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![]() | Wednesday 7th June 2023 Search limited to letter 'P' Pa Pe Ph Pi Pl Po Pr Pu |
P., A. Unknown
see Paladilhe, A
P., S. G. Unknown
Pailthorpe, Doris (19th-20th c.) English
There was a rosebud bloomed in the snow: Christmas carol / Shaw {17/510-10 - words by Doris Pailthorpe}
Pain, Barry Eric Odell (1864-1928) English
The shepherd's song: song {from Seven Lieder} / Elgar {17/178-9 - words by Barry Pain}
Paladilhe, A. (19th-20th c.) French
Mandolinata (Souvenir de Rome): song / Paladilhe {10/045-5[23] - paroles de A. P[aladilhe]}
Palmer, Maggie Unknown
Scottish lament: for alto & horn / James {17/296.7 a-c - words by Maggie Palmer}
Parish, Mitchell (1900-1993) American
One morning in May: ballad / Carmichael {17/113.5 - words by Mitchell Parish}
Park, Philip James (1907-1978) English
La Belle Hélène (Beautiful Helen): operetta / Offenbach {07/025-1 a-c - new lyrics by Phil Park; arr. Ronald Hanmer}
Die Fledermaus (The Bat): operetta / Strauss II {07/035-1 a-c - Eng. lyrics by Phil Park, arr. Ronald Hanmer}
The Gipsy baron: operetta / Strauss II {07/035-2 a-b - Eng. lyrics by Phil Park, arr. Ronald Hanmer}
Gipsy love: operetta / Lehár {07/018-1.1 - new lyrics by Phil Park, arr. Ronald Hanmer}
The Gipsy princess: operetta / Kálmán {07/015 - new version - lyrics by Phil Park, arr. Ronald Hanmer}
Lilac time: operetta / Berté {07/031.1 a-b - Eng. lyrics by Phil Park, arr. Ronald Hanmer from themes by Heinrich Berté after Franz Schubert}
The Merry Widow: [operetta] / Lehár {07/018-2.1 a-d - new lyrics by Phil Park, arr. Ronald Hanmer}
The merry widow: operetta / Lehár {libr. 03/075 a-d - new lyrics by Phil Park, arr. Ronald Hanmer}
Orpheus in the Underworld: comic operetta in 3 acts / Offenbach {07/025-2 a-c - new lyrics by Phil Park; arr. Ronald Hanmer}
Viva Mexico! The music of Latin America: comedy musical in 3 acts / Hanmer {07/013.4 a-b - lyrics by Phil Park}
Viva Mexico!: comedy musical [based on the music of Latin America] / Hanmer {libr. 03/060 - lyrics by Phil Park}
Waltzes from Vienna: musical romance / Strauss II {07/035-5 a-b - Eng. lyrics by Phil Park, arr. Ronald Hanmer}
Wish me luck (As you wave me goodbye) {from Shipyard Sally} / Davies {solo v. : p. voc. + sol-fa 17/148-3 - words by Phil Park}
Parker, Gilbert (1862-1932) Canadian
O flower of all the world: song / Woodforde-Finden {17/592-2 - words by Gilbert Parker}
Parker, Henry Unknown
The last rose of Summer / Stevenson {solo v. : 17/532 b - words by Thomas Moore; ed. Henry Parker}
Parker, Ross (1914-1974) English
There'll always be an England / Parker {solo v. : 17/441.8 - words and music by Ross Parker & Hugh Charles}
Parsons, Donovan (1888-1980) English
I travel the road (Who cares): song / Thayer {17/550.5-2 a - words by Donovan Parsons}
I travel the road (Who cares): song / Thayer {17/550.5-2 b - words by Donovan Parsons}
Partridge, Sybil Farish (c1856-1917) English
Just for to-day: sacred song / Seaver {17/504-1 a-b - prayer by Sybil F. Partridge}
Passmore, W. S. (19th c.) English
The Lord is my Shepherd: paraphr. of 23rd Psalm / Smart {sop. & alto / contr. : 18/149-1 - words by W. S. Passmore}
Paterson, A. B. 'Banjo' (1864-1941) Australian
Waltzing Matilda: [scored for piano & ukulele] / Cowan {solo v. : p. voc. + sol-fa 17/138.2 a-b - words by A. B. Paterson}
Pattison, Thomas Mee (1845-1936) English
The praise of Islay (Moladh na landaidh) {from Songs of the North}: old Highland melody / Lawson {17/331-5 - Eng. trans. Thomas Pattison; arr. Malcolm Lawson}
Paulton, Edward Antonio (1866-1939) English
Lullaby {from Erminie} / Jakobowski {solo v. : 16/020(12) [2] - words by Edward and Harry Paulton}
Paulton, Harry (1841-1917) English
Ah! Let me dream: song / Locknane {16/050-4 [23] - words by Harry Paulton}
Lullaby {from Erminie} / Jakobowski {solo v. : 16/020(12) [2] - words by Edward and Harry Paulton}
Peabody, J. H. (19th c.) Unknown
Scotch lassie Jean: ballad [with SATB chorus] / Peabody {16/050-1[67] - [words and music by J. H. Peabody]}
Peabody, Josephine Preston (1874-1922) American
The house and the road: song / Parke {17/441.5 a-b - words by Josephine Peabody}
Pechey, Archibald Thomas (1876-1961) English
Peele, George (1556?-1596) English
Whenas the rye: song / Warlock {10/089[6] - words by George Peele (1595)}
Pemberton, May Unknown
Come Lady-Day / Quilter {solo v. : 17/462-7 - words by May Pemberton}
Penn, Arthur A. (1875-1941) American
Smilin' through: song / Penn {p. voc. + sol-fa 17/445 - words and music by Arthur A. Penn}
Pepper, Harry Stephen (1891-1970) English
The nightingale: song / Zeller {17/600-2 - lyrics & rev. ed. Harry S. Pepper}
Oh maiden, my maiden {from Frederica} / Lehár {solo v. : 17/335-1 - words by Harry S. Pepper}
Roses in Tyrol (Rosen in Tirol) {from The Birdseller}: duet (sop. & ten.) with mixed choir / Zeller {18/181 a-h - Eng. lyrics by Harry S. Pepper}
Percy, Thomas (1729-1811) English
O Nannie, wilt thou gang wi' me / Carter {solo v. : p. voc. + sol-fa 16/050-1[56] - words by Percy}
Over the mountains {from Old English Songs}: song / Quilter {17/462-16 a-b - words from Percy's Reliques}
Perry, Frederick C. (19th c.) Unknown
The special bobby: [song and chorus] / Perry {16/050-1[10] - written by F. C. Perry}
Peters, William Theodore (1862-1904) American
Good night, pretty stars: song / Johnson {10/045-9[13] - words by William Theodore Peters}
Peterson, Frederick (1859-1938) American
The sweetest flower that blows: song / Hawley {17/262 a - words by Frederic[sic] Peterson}
The sweetest flower that blows: song / Hawley {17/262 b - words by Frederic[sic] Peterson}
Petőfi, Sándor (1823-1849) Hungarian
Hungarian melodies, [vol. 1]: [25 songs] / Korbay {09/103(1) - Joseph Szerdahelyi (3,10,14,20), Alexander Petöfi (11,19) et al}
Philips, Ambrose (1674-1749) English
Breathe soft ye winds: [song] / Handel {17/252-12 - words by Ambrose Philips; mus. adapt. Herbert R. Stark}
Phillips, Alfred William (1844-1936) English
Cross of Calvary (Ave Maria!) / Gounod {mez./ bar. : 17/224-6 - [by] Alfred Phillips}
O divine Redeemer! (Repentir): scena / Gounod {17/226-2 a-b - words by Alfred Phillips; arr. Leigh Kingsmill}
O divine Redeemer! (Repentir): scena / Gounod {17/226-2 c - words by Alfred Phillips; arr. Leigh Kingsmill}
O divine Redeemer! (Repentir): scena / Gounod {17/226-2 d - words by Alfred Phillips; arr. Leigh Kingsmill}
O divine Redeemer! (Repentir): scena / Gounod {17/226-2 e - words by Alfred Phillips; arr. Leigh Kingsmill}
O divine Redeemer! (Repentir): scena / Gounod {17/226-2 f - words by Alfred Phillips; arr. Leigh Kingsmill}
O divine Redeemer: voc. duet for sop. & contr. / Gounod {18/067-2 - words by Alfred Phillips}
Repentir (Parce Domine / O divine Redeemer!): prayer / Gounod {mez./ bar. : 17/226-3 - [Eng, words by Alfred Phillips]}
Phillips, H. Lyall (19th-20th c.) English
A Devonshire wedding: song / Phillips {17/447.7-2 - words and music H. Lyall Phillips}
Forgotten: song / Phillips {17/447.7 - words and music by H. Lyall Phillips}
Phillips, Norah (19th-20th c.) Irish
Alleluia!: joyous Easter hymn (17th Century) / O'Connor-Morris {17/433.8 - words by Norah Phillips}
Piaf, Edith (1915-1963) French
La vie en rose (Take me to your heart again) / Louiguy {solo v. : p. voc. + sol-fa 17/238-1 - Eng. lyric by Frank Eyton; Fre. by Edith Piaf}
Piave, Francesco Maria (1810-1876) Italian
La Traviata: opera / Verdi {06/063-7.1 - libr. Francesco M. Piave}
Pierson, Henry Hugh ('Hugo') (1815-1873) English
May dew {from Six songs} Op. 23 No. 2: unison song / Bennett {17/066-2(2) - words [from a poem by J L Uhland translated] by H. H. Pierson}
Pinkerton, John (1758-1825) Scottish
O Bothwell Bank / Fergus {solo v. : 17/189 - words by John Pinkerton; arr. J. Michael Diack}
Pinkerton, Percy Edward (1855-1946) English
Dove sono (Gone forever) {from The Marriage of Figaro}: sop. aria: Countess Rosina, w. recit. E Susanna non vien! (Oh! Susanna is late!) / Mozart {17/418-5 a-b - Eng. version Percy Pinkerton}
Gipsy songs (Zigeunermelodien) Op. 55: [7 songs] / Dvorák {09/063-2 - Eng. trans. Percy Pinkerton}
Largo al factotum (Figaro's song) {from The Barber of Seville} / Rossini {ten. : 17/482-3 a-b - Eng. version Percy Pinkerton}
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: sel. words & music / Wagner {p. solo : 16/099 - Eng. versions Percy Pinkerton}
Pansies (Salut d'amour): song / Elgar {16/050-3 [11] - words by Percy Pinkerton}
Salce (Willow song) {from Otello}: Desdemona's aria / Verdi {sop. : 17/556-6 - Eng. words Percy Pinkerton}
The sandman (Sandmännchen ): song (Lied) / Brahms {17/099-3 a,c - Eng. words Percy Pinkerton}
Ständchen (Serenade) / Schubert {solo v. : 17/496-8 a - Rellstab; Eng. words Percy Pinkerton; arr. Gerald Moore}
Walther's prize song (Morn, like a rose) {from The Meistersingers} / Wagner {16/020(4) [3] - Eng. by Percy Pinkerton}
Pitfield, Thomas B. (1903-1999) English
Ballad of a minstrel: two-part / Pitfield {18/118 - words by Thomas B. Pitfield}
The rhyming shopman: whimsical cantata for choir, orch. & bar. solo / Pitfield {01/063.7 - words & music Thomas B. Pitfield}
Pittman, Josiah (1816-1886) English
Gerechter Gott! {from Rienzi}: Adriano's aria / Wagner {sop. : 17/559-2 - Eng. trans. J. Pittman}
Lucia de Lammermoor: opera in 3 acts / Donizetti {06/015-1 c - ed. Arthur Sullivan & J. Pittman; Eng. adapt. Charles Lamb Kenney}
Planché, James Robinson (1796-1880) English
Draw the sword Scotland / Rodwell {solo v. : p. voc. + sol-fa 16/050-1[31] - words by J. R. Planché}
Oberon: opera in 3 acts / Weber {06/076 - written J. R. Planché; ed. Natalia Macfarren}
Pleshcheyev, Aleksey Nikolayevich (1825-1893) Russian
The dreary steppe (Triste est le steppe) Op. 5 No. 1: song / Gretchaninoff {17/232-2 - words by Plestcheiev; Eng. Rosa Newmarch}
Plomer, William (1903-1973) English
Choral dances from 'Gloriana' / Britten {SATB choir : p. voc. + sol-fa 09/030 - words by William Plomer}
1. Time 2. Concord 3. Time and Concord 4.Country girls 5. Rustics and fishermen 6. Final dance of homage
Plunkett, Joseph (1887-1916) Irish
I see His Blood upon the rose: song / Gover {17/228 - poem by Joseph Plunkett}
Poe, Edgar Alan (1809-1849) American
Annabelle Lee: song / Leslie {17/342 - words by Edgar Poe}
Pola, Edward (1907-1995) American
Then I know that I'm home / Gideon {solo v. : p. voc. + sol-fa 17/219.5 - words by Edward Pola}
Pollock, Walter Herries (1850-1926) English
The devout lover: song (w. violin ad lib.) / White {set 17/571-2 a-b - words by Walter Herries Pollock}
The devout lover: song (w. violin ad lib.) / White {set 17/571-2 c - words by Walter Herries Pollock}
The devout lover: song (w. violin ad lib.) / White {set 17/571-2 d - words by Walter Herries Pollock}
Pontet, Henry Théodore (1833-1902) Irish
see also Horspool, A
Queen of angels (Regina angelorum): vesper song w. organ acc. / Piccolomini {16/050-3 [8] - words by 'Nemo' [ie Henry Pontet?]}
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744) English
Ode on St Cecilia's day: cantata / Parry {01/063-2 a-b - words by Alexander Pope}
Ode on St Cecilia's day / Parry {sol-fa only 44/037-1 - words by Alexander Pope}
Where e'er you walk {from Semele} / Handel {solo v. : 17/252- 2 e - words by Pope}
Where e'er you walk {from Semele} / Handel {solo v. : 17/252-2 c - words by Pope}
Where e'er you walk {from Semele} / Handel {solo v. : 17/252-2 d - words by Pope; p. arr. W. H. Callcott}
Where-e'er you walk {from Semele} / Handel {solo v. : 17/252-2 f - words by Pope}
Where e'er you walk {from Semele} / Handel {solo v. : 17/252-2 g - words by Pope; p. arr. W. H. Callcott}
Where'er you walk {from Semele}: air for tenor / Handel {p. voc. + sol-fa 17/252-3 - words by Pope}
Where-e'er you walk {from Semele} / Handel {solo v. : 17/252-2 a-b}
Porteous, Baroness (19th-20th c.) Scottish
When twilight comes: rêverie caprice, with violin acc. ad lib. by Guido Papini / Strelezki {solo v. : 16/050-3 [12] - words by Baroness Porteous}
Porter, Cole (1891-1964) American
All of you {from Silk Stockings} / Porter {solo v. : p. voc. + sol-fa 17/455-5 - words and music by Cole Porter}
C'est magnifique {from Can-Can} / Porter {solo v. : 17/455-3 - words and music by Cole Porter}
I hate men {from Kiss Me, Kate} / Porter {solo v. : 17/455-4 - words and music by Cole Porter}
In the still of the night: song / Porter {p. voc. + sol-fa 17/455-1 - words and music by Cole Porter}
Kiss me Kate / Porter {libr. 03/110 - lyrics by Cole Porter}
Night and day {from Gay Divorce} / Porter {solo v. : p. voc. + sol-fa 17/455-2 - words and music by Cole Porter}
Well, did you evah? {from High Society} / Porter {solo v. : 17/455-6.1 - words and music by Cole Porter}
Who wants to be a millionaire? {from High Society} / Porter {solo v. : 17/455-6.2 - words and music by Cole Porter}
Pounds, Jessie Brown (1861-1921) American
Beautiful isle of somewhere: [sacred song] / Fearis {17/188.5 - words by Mrs Jessie Brown Pounds}
Pownall Garrett, Blanche (1914-1983) Canadian
Pradère, Onésime (1825-1891) French
Loving smile of sister kind (Invocation) {from Faust}: cavatina / Gounod {17/225-5 a - O. Pradère; Eng. words by Henry F. Chorley}
When all was young {from Faust}: romance w. v-c obbl. / Gounod {16/050-4 [34] - Eng. Henry F. Chorley, Fr. O. Pradère}
Pradère-Niquet, Alexandre Onésime (1825-1891) French
Pratt, Silas Gamaliel (1846-1916) American
Life's dream is o'er {from Alice where art thou}: duet for ten. & contr. / Ascher {18/007 a-b - words & mus. arr. S. G. P[ratt]}
Procter, Adelaide Anne (1825-1864) English
Cleansing fires: song / Gabriel {10/045-5[5] - poetry by Adelaide Procter}
The lost chord: song / Sullivan {17/544-3 a - words by Adelaide A. Proctor [sic]}
The lost chord: song / Sullivan {17/544-3 b-d - words by Adelaide A. Proctor [sic]}
The lost chord: song / Sullivan {17/544-3 e-f - words by Adelaide A. Proctor [sic]}
The lost chord: song / Sullivan {17/544-3 g - words by Adelaide A. Proctor [sic]}
The message: [song] / Blumenthal {16/050-4 [31] - poetry by Miss A. Procter}
Prout, Ebenezer (1835-1909) English
Come, make my heart Thy home (Komm in mein Herzenshaus) {from Ein' feste Burg} / Bach {sop. : 17/025-9 - ed. Ebenezer Prout}
For God's angels ne'er depart (Gottes Engel weichen nie) {from Mann singet} / Bach {sop. : 17/025-10 - ed. Ebenezer Prout}
Sighing, weeping, trouble, want (Seufzer, Thränen, Kummer, Noth) {from Ich hatte viel Bekümmerniss} / Bach {sop. : 17/025-3 - ed. Ebenezer Prout}
Songs & airs for contralto, Bk 1: [9 songs] / Bach {09/008 - ed. with Eng. words by Ebeneezer Prout}
Prudhomme, Sully (1839-1907) French
Album lyrique / Blumenthal {solo v. : 09/023-1 a-b - words by Sully Prudhomme et al.}
Pullen, Hartie (19th-20th c.) English
Our country's call: song / Pullen {17/458.5 - words and music Hartie Pullen}
Purcell, Harold Vousden (1907-1977) English
Good-Night Vienna: romantic musical play / Posford {07/027-1 a-b - lyrics by Holt Marvell [and H.V. Purcell]}
Love's roundabout (La Ronde): waltz song / Straus {17/535-2 - Fre. words Louis Ducreux; Eng. words Harold Purcell}
Pedro, the fisherman {from The Lisbon Story}: song / Davies {17/148-4 - words by Harold Purcell}
Someday we shall meet again {from The Lisbon Story}: song / Davies {p. voc. + sol-fa 17/148-2 - words by Harold Purcell}
Pushkin, Alexander Sergeyevich (1799-1837) Russian
Eugene Onégin: lyric scenes in 3 acts / Tchaikovsky {06/059 - from the poem by Pushkin; Eng. version by Henry Reese}
124 works by 63 writers/librettists, with 6 cross-references