Crossing the Bar

Sunset and evening star,
    And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
    When I put out to sea.

But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
    Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
    Turns again home!

Twilight and evening bell,
    And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
    When I embark;

For though from out our bourn of Time and Place
    The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
    When I have crost the bar.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) , "Crossing the Bar", from Demeter and Other Poems, published 1889

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

by Frederick W. Andrews , "Crossing the Bar", published 1939. [SATB chorus a cappella]
by J. Mary Andrews , "Crossing the Bar", published c1916 [voice and piano], Harrow : A. Phillips
by Sir Joseph Barnby (1838-1896) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1895. [hymn for SATB chorus a cappella or voice and piano]
by C. E. Baughan , "Crossing the Bar", published 1903. [voice and piano]
by Donald Baxter , "Crossing the Bar", published 1904. [alto or baritone and piano]
by Arthur Henry Behrend (1853-1935) , "Crossing the Bar", published <<1940. [voice and piano]
by Llewelynn Bevan , "Crossing the Bar", published 1913. [voice and piano]
by Kate Gilmore Black , "Crossing the Bar", published 1922 [medium voice and piano], from Three songs, no. ?
possibly by Lawrence Bolton (1881-?) , "Crossing the Bar" [TTBB chorus a cappella], note: composer name given in catalog as Laurence Bolton
by John Hyatt Brewer (1856-1931) , "Crossing the Bar" [four-part mixed chorus and piano]
by John Frederick Bridge (1844-1924) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1892. [SATB chorus and piano or organ ad libitum]
by Dudley Buck (1839-1909) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1903. [voice and piano]
by R. M. Cadman , "Crossing the Bar", published 1923. [SATB chorus a cappella]
by Edward Campion , "Crossing the Bar", published 1893. [voice and piano]
by Alfred Cellier (1844-1891) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1890. [voice and piano]
by F. H. Cheetham , "Crossing the Bar", published 1892. [voice and piano]
by John Harvey Clements (1910-) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1953. [voice and piano]
by Willem S. Coenen (1837-1918) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1894. [voice and piano]
by Thomas Frederick Dunhill (1877-1946) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1913. [TTBB chorus a cappella]
by John Sylvester Fearis (1867-1932) , "Crossing the Bar", published <<1974. [TTBB chorus and optional piano]
by Kenneth George Finlay (1882-1974) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1929. [TTBB chorus a cappella]
by Arthur Foote (1853-1937) , "Crossing the Bar", published <<1908. [male chorus a cappella]
by John Linton Gardner (1917-) , "Crossing the Bar", 1974 [mixed chorus a cappella], from Tennyson Trip, no. ?
by Edwin Gerschefski (1909-) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1961. [low voice and piano]
by Arthur Murray Goodhart (1905-1955) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1893. [SSATBB chorus a cappella]
by Albert Ham (1858-1940) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1905. [SATB chorus and piano]
by William S. Hannam , "Crossing the Bar", published <<1892. [alto or baritone and piano]
by Alfred Harborough , "Crossing the Bar", published <<1894. [chorus and orchestra]
by F. Flaxington Harker , "Crossing the Bar" [TTTBB chorus a cappella]
by R. Graham Harvey , "Crossing the Bar", published <<1908.
by Charles Beach Hawley (1858-1915) , "Crossing the Bar" [four-part men's chorus a cappella]
by G. H. P. Hewson , "Crossing the Bar", published 1927. [SATB chorus a cappella]
by Harry Hill , "Crossing the Bar", published 1931. [SATB chorus a cappella]
by Sidney Homer (1864-1953) , "Crossing the Bar", op. 6 (Eight Poems by Tennyson) no. 2, published 1901. [voice and piano]
by Mervyn, Lord Horder, the Second Baron of Ashford (1910-1998) , "Crossing the Bar" [unison voices, SATB chorus, and piano]
by Henry Holden Huss (1862-1953) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1901. [SATB chorus and piano]
by Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954) , "Crossing the Bar", 1891?, published 1975. [soprano, alto, tenor, bass, and organ (or SATB chorus and organ)]
by Frederick W. Jackson , "Crossing the Bar", published 1909. [TTBB chorus a cappella]
by (William Frances) Lawrence Kellie (1862-1932) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1892. [voice and piano]
by G. A. Kennedy , "Crossing the Bar", published 1906. [alto or baritone and piano]
by Ernest Richard Kroeger (1862-1934) , "Crossing the Bar", op. 65 (Ten songs) no. ?, published <<1906 [voice and piano], also set in German
by Thomas Langton , "Crossing the Bar", published 1909. [unison voices and organ or piano]
by Hermann Frederic Löhr (1872-1943) , "Crossing the Bar" [duet with organ]
by C. E. Maloney , "Crossing the Bar", published 1920. [SATB chorus a cappella]
by F. G. Mann , "Crossing the Bar", published 1928. [SATB or TTBB chorus a cappella]
by Charles Marsh , "Crossing the Bar", published <<1931. [four-part mixed quartet or chorus]
by Charles H. Morse , "Crossing the Bar", published <<1906. [SATB chorus and piano]
by William Harold Neidlinger (1863-1924) , "Crossing the Bar", published <<1906. [SSAA chorus and piano]
by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1903. [SATB chorus and piano]
by Paul Paviour (1931-) , "An evening hymn", published 1956. [SATB chorus a cappella]
by Marietta Piccolomini , "Crossing the Bar" [mezzo-soprano and piano]
by Alfred Pochon , "Crossing the Bar", published 1922. [medium voice and piano]
by Vyvyan Popham , "Crossing the Bar", published 1893?
by Virginia Potter , "Crossing the Bar", published <<1929. [medium voice and piano]
by H. Noble Pottle , "Crossing the Bar", published 1908. [soprano and SATB chorus]
by Oscar Rasbach (1888-1975) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1939. [voice and piano]
by W. John Reynolds , "Crossing the Bar", published 1892. [SATB chorus a cappella]
by Caradog Roberts , "Crossing the Bar", published 1933. [TTBB chorus a cappella]
by Arthur T. Robinson , "Crossing the Bar", published 1895. [SATB chorus a cappella]
by Augusto Rotoli (1847-1904) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1903. [mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano]
by P. G. Scorey , "Crossing the Bar", published 1890. [voice and piano]
by Geoffrey Turton Shaw (1879-1943) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1915. [unison voices and organ]
by Harry Rowe Shelley (1858-1947) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1899. [voice and piano]
by Reginald Silver , "Crossing the Bar", published 1922. [SATB chorus and piano]
by Sir Arthur Somervell (1863-1937) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1922 [voice and piano], from Twelve Tennyson Poems, no. ?
by John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) , "Crossing the Bar", 1926. [voice and piano]
by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1893. [voice and piano]
by Peter Pindar Stearns (1931-) , "Crossing the Bar", 1951. [high voice and piano]
by Fraser Sutherland , "Crossing the Bar", <<1892. [voice and piano]
by Eric Harding Thiman (1900-1975) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1950. [SATB chorus and organ]
by C. E. Thomas , "Crossing the Bar", published 1919. [voice and piano]
by M. Flora Todd , "Crossing the Bar", published <<1974. [SATB chorus and piano]
by Bryceson Treharne (1879-1948) , "Crossing the Bar", published <<1940. [voice and piano]
by Josef Varge , "Crossing the Bar", published 1892. [voice and piano]
by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) , "Crossing the Bar", c1892.
by Ernest Walker (1870-1949) , "Sunset and evening star", published 1934, stanzas 1-2. [SATB chorus a cappella]
by Jack Allan Westrup (1904-1975) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1949. [soprano, SATB chorus, and organ]
by (James) Healey Willan (1880-1968) , "Crossing the Bar", 1903. [voice and piano]
by Charles Willeby (1865-1955) , "Crossing the Bar", published <<1909. [SATB chorus a cappella]
by Charles Lee Williams (1852?-1935) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1905. [SATB chorus a cappella]
by Dyson Williams , "Crossing the Bar", published 1906. [voice and piano]
by Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson (1931-) , "Crossing the Bar", published 1967. [low voice and piano or string orchestra]
by F. E. Wilson , "Crossing the Bar", published 1911. [SSA chorus a cappella]
by H. H. Woodward , "Crossing the Bar", published 1893. [SATB chorus and organ]
by Edmund Yates , "Crossing the Bar", published 1914. [tenor, bass or baritone, and piano (or soprano and alto with piano)]

Date added to the website: 2007-06-14.

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