Infant Joy

"I have no name:
I am but two days old."
What shall I call thee?
"I happy am,
Joy is my name."
Sweet joy befall thee!

Pretty Joy!
Sweet Joy, but two days old.
Sweet Joy I call thee:
Thou dost smile,
I sing the while,
Sweet joy befall thee!

by William Blake (1757-1827) , "Infant Joy", from Songs of Innocence and Experience, in Songs of Innocence, no. 17, published 1789

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

by Roy Ewing Agnew (1893-1944) , "Infant Joy", published 1926, from Two Songs, no. 2.
by Hugo Vernon Anson (1894-1958) , "Infant Joy"
by Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) , "Infant Joy", published 1974.
by Gordon Ware Binkerd (1916-2003) , "Infant Joy", published 1971. [SSA chorus a cappella]
by Tamara Bliss (1925-) , "Infant Joy"
by William Bolcom (1938-) , "Infant Joy", 1956-81 [soloists, madrigal group, chorus, orchestra], from Songs of Innocence, no. 5.
by Rutland Boughton (1878-1960) , "Infant Joy", op. 34a no. 2, published 1912, from Six Unison Songs, no. 2.
by (William) Havergal Brian (1876-1972) , "Infant Joy", published 1917. [three-part song for women's voices (SSA), a cappella]
by Alan Bullard (1947-) , "Infant Joy", 1970, from Four Songs of William Blake.
by Vincent Caillard , "Infant Joy", published 1891, from The Songs of Innocence of William Blake, no. ?
by Ronald Caltabiano (1959-) , "Infant Joy", 1978. [SATB chorus a cappella]
by Mary Grant Carmichael (1851-1935) , "Infant Joy", published 1875.
by Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979) , "Infant joy", 1913?, published 1924. [voice and piano]
by Elizabeth Penn Sprague Coolidge (Mrs. Frederick Shurtleff Coolidge) (1864-1953) , "Infant Joy", 19--? [high voice, piano]
by John H. Corina (1928-) , "Infant Joy", 1976, from From Songs of Innocence and Experience, no. ?
by Robert Cuckson (1942-) , "Infant joy", 1971, first performed 1977 [soprano, piano], from Four Blake Songs, no. 3.
by James D'Angelo (1939-) , "Infant Joy", 1967.
by Harold Edwin Darke (1888-1977) , "Infant Joy", published 1921, from Three Baby Songs.
by (Henry) Walford Davies, Sir (1869-1941) , "Infant Joy", published 1900, from Four Songs of Innocence.
by Norman Frank Demuth (1898-1968) , "Infant Joy", published 1927.
by Thomas Frederick Dunhill (1877-1946) , "Infant Joy", published 1901.
by Harry Farjeon (1878-1948) , "Infant Joy", published 1933.
by Hubert James Foss (1899-1953) , "Infant Joy", published 1923.
by Mrs. James Friskin , "Infant Joy", published 1951.
by Vincent Sauter Frohne (1936-) , "Infant joy", op. 30a no. 2 (1971), first performed 1976 [soprano, narrator, and chamber orchestra], from Sacred Songs of William Blake, no. 2.
by Earl Robert George (1924-) , "Infant Joy", published 1956, from Songs of Innocence.
by Geoffrey Gwyther , "Joy", from Seven Poems from Blake's Songs of Innocence
by Geoffrey Gwyther , "Infant joy", published 1917 [medium voice and piano], from Seven Poems from Blake's "Songs of Innocence", no. 6, London, The Poetry Bookshop
by Thomas Haigh (fl. 1898-1927) , "Infant joy", published 1923 [mezzo-soprano and piano], London, Phillips & Page; Boston, Boston Music Co.
by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874-1949) , "Infant Joy", op. 13 (Seven songs) no. 1 (1913). [voice and piano]
by Christian Victor Hely-Hutchinson (1901-1947) , "Infant Joy", published 1928, from Five Songs of Innocence.
by Gary Michael Higginson (1952-) , "Infant Joy", 1977, from Seven Songs of William Blake, no. ?
by Herbert Kelsey Jones (1922-) , "Infant Joy", 1961, from Songs of Innocence.
by Walter Kemp (1938-) , "Infant Joy", from Five Poems of William Blake, no. ?
by Karl Korte (1928-) , "Infant Joy", published 1966.
by (Thomas) Timothy Lenk (1952-) , "Infant Joy", c1977 [tenor, bass-baritone, flute (piccolo), clarinet, bass clarinet, and violin], from Songs of Innocence and Experience, no. 2.
by Otto Luening (1900-1996) , "Infant Joy", 1928, published 1952, first performed 1930 [high voice and piano], New York, High Gate Press (Galaxy)
by Charles T. Maclary , "Infant Joy", published 1941, from Nine Happy Songs.
by Chris J. Moore , "Infant Joy", published 1979.
by Robin Orr (1909-2006) , "Infant Joy", 1929, from Three Songs of Innocence.
by Arthur Wormald Pollitt (1879?-1933) , "Infant Joy", published 1910.
by Ellen Raskin , "Infant Joy", published 1966, from Songs of Innocence, no. ?
by (William Herbert) Mervyn Roberts (1906-1990) , "Infant Joy", 1940, from Four Songs of Innocence, no. ?
by Landon Ronald (1873-1938) , "Infant Joy", published 1916, from Four Songs of Innocence, no. ?
by Elie Siegmeister (1909-1991) , "Infant Joy", 1972, from Songs of Innocence, no. ?
by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948-) , "Infant Joy", op. 132 no. 4 (2001) [speaker and tape], from The Innocence of Experience, no. 4.
by Gregg Smith (1931-) , "Infant Joy", published 1975, from Songs of Innocence, no. ?
by Masters van Someren-Godfery (-1947) , "Joy is my name", published 1952, from Six Blake Songs, no. ?
by Albert Tepper (1921-) , "Infant Joy", 1968, from Meditations on Blake Songs, no. ?
by Rikuya Terashima (1964-) , "Infant joy" [chorus]
by David Evan Thomas (1958-) , "Infant Joy", 1989. [medium voice, piano]
by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) , "Infant Joy", 1957, published 1958 [voice and oboe], from Ten Blake Songs, no. 1.
by Rudolph Werther (1896-?) , "Infant Joy"
by Arthur Battelle Whiting (1861-1936) , "Infant Joy", published 1926, from The Golden Cage, no. ?
by Harry Robert Wilson (1901-?) , "Infant Joy", published 1957.
by Dalhousie James Young (1866-1921) , "Infant Joy", published 1894.

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Ditja‑radost'

“Mne uzh dva dnja,
A net u menja eshchjo imeni.”
Kak nazovu tebja?
“Radost' nazvat' –
Gorja ne znat'!” –
Tak i zovu tebja:

Ja poju
Pro svetluju radost',
O tom, kak ljublju tebja.
Ty ulybnis'
I otzovis' –
Radost' zovu tebja!

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Singable translation by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948-) , "Ditja-radost'", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

a text in English by William Blake (1757-1827) , "Infant Joy", from Songs of Innocence and Experience, in Songs of Innocence, no. 17, published 1789

Date added to the website: 2008-01-17.