Eldorado

Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of Eldorado.

But he grew old -
This knight so bold -
And o'er his heart a shadow
Fell as he found
No spot of ground
That looked like Eldorado.

And, as his strength 
Failed him, at length,
He met a pilgrim shadow -
"Shadow," said he,
"Where can it be -
This land of Eldorado?"

"Over the Mountains
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"
The shade replied,
"If you seek for Eldorado!"

by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Sherodd Albritton , "Eldorado", published 1953.
by Creighton Allen (1900-1969) , "Eldorado", published 1935.
by Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow (1874-1946) , "Eldorado", published 1937.
by R. O. Beachcroft , "Eldorado", published 1925.
by Jack Hamilton Beeson (1921-) , "Eldorado"
by Leopold Bruenner (1869-1963) , "Eldorado", op. 1 no. 5, published 1915.
by Isidore Cohen (1858-1935) , "Eldorado", published 1892, under the pseudonym Isidore De Lara
by Harvey Davies , "Eldorado", published 1941.
by Wallace Earl De Pue (1932-) , "Eldorado"
by David Campbell Dorward (1933-) , "Eldorado", published 1966.
by E. M. C. Ezerman , "Eldorado", published 1904.
by Truman R. Fisher (1927-) , "Eldorado", published 1969.
by Reverend Ernest Geldart , "Eldorado", published 1884.
by Ulf A. Grahn , "Eldorado", published 1982, first performed 1983. [baritone, flute, clarinet, violin, piano]
by Elliott Griffis (1893-1967) , "Eldorado", published 1937.
by John Habash , "Eldorado", published 1964.
by Nancy A. Haskin , "Eldorado", published 1937.
by Bruno Siegfried Huhn (1871-1950) , "Eldorado", published 1914.
by Clarence Lucas (1866-1947) , "Eldorado", op. 45 no. 5, published 1904.
by (James) Albert Mallinson (1870-1946) , "Eldorado", published 1901.
by George W. Marston (1840-1901) , "Eldorado", published 1896.
by Frederick C. Nicholls (1871-?) , "Eldorado", published 1938.
by Alfred A. Oberndorfer , "Eldorado", op. 1 no. 3, published 1911.
by F. Wilson Parish (1869-?) , "Eldorado", published 1918.
by Ellsworth Swan Phelps , "Eldorado", published 1892.
by Addison Price , "Eldorado", published 1921.
by Daniel Protheroe (1866-1934) , "Eldorado", published 1929.
by Alton Rinker , "Eldorado", published 1968, from American Poets' Suite.
by Albert Rowse , "Eldorado", published 1877.
by T. Popplewell Royle , "Eldorado", published 1889.
by Raymond Rôze (1875-1920) , "Eldorado", published 1903.
by Edward Oswald Schaaf (1869-1939) , "Eldorado", published 1900.
by Bertram Shapleigh (1871-1940) , "Eldorado", op. 41 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4, published 1901 [voice and piano], note: also set in German
by Charles Sanford Skilton (1868-1941) , "Eldorado", published 1894.
by B. R. Solis , "Eldorado", published 1927.
by Oscar George Theodore Sonneck (1873-1928) , "Eldorado", op. 16 (Four Poems by Edgar Allan Poe) no. 3, published 1917.
by Edgar Stillman-Kelley (1857-1944) , "Eldorado", op. 8 no. 1, published 1901.
by Edwin Augustus Sydenham (1847-1891) , "Eldorado", published 1869.
by Allen Roy Trubitt (1931-) , "Eldorado", published 1980.
by Ursula , "Eldorado", published 1872.
by Myra Kinney Van Höveln-Carpé , "Eldorado", op. 57b, published 1922.
by Richard Henry Walthew (1872-1951) , "Eldorado", published 1896.

by Bertram Shapleigh (1871-1940) , "Eldorado", op. 41 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4, published 1901 [voice and piano], note: also set in English

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