Texts by E. Sitwell set in Art Songs and Choral Works
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- Across the thick and the pastel snow (from Façade) - W. Walton (By the lake)
- A man from a far country (Rose and Alice) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Ass-Face drank (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Ass-Face (Ass-Face drank) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Aubade - Jane, Jane (Jane, Jane/ Tall as a crane) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Aubade (Jane, Jane/ Tall as a crane) (from Façade) - G. Bachlund
- Bank Holiday (The houses on a seesaw rush) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Baskets of ripe fruit in air (from Façade) - P. Sculthorpe, W. Walton
- Black Mrs. Behemoth (In a room of the palace) (from Troy Park) - W. Walton
- By the blue wooden sea (from Façade) - W. Walton
- By the lake (Across the thick and the pastel snow) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Came the great Popinjay (Came the great Popinjay) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Came the great Popinjay (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Canticle III (Still falls the Rain) (Still falls the Rain) (from The Canticle of the Rose) - B. Britten
- Castles of crystal (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Centaurs and Centauresses (We bear velvet cream) (from Rustic Elegies)
- Country dance (That hobnailed goblin) (from Bucolic Comedies) - W. Walton
- Cried the navy-blue ghost - W. Walton (Four in the morning)
- Daisy and Lily (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Dame Souris Trotte (Madam Mouse trots) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Daphne (When green as a river was the barley) - W. Walton
- Do not take a bath in Jordan (from Façade) - W. Walton
- En famille (In the early springtime after their tea) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Four in the morning (Cried the navy-blue ghost) - W. Walton
- Fox Trot (Old/ Sir) (from Bucolic Comedies)
- Gardener Janus catches a naiad (Baskets of ripe fruit in air) (from Façade) - P. Sculthorpe
- Gardinir Janus (Baskets of ripe fruit in air) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- God Pluto is a kindly man (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Gone the saturnalia sighing, dying (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Green wooden leaves clap fight away (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Hornpipe (Sailors come) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- I do like to be beside the seaside (When/ Don) (from Troy Park)
- In a room of the palace (from Troy Park) - W. Walton (Black Mrs. Behemoth)
- In the early springtime after their tea (from Façade) - W. Walton (En famille)
- Jane, Jane/ Tall as a crane (from Façade) - G. Bachlund, W. Walton (Aubade)
- Jodelling song (We bear velvet cream) (from Rustic Elegies) - W. Walton
- Jumbo asleep! (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Jumbo's lullaby (Jumbo asleep!) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Lily O'Grady - W. Walton
- Long steel grass (Noche Espagnola) (Long steel grass) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Long steel grass (from Façade) - W. Walton (Long Steel Grass)
- Madam Mouse trots (from Façade) - M. Dawney, W. Walton (Dame Souris Trotte)
- Madam Mouse trots (Madam Mouse trots) (from Façade) - M. Dawney
- March (Ratatantan, ratatantan, ratatantan) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Mariner man (What are you staring at, mariner man) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Mazurka (God Pluto is a kindly man) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Metallic waves of people jar - G. Bachlund
- Old Sir Faulk, tall as a stork (from Bucolic Comedies) (Fox Trot) - W. Walton
- Old Sir Faulk (Old/ Sir) (from Bucolic Comedies) - W. Walton
- Old/ Sir (from Bucolic Comedies) - W. Walton (Fox Trot)
- Polka (Tra la la la la la la la) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Popular Song (Lily O'Grady) - W. Walton
- Portrait of a Barmaid (Metallic waves of people jar) - G. Bachlund
- Ratatantan, ratatantan, ratatantan (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Rose and Alice (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Rose Castles (Rose Castles) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Rose Castles (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Said King Pompey (Said King Pompey) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Said King Pompey (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Sailors come (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Scotch rhapsody (Do not take a bath in Jordan) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Seas are roaring like a lion; with their (from Façade) (Bank Holiday) - W. Walton
- Small talk (Upon the noon Cassandra died) - W. Walton
- Something lies beyond the scene (Something lies beyond the scene) (from Troy Park) - W. Walton
- Springing Jack (Green wooden leaves clap fight away) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Still falls the rain (Still falls the Rain) (from The Canticle of the Rose) - G. Baxter, E. Maconchy
- Still falls the Rain (from The Canticle of the Rose) - G. Baxter, B. Britten, E. Maconchy
- Switchback (By the blue wooden sea) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Tango - Pasodoble (When/ Don) (from Troy Park) - W. Walton
- Tarantella (Where the satyrs are chattering) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- That hobnailed goblin (from Bucolic Comedies) - W. Walton (Country dance)
- The currants moonwhite (from Façade) - W. Walton
- The gold-armoured ghost from the Roman road - N. Rorem
- The houses on a seesaw rush (from Façade) - W. Walton (Bank Holiday)
- The King of China's daughter (The King of China's Daughter) - M. Head, S. Wheeler
- The last gallop (Gone the saturnalia sighing, dying) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- The octogenarian leaned from his window (from Façade)
- The octogenarian (The octogenarian) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- The octogenarian (from Façade) - W. Walton
- The white owl (The currants moonwhite) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- The wind's bastinado (The wind's bastinado) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- The wind's bastinado (from Façade) - W. Walton
- The youth with the red-gold hair (The gold-armoured ghost from the Roman road) - N. Rorem
- Through gilded trellises (Through gilded trellises) (from Façade) - R. Meale, W. Walton
- Tra la la la la la la la (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Trams (Castles of crystal) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Upon the noon Cassandra died - W. Walton (Small talk)
- Valse (Daisy and Lily) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- We bear velvet cream (from Rustic Elegies) - W. Walton (Centaurs and Centauresses)
- What are you staring at, mariner man (from Façade) - W. Walton
- When Don Pasquito arrived at the seaside (from Troy Park) (I do like to be beside the seaside) - W. Walton
- When/ Don (from Troy Park) - W. Walton (I do like to be beside the seaside)
- When green as a river was the barley - W. Walton (Daphne)
- When Sir Beelzebub called for his syllabub (from Façade)
- When Sir Beelzebub (When/ Sir) (from Façade) - W. Walton
- When/ Sir (from Façade) - W. Walton
- Where the satyrs are chattering (from Façade) - W. Walton
- You, the Young Rainbow () - N. Rorem [x]
Last update: 2023-05-11 13:29:15