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Composer: Ernest John Moeran (1894-1950)

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

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Song Cycles, Symphonies, etc.

Four English Lyrics , R. 69

no. 1. Cherry ripe (Text: Thomas Campion) DUT
no. 2. Willow song (Text: Francis Beaumont) DUT
no. 3. The constant lover (Text: William Browne, of Tavistock)
no. 4. The passionate shepherd (Text: Christopher Marlowe)

Four Shakespeare Songs , R. 76

no. 1. The Lover and his Lass (Text: William Shakespeare) GER FRE FIN
no. 2. Where the bee sucks (Text: William Shakespeare) FRE FIN SPA
no. 3. When daisies pied (Text: William Shakespeare) NOR GER FRE FIN GER
no. 4. When Icicles hang by the wall (Text: William Shakespeare) GER FIN

Four Songs from A Shropshire Lad , R. 3

no. 1. Westward on the high‑hilled plains (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
no. 2. When I came last to Ludlow (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
no. 3. This time of year a twelvemonth past (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
no. 4. Far in a western brookland (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)

Ludlow Town , R. 9

no. 1. When smoke stood up from Ludlow (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
no. 2. Farewell to barn and stack and tree (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
no. 3. Say, lad, have you things to do? (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
no. 4. The lads in their hundreds to Ludlow come in for the fair (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)

Seven Poems by James Joyce , R. 51

no. 1. Strings in the earth and air (Text: James Joyce) FRE POL HUN
no. 2. The merry green wood (Text: James Joyce) FRE HUN
no. 3. Bright cap (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 4. The pleasant valley (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 5. Donnycarney (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 6. Rain has fallen (Text: James Joyce) FRE POL
no. 7. Now, O now, in this brown land (Text: James Joyce) FRE

Six Folksongs from Norfolk , R. 23

no. 1. Down by the riverside (Text: Volkslieder )
no. 2. The Bold Richard (Text: Volkslieder )
no. 3. Lonely waters (Text: Volkslieder )
no. 4. The press-gang (Text: Volkslieder )
no. 5. The shooting of his dear (Text: Volkslieder )
no. 6. The Oxford sporting blade (Text: Volkslieder )

Six Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan , R. 85

no. 1. Evening (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
no. 2. The poplars (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
no. 3. A cottager (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
no. 4. The dustman (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
no. 5. Lullaby (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
no. 6. The herdsman (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)

Six Suffolk Folksongs , R. 60

no. 1. Nutting time (Text: Volkslieder )
no. 2. Blackberry Fold (Text: Volkslieder )
no. 3. Cupid's garden (Text: Volkslieder )
no. 4. Father and daughter (Text: Volkslieder )
no. 5. The Isle of Cloy (Text: Volkslieder )
no. 6. A seaman's life (Text: Volkslieder )

Songs from County Kerry , R. 97

no. 1. The dawning of the day (Text: Volkslieder )
no. 2. My love passed me by (Text: Volkslieder )
no. 3. The murder of Father Hanratty (Text: Volkslieder )
no. 4. The roving Dingle boy (Text: Volkslieder )
no. 5. The lost lover (Text: Volkslieder )
no. 6. The tinker's daughter (Text: Volkslieder )
no. 7. Kitty, I am in love with you (Text: Volkslieder )

Songs of Springtime , R. 54

no. 1. Under the greenwood tree (Text: William Shakespeare) GER FRE FIN GER
no. 2. The River-God's song (Text: Francis Beaumont)
no. 3. Spring, the sweet Spring (Text: Thomas Nashe) GER
no. 4. Love is a sickness
no. 5. Sigh no more, ladies (Text: William Shakespeare) DUT ITA FRE FIN
no. 6. Good wine (Text: William Browne, of Tavistock)
no. 7. To daffodils (Text: Robert Herrick) DUT FIN

The Joyce Book [multi-composer] (Treize à la douzaine)

no. 1. Tilly (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 2. Watching the needleboats at San Saba (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 3. A flower given to my daughter (Text: James Joyce) ITA FRE
no. 4. She weeps over Rahoon (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 5. Tutto è sciolto (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 6. On the beach at Fontana (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 7. Simples (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 8. Flood (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 9. Nightpiece (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 10. Alone (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 11. A memory of the players in a mirror at midnight (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 12. Bahnhofstrasse (Text: James Joyce) FRE
no. 13. A Prayer (Text: James Joyce) FRE

Two songs , R. 24

no. 1. The bean flower (Text: Dorothy Leigh Sayers)
no. 2. Impromptu in March (Text: Doreen A. E. Wallace)

Two Songs from the Repertoire of John Goss , R. 29

no. 1. Can't you dance the polka?
no. 2. Mrs. Dyer the baby farmer

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

A cottager, R. 85 no. 3 (in Six Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan) (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
A dream of death, R. 40 (Text: William Butler Yeats) FRE
A seaman's life, R. 60 no. 6 (in Six Suffolk Folksongs) (Text: Volkslieder )
Alsatian Carol, R. 65 [x]
Blackberry Fold, R. 60 no. 2 (in Six Suffolk Folksongs) (Text: Volkslieder )
Blue-eyed spring, R. 63 (Text: Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols)
Bright cap, R. 51 no. 3 (in Seven Poems by James Joyce) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Candlemas Eve, R. 96 [x]
Can't you dance the polka?, R. 29 no. 1 (in Two Songs from the Repertoire of John Goss)
Cherry ripe, R. 69 no. 1 (in Four English Lyrics) (Text: Thomas Campion) DUT
Christmas Day in the Morning, R. 34 [x]
Come away, Death, R. 39 (Text: William Shakespeare) NOR DUT SWE ITA FRE GER FIN GER
Commendation of Music, R. 33 [x]
Cupid's garden, R. 60 no. 3 (in Six Suffolk Folksongs) (Text: Volkslieder )
Diaphenia, R. 72
Donnycarney, R. 51 no. 5 (in Seven Poems by James Joyce) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Down by the riverside, R. 23 no. 1 (in Six Folksongs from Norfolk) (Text: Volkslieder )
Evening, R. 85 no. 1 (in Six Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan) (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
Far in a western brookland, R. 3 no. 4 (in Four Songs from A Shropshire Lad) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
Far in a western brookland, R. 44 (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
Farewell to barn and stack and tree, R. 9 no. 2 (in Ludlow Town) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
Father and daughter, R. 60 no. 4 (in Six Suffolk Folksongs) (Text: Volkslieder )
Gaol song, R. 31 (Text: Volkslieder )
Gather ye rosebuds, R. 21 (Text: Robert Herrick) SPA
Good wine, R. 54 no. 6 (in Songs of Springtime) (Text: William Browne, of Tavistock)
Green fire, R. 106 [x]
High Germany, R. 108 (Text: Volkslieder )
If there be any gods, R. 87 (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
I'm weary, yes Mother darling, R. 91 [x]
Impromptu in March, R. 24 no. 2 (in Two songs) (Text: Doreen A. E. Wallace)
In youth is pleasure, R. 41 (Text: R. Wever, probably Richard Wever)
Invitation in autumn, R. 84 (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan) *
Ivy and Holly, R. 66 [x]
Kitty, I am in love with you, R. 97 no. 7 (in Songs from County Kerry) (Text: Volkslieder )
Lonely waters, R. 23 no. 3 (in Six Folksongs from Norfolk) (Text: Volkslieder )
Love is a sickness, R. 54 no. 4 (in Songs of Springtime)
Loveliest of trees, R. 62 (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
Lullaby, R. 85 no. 5 (in Six Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan) (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
Maltworms, R. 48
Mantle of blue, R. 111 (Text: Padraic Colum)
Mrs. Dyer the baby farmer, R. 29 no. 2 (in Two Songs from the Repertoire of John Goss)
My love passed me by, R. 97 no. 2 (in Songs from County Kerry) (Text: Volkslieder )
Nocturne, R. 70 [x]
Now, O now, in this brown land, R. 51 no. 7 (in Seven Poems by James Joyce) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Nutting time, R. 60 no. 1 (in Six Suffolk Folksongs) (Text: Volkslieder )
O sweet fa's the eve, R. 46 (Text: Robert Burns)
O sweet fa's the eve, R. 101 (Text: Robert Burns)
Oh fair enough are sky and plain, R. 100 (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
Parson and clerk, R. 94 (Text: Volkslieder )
Phyllida and Corydon, R. 75 (Text: Nicholas Breton)
Rahoon, R. 93 (Text: James Joyce) FRE
Rain has fallen, R. 51 no. 6 (in Seven Poems by James Joyce) (Text: James Joyce) FRE POL
Robin Hood borne on his bier, R. 25 (Text: Anthony Munday)
Rosaline, R. 73 (Text: Thomas Lodge)
Rosefrail, R. 52 (Text: James Joyce) ITA FRE
Say, lad, have you things to do?, R. 9 no. 3 (in Ludlow Town) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
Sheepshearing, R. 102 [x]
Sigh no more, ladies, R. 54 no. 5 (in Songs of Springtime) (Text: William Shakespeare) DUT ITA FRE FIN
Spring goeth all in white, R. 8 (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
Spring, the sweet Spring, R. 54 no. 3 (in Songs of Springtime) (Text: Thomas Nashe) GER
Strings in the earth and air, R. 51 no. 1 (in Seven Poems by James Joyce) (Text: James Joyce) FRE POL HUN
The bean flower, R. 24 no. 1 (in Two songs) (Text: Dorothy Leigh Sayers)
The Bold Richard, R. 23 no. 2 (in Six Folksongs from Norfolk) (Text: Volkslieder )
The constant lover, R. 69 no. 3 (in Four English Lyrics) (Text: William Browne, of Tavistock)
The dawning of the day, R. 97 no. 1 (in Songs from County Kerry) (Text: Volkslieder )
The Day of Palms, R. 18 (Text: Arthur Symons)
The dustman, R. 85 no. 4 (in Six Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan) (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
The echoing green, R. 68 (Text: William Blake) DUT
The herdsman, R. 85 no. 6 (in Six Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan) (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
The Isle of Cloy, R. 60 no. 5 (in Six Suffolk Folksongs) (Text: Volkslieder )
The jolly carter, R. 35 (Text: Volkslieder )
The jolly carter, R. 86 (Text: Volkslieder )
The lads in their hundreds to Ludlow come in for the fair, R. 9 no. 4 (in Ludlow Town) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
The little milkmaid, R. 45 (Text: Volkslieder )
The lost lover, R. 97 no. 5 (in Songs from County Kerry) (Text: Volkslieder )
The Lover and his Lass, R. 76 no. 1 (in Four Shakespeare Songs) (Text: William Shakespeare) GER FRE FIN
The Lover and his Lass, R. 102 (Text: William Shakespeare) GER FRE FIN
The merry green wood, R. 51 no. 2 (in Seven Poems by James Joyce) (Text: James Joyce) FRE HUN
The merry month of May, R. 38 (Text: Thomas Dekker)
The monk's fancy, R. 109 (Text: Henry J. Hope) *
The murder of Father Hanratty, R. 97 no. 3 (in Songs from County Kerry) (Text: Volkslieder )
The North Sea ground (Text: Cicely Fox Smith)
The Oxford sporting blade, R. 23 no. 6 (in Six Folksongs from Norfolk) (Text: Volkslieder )
The passionate shepherd, R. 69 no. 4 (in Four English Lyrics) (Text: Christopher Marlowe)
The pleasant valley, R. 51 no. 4 (in Seven Poems by James Joyce) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
The poplars, R. 85 no. 2 (in Six Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan) (Text: Seumas O'Sullivan)
The press-gang, R. 23 no. 4 (in Six Folksongs from Norfolk) (Text: Volkslieder )
The River-God's song, R. 54 no. 2 (in Songs of Springtime) (Text: Francis Beaumont)
The roving Dingle boy, R. 97 no. 4 (in Songs from County Kerry) (Text: Volkslieder )
The Sailor and young Nancy, R. 30 (Text: Volkslieder )
The shooting of his dear, R. 23 no. 5 (in Six Folksongs from Norfolk) (Text: Volkslieder )
The sweet o' the year, R. 61 (Text: William Shakespeare)
The tinker's daughter, R. 97 no. 6 (in Songs from County Kerry) (Text: Volkslieder )
This time of year a twelvemonth past, R. 3 no. 3 (in Four Songs from A Shropshire Lad) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
Tilly, R. 105 (in The Joyce Book) (Text: James Joyce) FRE
'Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town, R. 43 (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
To blossoms, R. 107 (Text: Robert Herrick)
To daffodils, R. 54 no. 7 (in Songs of Springtime) (Text: Robert Herrick) DUT FIN
Troll the bowl, R. 42 (Text: Thomas Dekker)
Twilight, R. 7 (Text: John Masefield)
Under the broom, R. 32 [x]
Under the greenwood tree, R. 54 no. 1 (in Songs of Springtime) (Text: William Shakespeare) GER FRE FIN GER
Weep you no more, sad fountains, R. 20 (Text: 16^th century) GER
Weep you no more, sad fountains, R. 20a (Text: 16^th century) GER
Westward on the high‑hilled plains, R. 3 no. 1 (in Four Songs from A Shropshire Lad) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
When daisies pied, R. 76 no. 3 (in Four Shakespeare Songs) (Text: William Shakespeare) NOR GER FRE FIN GER
When I came last to Ludlow, R. 3 no. 2 (in Four Songs from A Shropshire Lad) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
When Icicles hang by the wall, R. 76 no. 4 (in Four Shakespeare Songs) (Text: William Shakespeare) GER FIN
When June is come, R. 19 (Text: Robert Seymour Bridges)
When smoke stood up from Ludlow, R. 9 no. 1 (in Ludlow Town) (Text: Alfred Edward Housman)
Where the bee sucks, R. 76 no. 2 (in Four Shakespeare Songs) (Text: William Shakespeare) FRE FIN SPA
Willow song, R. 69 no. 2 (in Four English Lyrics) (Text: Francis Beaumont) DUT

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