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Music, when soft voices die,	
Vibrates in the memory -
Odours, when sweet violets sicken,
Live within the sense they quicken.

Rose leaves, when the rose is dead,
Are heaped for the beloved's bed;
And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone,
Love itself shall slumber on.

by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) , "To ----", from Posthumous Poems, published 1824

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

by Emil Gustave Ahnell (1925-) , "Music, when soft voices die"
by George Aitken , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1904.
by Gilbert A. Alcock , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1928.
by Edward Allen , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1913, from Four Songs, no. 1
by William Henry Anderson (1882-1955) , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1947. [SSA]
by George Benjamin Arnold , "Music, when soft voices die" [four-part song, ATBB and piano ad lib.]
by Gary Bachlund , "Music, when soft voices die", 2009. [baritone and piano]
by Welbore St. Clair Baddeley (1856-) , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1883, from Sechs Lieder, no. 2
by Judith Margaret Bailey , "Music", 1969 [baritone, piano], from Three Settings of Poems by Shelley
by Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow (1874-1946) , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1929. [TTBB]
by Sir Granville Ransome Bantock (1868-1946) , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1912. [SATBB a cappella]
by Alice Barnett (1886-1975) , "Music, when soft voices die", published c1926.
by Katherine Barry , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1922, from Four Song Cameos
by T. Harold R. Bayley , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1902 [two-part song for treble voices], no. 19 of series 2
by Mary Lane Bayliff , "Music", published 1904, from Two Songs, no. 2.
by Edward Bement , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1919.
by George John Bennett (1863-1930) , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1886, from Twelve Songs Set to Poems of Shelley and Rossetti, no. 4.
by Arthur Bergh (1882-1962) , "Music, when soft voices die", op. 37 no. 1, published 1947. [medium voice, piano]
by (Edward) Maurice Besly (1888-1945) , "Music, when soft vocies die", op. 11 no. 1, published 1922.
by Alfred Blume , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1891.
by N. Bradshaw , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1869.
by H. L. Brainard , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1902.
by (William) Havergal Brian (1876-1972) , "Music, when soft voices die", 1919.
by Frank Bridge (1879-1941) , "Music, when soft voices die", from Three songs with viola, no. 1.
by Percy Carter Buck (1871-1947) , "Music, when soft voices die" [bass, piano], from Three Songs for Bass Voice, no. 3
by R. Burnham , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1920, note: score contains a French translation by Maurice Boucher (Quand tu ne seras plus la)
by Geoffrey Bush (1920-1998) , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1956 [SATB], in the Elkin choral series no. 2428, with tonic sol-fa notation
by Eugene Sanders Butler (1935-) , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1966.
by Noble Cain (1896-1977) , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1939. [four-part chorus of women's voices]
by (Thomas) Frederick Handel Candlyn (1892-1964) , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1920. [SSA, piano]
by Stephen Chatman (1950-) , "Music, when soft voices die", 1984 [SATB choir and oboe (or flute, or violin, or clarinet)], from There is sweet music here, no. 3.
by Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979) , "Music, when soft voices die", 1907. [satb]
by Henry Dixon Cowell (1897-1965) , "Music, when soft voices die", L. 358 (1922). [voice and piano]
by David Leo Diamond (1915-2005) , "Music, when soft voices die", 1943, published c1944.
by Blair Fairchild (1877-1933) , "Music, when soft voices die", op. 9 no. 2.
by Richard Bruce Faith (1926-) , "Music, when soft voices die"
by Ernest Gold (1921-) , "Music, when soft voices die"
by Libby Larsen (1950-) , "Music, when soft voices die", first performed 1994 [voice, violoncello, and piano], from Belovèd, thou hast brought me many flowers, no. 5.
by Liza Lehmann (1862-1918) , "Music, when soft voices die"
by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) , "Music" [choral]
by Quincy C. Porter (1897-1966) , "Music, when soft voices die", published 1947.
by Roger Quilter (1877-1953) , "Music, when soft voices die", op. 25 no. 5.
by Betty Roe (1930-) , "Music, when soft voices die", published 2002 [duet for soprano and baritone with piano], from Two Duets, no. 2.
by Henk van der Vliet , "Music, when soft voices die", 1977, from 5 songs, no. 2.
by Peter Warlock (1894-1930) [pseudonym] , "Music, when soft voices die", 1911, published 1972. [voice and pianoforte]
by Peter Warlock (1894-1930) [pseudonym] , "Music, when soft voices die", 1911, published 1982. [voice and pianoforte]

by Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915) , "Pust' otzvuchit", op. 17 no. 3, published 1947.

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Pust' otzvuchit

 Pust' otzvuchit garmonichnoje, nezhnoje pen'je,
 V pamjati vsjo jeshchjo zvuki revnivo drozhat.
 Pust' otcvetajet fialka, prozhivshi mgnoven'je,
 V venchike blednom khranitsja jejo aromat.

 Svetlyje rozy, skonchavshis', tolpoj pogrebal'noj,
 Iskrjatsja v pyshnykh buketakh, kak v nebe zvezda.
 Tak ja s toboj razluchjon. No tvoj obraz pechal'nyj
 V serdce mojom, ubajukannyj, dremlet vsegda.

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by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867-1942)

a text in English by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) , "To ----", from Posthumous Poems, published 1824 GER

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

by Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915) , "Pust' otzvuchit", op. 17 no. 3, published 1947.

Date added to the website: 2003-11-03.