Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by N. Maw

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

• Caroline Pink (and other Nonsense Rhymes)
• no. 1. Speak roughly to your little boy (Text: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson , as Lewis Carroll) FRE
• no. 2. How doth the little crocodile (Text: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson , as Lewis Carroll) FRE
• no. 3. The woodchuck (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 4. Three young rats (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 5. Ching, ching, Chinaman (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 6. I'll sail upon the Dog‑star (Text: Thomas d'Urfey after John Fletcher) CAT CHI
• no. 7. Oh, dear me! (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 8. Caroline Pink (Text: Volkslieder )
• no. 9. Well, I never (Text: Volkslieder )
• Five Epigrams
• On a Lady Famed for her Caprice (Text: Robert Burns)
• Five Irish Songs
• Jig (Text: Cecil Day Lewis) [x]*
• La vita nuova
• no. 1. Sonetto (Text: Guido Cavalcanti)
• no. 2. Madrigale (Text: Matteo Maria Boiardo, Count of Scandiano)
• no. 3. Tacciono i boschi (Text: Torquato Tasso)
• no. 4. Madrigale (Text: Michelangelo Buonarroti)
• no. 5. Il sogno (Text: Gaspara Stampa)
• Nocturne
• I hear the cries of evening (Text: Stephen Spender) [x]*
• Night's negation (Text: Herbert Edward Read) [x]*
• Six Interiors
• no. 1. To Life (Text: Thomas Hardy)
• no. 2. Neutral tones (Text: Thomas Hardy)
• no. 3. At tea (Text: Thomas Hardy)
• no. 4. In Tenebris (Text: Thomas Hardy)
• no. 5. I look into my glass (Text: Thomas Hardy)
• no. 6. Inscriptions for a peal of eight bells (Text: Thomas Hardy)
• The Voice of Love
• no. 1. Prologue (Text: Peter Porter) [x]*
• no. 2. We were two families upon the wharf (Text: Peter Porter) [x]*
• no. 3. Watching the doves in the drowned park (Text: Peter Porter) [x]*
• no. 4. Your love for me is my ruin (Text: Peter Porter) [x]*
• no. 5. After darkness, howe welcome the sky (Text: Peter Porter) [x]*
• no. 6. From the quiet of my own mind (Text: Peter Porter) [x]*
• no. 7. Long faces and stiff looks attend a marriage (Text: Peter Porter) [x]*
• no. 8. Epilogue (Text: Peter Porter) [x]*

All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order

• After darkness, howe welcome the sky (in The Voice of Love) (Text: Peter Porter) [x]*
• At tea (in Six Interiors) (Text: Thomas Hardy)
• Caroline Pink (in Caroline Pink (and other Nonsense Rhymes)) (Text: Volkslieder )
• Ching, ching, Chinaman (in Caroline Pink (and other Nonsense Rhymes)) (Text: Volkslieder )
• Counting the beats (Text: Robert Graves) *
• Epilogue (in The Voice of Love) (Text: Peter Porter) [x]*
• From the quiet of my own mind (in The Voice of Love) (Text: Peter Porter) [x]*
• How doth the little crocodile (in Caroline Pink (and other Nonsense Rhymes)) (Text: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson , as Lewis Carroll) FRE
• I hear the cries of evening (in Nocturne) (Text: Stephen Spender) [x]*
• I'll sail upon the Dog‑star (in Caroline Pink (and other Nonsense Rhymes)) (Text: Thomas d'Urfey after John Fletcher) CAT CHI
• I look into my glass (in Six Interiors) (Text: Thomas Hardy)
• Il sogno (in La vita nuova) (Text: Gaspara Stampa)
• Inscriptions for a peal of eight bells (in Six Interiors) (Text: Thomas Hardy)
• In Tenebris (in Six Interiors) (Text: Thomas Hardy)
• Jig (in Five Irish Songs) (Text: Cecil Day Lewis) [x]*
• Long faces and stiff looks attend a marriage (in The Voice of Love) (Text: Peter Porter) [x]*
• Madrigale (in La vita nuova) (Text: Michelangelo Buonarroti)
• Madrigale (in La vita nuova) (Text: Matteo Maria Boiardo, Count of Scandiano)
• Neutral tones (in Six Interiors) (Text: Thomas Hardy)
• Night's negation (in Nocturne) (Text: Herbert Edward Read) [x]*
• Oh, dear me! (in Caroline Pink (and other Nonsense Rhymes)) (Text: Volkslieder )
• On a Lady Famed for her Caprice (in Five Epigrams) (Text: Robert Burns)
• Prologue (in The Voice of Love) (Text: Peter Porter) [x]*
• Sonetto (in La vita nuova) (Text: Guido Cavalcanti)
• Speak roughly to your little boy (in Caroline Pink (and other Nonsense Rhymes)) (Text: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson , as Lewis Carroll) FRE
• Tacciono i boschi (in La vita nuova) (Text: Torquato Tasso)
• The woodchuck (in Caroline Pink (and other Nonsense Rhymes)) (Text: Volkslieder )
• Three young rats (in Caroline Pink (and other Nonsense Rhymes)) (Text: Volkslieder )
• To Life (in Six Interiors) (Text: Thomas Hardy)
• Watching the doves in the drowned park (in The Voice of Love) (Text: Peter Porter) [x]*
• Well, I never (in Caroline Pink (and other Nonsense Rhymes)) (Text: Volkslieder )
• We were two families upon the wharf (in The Voice of Love) (Text: Peter Porter) [x]*
• Your love for me is my ruin (in The Voice of Love) (Text: Peter Porter) [x]*

Last update: 2024-10-26 17:52:09