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by Karl Joseph Simrock (1802-1876)

a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) , from Sonnets, no. 1 ITA FRE

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

by Carl Joachim Ludwig , no title, 1982 [baritone or mezzosoprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, string orchestra or string quartet, piano], from Fünf Shakespeare Songs, no. ?

by Michael G. Cunningham (1937-) , "From fairest creature", op. 87 (1979), published c1980 [high voice, piano], from Shakespeare Songs
by Dennis M. Farrell , "Sonnet I", 1965, first performed 1966 [tenor or soprano and piano], from To a Soldier Dying Young
by A. Oscar Haügland , "Sonnet No. 1", 1981, first performed 1982 [tenor or soprano and viola], from Three Shakespeare Songs, no. ?
by Mamie Grace Leonard , "From fairest creatures", 1957.
by Stig Gustav Schönberg , no title, op. 44 (1966), first performed 1968 [baritone and piano], from Shakespeare Songs
by Richard Simpson (-1876) , "Sonnet I", 1864. [high voice and piano]
by David Winkler , "Sonnet I", 1982 [SATB quartet and piano], from Cycle for Several Voices and Piano, no. 1.

by Serge Baudo (1927-) , "Sonnet I", 1984, first performed 1984.

by Paul Coenen , "Von schönstem Wesen wünschen wir Vermehrung", op. 154 no. ? (1976) [soprano or tenor, flute obbligato, and piano], from Fünf Shakespeare-Sonette erklingen, no. ?

by Tugomir Vidanović , no title, 1973, rev. 1974 [high unison voices, flute, two guitars (extra instruments in revised version)], from Uzmi sve moje ljubavi, no. ?

by Franz Alfons Wolpert (1917-1978) , "Sonett I", 1949, published 1978, first performed 1969, from Fünfzehn Shakespeare-Sonette, no. ?

Date added to the website: 2007-10-07.

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