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Author: Constance Bache (1846-1903)

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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A flow'r is ever yearning
A riddle (A flow'r is ever yearning)
A welcome vision (Not in slumber did the dream arise) ITA FRE
Above their grave a linden is growing; DUT ITA FRE
All night long beneath the stars bright gleaming DUT GER
As once I saw thee, thus I see thee ever
Autumnal fancies (Moaning, mutt'ring, dull and dreary) GER
Away, my steed, thro' wood and storm
Be not so coy, beloved child (Be not so coy, beloved child) RUS GER
Be not so coy, beloved child RUS GER
Bend, opening blossom (Bend, opening blossom, O bend to me ) RUS GER
Bend, opening blossom, O bend to me RUS GER
Cheerful DUT ITA FRE
Clara's song (Cheerful ) DUT ITA FRE
Days of roses, ye are vanished GER
I. Paderewski: The days of roses are vanished

Fare thee well, adieu, forest dank and dim GER
Farewell to the Forest (Fare thee well, adieu, forest dank and dim ) GER
Forest solitude (O forest deep, so still and so vast )
From shelt'ring bough by rough wind shaken GER
Give me days of golden glory GER
Gold rolls here beneath me (Gold rolls here beneath me the Kura in might ) RUS GER
Gold rolls here beneath me the Kura in might RUS GER
Heard ye his Voice? (Heard ye his voice who sang the wondrous song? ) GER
Heard ye his voice who sang the wondrous song? GER
Hear'st thou the forest luring?
I feel thy breath in sweetness (I feel thy breath in sweetness ) RUS GER
I feel thy breath in sweetness RUS GER
I had of yore a nightingale
Just as a Lark in ether trills (Just as a Lark in ether trills)
Just as a Lark in ether trills
Lay the Tschadra aside (Lay the Tschadra aside, wherefore veil thy face? ) RUS GER
Lay the Tschadra aside, wherefore veil thy face? RUS GER
Let morning's kiss await thee FRE
Lightly waveth the birch tree GER
I. Paderewski: The birch tree and the maiden

Little golden ringlet bright GER
Lonely through desert ocean wending GER
Longings (Stormy breezes through the dim air blow ) GER
Methinks the trees are whisp'ring nightly FRE
Moaning, mutt'ring, dull and dreary GER
Morning song (Let morning's kiss await thee) FRE
My heart is bright with thee (My heart is bright with thee as heav'n ) RUS GER
My heart is bright with thee as heav'n RUS GER
My loss (I had of yore a nightingale )
My love is sent away (They have sent away my lover) - I. Paderewski GER
Night (Hear'st thou the forest luring? )
Not a breath of Spring (Not a breath of Spring, fragrant and serene ) GER
Not a breath of Spring, fragrant and serene GER
Not e'en Angels (Not e'en Angels in heaven's blue serene) RUS GER POL
Not e'en Angels in heaven's blue serene RUS GER POL
Not in slumber did the dream arise ITA FRE
Now the shades are deep'ning (Now the shades are deep'ning)
Now the shades are deep'ning
O flee with me and be my wife DUT ITA FRE SWE FRE
O flow'r which once the meadow grac'd GER
O forest deep, so still and so vast
O thou breeze so free and wild GER
O truant Spring, now vainly waits
O'erstrew me with flowers (O'erstrew me with flowers ) ITA FRE GER SPA
O'erstrew me with flowers ITA FRE GER SPA
Oh when she sings (Oh when she sings to me her singing ) GER
Oh when she sings to me her singing GER
On the rose's bosom lying
Reveries (As once I saw thee, thus I see thee ever )
See, now the Spring (See, now the Spring endureth not long)
See, now the Spring endureth not long
See, the lark rise in her song
Sing no more at my window, sweet Nightingale GER
Spring Fancies (O thou breeze so free and wild) GER
Stormy breezes through the dim air blow GER
Swift down he fell, in grandeur darting GER
The birch tree and the maiden (Lightly waveth the birch tree) - I. Paderewski GER
The dawn (Methinks the trees are whisp'ring nightly ) FRE
The days of roses are vanished (Days of roses, ye are vanished) - I. Paderewski GER
The dew it shines (The dew it shines on the long grass at night)
The dew it shines on the long grass at night
The dew-drop (On the rose's bosom lying)
The dream ('Twas in a meadow by the way ) GER
The earth has rest (The earth has rest, and clouds are gliding) GER
The earth has rest, and clouds are gliding GER
The falling star (Swift down he fell, in grandeur darting ) GER
The golden sun it shineth (The golden sun it shineth) RUS GER
The golden sun it shineth RUS GER
The lark (See, the lark rise in her song )
The leaflet (From shelt'ring bough by rough wind shaken) GER
The mariner (Through the seas in fury raging) GER
The nightingale and the rose (The Nightingale in fervent song ) GER
The Nightingale in fervent song GER
The ringlet (Little golden ringlet bright ) GER
The rock (All night long beneath the stars bright gleaming) DUT GER
The rose (The rose, the rose did sweet complain) RUS GER
The rose, the rose did sweet complain RUS GER
The ship (Lonely through desert ocean wending) GER
The witch of the forest (Away, my steed, thro' wood and storm )
There came a frost in the cool Spring night DUT ITA FRE GER CZE JPN RUS SWE FRE
They have sent away my lover GER
I. Paderewski: My love is sent away

Thou, my faithful steed, so faithful GER
I. Paderewski: To my faithful steed

Through the seas in fury raging GER
To my faithful steed (Thou, my faithful steed, so faithful) - I. Paderewski GER
To the Spring (O truant Spring, now vainly waits )
To thy health drink I (To thy health drink I, Mary) RUS GER
To thy health drink I, Mary RUS GER
'Twas in a meadow by the way GER
When I see thee draw near (When I see thee draw near, when I gaze on thy face ) GER
When I see thee draw near, when I gaze on thy face GER
When, oh when thy tiny feet I see RUS GER
When thy tiny feet I see (When, oh when thy tiny feet I see) RUS GER
Yearning (Give me days of golden glory) GER

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