Orpheus vol. 1}: song / Diack {p. voc. + sol-fa 17/162-9 - Anon.}
The silver swan: song / Loughborough {17/356-3 - Anon.}
The silver swan / Thiman {solo v. : 17/551-4 b - Anon. (c.1600)}
The silver swan / Thiman {solo v. : 17/551-4 c - Anon. (c.1600)}
Sing a song of sixpence: new setting of an old rhyme / Diack {solo v. : 17/162-3 - 'with apologies to Handel'}
Snow-flakes: song / Cowen {17/140-4 - Anon.}
Snowflakes (Schneeflocken) / Mallinson {17/378-2 - Anon.}
A soldier - his prayer / Besley {solo v. : 17/075-5 - Anon.}
Two Eastern songs / Lang {09/105 a}
1. Before the dawn (by Laurence Hope) 2. Salaam (Anon.)
Two Eastern songs / Lang {09/105 b}
1. Before the dawn (by Laurence Hope) 2. Salaam (Anon.)
The vagrant: unison song / Shaw {p. voc. + sol-fa 17/509-1 - words Anon.}
Watchman! what of the night?: duet (ten. & bass) / Sarjeant {18/141 b - Anon.}
Watchman! what of the night?: duet (ten. & bass) / Sarjeant {18/141 c - Anon.}
The wee cooper o' Fife: for mixed v. SCTB / Roberton {18/129-2 - Old Scots ballad}
Weep you no more, sad fountains: 2-part choral song / Demuth {18/045 - Anon.}
When dull care / Wilson {solo v. : 17/581-5 - Old English melody, arr. H. Lane Wilson}
Willie's gane to Melville Castle / Diack {solo v. : p. voc. + sol-fa 17/162-10 - Anon.}
Yarmouth Fair: Norfolk folk-song / Warlock {solo v. : 17/563-10}
Arale, David & Eugene Unknown
Always with my heart: song / Ray {17/466-1 a - words by David & Eugene Arale}
Always with my heart: song / Ray {17/466-1 b - words by David & Eugene Arale}
God keep you is my prayer: song / Ray {p. voc. + sol-fa 17/466-2 - words by David Arale}
God keep you is my prayer: song / Ray {p. voc. + sol-fa 17/466-2 b - words by David Arale}
Arale, Eugene Unknown
Always with my heart: song / Ray {17/466-1 a - words by David & Eugene Arale}
Angus Macdonald: song / Roeckel {17/479-2 b - words by Fred. E. Weatherly}
Archer, William (1856-1924) Scottish
Margrete's cradle song / Holst {17/287-2(2) - by Henrik Ibsen; Eng. words William Archer}
Arcy, Burgh d' Unknown
Vale (Farewell): song / Russell {17/484-2 a-b - words by Burgh d'Arcy}
Arkell, Reginald (1882-1959) English
Farewell, my love, farewell {from Frasquita} / Lehár {solo v. : 16/020(4) [2] - words by Reginald Arkell}
Armitage, Reginald Moxon (1898-1954) English
see Gay, Noel
Arnold, A. S. Unknown
The singing lesson: clebrated duet by Fioravante / Horn {sop. & bass : 18/075-2 - words by A. S. Arnold}
Arthurs, George (1875-1944) English
The beautiful lady: [concerted song] / Clarke {17/121.5 a-b - written by George Arthurs}
Asche, Oscar (1871-1936) Australian
Chu Chin Chow: musical tale of the East / Norton {07/023.5 - words by Oscar Asche}
Chu Chin Chow (libr.): musical tale of the East / Norton {libr. 03/095 - told by Oscar Asche}
The Cobbler's song {from Chu Chin Chow} / Norton {p. voc. + sol-fa 17/430 - words by Oscar Asche}
Ashley, Walter Unknown
A windy day: song / Hyland {17/293.7 - words by Walter Ashley}
Atkins, Ivor (1869-1953) Welsh
Requiem Op. 45: for sop. & bar. soli, chor. & orch. / Brahms {02/022 a-c - ed. John E. West; Eng. version Ivor Atkins}
Attenborough, Florence Gertrude (1867-1958) English
see Chrystabel
Auber, Harriet (1773-1862) English
Our blest Redeemer: sacred song / Dunkley {17/170.8 - words by Harriet Auber}
Auden, Wystan Hugh (1907-1973) Anglo-American
The Bassarids (libr.): opera seria / Henze {libr. 03/065 - by W. H. Auden & Chester Kallman}
Hymn to St Cecilia Op. 27: unaccomp. chor. / Britten {01/023-3 a-b - words by W.H. Auden}
Audigier, Georges (1863-1925) French
Les anges pleurent!: rondel / Bemberg {17/056-1 - poésie de Georges Audigier}
Austin, John (1613-1669) English
Benedicite: cantata [for sop. & chor.] / Vaughan-Williams {01/076-1 a-h - words from 'The Song of the Three Holy Children' & a poem by J. Austin (1613-1669)}
Aveling, Claude (1869-1943) English
Come back to Sorrento (Torna a Surriento) / Curtis {solo v. : 17/144 a-b - words by G. B. De Curtis; Eng. version Claude Aveling}
Come back to Sorrento (Torna a Surriento) / Curtis {solo v. : 17/144 c-d - words by G. B. De Curtis; Eng. version Claude Aveling}
Connais-tu le pays? (Knowest thou that dear land?) {from Mignon}: romance / Thomas {solo v. : 17/551.5 a - ed. Albert Visetti; Eng. version Claude Aveling}
Connais-tu le pays? (Knowest thou that dear land?) {from Mignon}: romance / Thomas {solo v. : 17/551.5 c - ed. Albert Visetti; Eng. version Claude Aveling}
Cradle song (Wiegenlied) / Brahms {17/098-5 a - Eng. version Claude Aveling}
La donna è mobile (Woman's a fickle jade) {from Rigoletto}: Duke of Mantua's canzone / Verdi {ten. : 17/556-7 a - Eng. version Claude Aveling}
The kiss (Der Kuss ) Op. 19 no. 1 / Brahms {solo v. : 17/098-6 - Hölty; Eng. version Claude Aveling}
Lend me your aid (Inspirez-moi) {from La Reine de Saba}: [tenor aria] / Gounod {17/225-4.7 - Eng. version Claude Aveling; ed. Alberto Randegger}
Operatic album: baritone: [6 arias, by Verdi, Wagner, Mozart, Ponchielli, Rossini] / Various {14/011-2 - Eng. versions by Claude Aveling et al.}
123 works by 46 writers/librettists, with 6 cross-references