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Composer: Ross Lee Finney (1906-1997)

Alphabetic listing of musical settings [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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Song Cycles, Symphonies, etc.

A Cycle of Songs to Poems by Archibald MacLeish

no. 1. They seemed to be waiting (Text: Archibald MacLeish) [x]*
no. 2. Go secretly (Text: Archibald MacLeish) [x]*
no. 3. The flowers of the sea (Text: Archibald MacLeish) [x]*
no. 4. Salute (Text: Archibald MacLeish) [x]*
no. 5. These, my Ophelia (Text: Archibald MacLeish) *

Chamber Music

no. 1. Strings in the earth and air (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 2. The twilight turns from amethyst (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 3. At that hour when all things have repose (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 4. When the shy star goes forth in heaven (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 5. Lean out of the window, Goldenhair (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 6. I would in that sweet bosom be (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 7. My love is in a light attire (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 8. Who goes amid the green wood (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 9. Winds of May, that dance on the sea (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 10. Bright cap and streamers (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 11. Bid adieu, adieu, adieu (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 12. What counsel has the hooded moon (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 13. Go seek her out all courteously (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 14. My dove, my beautiful one (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 15. From dewy dreams, my soul, arise (Text: James Joyce) DUT FRE
no. 16. O cool is the valley now (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 17. Because your voice was at my side (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 18. O Sweetheart, hear you (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 19. Be not sad because all men (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 20. In the dark pine-wood (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 21. He who hath glory lost, nor hath (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 22. Of that so sweet imprisonment (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 23. This heart that flutters near my heart (Text: James Joyce) SPA FRE
no. 24. Silently she's combing (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 25. Lightly come or lightly go (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 26. Thou leanest to the shell of night (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 27. Though I thy Mithridates were (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 28. Gentle lady, do not sing (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 29. Dear heart, why will you use me so? (Text: James Joyce) DUT FRE
no. 30. Love came to us in time gone by (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 31. O, it was out by Donnycarney (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 32. Rain has fallen all the day (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 33. Now, O now, in this brown land (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 34. Sleep now, O sleep now (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 35. All day I hear the noise of waters (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 36. I hear an army charging upon the land (Text: James Joyce) FRE

Poor Richard

no. 1. Epitaph (Text: Benjamin Franklin) [x]
no. 2. Here Skugg lies (Text: Benjamin Franklin) [x]
no. 3. Wedlock, as old men note (Text: Benjamin Franklin)
no. 4. Drinking song (Text: Benjamin Franklin) [x]
no. 5. When Mars and Venus (Text: Benjamin Franklin) [x]
no. 6. Epitaph on a talkative old maid (Text: Benjamin Franklin) [x]
no. 7. In praise of wives (Text: Benjamin Franklin) [x]

Three 17th Century Lyrics

no. 1. On the life of man (Text: Henry Vaughan) [x]
no. 2. Look how the floor of Heaven (Text: William Shakespeare)
no. 3. On May morning (Text: John Milton)

Three Love Songs to Words by John Donne

no. 1. A valediction: of weeping (Text: John Donne) ITA
no. 2. A valediction: forbidden mourning (Text: John Donne) ITA
no. 3. Love's growth (Text: John Donne)

All titles of vocal settings in our database, in alphabetic order

A valediction: forbidden mourning (in Three Love Songs to Words by John Donne) (Text: John Donne) ITA
A valediction: of weeping (in Three Love Songs to Words by John Donne) (Text: John Donne) ITA
All day I hear the noise of waters (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
At that hour when all things have repose (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Be not sad because all men (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Because your voice was at my side (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Bid adieu, adieu, adieu (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Bright cap and streamers (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Dear heart, why will you use me so? (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) DUT FRE
Drinking song (in Poor Richard) (Text: Benjamin Franklin) [x]
Epitaph (in Poor Richard) (Text: Benjamin Franklin) [x]
Epitaph on a talkative old maid (in Poor Richard) (Text: Benjamin Franklin) [x]
From dewy dreams, my soul, arise (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) DUT FRE
Gentle lady, do not sing (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Go secretly (in A Cycle of Songs to Poems by Archibald MacLeish) (Text: Archibald MacLeish) [x]*
Go seek her out all courteously (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
He who hath glory lost, nor hath (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Here Skugg lies (in Poor Richard) (Text: Benjamin Franklin) [x]
I hear an army charging upon the land (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
I would in that sweet bosom be (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
In praise of wives (in Poor Richard) (Text: Benjamin Franklin) [x]
In the dark pine-wood (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Lean out of the window, Goldenhair (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Lightly come or lightly go (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Look how the floor of Heaven (in Three 17th Century Lyrics) (Text: William Shakespeare)
Love came to us in time gone by (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Love's growth (in Three Love Songs to Words by John Donne) (Text: John Donne)
My dove, my beautiful one (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
My love is in a light attire (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Now, O now, in this brown land (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
O cool is the valley now (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
O, it was out by Donnycarney (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
O Sweetheart, hear you (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Of that so sweet imprisonment (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
On May morning (in Three 17th Century Lyrics) (Text: John Milton)
On the life of man (in Three 17th Century Lyrics) (Text: Henry Vaughan) [x]
Rain has fallen all the day (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Salute (in A Cycle of Songs to Poems by Archibald MacLeish) (Text: Archibald MacLeish) [x]*
Silently she's combing (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Sleep now, O sleep now (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Strings in the earth and air (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
The express (Text: Stephen Spender) [x]*
The flowers of the sea (in A Cycle of Songs to Poems by Archibald MacLeish) (Text: Archibald MacLeish) [x]*
The twilight turns from amethyst (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
These, my Ophelia (in A Cycle of Songs to Poems by Archibald MacLeish) (Text: Archibald MacLeish) *
They seemed to be waiting (in A Cycle of Songs to Poems by Archibald MacLeish) (Text: Archibald MacLeish) [x]*
This heart that flutters near my heart (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) SPA FRE
Thou leanest to the shell of night (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Though I thy Mithridates were (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Wedlock, as old men note (in Poor Richard) (Text: Benjamin Franklin)
What counsel has the hooded moon (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
When Mars and Venus (in Poor Richard) (Text: Benjamin Franklin) [x]
When the shy star goes forth in heaven (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Who goes amid the green wood (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Winds of May, that dance on the sea (in Chamber Music) (Text: James Joyce) FRE

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* indicates that a text cannot (yet?) be displayed on this site because of its copyright status.