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Unaccompanied partsongs

1903	Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Op.5 Shakespeare Sonnet 18 (pub 1609) †	SATB
1905	Stars of a summer night Op.1 Longfellow †	SSAATTBB
1906	Come o’er the sea Moore †	SATB
	In a fairy boat [rondel] Weller †	SSAA
	Lullaby of an infant chief Scott †	SATB
	Soul star Bantock (orig Philip Marston - lost) †	SATB
	Tell me, thou soul of her I love Op.13d/1 Thomson †	SATB
	Twilight Op.13d/2 author unknown poss. Longfellow † — LOST	SATB
1908	Fairies’ song Cumberland (orig. Philip Marston - lost) †	SSAA
1910	Daybreak Longfellow †	SATB
?1910s/20s	Tell me, where is fancy bred Shakespeare from The Merchant of Venice	SSAA
1914	Clown’s song Shakespeare from Twelfth night (c1600), Act 5, scene 1 ‘When that I was and a little tiny boy’ †	partsong
	The curate and the mulberry-tree author unknown † — LOST	partsong
	A gypsy song Jonson † — LOST	SSAA
	He was a rat anon †	SATB
	Hie upon hielands [trad. ballad] trad † — LOST	male voices
	The knight’s leap author unknown † — LOST	partsong
	Legend of Altenahr author unknown †	male voices
	Love’s remorse author unknown † — LOST	partsong?
	Marching along author unknown † — LOST	male voices
	Meg Merrilies Keats Old Meg she was a gypsy †	male voices
	The owl author unknown †	female voices
	Sands of Dee [Sands o’ Dee] Kingsley †	mixed voices
	The sweetest dream author unknown † — LOST	partsong
	Sympathy author unknown † — LOST	partsong
	Will you buy any rope? author unknown † — LOST	partsong
	Ye spotted snakes Shakespeare †	SSAA
1915	O mistress mine Shakespeare †	partsong
1918	The phantom wooer Beddoes †	SATB
1919	Absence anon †	SSAA
	Ah! County guy! [serenade] Scott †	equal voices
	Fear no more the heat of the sun Shakespeare †	SATB
	It was a lover and his lass Shakespeare †	SSA
	Under the greenwood tree Shakespeare †	SSA
1924	O happiness, celestial fair [choral canon] Hannah More †	SATB
	Shall I then be spared? [choral canon] Hannah More †	SATB
	Sweet solitude [choral canon] Hannah More †	SATB
	Vital spark of heavenly flame [choral canon] Pope †	SSAA
1925	Blow, blow thou winter wind Shakespeare from As You Like It †	SATB
1937-44	Chorus [from Prometheus unbound Chorus from Act I] Shelley †	unaccompanied

Accompanied partsongs

1914	And will he not come again? Shakespeare †	SSAA, piano
	The blossom in C major Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	unison or solo, piano
	A child’s prayer Betham-Edwards †	SA, piano
	The chimney sweeper in G major - E flat Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	unison or solo, piano – 3´
	The dream Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	SSA, piano
	The echoing green Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	SSA, piano
	The fly in C major Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	unison or solo, piano – 1´
	Goodbye to summer Allingham †	SA, piano
	Grace for a child in C major [‘… a two-part easy school song’ - HB] Herrick Noble numbers (1647) no 95 Another grace for a child †	SA, piano – 1´
	If I had but two little wings Coleridge †	SA, piano
	Infant joy Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	SSA, piano
	The lamb Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	SSA, piano
	Laughing song Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	SSA, piano
	The little black boy in A minor - A major Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	unison or solo, piano – 4´
	The little boy found Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	SA, piano
	The little boy lost Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	SA, piano
	Little white lily MacDonald †	SSA, piano
	The moon Cumberland †	SA, piano
	The mountain and the squirrel Emerson Fable † for children	unison or solo, piano – 2´
	Pastoral: the shepherd Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	SSA, piano
	Piping down the valleys wild in C major Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	unison or solo, piano – 2´
	The river Cumberland †	SA, piano
	Robin redbreast author unknown † — LOST	unison, piano
	A song of willow Shakespeare †	SSA, piano
	Spring – sound the flute Blake †	SA, piano
	Spring – sound the flute Blake †	SSA, piano
	Summer has come, little children in D major Cumberland †	SA, piano – 2´
	Violets Herrick †	SSA, piano
	What does little birdie say? Tennyson from Sea dreams (1860) †	unison or solo, piano – 1´
1915	The fairy palace Drayton †	SSA, piano
1919	Fair pledges of a fruitful tree Herrick †	SA, piano
	Pack clouds away Heywood †	SSA, piano
	Spring, the sweet spring Nash †	SA, piano
	To daffodils Herrick †	SA, piano
	A wish author unknown † — LOST	2 voices, piano
1921	Full fathom five Shakespeare †	SSAA, piano
1925	Come away, death Shakespeare †	TbarB, piano
	Mine be a cot beside the hill Rogers † — LOST	SA, piano
1937-44	Three semichoruses [from Prometheus unbound Act II scene 2] Shelley †	1,3 unacc; 2 acc fl, hp – 15´

Solo songs

c.1892	Canadian boat song author unknown † — LOST	voice, piano
?1895-96	I shot an arrow Longfellow † — LOST	voice, piano
	Today and tomorrow Gunby Hadath † — LOST	voice, piano
	Wanderer’s night song Goethe trans Morley † — LOST	voice, piano
	[title unknown] [song] Gunby Hadath † — LOST	voice, piano
?1904-06	Sorrow song Op.6 Samuel Daniel †	alto or bar, pno
	The message Op.6 Donne †	alto or bar, pno
	Farewell Op.6 Bishop Heber †	alto or bar, pno
1906	Soliloquy upon a dead child Cumberland †	sop or ten, pno
	Little sleeper [from Soliloquy upon a dead child] Op.13a Hafiz trans Richard le Galliene † rev 1972	sop or ten, pno
	Day and night Op.13b Cumberland †	tenor, piano
	When I lie ill Op.13b Cumberland †	tenor, piano
	If I could speak Op.13b Cumberland †	tenor, piano
	[title unknown] [song] author unknown prob. Cumberland † — LOST	tenor, piano
	A faery song Op.13c Yeats †	mezzo, piano
1910	Why dost thou wound and break my heart? Herrick †	tenor, piano
	The mad maid’s song Herrick † orch score lost	mezzo, pno or orch
	The night piece Herrick † orch score lost	tenor, pno or orch
1914	The blossom in C major Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	unison or solo, piano
	The chimney sweeper in G major - E flat Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	unison or solo, piano – 3´
	The fly in C major Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	unison or solo, piano – 1´
	The little black boy in A minor - A major Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	unison or solo, piano – 4´
	The lost doll Kingsley †	voice, piano
	The mountain and the squirrel Emerson Fable † for children	unison or solo, piano – 2´
	Piping down the valleys wild in C major Blake from Songs of Innocence and Experience †	unison or solo, piano – 2´
	Robin redbreast author unknown † — LOST	unison, piano
	What does little birdie say? Tennyson from Sea dreams (1860) †	unison or solo, piano – 1´
1918	Love is a merry game Temple Keble †	voice, piano
	On parting Temple Keble †	voice, piano
	When the sun goes down Temple Keble †	voice, piano
1918-19	The defiled sanctuary Blake from posthumous Miscellaneous Poems and Fragments †	medium voice, piano
	Lady Ellayne Temple Keble †	medium voice, piano
	Renunciation Temple Keble †	medium voice, piano
1919	The birds Blake †	alto or bar, pno
	Call for the robin redbreast Webster † — LOST	voice, piano
	Care-charmer sleep Samuel Daniel †	voice, piano
	Hymn to Diana Jonson † — LOST	voice, piano
	The land of dreams Blake from posthumous Miscellaneous Poems and Fragments †	voice, piano
	Music, when soft voices die Shelley † — LOST	voice, piano
	On a poet’s lips I slept Shelley † — LOST	voice, piano
	The poet’s dream author unknown † — LOST	voice, piano
	Sonnet: my lute Drummond † — LOST	voice, piano
	When icicles hang by the wall Shakespeare from Love’s Labours Lost †	voice, piano
1919-21	Take, O take those lips away Shakespeare from Measure for Measure	voice, piano
1920-21	The soul of steel C. M. Masterman	voice, piano
c.1922-23	Far from thee Taylor † — LOST	voice, piano
	Go, happy rose Herrick † — LOST	voice, piano
	I know, and you! Bowles † — LOST	voice, piano
	A proposal author unknown † — LOST	voice, piano
	Since love is dead Bowles †	voice, piano
	Stars of destiny author unknown † — LOST	voice, piano
	The twilight house Bowles † — LOST	voice, piano
	Where shadows flee author unknown † — LOST	voice, piano
?1926	At candlelight Gunby Hadath † — LOST	voice, piano
	Song of betrothal Gunby Hadath † — LOST	voice, piano
	Without you Gunby Hadath † — LOST	voice, piano