Full fathom five thy father lies

Full fathom five thy father lies,
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Ding-dong.
Hark! now I hear them, - ding-dong bell.

by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) , no title, from The Tempest, Act I, Scene 2

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

by Frederic Ayres (1876-1926) , "Sea Dirge", op. 4 (2 Songs) no. 2.
by John Banister (c1625-1679) , "Full fathom five"
by Brian Dennis , "Full fathom five", 1982, first performed 1983 [medium voice and piano], from 4 Shakespeare Songs, no. ?
by Daniel Gilliam (1978-) , "Full fathom five", 2005 [unaccompanied mixed chorus], from Three Shakespeare Songs, no. 3.
by John Ireland (1879-1962) , "Full fathom five", 1908 [soprano, alto, and piano], from Eight songs for upper voices and piano, no. 1.
by Robert Johnson (c1583-1633) , "Full fathom five"
by Frederick Keel (1871-1954) , "Full fathom five"
by Purcell James Mansfield , "Full fathom five", op. 92 no. 2, published 1926, first performed 1953. [SSA chorus and piano]
by Frank Martin (1890-1974) , no title, 1950, published 1968, first performed 1953 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Songs of Ariel from Shakespeare's Tempest, no. 2.
by Daniel Gregory Mason (1873-1953) , "A sea dirge", published 1936, first performed 1953 [medium or low voice and piano], from Two Shakespearean Songs, no. ?
by Peter Anthony Monk , "Full fathom five", 1982, published 1982, first performed 1982 [alto and SSAA chorus a cappella], from Ariel's Five Little Songs, no. ?
by Michael Nyman (1944-) , "Full fathom five", from Ariel Songs, no. 3.
by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) , "A sea dirge", op. 21 no. 5, published 1873 [choral], from A Garland of Shakesperian and Other Old-Fashioned Songs, no. 5.
by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) , no title, 1953, from Three Songs from William Shakespeare, no. 2.
by Joseph Summers , "Full fathom five thy father lies", from Oxford Songs, Book III no. 12.
by Michael Tippett (1905-1998) , "Full fathom five", from Songs for Ariel, no. 2.
by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) , "Full fathom five", 1951 [partsong], from Three Shakespeare Songs, no. 1.
by Robert Matthew Walker (1946-) , "Full fathom five" [voice and piano], from Shakespeare Songs, no. ?
by Charles Wood (1866-1926) , "Full fathom five", 1891. [partsong]

DUT Dutch (Lidy van Noordenburg)
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Arild Bakke)
ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani)

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