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![]() | Sunday 10th December 2023 Search limited to letter 'C' Ch Ci Cl Co Cr Cu |
Caesar, Irving Unknown
I want to be happy {from No No Nanette} / Youmans {solo v. : 17/598-1 - words by Irving Caesar}
Swanee {from Jig-Saw}: voc. one-step / Gershwin {17/216-1 - words by I. Caesar}
Tea for two {from No No Nanette} / Youmans {solo v. : 17/598-2 - words by Irving Caesar}
Cahn, Sammy Unknown
High hopes / Van Heusen {solo v. : 17/554-2 - lyrics by Sammy Cahn}
It's nice to go travelling / Van Heusen {solo v. : 17/554-3 - lyrics by Sammy Cahn}
Second time around / Van Heusen {solo v. : 17/554-5 - words by Sammy Cahn}
Caillavet, Gaston Arman de (1869-1915) French
Philomel {from Monsieur Beaucaire} / Messager {solo v. : 17/396-3 - A. de Caillavet & Robert de Flers; Eng. words by Adrian Ross}
Califano, Aniello Unknown
Girulà!: canzone popolare per Piedigrotta '95 / Nutile {10/045-5[20] - versi di A. Califano}
Calvocoressi, Michel-Dimitri (1877-1944) Greek-French
The rose enslaves the nightingale (Aimant la rose, le rossignol) Op. 2 no. 2: Easter song / romance orientale / Rimsky-Korsakov {10/045-6[21] - M Calvocoressi; Eng.version Rosa Newmarch}
The thresher (D'un vanneur de blé aux vents) / Berkeley {solo v. : 17/068-1 - words by Joachim Du Bellay; Eng. trans. M D Calvocoressi}
Campbell, Grace Unknown
Jessie's dream: story of the Relief of Lucknow / Blockley {solo v. : 10/045-4[1] - written by Grace Campbell}
Jessie's dream: story of the relief of Lucknow / Blockley {solo v. : p. voc. + sol-fa 17/083 - words by Grace Campbell}
Campbell, Joseph (1879-1944) Irish
see also Seosamh Mac Cathmhaoil
Five Irish songs / Bax {09/013 - words by Padraig Colm, Joseph Campbell, J. M. Synge}
1. The pigeons 2. As I came over the grey, grey hills 3. I heard a piper calling 4. Across the door 5. Beg-Innish
I heard a piper piping: song / Bax {17/043-2 - words by Joseph Campbell}
I will go with my father a-ploughing {from Three Pastoral Songs} Op. 22 No. 1 / Quilter {17/462-20(1) - words by Joseph Campbell}
The journeyman weaver {from Three Songs for voice & viola} / Peterkin {17/447-4(1) - words by Joseph Campbell}
Campbell, Thomas (1777-1844) Scottish
At love's beginning: duet for sop. & bar. / Lehmann {18/085 a-c - words by Thomas Campbell}
The song of Hybrias the Cretan / Elliott {17/180 b - Eng. trans. Thomas Campbell}
Campion, Thomas (1567-1620) English
Come, O come, my Life's delight / Harty {solo v. : 17/259-3 - words by Thomas Campion}
Canton, William (1845-1926) English
A Christmas carol: song / Keel {17/312-3 - words by Wlliam Canton}
Capel-Cure, (Rev.) Edward (1820-1890) English
The Light of life (Lux Christi) Op. 29: short oratorio for soli, chor. & orch. / Elgar {08/019-5 a-b - words by Rev. E. Capel-Cure}
Capell, Richard (1885-1954) English
Anacreon's grave (Anakreons Grab) / Wolf {solo v. : 17/588-1 - Goethe (Eng. Richard Capell)}
Gretchen at the spinning wheel (Gretchen am Spinnrade) Op.2 / Schubert {solo v. : 17/496- 3 a - Goethe; Eng. version Richard Capell}
Love's peace (Du bist die Ruh) / Schubert {solo v. : 17/496-5 - words by Rückert; Eng. version Richard Capell}
Wandering minstrel (Der Musensohn) Op. 92 no 1 / Schubert {solo v. : 17/496-13(1) a-b - words by Goethe; Eng. version Richard Capell}
Carew, Thomas (1594-1640) English
Six songs / Lawes {09/107 - words by Thomas Carew (1-4) & Robert Herrick (5-6); arr. Gwilym Beechey}
1. Persuasions to enjoy 2.Happy youth that shalt possess 3 A beautiful Mistress 4.Read in these roses 5.Seest thou those diamonds 6 Cupid as he lay
When June is past: [song] / White {16/050-3 [20] - words by Thomas Carew}
Carman, Bliss (1861-1929) Canadian
At Columbine's grave: song / Shaw {17/510-6 a-b - words by Bliss Carman}
Carpenter, Edward (1844-1929) English
The lake of beauty Op. 39 No. 1 / Boughton {solo v. : 17/092-4 - words by Edward Carpenter}
Carpenter, Joseph Edwards (1813-1885) English
Tell us, O tell us: voc. duet / Glover {18/063-3 - words by J. E. Carpenter}
Carré, Michel (1819-1872) French
Duo {from Philémon et Baucis}: duo (mez. & bar.) / Gounod {18/067-1 - poème de J. Barbier & M. Carré}
Faust (libr.) / Gounod {libr. 03/055 - [French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré]}
Valse de duo {from Mignon} / Thomas {mez. : 10/045-8.2[5] - paroles de M. Carré et J. Barbier}
Carroll, Peter (20th c.) English
Don't be cross (Sei nicht bös') {from Der Obersteiger} / Zeller {solo v. : 17/600-1 a-b - Eng. words Peter Carroll; Ger. words Erich Meder; p.arr. F. Naylor}
Carter, Herbert Desmond (1895-1939) English
God make me kind / Wood {solo v. : 17/590-3 a-b - words by Desmond Carter}
Carter, Sydney (1915-2004) English
The youth of the heart {from The Lyric Revue} / Swann {solo v. : 17/546-2 a-b - words by Sydney Carter}
Casey, John Keegan ('Leo') (1846-1870) Irish
Maire my girl: Irish love-song / Aitken {10/045-7[13] - words by John Keegan Casey}
Cavanass, James Mulloy (b.1842) American
By the waters of Minnetonka: Indian love song (w. violin or flute accomp., ad lib.) / Lieurance {17/345 a-b - Eng. words by J. M. Cavanass, Fre. by Louis Poterat}
Cavanaugh, James (1892-1967) American
The umbrella man / Rose {solo v. : p. voc. + sol-fa 17/481.3-1 - words by James Cavanaugh; music by Vincent Rose & Larry Stock}
Chambers, A. L. (1830-1908) English
see Lehmann, Amelia
Chamisso. Adelbert von (1781-1838) German
Frauenliebe und Leben Op. 42: cycle of 8 songs for voice & piano / Schumann {09/173-5 - poems by Adelbert v. Chamisso}
incl. Eng. trans.
Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394-1465) French
Is she not passing fair?: lay / Elgar {17/178-7 - words by Louisa Stuart Costello from the French of Charles, Duke of Orléans}
My gostly fader: [song] / Warlock {10/089[9] - attrib. Charles d'Orleans}
Trois chansons de France / Debussy {09/057-1 - words by Charles Duc d'Orléans (1,3) and Tristan L'Hermite (2)}
1. Rondel 2. La Grotte 3. Rondel
Charles, Jacques Unknown
Valencia {from Palladium Pleasures} / Padilla Sánchez {solo v. : p. voc. + sol-fa 17/441-1 - words by Lucien Boyer & Jacques Charles; Eng. version Eric Valentine}
Chaucer, Geoffrey (c1340-1400) English
The Canterbury pilgrims: for chor., orch. & 3 soloists (sop., ten., bar.) / Dyson {01/035-1 a-c - portraits from Prologue to Canterbury Tales}
Cherry, Andrew (1762-1812) Irish
The dear little shamrock / Cherry {solo v. : p. voc. + sol-fa 17/118 - arr. John S. Baker}
Chesson, Nora (Mrs) (1871-1906) English
see Hopper, Nora
Chesterton, Frances (1869-1938) English
Here is the little door: carol-anthem for SATB unaccomp. / Howells {chor. sc. 18/076-1 - words by Frances Chesterton}
Child, Harold (1869-1945) English
A Cotswold romance: cantata [for sop. & ten. soli & mixed chor.] / Vaughan-Williams {01/076-2 a-b - adapt. from the opera Hugh the Drover by Harold Child}
Chorley, Henry Fothergill (1808-1872) English
Ave Maria: for mez., violin or violoncello solo, p. & org. / Bach {set 10/045-9[11] - adapted to J. S. Bach's 1st Prelude; Eng. words Henry Chorley}
Ave Maria / Gounod {sop./ ten. : 17/224-3 a - adapted to J. S. Bach's 1st Prelude; Eng. words Henry Chorley}
Ave Maria: for mez., violin or violoncello solo, p. & org. / Gounod {set 17/224-3 d - adapted to J. S. Bach's 1st Prelude; Eng. words Henry Chorley}
Ave Maria : meditation / sacred song: for sop./ten., violin or violoncello solo, p. & org. / Gounod {set 17/224-3 f - adapted to J. S. Bach's 1st Prelude; Eng. words Henry Chorley}
Faust: grand opera / Gounod {06/020-1 - Eng. version H. F. Chorley; arr. Clarence Lucas}
additional Eng. libretto for "Jack of Hearts" in MS. by William Jolly(?)
The flower song {from Faust} / Gounod {p. voc. + sol-fa 17/224-8 - words by H. F. Chorley}
The jewel song {from Faust} / Gounod {p. voc. + sol-fa 17/225-3 a-b - arr. Alfred Moffat; Eng. version H. F. Chorley}
Loving smile of sister kind (Invocation) {from Faust}: cavatina / Gounod {17/225-5 a - Fre. by O. Pradère; Eng. by Henry F. Chorley}
Loving smile of sister kind (Invocation) {from Faust}: cavatina / Gounod {17/225-5 b - Fre. by O. Pradère; Eng. by Henry F. Chorley}
The May Queen: pastoral cantata / Bennett {01/016-1 a-b - written by Henry F. Chorley}
Nazareth ('Though poor be the chamber'): anthem for bar. solo & chor. / Gounod {02/050-2 a-b - words by Henry F. Chorley; arr. John E. West}
Nazareth: sacred song / Gounod {p. voc. + sol-fa 17/225-8 - A. Porte; Eng. words by Henry F. Chorley}
Sérénade: berceuse / Gounod {solo v. : 10/045-4[12] - poésie de Victor Hugo; Eng. words Henry F. Chorley}
When all was young {from Faust}: romance w. v-c obbl. / Gounod {16/050-4 [34] - Eng. by Henry F. Chorley, Fre. by O. Pradère}
Chrystabel (1867-1958) English
Bird of blue: song / German {17/214-9 - words by Chrystabel [Florence G. Attenborough]}
Cinquegrana, Pasquale (1850-1939) Italian
'E bersagliere: canto pattriotico / Capua {10/045-5[16] - words by Pasquale Cinquegrana}
Margarita (de Parete): canzone per Piedigrotta 1891 / Fassone {10/045-5[24] - versi di P. Cinquegrana}
Ndringhete ndrà! ..: canzone-tarantella per Piedigrotta 1895 / Gregorio {10/045-5[21] - versi di P. Cinquegrana}
Clancy, Liam P. (19th-20th c.) Irish
Noon-hush: song / Peel {17/444-4 - words by Liam P. Clancy}
Clarke, Campbell (19th c.) English
Love's request (Liebes Bitte): song / Reichardt {17/469 - Eng. version Campbell Clarke}
Clarke, Isabel Constance (1869-1951) English
Give: sacred song / Löhr {17/352-2 - words by Isabel C. Clarke}
Cleather, Brenda (19th-20th c.) English
Deadly slander (La Calunnia) {from The Barber of Seville}: Don Basilio's aria / Rossini {bar. : 17/482-2 - Eng. text Brenda Cleather}
Gentle lady (Madamina) {from Don Giovanni}: [bass aria: Leporello] / Mozart {17/418-6 - Eng. text Brenda Cleather}
Cleaver, Colin (20th c.) English
Don't let the sun go down (in your heart): song / Strachey {17/533.7-1 - lyric by Colin Cleaver}
Clifford, Ethel (d. 1959) English
Love's way {from Love's Journey}: song / Tosti {16/050-5 [2] - words by Ethel Clifford}
Clough, Arthur Hugh (1819-1861) English
If I can live: song / Stephenson {17/531.5-1 - words by Arthur Hugh Clough}
Clutsam, George Howard (1866-1951) Australian
Blossom time: musical play / Clutsam {07/031 a-b - music adapted from themes of Franz Schubert, with additional numbers (including lyrics) by G.H. Clutsam}
Blossom Time (libr.): musical play in 2 acts [with music arr. & derived from Franz Schubert] / Clutsam {libr. 03/031 - lyrics by G H Clutsam, John Drinkwater, H.V. Purcell}
Coates, John (1865-1941) English
Come away, Death {song from Twelfth Night} / Arne {17/016-6 - words by Shakespeare; ed. John Coates}
Coburn, Richard (1886-1952) American
Whispering: song / Rose {p. voc. + sol-fa 17/481.3-2 - words & music John Schoenberger, Richard Coburn and Vincent Rose}
Coleridge, Mary E. (1861-1907) English
Gentle sleep: song / Naylor {17/424.5 - words by Coleridge}
Love went a-riding: song / Bridge {17/102-1 a - [words by] Mary E. Coleridge}
Love went a-riding: song / Bridge {17/102-1 b - [words by] Mary E. Coleridge}
Remember / Ireland {solo v. : 17/294-5 - words by Mary Coleridge}
There / Parry {solo v. : 17/442-4 - words by Mary E. Coleridge}
Through the sunny garden / Quilter {solo v. : 17/462-17[1] - words by Mary Coleridge}
Two September songs / Quilter {17/462-17 - words by Mary Coleridge}
1. Through the sunny garden 2. The valley and the hill
The valley and the hill / Quilter {solo v. : 17/462-17[2] - words by Mary Coleridge}
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834) English
The ancient mariner: cantata / Barnett {01/013 a-b - from the poem by S.T. Coleridge}
The ancient mariner: cantata / Barnett {01/013 c - written by S.T. Coleridge}
Coleridge, Stephen (1854-1936) English
Sink, red sun {from song cycle Gloria}: song / Del Riego {17/156-5 - words by Stephen Coleridge}
Collet, M. C. H. Unknown
The harvest of sorrow Op. 4 No. 5: mez./ bar. / Rachmaninoff {17/464-2 - words by Count Alexis Tolstoi, Eng. version M. C. H. Collet}
Colm, Padraig (1881-1972) Irish
see Colum, Padraic
Colum, Padraic (1881-1972) Irish
Five Irish songs / Bax {09/013 - words by Padraig Colm, Joseph Campbell, J. M. Synge}
1. The pigeons 2. As I came over the grey, grey hills 3. I heard a piper calling 4. Across the door 5. Beg-Innish
She moved thro' the fair {from Irish Country Songs, vol. 1} / Hughes {17/290-3 - adapt. from an old ballad by Padraic Colum; arr. Herbert Hughes}
Congreve, William (1670-1729) English
I tell thee, Charmion / Hughes {solo v. : 17/291 - words by W. Congreve}
Oh sleep, why dost thou leave me? {from Semele} / Handel {solo v. : 17/251-4 a-b - [from libretto by] William Congreve; arr. Carl Deis}
Oh sleep, why dost thou leave me? {from Semele}: song for sop. v. / Handel {17/251-4 c-d - [words by William Congreve]}
Connelly, Reginald John ('Reg') (1895-1963) English
Falling in love again / Hollaender {solo v. : 17/286 - orig. words & music Friedrich Hollaender; Eng. words Reg Connelly}
Pigalle / Ulmer {p. voc. + sol-fa 17/553.9 - Fre. by Georges Ulmer & Geo. Koger; Eng. by Reg Connelly}
Constanduros, Mabel (1880-1957) English
One day of gold: song / Strong {17/539-2 - words by Mabel Constanduros}
Conway, Hugh (1847-1885) English
The king's minstrel / Pinsuti {solo v. : 17/450-3 a - words by Hugh Conway}
The king's minstrel / Pinsuti {solo v. : 17/450-3 b - words by Hugh Conway}
Cook, Eliza (1818-1889) English
Many happy returns / Blockley {solo v. : p. voc. + sol-fa 17/272[2] - words by Eliza Cook}
Many happy returns of the day: birth-day song / Blockley {10/045-4[11] - written by Eliza Cook}
Cooke, Leslie Unknown
Love sends a little gift of roses: song / Openshaw {17/439-1 - words by Leslie Cooke}
Mate o' mine: song w. violin or violonceloo oblig. (ad lib.) / Elliott {17/181 a - words by Leslie Cooke}
Mate o' mine: song w. violin or violonceloo oblig. (ad lib.) / Elliott {17/181 b - words by Leslie Cooke}
One little hour: song / Sharpe {17/508-1 - words by Leslie Cooke}
Cooper, George (1838-1927) American
Chiming bells of long ago / Shattuck {solo v. : 16/050-1[20] - [words by George Cooper]}
Sweet Genevieve: ballad / Tucker {solo v. : 17/553.5 - words by George Cooper}
We two / Thomas {solo v. : 16/050-1[15] - written by Geo. Cooper}
Copeland, Fanny Susan (1872-1970) Anglo-Irish
Hindu song (Song of the Hindu merchant) {from Sadko} / Rimsky-Korsakov {17/473-1 a-b - Eng. trans. Fanny S. Copeland}
Coppée, François (1842-1908) French
Obstination (A Resolve) / Fontenailles {mez. : 17/198 - words by François Coppée}
La Première: mélodie / Webber {solo v. : 10/045-6[11] - paroles de François Coppée, Eng. trans. E. Teschemacher}
Ritournelle: song / Chaminade {17/116 a-b - poésie de François Coppée; Eng. Eugene Oudin}
Corder, Frederick (1852-1932) English
Love's greeting (Liebesgruss) / Dvorák {solo v. : 17/174-2(1) - Eng. words Frederick Corder}
The maiden and the lark / Dvorák {solo v. : 17/174-2(3) - Eng. words Frederick Corder}
Peace in the valley (Ruhe im Thalle) / Dvorák {solo v. : 17/174-2(2) - Eng. words Frederick Corder}
Corelli, Marie (1855-1924) English
The voice in the cathedral: song / Hall {17/246 - words by Marie Corelli}
Corrie, Joe (b.1894) Scottish
Oor ain fireside : cradle song / Skinner {p. voc. + sol-fa 17/518.8 - words by Joe Corrie}
Corrin, Richard (d.1954) English
Song of a thankful heart: song / Wood {17/590-16 - words by Richard Corrin}
Cory, Charles Barney (1857-1921) American
A dream / Bartlett {solo v. : 17/039.5 - words by Charles B. Cory}
Cory, William Johnson (1823-1892) English
Heraclitus Op.110 No.4: song / Stanford {17/529-13 - poem by William Cory}
Costello, Louisa Stuart (1799-1870) Anglo-Irish
Is she not passing fair?: lay / Elgar {17/178-7 - words by Louisa Stuart Costello from the French of Charles, Duke of Orléans}
Courage, Bryan Unknown
A blackbird in the dawn: song / Colville {17/135.5-2 - words by Bryan Courage}
Cousins, James Henry (1873-1956) Anglo-Irish
A curse on a closed gate {from Three songs for voice & viola} / Peterkin {17/447-4(2) - words by James H. Cousins}
Cowan, Samuel Kennedy (1850-1918) Anglo-Irish
Anchored!: [song] / Watson {16/040 [5/1] - words by S. K. Cowan}
Anchored!: song / Watson {10/045-4[26] - words by S. K. Cowan}
Out on the Deep / Löhr {solo v. : 17/351.5 - words by Samuel K. Cowan}
Cowper, William (1731-1800) English
Oh! For a closer walk with God / Fain {solo v. : 10/045-8.1[2] - [words by] William Cowper}
Coxford, Arthur Philip (1867-1924) English
The flag we love / Macey {solo v. : 17/366 - words by Arthur Coxford}
Craik, Dinah ('Mrs Craik') (1826-1887) English
Rothesay Bay: song / Gatty {17/210-2 - by the author of "John Halifax Gent." [ie Dinah Craik]}
Crashaw, Richard (c1613-1649) English
Lo, the full, final sacrifice: festival anthem for chor. & organ (or orch.) / Finzi {02/043 a-b - words by Richard Crashaw}
Crawford, Louisa Matilda Jane (1789-1857) English
Kathleen Mavourneen: Irish song / Crouch {p. voc. + sol-fa 17/143 a - words by Mrs Crawford}
Kathleen Mavourneen / Crouch {solo v. : 17/143 b - words by Mrs Crawford}
Kathleen Mavourneen / Crouch {solo v. : 17/143 c - written by Mrs Crawford}
Crichton, Jean (19th-20th c.) Scottish
Evening shadows: song / Brahe {17/096-2 - words by Jean Crichton}
Crosby, Frances Jane ('Fanny') (1820-1915) American
Open the gates of the Temple: song / Knapp {17/320 - words by Fanny Crosby}
Cross, Beverley (1931-1998) English
The Mines of Sulphur (Ballade im Moor): opera / Bennett {06/005 - librettist: Beverley Cross}
Cross, Gerald H. Unknown
O Lily lady of loveliness: air for contralto & strings / Besley {set 42/009-1 - words by Gerald H. Cross}
Crozier, Eric (1914-1994) English
Cradle song for a newborn child: for small mixed chorus and harp (or piano) / Bliss {15/022 - words by Eric Crozier}
The little sweep {from 'Let's Make an Opera'} - songs for the audience: [4 songs] / Britten {06/010-2 [Aud] - words by Eric Crozier}
Saint Nicholas Op. 42: cantata / Britten {SATB choir : 01/023-5 a-d - words by Eric Crozier}
Cunningham, Allan (1784-1842) Scottish
Hame Op. 18 No. 1 / Davies {solo v. : 17/149 - words by Allan Cunningham}
A sea song / Benbow {17/059-1 - words by Allan Cunningham}
Cunningham, Maud (19th-20th c.) English
Spring's awakening: valse song / Sanderson {17/488-12 - words by Maud Cunningham}
Curtis, Giambattista de (1860-1926) Italian
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}
Curzon, Theodore (19th-20th c.) English
Devonshire cream and cider: song / Sanderson {17/488-13 b - words by Theodore Curzon}
Curzon, Ursula (19th-20th c.) English
The light of the sunset glow: song / Martin {17/384-5 - words by Ursula Curzon; adapt. from Easthope Martin's 'Evensong'; arranged by Leslie Taylor}
148 works by 85 writers/librettists, with 4 cross-references