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Composer: Eleanor Everest Freer (1864-1942)

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A Book of Songs, op. 4

no. 1. Cradle song (Text: William Blake) WEL
no. 2. My star (Text: Robert Browning)
no. 3. When is life's youth? [x]
no. 4. Like a shooting star, love! [x]
no. 5. Be true (Text: Horatius Bonar)
no. 6. Song (Text: Thomas Hood)
no. 7. Daybreak (Text: John Donne)
no. 8. Cherry ripe (Text: Robert Herrick)
no. 9. Time of roses (Text: Thomas Hood)

Five Songs to Spring

no. ?. Song (Text: Sir William Watson)

Four Songs

no. ?. Apparitions (Text: Robert Browning)

Six Songs to Nature

no. ?. My garden (Text: T. E. Brown) WEL

Sonnets from the Portuguese

no. 1. I thought once how Theocritus had sung (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 2. But only three in all God's universe (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 3. Unlike are we, unlike, O princely Heart (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 4. Thou hast thy calling to some palace-floor (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 5. I lift my heavy heart up solemnly (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 6. Go from me. Yet I feel that I shall stand (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 7. The face of all the world is changed, I think (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 8. What can I give thee back, O liberal (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 9. Can it be right to give what I can give? (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 10. Yet, love, mere love, is beautiful indeed (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 11. And therefore if to love can be desert (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 12. Indeed this very love which is my boast (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 13. And wilt thou have me fashion into speech (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 14. If thou must love me (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 15. Accuse me not, beseech thee (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 16. And yet, because thou overcomest so (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 17. My poet, thou canst touch on all the notes (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 18. I never gave a lock of hair away (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 19. The soul's Rialto hath its merchandize (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 20. Beloved, my Beloved, when I think (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 21. Say over again (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 22. When our two souls stand up erect and strong (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 23. Is it indeed so? (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 24. Let the world's sharpness like a clasping knife (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 25. A heavy heart, Belovëd, have I borne (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 26. I lived with visions for my company (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 27. My own Belovèd, who hast lifted me (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 28. My letters! all dead paper, mute and white! (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 29. I think of thee! -- my thoughts do twine and bud (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 30. I see thine image through my tears to-night (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 31. Thou comest! all is said without a word (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 32. The first time that the sun rose on thine oath (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 33. Yes, call me by my pet-name! (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 34. With the same heart, I said, I'll answer thee (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 35. If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER GER
no. 36. When we met first and loved, I did not build (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 37. Pardon, oh, pardon, that my soul should make (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 38. First time he kissed me, he but only kissed (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 39. Because thou hast the power and own'st the grace (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 40. Oh, yes! they love through all this world of ours! (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 41. I thank all who have loved me in their hearts (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 42. My future will not copy fair my past (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
no. 43. How do I love thee (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) CHI GER HUN
no. 44. Belovèd, thou hast brought me many flowers (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER

The Brownings Go to Italy

no. ?. I heard last night a little child go singing (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
no. ?. Such a starved bank of moss (Text: Robert Browning)

All titles of vocal settings in our database, in opus order (without opus first, alphabetic)

A heavy heart, Belovëd, have I borne (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
Accuse me not, beseech thee (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
And therefore if to love can be desert (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
And wilt thou have me fashion into speech (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
And yet, because thou overcomest so (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
Apparitions (in Four Songs) (Text: Robert Browning)
Because thou hast the power and own'st the grace (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
Beloved, my Beloved, when I think (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
Belovèd, thou hast brought me many flowers (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
But only three in all God's universe (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
Can it be right to give what I can give? (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
Étude réaliste (Text: Algernon Charles Swinburne)
First time he kissed me, he but only kissed (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
Go from me. Yet I feel that I shall stand (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
How do I love thee (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) CHI GER HUN
How do I love thee (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) CHI GER HUN
I heard last night a little child go singing (in The Brownings Go to Italy) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
I lift my heavy heart up solemnly (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
I lived with visions for my company (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
I never gave a lock of hair away (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
I see thine image through my tears to-night (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
I thank all who have loved me in their hearts (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
I think of thee! -- my thoughts do twine and bud (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
I thought once how Theocritus had sung (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER GER
If thou must love me (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
Indeed this very love which is my boast (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
Is it indeed so? (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
Let the world's sharpness like a clasping knife (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
My future will not copy fair my past (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
My garden (in Six Songs to Nature) (Text: T. E. Brown) WEL
My letters! all dead paper, mute and white! (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
My own Belovèd, who hast lifted me (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
My poet, thou canst touch on all the notes (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
My star (Text: Robert Browning)
Nay! but you do not love her (Text: Robert Browning)
Oh, yes! they love through all this world of ours! (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
Pardon, oh, pardon, that my soul should make (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
Say over again (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
Song (in Five Songs to Spring) (Text: Sir William Watson)
Such a starved bank of moss (in The Brownings Go to Italy) (Text: Robert Browning)
The face of all the world is changed, I think (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
The first time that the sun rose on thine oath (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
The soul's Rialto hath its merchandize (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
Thou comest! all is said without a word (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
Thou hast thy calling to some palace-floor (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
Unlike are we, unlike, O princely Heart (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
What can I give thee back, O liberal (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
When our two souls stand up erect and strong (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
When we met first and loved, I did not build (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
With the same heart, I said, I'll answer thee (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
Yes, call me by my pet-name! (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER
Yet, love, mere love, is beautiful indeed (in Sonnets from the Portuguese) (Text: Elizabeth Barrett Browning) GER

op. 4. A Book of Songs
no. 1. Cradle song (Text: William Blake) WEL
no. 2. My star (Text: Robert Browning)
no. 3. When is life's youth? [x]
no. 4. Like a shooting star, love! [x]
no. 5. Be true (Text: Horatius Bonar)
no. 6. Song (Text: Thomas Hood)
no. 7. Daybreak (Text: John Donne)
no. 8. Cherry ripe (Text: Robert Herrick)
no. 9. Time of roses (Text: Thomas Hood)

op. 10. Six Songs to Nature
no. 2. Before the rain (Text: Thomas Bailey Aldrich)
no. 3. After the rain (Text: Thomas Bailey Aldrich)
no. 4. The harvest moon (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

op. 20.
no. 3. Evening song (Text: Sidney Lanier)

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