Texts by S. Sassoon set in Art Songs and Choral Works

Text Collections:

• Counter-Attack
• Discoveries
• Lingual Exercises
• Melodies
• Morning-Glory
• Picture-Show
• The Old Huntsman and Other Poems

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.

• A child's prayer (For Morn, my dome of blue) (from Morning-Glory) - A. Bliss, C. Rootham FRE
• Across the land a faint blue veil of mist (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) - H. Morgan (October)
• A flower has opened in my heart (A flower has opened in my heart) - A. Rowley [x]
• A flower has opened in my heart [x] - A. Rowley, J. Taylor (Nativity)
• Aftermath (reprise) (Have you forgotten yet?) (from Picture-Show) - M. Ippolito FRE
• Aftermath (Have you forgotten yet?) (from Picture-Show) - M. Ippolito, M. Kalmanoff FRE
• Alone (I've listened: and all the sounds I heard) (from Discoveries) - A. Beaumont
• Alone (When I'm alone - the words tripped off his tongue) (from Lingual Exercises) - E. Newsome [x]
• Along the wind-swept platform, pinched and white (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) - A. Butterworth (Morning Express)
• An old french poet (When in your sober mood my body have ye laid) - H. Morgan
• A poplar and the moon (There stood a Poplar, tall and straight) (from Morning-Glory) - R. Greaves, H. Morgan, C. Rootham
• At dawn the ridge emerges massed and dun FRE - G. Bachlund (Attack)
• At daybreak (I listen for him through the rain) - A. Beaumont
• Attack (At dawn the ridge emerges massed and dun) - G. Bachlund FRE
• Autumn (October's bellowing anger breaks and cleaves) (from Counter-Attack) - H. Blumenfeld FRE
• Base Details (If I were fierce, and bald, and short of breath) - M. Ippolito
• Before the battle (Music of whispering trees) (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) - H. Blumenfeld, J. Williamson FRE
• Butterflies (Frail Travellers, deftly flickering over the flowers) - C. Rootham
• Dark clouds are smouldering into red - M. Ippolito
• Derision from the dead [x] - L. Smith (Ex-Service)
• Does it matter? — losing your legs? - M. Ippolito
• Does it matter? (Does it matter? — losing your legs?) - M. Ippolito
• Dream-Forest (Where sunshine flecks the green) (from Morning-Glory) - A. Beaumont
• Epilogue (Have you forgotten yet?) (from Picture-Show) - M. Ippolito FRE
• Everyone sang (Everyone suddenly burst out singing) (from Picture-Show) - C. Dougherty, C. Edwards, I. Gurney, W. Harris, J. Heggie, H. Horrocks, B. Laufer, L. Rafter, K. Roberts, J. Rooper, C. Rootham, R. Sowash, G. Tomlins, M. Walker, H. Wells, D. Williams
• Everyone suddenly burst out singing (from Picture-Show) - J. Balzun, C. Dougherty, C. Edwards, I. Gurney, W. Harris, J. Heggie, H. Horrocks, C. Lang, B. Laufer, L. Rafter, K. Roberts, J. Rooper, C. Rootham, P. Siskind, R. Sowash, G. Tomlins, M. Walker, H. Wells, D. Williams, P. Willsher (Everyone sang)
• Everyone suddenly burst out singing (Everyone suddenly burst out singing) (from Picture-Show) - C. Lang, P. Siskind, P. Willsher
• Everyone was a bird (Everyone suddenly burst out singing) (from Picture-Show) - J. Balzun
• Ev'ryone suddenly burst out singing (from Picture-Show) (Everyone sang) - J. Balzun, C. Dougherty, C. Edwards, I. Gurney, W. Harris, J. Heggie, H. Horrocks, C. Lang, B. Laufer, L. Rafter, K. Roberts, J. Rooper, C. Rootham, P. Siskind, R. Sowash, G. Tomlins, M. Walker, H. Wells, D. Williams, P. Willsher
• Ex-Service (Derision from the dead) - L. Smith [x]
• For Morn, my dome of blue (from Morning-Glory) FRE - A. Bliss, C. Rootham (A child's prayer)
• Frail Travellers, deftly flickering over the flowers - C. Rootham (Butterflies)
• France (She triumphs, in the vivid green) - M. Ippolito
• Give me your hand, my brother, search my face FRE - E. Gregson, M. Kalmanoff (To my brother)
• Goblin revel (In gold and grey, with fleering looks of sin) - H. Morgan, D. Wickens
• Have you forgotten yet? (from Picture-Show) FRE - M. Ippolito, M. Kalmanoff (Aftermath)
• Heart's journey (Song, be my soul; set forth the fairest part) - A. Shepherd [x]
• He drowsed and was aware of silence heaped (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) FRE - H. Blumenfeld (The Death-Bed)
• How to Die (Dark clouds are smouldering into red) - M. Ippolito
• Idyll (In the grey summer garden I shall find you) - A. Beaumont, C. Rootham
• If I were fierce, and bald, and short of breath - M. Ippolito
• I knew a simple soldier boy FRE - H. Blumenfeld, M. Ippolito, I. Venables, H. Weisgall (Suicide in the trenches)
• I listen for him through the rain - A. Beaumont, B. Burrows (At daybreak)
• I listen for him (I listen for him through the rain) - B. Burrows
• In fifty years, when peace outshines - M. Ippolito
• In gold and grey, with fleering looks of sin - H. Morgan, D. Wickens (Goblin revel)
• In the grey summer garden I shall find you - A. Beaumont, C. Rootham (Idyll)
• In this meadow starred with spring (from Morning-Glory) - C. Rootham, A. Shepherd (Morning-Glory)
• I stood with the Dead, so forsaken and still (from Picture-Show) FRE - M. Ippolito, J. Williamson (I stood with the dead)
• I stood with the dead (I stood with the Dead, so forsaken and still) (from Picture-Show) - M. Ippolito, J. Williamson FRE
• I've listened: and all the sounds I heard (from Discoveries) - A. Beaumont (Alone)
• 'Jack fell as he'd have wished,' the Mother said
• Lone heart, learning [x] - A. Beaumont
• Lovers (You were glad tonight: And now you've gone away)
• Memory (When I was young my heart and head were light) FRE
• Morning Express (Along the wind-swept platform, pinched and white) (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) - A. Butterworth
• Morning-Glory (In this meadow starred with spring) (from Morning-Glory) - C. Rootham, A. Shepherd
• Music of whispering trees (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) FRE - H. Blumenfeld, J. Williamson (Before the battle)
• Nativity (A flower has opened in my heart) [x]
• Night-Piece (Ye hooded witches, baleful shapes that moan) (from Melodies)
• Noah (When old Noah stared across the floods) (from Discoveries) - H. Morgan
• Now my heart is heavy-laden (When I was young my heart and head were light) - P. DeGolier FRE
• October's bellowing anger breaks and cleaves (from Counter-Attack) FRE - H. Blumenfeld (Autumn)
• October (Across the land a faint blue veil of mist) (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) - H. Morgan
• Serenade (You were glad tonight: And now you've gone away) - J. Carpenter
• She triumphs, in the vivid green - M. Ippolito
• Sleep; and my song shall build about your bed (from Picture-Show) - J. Carpenter, M. Gideon, M. Ippolito, C. Isherwood (Slumber-song)
• Sleep (Sleep; and my song shall build about your bed) (from Picture-Show) - C. Isherwood
• Slumber-song (Sleep; and my song shall build about your bed) (from Picture-Show) - J. Carpenter, M. Gideon, M. Ippolito
• Song, be my soul; set forth the fairest part [x] - A. Beaumont, A. Rowley, A. Shepherd
• Song, be my soul (Song, be my soul; set forth the fairest part) - A. Beaumont, A. Rowley [x]
• Song-Books of the War (In fifty years, when peace outshines) - M. Ippolito
• Song (What you are I cannot say) [x]
• South Wind (Where have you been, South Wind, this May-day morning) (from Discoveries) - C. Rootham
• Suicide in the trenches (I knew a simple soldier boy) - H. Blumenfeld, M. Ippolito, I. Venables, H. Weisgall FRE
• The Bishop tells us: 'When the boys come back (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) - K. Rankl
• The Death-Bed (He drowsed and was aware of silence heaped) (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) - H. Blumenfeld FRE
• The Dug-Out (Why do you lie with your legs ungainly huddled) - W. Flanagan, C. Taylor FRE
• The heart's journey (A flower has opened in my heart) - J. Taylor [x]
• The message (Toward sunset this November day) - D. Pinkham [x]
• There stood a Poplar, tall and straight (from Morning-Glory) - R. Greaves, H. Morgan, C. Rootham (A poplar and the moon)
• They (The Bishop tells us: 'When the boys come back) (from The Old Huntsman and Other Poems) - K. Rankl
• To my brother (Give me your hand, my brother, search my face) - E. Gregson, M. Kalmanoff FRE
• Toward sunset this November day [x] - D. Pinkham (The message)
• Vigils (Lone heart, learning) - A. Beaumont [x]
• What you are I cannot say [x] - I. Fischer, A. Rowley (Song)
• What you are I cannot say (What you are I cannot say) - I. Fischer, A. Rowley [x]
• When I'm alone - the words tripped off his tongue (from Lingual Exercises) [x] - E. Newsome (Alone)
• When in your sober mood my body have ye laid - H. Morgan (An old french poet)
• When I was young my heart and head were light FRE - P. DeGolier (Memory)
• When old Noah stared across the floods (from Discoveries) - H. Morgan (Noah)
• Where have you been, South Wind, this May-day morning (from Discoveries) - C. Rootham (South Wind)
• Where sunshine flecks the green (from Morning-Glory) - A. Beaumont (Dream-Forest)
• Why do you lie with your legs ungainly huddled FRE - W. Flanagan, C. Taylor (The Dug-Out)
• Ye hooded witches, baleful shapes that moan (from Melodies) - D. Wickens (Night-Piece)
• Ye hooded witches, baleful shapes that moan (Ye hooded witches, baleful shapes that moan) (from Melodies) - D. Wickens
• You love us when we’re heroes, home on leave
• You were glad tonight: And now you've gone away - J. Carpenter, I. Fischer, A. Rowley (Lovers)
• You were glad to-night (You were glad tonight: And now you've gone away) - I. Fischer, A. Rowley

Last update: 2024-11-23 21:41:30