Texts by W. Landor set in Art Songs and Choral Works

Text Collections:

• Citation and Examination of Shakespeare
• Dry Sticks
• Gebir, Count Julian, and Other Poems
• Morning Chronicle
• Poetry by the Author of Gebir
• Simonidea
• The Keepsake
• The Last Fruit off an Old Tree

Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):

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Special notes: All titles and first lines are included in this index, including those used by composers.
Titles used by the text author appear in boldface. First lines appear in italics.
A language code in a blue rectangle like ENG indicates that a translation to that language is available.
A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.

• Death stands above me, whispering low ITA - G. Bachlund, R. Stöhr (On Death)
• Death stands above me (Death stands above me, whispering low) - G. Bachlund ITA
• Deceive me once again (You smiled, you spoke and I believed) - P. Sacco
• Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher (I strove with none, for none was worth my strife) - B. Johnston
• Ermina in love () - G. Bantock [x]
• Finis (I strove with none, for none was worth my strife) - P. Floridia-Napolino
• I loved him not; and yet, now he is gone (from Citation and Examination of Shakespeare) - E. Gross (The maid's lament)
• Impressions from Life (I strove with none, for none was worth my strife) - S. Huston
• I strove with none, for none was worth my strife - G. Dyer, P. Floridia-Napolino, S. Huston, B. Johnston, D. Manneke, D. Mason, N. Rorem, M. Sutherland (Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher)
• I strove with none (I strove with none, for none was worth my strife) - G. Dyer, D. Mason, M. Sutherland
• It sometimes comes into my head - F. Bridge, B. Huhn
• Last days (Leaf after leaf drops off, flower after flower) (from The Last Fruit off an Old Tree) - B. Dieren
• Late leaves (The leaves are falling; so am I) - C. Forsyth, R. Milford, L. Talma
• Leaf after leaf drops off, flower after flower (from The Last Fruit off an Old Tree) - B. Dieren
• L'envoi (I strove with none, for none was worth my strife) - D. Manneke
• Lines (One year ago my path was green) (from The Keepsake)
• Love must be gone (The fault is not mine if I love you too much) (from The Last Fruit off an Old Tree) - B. Dieren
• Mild is the parting year, and sweet (from Gebir, Count Julian, and Other Poems - Ianthe) - B. Dieren
• Mild is the parting year (Mild is the parting year, and sweet) (from Gebir, Count Julian, and Other Poems - Ianthe) - B. Dieren
• Mother, I cannot mind my wheel (Mother, I cannot mind my wheel) (from Simonidea) - S. Barber, H. Barlow, C. Burleigh, J. Edmunds, G. Foote, O. Morawetz, A. Paucker, N. Rorem FRE GER GER RUS GER POL
• Mother, I cannot mind my wheel (from Simonidea) FRE GER GER RUS GER POL - S. Barber, H. Barlow, C. Burleigh, J. Edmunds, G. Foote, O. Morawetz, A. Paucker, N. Rorem
• On Death (Death stands above me, whispering low) - R. Stöhr ITA
• One year ago my path was green (from The Keepsake) - B. Dieren (Lines)
• One year ago (One year ago my path was green) (from The Keepsake) - B. Dieren
• On his seventy-fifth birthday (I strove with none, for none was worth my strife) - N. Rorem
• O that it were so! (It sometimes comes into my head) - F. Bridge
• She I love (alas in vain!) - B. Dieren
• She I love (She I love (alas in vain!)) - B. Dieren
• Thank heaven, Neæra, once again (from Poetry by the Author of Gebir) [x] - B. Dieren (To Neæra)
• Thank heaven, Yanthe, once again (from Poetry by the Author of Gebir) [x] (To Neæra) - B. Dieren
• Thank heaven, Yanthe (Thank heaven, Neæra, once again) (from Poetry by the Author of Gebir) - B. Dieren [x]
• That it were so (It sometimes comes into my head) - B. Huhn
• The fault is not mine if I love you too much (from The Last Fruit off an Old Tree) - B. Dieren
• The late leaves (The leaves are falling; so am I) - L. Impey
• The leaves are falling; so am I (The leaves are falling; so am I) - B. Dieren
• The leaves are falling; so am I - B. Dieren, C. Forsyth, L. Impey, R. Milford, L. Talma
• The maid's lament (I loved him not; and yet, now he is gone) (from Citation and Examination of Shakespeare) - E. Gross
• There is delight in singing, tho' none hear (from Morning Chronicle) - A. Hinton (To Robert Browning)
• The tides of love () - L. Bassett [x]
• The torch of Love dispels the gloom - B. Dieren
• The touch of love (The torch of Love dispels the gloom) - B. Dieren
• To Neæra (Thank heaven, Neæra, once again) (from Poetry by the Author of Gebir) [x]
• To Robert Browning (There is delight in singing, tho' none hear) (from Morning Chronicle) - A. Hinton
• Twenty years hence my eyes may grow - G. Peel (Twenty years hence)
• Twenty years hence (Twenty years hence my eyes may grow) - G. Peel
• Under the lindens lately sat (from Dry Sticks) GER - J. Fuchs (Under the lindens)
• Under the lindens (Under the lindens lately sat) (from Dry Sticks) - J. Fuchs GER
• Unter den Linden kosend traut (Unter den Linden kosend traut) - J. Fuchs (Text: Anonymous after Walter Savage Landor) [x]
• Unter den Linden kosend traut (Text: Anonymous after Walter Savage Landor) [x] - J. Fuchs
• You smiled, you spoke and I believed - P. Sacco

Last update: 2023-10-31 20:17:54