If you find the information here useful, please help support this project!

Author: Francis L. Soper

Text collections / compilations [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

[x] indicates a placeholder for a text that is not yet in the database
* indicates that a text cannot (yet?) be displayed on this site because of its copyright status.

Note: titles are in bold and first lines are in italics.
Language codes such as ENG indicate the presence of translation(s).

Bliss is floating, bliss is floating (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) DUT ENG DAN FRE
Clouds that sweep the midnight heaven (Clouds that sweep the midnight heaven ) (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
Clouds that sweep the midnight heaven (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
From the heav'ns above (From the heav'ns above ) (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
From the heav'ns above (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
Gem of the crimson colour'd even (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
Hail! Beauteous stranger of the grove (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
Hail! Beauteous stranger of the grove (Hail! Beauteous stranger of the grove ) (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
How I love to see thee (How I love to see thee, golden ev'ning sun! ) (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
How I love to see thee, golden ev'ning sun! (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
Lo, the blithesome lark is soaring (Lo, the blithesome lark is soaring ) (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
Lo, the blithesome lark is soaring (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
May Song (Bliss is floating, bliss is floating ) (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) DUT ENG DAN FRE
Murmur, gentle lyre (Murmur, gentle lyre ) (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
Murmur, gentle lyre (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
Now shines the sun on high (Now shines the sun on high ) (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
Now shines the sun on high (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
Now the sun, his journey ending (Now the sun, his journey ending ) (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
Now the sun, his journey ending (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
Now the sun, with burning glare (Now the sun, with burning glare ) (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
Now the sun, with burning glare (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
Oh, how sweet when daylight closes (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
Oh, how sweet when daylight closes! (Oh, how sweet when daylight closes ) (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
Pretty flow'r, pray tell me why (Pretty flow'r, pray tell me why ) (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
Pretty flow'r, pray tell me why (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
Spring Song. To the woods away (To the woods away, come let us stray ) ENG FRE
The bee in flow'ry dell (The bee in flow'ry dell ) (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
The bee in flow'ry dell (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
The dry leaves are falling (The dry leaves are falling ) (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
The dry leaves are falling (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
The evening star (Gem of the crimson colour'd even ) (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
The lambkins are skipping (The lambkins are skipping, the lambkins are skipping ) (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
The lambkins are skipping, the lambkins are skipping (from Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes) ENG
Thou boundless, shining, glorious sea (Thou boundless, shining, glorious sea) ENG
Thou boundless, shining, glorious sea ENG
To the woods away, come let us stray ENG FRE