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Composer: John La Montaine (1920-)

Alphabetic listing of musical settings [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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See Opus Order

Song Cycles, Symphonies, etc.

Songs of the Nativity

no. 1. Behold, a virgin shall be with child (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
no. 2. That hallowed season (Text: William Shakespeare)
no. 3. Nativity morn (Text: John Milton)
no. 4. Now begin on Christmas Day (Text: Gerard Manley Hopkins)
no. 5. The Birds (Text: Volkslieder )
no. 6. Rocking (Text: Volkslieder )

Songs of the Rose of Sharon , op. 6

no. 1. I am the rose of Sharon and the lily of the (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
no. 2. I sat down under his shadow (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
no. 3. His left hand is under my head (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
no. 4. Oh my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
no. 5. My beloved is mine, and I am his (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
no. 6. The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
no. 7. Rise up, my love my fair one and come away (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)

Wonder Tidings

no. ?. The Magi and King Herod (Text: Robert Graves after Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) [x]*

All titles of vocal settings in our database, in alphabetic order

Behold, a virgin shall be with child (in Songs of the Nativity) (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
His left hand is under my head, op. 6 no. 3 (in Songs of the Rose of Sharon) (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
I am the rose of Sharon and the lily of the , op. 6 no. 1 (in Songs of the Rose of Sharon) (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
I sat down under his shadow , op. 6 no. 2 (in Songs of the Rose of Sharon) (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
My beloved is mine, and I am his , op. 6 no. 5 (in Songs of the Rose of Sharon) (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
Nativity morn (in Songs of the Nativity) (Text: John Milton)
Now begin on Christmas Day (in Songs of the Nativity) (Text: Gerard Manley Hopkins)
Oh my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock , op. 6 no. 4 (in Songs of the Rose of Sharon) (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
Rise up, my love my fair one and come away , op. 6 no. 7 (in Songs of the Rose of Sharon) (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)
Rocking (in Songs of the Nativity) (Text: Volkslieder )
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day (Text: William Shakespeare) DUT ITA FRE FIN
Stopping by woods on a snowy evening (Text: Robert Frost) GER
That hallowed season (in Songs of the Nativity) (Text: William Shakespeare)
The Birds (in Songs of the Nativity) (Text: Volkslieder )
The Magi and King Herod (in Wonder Tidings) (Text: Robert Graves after Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) [x]*
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh , op. 6 no. 6 (in Songs of the Rose of Sharon) (Text: Bible or other Sacred Texts)