THE BMS PART-BOOKS 1837-1952
The BMS usually sang from hand-written part-books, at least up to about
1920, which were successively expanded into collections A to F, with a separate
collection containing mostly works by Mendelssohn identified for some unknown
reason as LB. Since the maximum performing size of the BMS rose to more than a
hundred, there must have been many hundreds of these books in the Society’s
library, and the effort and expense of producing them considerable. Today, only five
part-books still exist in the BMS archive: 1st and 2nd Cantus (Treble) and 1st and
2nd Alto parts (written in the alto clef) for collection C, and a single 1st Alto part for
collection B. The books are substantially bound, with stiff, embossed, much-worn
covers, - though the contents are generally in good condition and little marked. The
books give no indications of date or of binder or scribe. The part-books fell into
disuse during Hubert Hunt’s period as Musical Director, and were finally destroyed in
1952, as recorded in Committee minutes:6/5/1948: leather-bound MS books have deteriorated, and a sub-Committee was
formed to look into the matter;
20/10/48: all the bound MS part books to be removed from the Music Club
premises and stored at Robinson’s ...[minute book damaged and illegible]. If in fit
condition, one set could be kept by the Society, and a set offered to the
City/University librarian;
1/12/48: report of inspection that books had no worm, could be ‘steamed’ and
were not irreparable;
1/11/50: [books now appear to have been transferred to Enid Hunt’s flat]
treatment had been unsuccessful, books now said to be in a state of advanced
dilapidation and badly affected by worm. It was suggested that a few copies
should be kept, the rest destroyed. Action on a sub-Committee.
12/9/51: ‘agreed that one of each set should be kept and the rest destroyed’;
23/11/51: it was decided that the blank paper in the MS books be retained, and
that theMusical
Director [by this time Clifford Harker] be asked to
inspect certain of the older books;
7/5/52: it was reported that ‘representative copies of the bound music were to
be kept and blank
manuscript to be given to the University’; and shortly
afterwards, that the University had taken all the MS paper it wanted [and
presumably the books taken apart and destroyed].
There appears to be no record of what was retained. One might expect to
find at least one copy of each voice part for each of the seven part books used, 56
books in all, not just the five that remain, and it is also hard to believe that there
were no complete scores of the 500 or so works that the Musical Director
presumably used when conducting. The existing books are not in bad condition, and
it is surprising that no members of the Society appear to have shown interest in
keeping a copy. Most of the music in the books now exists in better editions, but it
seems likely that there some works which have been lost.
The BMS archive contains a variety of sources which enable one to
reconstruct the contents of the part books, and thus to gain a very nearly complete
picture of the repertoire of the Society. Collections B & C can be reproduced in their
entirety from the part books which still exist. Collection B contains 97 works on 193
pages, (about twenty pages remain blank), and appears to be copied in a single hand,
possibly that of Davis Corfe. Collection C contains 67 works on 123 pages, and fills
only about half of the book; the first 21 works are the printed edition of ‘Oliphant’s
Edition of Madrigals in parts (3rd Series)’, while the rest of the book, which is written
in various hands, includes much music by Pearsall, and several of the works
submitted for prizes in the Madrigal Competition held in 1865. Original printed scores
of most of the music in collection E were bound together in three volumes which are
also preserved in the archives; these were probably commissioned by Dan Rootham,
though they do not appear to have been performance scores. The contents of the
other part-books can only be inferred from the reference numbers which were given
to each work shortly after the Society was founded, and which appeared on printed
programmes up to the 1920’s. This information was collated in the BMS archive book
No. 4, ‘Ladies’ Nights 1838 - 1915’, a rather complete, pre-computer data-base, but
limited to the small part of the repertoire performed in public. Fortunately,
information about the music sung at the ordinary rehearsals also exists. The primary
source is the set of 7 notebooks kept by Alfred Bleeck, the first President, from the
Society’s beginning up to his retirement in February 1867, a period which covers the
tenure of the first Director, John Davis Corfe, and the start of that of Dan Rootham.
Further information is contained in three large, stiff-backed notebooks (numbered
22-24 on their spines) which are in the archives and which appear to have been
compiled in the 1940’s, possibly by Hubert Hunt: these duplicate the information in
the ‘Ladies’ Nights’ and the ‘Bleeck’ books above, but also (book 24) give details for
all ordinary rehearsals during Dan Rootham’s time as Director, except for 1866-69;
however, the primary source for these years 1870-1915 has not been found. A few
works appear in different books (eg. Wilbye’s ‘Draw on sweet night’ is both B91 and
C22; Macfarren’s ‘Maidens, never go a-wooing’ both B97 and C28), but the reason
for duplication is not known. There are gaps in the tables below due to pieces which
appear never to have been sung, especially latterly in books E and F, though there
are also pieces whose reference number cannot be identified and which possibly
account for some of those gaps. There are also pieces copied into the books which
were unlikely ever to have been sung (eg. C68 & C69, scored for SST).
How the music was provided for the earliest rehearsals is not known, but
there is a strong implication that part-books were used from the earliest times.
Certainly, all the music sung at the first singing meeting (1/3/1837) came from
what became collection A, up to A34, and up to A59 by the second meeting
(15/3/37), - when one piece from collection B was also sung. Since the formation of
the BMS was first discussed on 14/1/37 and formally confirmed on 24/2/37, the
provision of parts of what was then uncommon music for the 28 singers who sang at
the first singing meeting a week later was surely not a trivial matter. The
development of the part-books over the years under the first three Musical Directors
can be traced through the records, as shown in Table 1 below, and the gradual
widening of the repertoire can be followed in Tables 2 & 3 below, which list the
contents of the partbooks.
The records show that some 250 different works were performed in public,
out of about 530 in the seven collections. Dan Rootham’s Scrapbook makes it clear
that some works were not sung in public as they were felt insufficiently madrigalian,
but were nevertheless often sung for pleasure at the Society’s ordinary meetings.
For instance, Gibbons’ ‘Hosanna’ was sung at the very first meeting of the Society,
and at least once in most of the following years, but sacred works were never
performed in public by the Society until Dan Rootham retired in 1915, after which
Hubert Hunt gradually widened its aims and its repertoire.
Table 2. CONTENTS OF THE BMS PART-BOOKS
(works marked ‘x’ are duplicated; works marked ‘*’ are dedicated to the BMS, its Director, or
its President)
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
A7
A8
A9
A10
A11
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Morley
Morley
Morley
Croce
Marenzio
Marenzio
??????
Bennet
Stay Corydon thou swain
Flora gave me
The Lady Oriana
Arise, awake
I follow, lo, the footing
Fire! fire my heart!
Cynthia, thy song
So saith my fair
When April deck’d
??????
All creatures now
A12
A13
A14
A15
A16
A17
A18
A19
A20
A21
A22
A23
A24
A25
A26
A27
A28
A29
A30
A31
A32
A33
A34
A35
A36
A39
A40
A41
A42
A43
A44*
A45
A46
A47
A48
A49
A50
A51
A52
A53
A54
A55
A56
Bennet
??????
Weelkes
Weelkes
Festa
Lassus
Gibbons
Creighton
Wilbye
??????
Morley
??????
Wilbye
Gibbons
Weelkes
Bennet
Morley
??????
Saville
Ferretti
Pizzoni
Marenzio
Festa
Weelkes
Dowland
Gastoldi
Weelkes
Barnett
Donato
Ford
Pearsall
Waelrent
Wilbye
Bicci
Wilbye
Pearsall
Morley
Ward, J
Weelkes
Morley
Bateson
Weelkes
Linley
Thyrsis, sleepest thou
??????
To shorten winter’s sadness
As Vesta was
Down in a flowery vale
Ye nightingales
Hosanna to the Son
I will arise
Sweet honey-sucking bees
??????
Lo, where with flow’ry head
??????
Down in a valley
O that the learned poets
In pride of May
Flow, O my tears
April is in my mistress face
??????
Let us all sing (The waits)
Sigh not, fond shepherd
Smile not, fair Amaryllis
Stay limpid stream
Soon as I careless strayed
Like two proud armies
Now, O now
Hence dull care
When Thoralis delights
Merrily wake music’s measure
All ye who music love
Since first I saw your face
I saw lovely Phyllis
O’er desert plains
Come, shepherd swains
Dainty white pearl
Lady, your words
Why weeps, alas!
I love, alas!
Upon a bank
Now is my Cloris
Hard by a crystal fountain
Hark, hear you not
Sweetheart, arise
Let me careless
A57
A58
A59
A60
A61x
A62
A63
A64
A65
Ward, J
Bennet
Dowland
Morley
Bennet
Weelkes
Palestrina
Bennet
Tye
Die not, fond man
Come shepherds, follow me
Awake sweet love
Dainty fine sweet nymph
When as I glanced
We shepherds sing
When flow’ry meadows
Weep, silly soul
Laudate nomen Domini
A66
Bateson
The nightingale
A67
Hilton
Fair Oriana
A68
Byrd
Non nobis Domine
A69
Weelkes
The nightingale
A70
Tye
O God of Bethel
A71
Tye
Happy is the man
A72*
Pearsall
Take heed, ye shepherd
A73
Bateson
Down the hill Corinna trips
A74
Bateson
Have I found her
A75
Tye
As sparks in close
A76
Ford
Fair, sweet cruel
A77
Ravenscroft
Canst thou love and live
A78
Farmer
Fair Phyllis I saw
A79
Croft
We will rejoice
A80
Giovanelli
Lose not your chance
A81
Marenzio
Lilies white, crimson roses
A82
Ford
There is a lady sweet
A83
Wilbye
Die, hapless man
A84
Bateson
Camilla fair
A85
Marenzio
Queen of the world
A86
Marenzio
The shepherds’ pipes
A87
Rogers
O! how long
A88
Bennet
My mistress is as fair
A89
Aniero
Ah me, where is my true love
A90*
Pearsall
Great God of love
A91
Pearsall
O ye roses
A92
Morales
Hearken to thy faithful
A93
Morales
Me ye have bereaved
A94
Lotti
Here on the waters
A95
Monteverdi
FairAmarylis
A96
Bateson
When Oriana walk’d
A97
Gibbons, E
Round about her chariot
A98
Farmer
Fair nymph, I heard one telling
A99
Croce
Hard by a crystal fountain
A100
Pearsall
Spring returns
A101
Pearsall
Light of my soul
A102
Weelkes
Now let us make
A103
Striggio
No din of rolling drum
A104
Marenzio
See where with rapid bound
A105
Marenzio
Spring returns
A106
Palestrina
O say what nymph
A107
Palestrina
Wheree’r my Cynthia
A108
Marenzio
The joyous birds
A109
Morley
You that wont to my pipe’s
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B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
B6
B7
Gibbons
Converso
Gibbons
Weelkes
Morley
Bennet
Wilbye
Dainty fine bird
When all alone
The silver swan
Welcome sweet pleasure
Now is the month of maying
O sleep, fond fancy
Thus saith my Cloris bright
B8
B9
B10
B11
B12
B13*x
B14
B15
B16
B17
B18
B19
B20
B21
B22
B23
B24
B25
B26
B27
B28
B29
B30
B31
B32
B33
B34
B35
B36
B37
B38
B39
B40
B41
B42
B43
B44
B45
B46
B47
B48
B49
B50
B51
B52
B53
B54
B55
B56
B57
B58
B59
B60
Ward, J
Weelkes
Morley
Byrd
Pearsall
Pearsall
Gastoldi
Vecchi
Croce
Ferretti
Ferretti
Ferretti
Gastoldi
Monteverdi
Vittoria
Pearsall
Pearsall
Walmisley
Walmisley
Pierluigi
Pierluigi
Nanino
Marenzio
Weelkes
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Gibbons
Gibbons
Dowland
Gibbons
Gibbons
Morley
Morley
Wesley, S
Weelkes
Weelkes
Weelkes
Weelkes
Morley
Morley
Morley
Hope of my heart
Lady, your eye
What saith my dainty darling
Lullaby,
The hardy Norseman
Who shall have my lady fair?
Soon as the silver moonbeams
The white, delightful swan
Ye pearls of snowy whiteness
Tell me, O lady fair
Ladies, I fain would
Lady, unkind
Maidens fair of Mantua’s city
Thine am I, dearest
Sing ye praises
Lay a garland
Sweet as a flower in May
Sweete flowers ye were
Slow, slow, fresh fount
I will praise Thy name
Jehova reigns
O hear me, love
Fair shepherds’ Queen
Phyllis, go take thy pleasure
Thou art but young
I always beg, yet never
What needeth all
Cruel, behold my heavy ending
Weep, O mine eyes
When shall my wretched life
I sung sometimes my thoughts
Alas! what a wretched life
Adieu, sweet Amaryllis
Lady, when I behold
Alas, what hope
I fall, O stay me
Unkind, O stay thy flying
Away, thou shalt not
I weigh not fortune’s frown
How art thou thralled
Come again, sweet love
Trust not too much, fair youth
Now each flow’ry bank
Phyllis, I fain would die now
Lo she flies when I woo her
O sing unto mie roundelay
If thy deceitful looks
What haste, fair lady
Retire my thoughts
Say dear,when will your frown.
Shoot false love, I care not
My bonny lass
Thus saith my Galatea
B61
Morley
Sing we and chant it
B62
Morley
Singing alone, thus sat my sweet
B63
Morley
Those dainty daffodillies
B64
Wilbye
Of joys and pleasing pains
B65
Gibbons
Fair is the rose, yet fades
B66
Dowland
My thoughts are winged
B67
Dowland
Away with these
B68
Hilton
My Mistress frowns
B69
Hilton
Gifts of feature and of mind
B70*
Pratten
Love in my bosom
B71
Ford
Now I see thy looks
B72x
Ford
What then is love?
B73
Edwards
In going to my lonely bed
B74
Marenzio
Lady, see on every side
B75
Caimo
Now tune the viol
B76
Wilbye
When Cloris heard
B77
Oliphant, T
Stay one moment
B78
Waelrent
Ye singers all
B79
Bennet
Let go, why do you stay me
B80
Bennet
I languish to complain
B81
Pearsall
Song of Roland (On gentle....)
B82
Pearsall
All ye that love
B83x
Bennet
When as I glanced
B84
Pearsall
Why do the roses whisper
B85
Bateson
O fly not love
B86
Bateson
Sister, awake
B87
Bateson
Those delightful lilies
B88
Bateson
Who prostrate lies
B89
Crecquillon
Hence clouds, away
B90
Gastoldi
Soldiers brave and gallant
B91x
Wilbye
Draw on, sweet night
B92
Morley
In dew of roses
B93
Morley
Thyrsis, let pity move thee
B94
Morley
Whither away
B95
Beale
Phyllis, thy lovely
B96
Pearsall
It was upon a spring tide day
B97x
Macfarren, G
Maidens, never go a wooing
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C1
C2
C3
C4x
me
C6
C7
C8
C9
C10
C11x
C12
C13
C14
Byrd
Pilkington
Dowland
Pearsall
While the bright sun
Ah me, she frowns
Fine knacks for ladies
Who shall win [sic] my lady fair C5
Gastoldi
Alison
Byrd
Alison
Purcell
Ford
Weelkes
Dowland
Pilkington
When fair Clora
A garden is my lady’s face
Come, let us sing
Shall I abide this jesting?
In these delightful
What then is love?
Cold winter’s ice is fled
Clear or cloudy
Now peep, bo peep
Ferretti My lady fair doth fly
C15
C16
C17
C18
C19
C20
C21
C22x
C23
C24
C25
C26
C27
C28x
C29
C30
C31
C32
C33
C34
C35
C36
C37
C38
C39
C40
C41
C42
C43
C44
C45
C46
C47*
C48
C49
C50
C51
C52
C53
C54
C55
C56
C57
C58
C59
C60
C61
C62
C63
C64
C65*
C66
C67
Farnaby
Pilkington
Pilkington
Farmer
Nenti
Dowland
Pilkington
Wilbye
Wilbye
Mornington
Bateson
Bateson
Croft
Macfarren, G
Bach
Pearsall
Morley
Morley
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Beale
Beale
Pearsall
Pearsall
Calkin
Beale
Pearsall
Ouseley
Pierson
Lassus
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Este
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Isaac
Pearsall
Leslie
Lahee
Jekyll
Westbrook
anon
Wesley, SS
Horsley, arr.
Lloyd
Walmisley
Morley
A nosegay of spring flowers
Lady fair, let golden sleep
I sigh, still doomed
To take the air a bonny lass
Lady, I tell you truly
White as lilies, was her face
A shepherd with his bonny lass
Draw on, sweet night
Ah! cannot sighs
Return my lovely maid
Whither so fast
If love be blind
Cry aloud and shout
Maidens, never go a wooing
I will not depart from Thee
Laugh not, youth at age
Lady, those cherries
Why weeps, alas
O, who will o’er the downs
When Allen a Dale
Nymphs are sporting
Why with toil
Awake, sweet muse
What ho! What ho!
Down in my garden
Come, let us be merry
When Cloris weeps
This pleasant month
The river spirit’s song
Your shining eyes
O sweetly sleep
List while I sing
Sir Patrick Spens
Let us all go maying
Summer is y coming in
How merrily we live
In dulci jubilo
See how smoothly
Why should the cuckoo
When last I strayed
Purple glows the forest
Adieu, my native land
Caput apri defero
Thine eyes so bright
Hark! how the birds (prize)
Golden slumbers
All is not gold (prize)
O weary hearts
Praise of Music
God save the Queen/King
When at Corinna’s eyes
See, see, O see
Our bonny boots
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D1
Angel
Arise, my fair
D2
Smart
Dream, baby, dream
D3
Smart
When the merry lark
D4
Allen
Far from din
D5
Smart
O say not that my heart
D6
Smart
Love and mirth
D7
Parry
Fair daffodils
D8
Macfarren, G
All is still
D9
Leslie
Charm me asleep
D10
Smart
Ave, Maria
D11
Smart
The shepherd’s farewell
D12
Schubert
Dance we so gaily
D13
Gounod
Ave verum
D14
Pinsuti
O people of this favoured land
D15
Duncombe
In the merry spring
D16
Elvey
Farewell, merry maidens
D17
Leslie
Sleep little flower
D18
Reay
See the rivers flowing
D19
Blumenthal
The sun descending
D20
Bennett, WS
Sweet stream
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E1
E2*
E3
E3a
E4*
E5
E6
E7
E8
E9
E10
E11
E12
E13
E14
E15
E16
E17
E18
E19*
E20*
E21
E22
E23*
E24
E25
E26
E27
E28
Anger
Arnold
Henry 8th
anon
Barrett
Barrett
Battishill
Benedict
Benson, arr.
Bridge
Blumenthal
Brewer
Brahms
Bishop
Bishop
Bishop
Bishop
Crowder
Cobb
Duncombe
Dicks
Dicks
Danby
Ellicott
Ellicott
Elvey
Goss
Gaul
Gounod
Bonnie belle
O queen of love
Pastime with good company
Once I loved a maiden fair
On a mossy bank
Cynthia
Amidst the myrtles
The wreath
Cuckow
A canticle to Apollo
Gather ye rosebuds
Waken, lords and ladies gay
Vineta (From the depths)
The fisherman’s ‘goodnight’
Mynheer VanDunck
Foresters, sound
Sleep, gentle lady
Sleep calmly, sleep
Sleep on, and dream
Spring, the sweet spring
Constancy (When the tempests)
It was a lover and his lass
Awake Aeolian Lyre
New year forth looking
Bring the bright garlands
Softly, softly blow
There is beauty on the mountain
The silent land
My true love hath my heart
E29
E30
E31
E32
E33
E34
E35
E36
E37
E38
E39
E40
E41
E42
E43
E44
E45
E46
E47*
E48
E49
E50*
E51
E52
E53
E54
E55
E56
E57
E58
E59
E60
E61
E62
E63
E64
E65
E66
E67
E68
E69
E70
E71*
E72
E73*
E74*
E75*
E76
E77
E78
E79*
E80
E81*
Goodeve
Hatton
Hey
Horsley
Iliffe
Kearton
Keeton
King
Lassus
Leslie
Leslie
Leslie
Leslie
Lloyd
Lloyd
Longhurst
Macfarren, G
Macfarren, G
Macfarren, W
Macfarren, W
Macfarren, W
Mann
Mendelssohn
MacKenzie
Minns
Oliphant, LB
Oliphant, LB
Oliphant, LB
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Parry
Parry
Pye
Pyne
Pinsuti
Pinsuti
Reay
Reay
Reay
Reay
Reay
Rootham
Rootham
Rootham
Ryley
Smart
Smart
Santley
Sullivan
Sweeting
About the sweet-bag of a bee
Jack Frost (Who hath bound)
How dear to me
Come gentle zephyr
Sweet Echo
Turn, Amaryllis
Roses, ah how fair ye be
Music, when soft voices die
Matona, lovely maiden
The troubadour
We roam and rule the sea
O let me play the fool
Welcome Spring
Pack, clouds, away
In Sherwood lived
The stars shall fade away
The hunt’s up
Orpheus with his lute
Lovers’ parting (Weep eyes, )
O lady, leave
Good night, good rest
Lord Ullin’s daughter
Waken, lords and ladies gay
A toast (In a loving cup)
Who is Sylvia?
Sweet is my love
The gift (See before you)
A protest (Ah, know ye not)
List lady, be not coy
The poacher’s song
Hie away
Down by a river
Brave Lord Willoughby
Since thou, O fondest
Come, pretty wag
How beautiful is night
The choral meeting
In this hour
The sea hath its pearls
Here, let’s join
Wake, love, day is breaking
Sweet evening hour
Fairest daughter of the day
Waken lords and ladies gay
Strew on her roses, roses
Love and laughter
Happy streams
My native vale
Stars of the summer night
My true love hath my heart
Cupid swallowed
When love and beauty
April pastoral (Whither away)
E82*
E83
E84
E85
E86
E87
E88
E89
E90
E91
E92
E93*
E94
E95
E96
E97
E98
E99
E100
E101
E102
E103*
E104
E105
E106
E107
E108*
E109
E110
E111
E112
E113
E114
E115
E116
E117
E118
E119*
E120
E121
E122
E123
E124
E125
E126
E127
E128*
E129
E130*
E131*
E132
E133
E134
Sweeting
Stanford
Stanford
Stanford
Stanford
Sampson
Stainer
Tours
Tours
Tours
Webbe
Ward, CR
Williams
Williams
Williams
Wolstenholme
Wolstenholme
Wesley, SS
Wesley, SS
Santley
Reay
Rootham
Smith
Elliot
Wilbye
Byrd
Miller
Rootham
Purcell
Elgar
Miller
Rockstro
Brahms
Napier-Miles
Akerman
Hancock
Pinsuti
Ward, CR
Stanford
Parry
Wood
Elgar
Walf. Davies
Parry
Elgar
Pearsall
Rootham
Bairstow
Stanford
Parry
Morley
Stanford
McClure
My dearest love
Corydon, arise
Diaphenia,
Sweet love for me
Phoebe sat
So sweet a kiss
The triumph of Victoria
Stars of the summer night
The Vikings (Sons of the icy)
The eagle (Proudly he rests)
When winds breathe soft
There is a jewel
Blind man’s buff (Sweet Chloe)
Music (The earth is full)
When twilight dews
To take the air a bonny lass
Sleep, dearest sleep
Arising from the deep
The mermaid (When the pale)
Slow, slow fresh fount
It was a lover
Sweet echo
Flora now calleth forth
Come, see what
Ye that do live
Bow thine ear
Come, see what pleasures
A shepherd in a glade
Come, if you dare
Weary wind of the West
Charm me asleep
Flora’s path I crossed one day
To Autumn
Rose-cheek’d Laura
Soldier rest! thy warfare o’er
To primroses (Why do ye weep)
The watchword (Out of the city)
Hark, how the birds
The fairies
Sorrow and pain
How sweet the tuneful bells
Go, song of mine
Weep you no more
The sea hath many
My love dwelt
Shoot false love, I care not
Follow thy Saint
The dawn of song
Ode on time
La belle dame sans merci
What ails my darling
Heraclitus
Awake my lyre
E135
Miller
Irene (As, when the sun)
E136
Leslie
Golden slumbers
E137
Williams
To Music (When thro’ life)
E138
Buck
Cradle songs of the Holy Child
E139
Reay
Spring carol
E140
??????
??????
E141* Pratten
Down in a vale
E142
Pratten
Ah! happy days
E143* Duncombe
There is a garden
E144
??????
??????
E145
Holborne
When at dawn
E146
??????
??????
E147
??????
??????
E148
??????
??????
E149
Greaves
Sweet nymphs
Ee150 ??????
??????
E151* Ward, CR
Now the bright morning star
E152
Faning
How sweet the moonlight sleeps
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F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
F6
F7
F8
F9
F10
F11
F12
F14
F15
F16
F17
F18
F19
F20
F21
F22
F23
F24
F25
F26
F28*
F29
F30
F31
F32
??????
??????
Harwood
??????
??????
Byrd
Byrd
??????
Farnaby
Farnaby
??????
Lloyd
Pearsall
Pearsall
Weelkes
Still
Pearsall
??????
??????
??????
??????
Kirbye
??????
Pearsall , arr
??????
Harwood
Miles
Pearsall
Weelkes
Weelkes
??????
??????
Tell me, I charge you
??????
??????
This sweet and merry month
Though Amaryllis dance
??????
Construe my meaning
Lady, when I behold
??????
To Morning
Ye nuns of Halliwell
I will arise
Thule, the period of
From merciless invaders
Sing we and chant it
??????
??????
??????
??????
See what a maze of error
??????
God save the King
??????
Charm me asleep
Ode to Maia
When old King Cole
Ha, ha, this world doth pass
O care, thou wilt
F33
??????
??????
F34
anon.
Sumer is y cumen in
F35
Whittaker
Bonny at morn
F36
Whittaker
Bobby Shaftoe
F37
Weelkes
Since Robin Hood
F38*
Walf. Davies
Tune thy music
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LB1
Mendelssohn
Behold the woods
LB2
Mendelssohn
Season of pleasures
LB3
Mendelssohn
Departure (O hills, O vales)
LB4
Mendelssohn
The nightingale has been
LB5
Mendelssohn
The vale of rest (When the West)
LB6
Mendelssohn
Hunter’s song (Now morning ..)
LB7
Mendelssohn
For the New Year
LB8
Mendelssohn
Come, balmy breezes
LB9
Mendelssohn
Remembrance (New verdure ..)
LB10
Mendelssohn
In the bosom
LB11
Mendelssohn
The happy lover (I love a maid)
LB12
Mendelssohn
Shepherd’s song (O winter)
LB13
??????
??????
LB14
Mendelssohn
The victor’s return (Amidst the)
LB15
??????
??????
LB16
Mendelssohn
Praise of spring
LB17
Mendelssohn
An old romance (Fly hence ..)
LB18
Reissiger
I would that my
LB19
Reissiger
The brook
LB20
Dorn
Winter song (Firm mountains)
LB21
Mendelssohn
The deep repose of night
LB22
Mendelssohn
Autumn song (Verdant spring ...)
LB23
Mendelssohn
The lark’s song (How lovely ...)
LB24
Mendelssohn
The primrose (Sweetest of ...)
LB25
Mendelssohn
Homage to Spring (This is nat...)
LB26
Mendelssohn
Song of night (Once more)
LB27
Mendelssohn
An old love song
LB28
Mendelssohn
Alone (Wafted along)
LB29
??????
??????
LB30
Mendelssohn
Spring song
LB31
Benedict
Home (The dearest spot)
LB32
Abt
The flowers review
LB33
de Cuvry
On the river
LB34
Gade
The water-lily
LB35
Macfarren, W
Up, up ye dames
LB36
Macfarren, W
The curfew bell
LB37
Macfarren, W
Love is a sickness
LB38
Macfarren, W
O gentle summer rain
LB39
Macfarren, W
The Warrier (His foot’s in ..)
LB40
Reay
Come and see (the dawn of day)
LB41
Reay
The clouds that wrap
LB42
Reay
Sweet is the breath
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(A?)
Morley
Ladies, you see time flieth
(E?)
Unnum
Unnum
Unnum
Unnum
Unnum
Unnum
Unnum
Unnum
Unnum
Rockstro
Bengough
Churchill
Dyer
Greenwood
Harrison
Knight
Koestler
Miller
Statham
One morning fair
Give me music
Aeolus
O you who have
Get hence false Cupid
Love wandering
Canst thou say me nay
Pull away, boys
Hear, blessed Saviour
I hear along
Table 3. LIST OF COMPOSERS & WORKS IN BMS REPERTOIRE, 1837 - 1915
anon.
O weary hearts
anon.
Once I loved a maiden fair
anon.
Sumer is y cumen in
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Abt
The flowers review
Akerman
Soldier rest! thy warfare o’er
Alison
A garden is my lady’s face
Alison
Shall I abide this jesting?
Allen
Far from din
Angel
Arise, my fair
Anger
Bonnie belle
Aniero
Ah me, where is my true love
Arnold
O queen of love
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Bach
I will not depart from Thee
Bairstow
Barnett
Barrett
Barrett
Bateson
Bateson
Bateson
Bateson
Bateson
Bateson
Bateson
Bateson
Bateson
Bateson
Bateson
Bateson
Battishill
Beale
Beale
Beale
Beale
Benedict
Benedict
Bengough
Bennet
Bennet
Bennet
Bennet
Bennet
Bennet
Bennet
Bennet
Bennet
Bennet
Bennett, WS
Benson, arr.
Bicci
Bishop
Bishop
Bishop
Bishop
Blumenthal
Blumenthal
Brahms
Brahms
Brewer
Bridge
Buck
Byrd
Byrd
Byrd
Byrd
Byrd
The dawn of song
Merrily wake music’s measure
Cynthia
On a mossy bank
Camilla fair
Down the hill Corinna trips
Hark, hear you not
Have I found her
If love be blind
O fly not love
Sister, awake
The nightingale
Those delightful lilies
When Oriana walk’d
Whither so fast
Who prostrate lies
Amidst the myrtles
Awake, sweet muse
Phyllis, thy lovely
This pleasant month
What ho! What ho!
Home (The dearest spot)
The wreath
Give me music
All creatures now
Come shepherds, follow me
Flow, O my tears
I languish to complain
Let go, why do you stay me
My mistress is as fair
O sleep, fond fancy
Thyrsis, sleepest thou
Weep, silly soul
When as I glanced
Sweet stream
Cuckow
Dainty white pearl
Foresters, sound
Mynheer VanDunck
Sleep, gentle lady
The fisherman’s ‘goodnight’
Gather ye rosebuds
The sun descending
To Autumn
Vineta (From the depths)
Waken, lords and ladies gay
A canticle to Apollo
Cradle songs of the Holy Child
Bow thine ear
Come, let us sing
Lullaby,
Non nobis Domine
This sweet and merry month
Byrd
Though Amaryllis dance
Byrd
While the bright sun
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Caimo
Now tune the viol
Calkin
When Cloris weeps
Churchill
Aeolus
Cobb
Sleep on, and dream
Converso
When all alone
Crecquillon
Hence clouds, away
Creighton
I will arise
Croce
Cynthia, thy song
Croce
Hard by a crystal fountain
Croce
Ye pearls of snowy whiteness
Croft
Cry aloud and shout
Croft
We will rejoice
Crowder
Sleep calmly, sleep
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Danby
Awake Aeolian Lyre
de Cuvry
On the river
Dicks
Constancy (When the tempests)
Dicks
It was a lover and his lass
Donato
All ye who music love
Dorn
Winter song (Firm mountains)
Dowland
Awake sweet love
Dowland
Away with these
Dowland
Clear or cloudy
Dowland
Come again, sweet love
Dowland
Fine knacks for ladies
Dowland
My thoughts are winged
Dowland
Now, O now
Dowland
White as lilies, was her face
Duncombe
In the merry spring
Duncombe
Spring, the sweet spring
Duncombe
There is a garden
Dyer
O you who have
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Edwards
In going to my lonely bed
Elgar
Go, song of mine
Elgar
My love dwelt
Elgar
Weary wind of the West
Ellicott
Bring the bright garlands
Ellicott
New year forth looking
Elliot
Come, see what
Elvey
Farewell, merry maidens
Elvey
Softly, softly blow
Este
How merrily we live
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Faning
How sweet the moonlight sleeps
Farmer
Fair nymph, I heard one telling
Farmer
Fair Phyllis I saw
Farmer
To take the air a bonny lass
Farnaby
A nosegay of spring flowers
Farnaby
Construe my meaning
Farnaby
Lady, when I behold
Ferretti
Ladies, I fain would
Ferretti
Lady, unkind
Ferretti
My lady fair doth fly me
Ferretti
Sigh not, fond shepherd
Ferretti
Tell me, O lady fair
Festa
Down in a flowery vale
Festa
Soon as I careless strayed
Ford
Fair, sweet cruel
Ford
Now I see thy looks
Ford
Since first I saw your face
Ford
There is a lady sweet
Ford
What then is love?
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Gade
The water-lily
Gastoldi
Hence dull care
Gastoldi
Maidens fair of Mantua’s city
Gastoldi
Soldiers brave and gallant
Gastoldi
Soon as the silver moonbeams
Gastoldi
When fair Clora
Gaul
The silent land
Gibbons
Dainty fine bird
Gibbons
Fair is the rose, yet fades
Gibbons
Hosanna to the Son
Gibbons
How art thou thralled
Gibbons
I weigh not fortune’s frown
Gibbons
Now each flow’ry bank
Gibbons
O that the learned poets
Gibbons
The silver swan
Gibbons
Trust not too much, fair youth
Gibbons, E
Round about her chariot
Giovanelli
Lose not your chance
Goodeve
About the sweet-bag of a bee
Goss
There is beauty on the mountain
Gounod
Ave verum
Gounod
My true love hath my heart
Greaves
Sweet nymphs
Greenwood
Get hence false Cupid
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Hancock
Harrison
Harwood
Harwood
Hatton
To primroses (Why do ye weep)
Love wandering
Charm me asleep
Tell me, I charge you
Jack Frost (Who hath bound)
Henry 8th
Pastime with good company
Hey
How dear to me
Hilton
Fair Oriana
Hilton
Gifts of feature and of mind
Hilton
My Mistress frowns
Holborne
When at dawn
Horsley
Come gentle zephyr
Horsley, arr.
God save the Queen/King
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Iliffe
Sweet Echo
Isaac
Adieu, my native land
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Jekyll
Golden slumbers
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Kearton
Turn, Amaryllis
Keeton
Roses, ah how fair ye be
King
Music, when soft voices die
Kirbye
See what a maze of error
Knight
Canst thou say me nay
Koestler
Pull away, boys
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Lahee
Hark! how the birds (prize)
Lassus
List while I sing
Lassus
Matona, lovely maiden
Lassus
Ye nightingales
Leslie
Charm me asleep
Leslie
Golden slumbers
Leslie
O let me play the fool
Leslie
Sleep little flower
Leslie
The troubadour
Leslie
Thine eyes so bright
Leslie
We roam and rule the sea
Leslie
Welcome Spring
Linley
Let me careless
Lloyd
In Sherwood lived
Lloyd
Pack, clouds, away
Lloyd
To Morning
Lloyd
When at Corinna’s eyes
Longhurst
The stars shall fade away
Lotti
Here on the waters
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Macfarren, G
Macfarren, G
Macfarren, G
Macfarren, G
Macfarren, W
Macfarren, W
Macfarren, W
Macfarren, W
Macfarren, W
Macfarren, W
Macfarren, W
Macfarren, W
Macfarren, W
MacKenzie
Mann
Marenzio
Marenzio
Marenzio
Marenzio
Marenzio
Marenzio
Marenzio
Marenzio
Marenzio
Marenzio
Marenzio
McClure
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Miles
All is still
Maidens, never go a wooing
Orpheus with his lute
The hunt’s up
Good night, good rest
Love is a sickness
Lovers’ parting (Weep eyes, )
O gentle summer rain
O lady, leave
The curfew bell
The Warrier (His foot’s in ..)
Up, up ye dames
Weep eyes
A toast (In a loving cup)
Lord Ullin’s daughter
Fair shepherds’ Queen
Lady, see on every side
Lilies white, crimson roses
Queen of the world
See where with rapid bound
So saith my fair
Spring returns
Stay limpid stream
The joyous birds
The shepherds’ pipes
When April deck’d
Awake my lyre
Alone (Wafted along)
An old love song
An old romance (Fly hence ..)
Autumn song (Verdant spring ...)
Behold the woods
Come, balmy breezes
Departure (O hills, O vales)
For the New Year
Homage to Spring (This is nat...)
Hunter’s song (Now morning ..)
In the bosom
Praise of spring
Remembrance (New verdure ..)
Season of pleasures
Shepherd’s song (O winter, surly)
Song of night (Once more)
Spring song
The deep repose of night
The happy lover (I love a maiden)
The lark’s song (How lovely ...)
The nightingale has been
The primrose (Sweetest of ...)
The vale of rest (When the West)
The victor’s return (Amidst the)
Waken, lords and ladies gay
Ode to Maia
Miller
Charm me asleep
Miller
Come, see what pleasures
Miller
Hear, blessed Saviour
Miller
Irene (As, when the sun)
Minns
Who is Sylvia?
Monteverdi
FairAmarylis
Monteverdi
Thine am I, dearest
Morales
Hearken to thy faithful
Morales
Me ye have bereaved
Morley
April is in my mistress face
Morley
Arise, awake
Morley
Dainty fine sweet nymph
Morley
Fire! fire my heart!
Morley
Hard by a crystal fountain
Morley
I follow, lo, the footing
Morley
I love, alas!
Morley
In dew of roses
Morley
Ladies, you see time flieth
Morley
Lady, those cherries
Morley
Lo she flies when I woo her
Morley
Lo, where with flow’ry head
Morley
My bonny lass
Morley
Now is the month of maying
Morley
Our bonny boots
Morley
Phyllis, I fain would die now
Morley
Shoot false love, I care not
Morley
Sing we and chant it
Morley
Singing alone, thus sat my sweet
Morley
Those dainty daffodillies
Morley
Thus saith my Galatea
Morley
Thyrsis, let pity move thee
Morley
What ails my darling
Morley
What saith my dainty darling
Morley
Whither away
Morley
Why weeps, alas
Morley
You that wont to my pipe’s sound
Mornington
Return my lovely maid
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Nanino
O hear me, love
Napier-Miles
Rose-cheek’d Laura
Nenti
Lady, I tell you truly
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Oliphant, LB
A protest (Ah, know ye not)
Oliphant, LB
Sweet is my love
Oliphant, LB
The gift (See before you)
Oliphant, T
Stay one moment
Ouseley
Your shining eyes
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Palestrina
Palestrina
O say what nymph
When flow’ry meadows
Palestrina
Parry
Parry
Parry
Parry
Parry
Parry
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall
Pearsall, arr
Pierluigi
Pierluigi
Pierson
Wheree’r my Cynthia
Come, pretty wag
Fair daffodils
La belle dame sans merci
Since thou, O fondest
Sorrow and pain
The sea hath many
All ye that love
Brave Lord Willoughby
Caput apri defero
Come, let us be merry
Down by a river
Down in my garden
Great God of love
Hie away
I saw lovely Phyllis
I will arise
In dulci jubilo
It was upon a spring tide day
Laugh not, youth at age
Lay a garland
Let us all go maying
Light of my soul
List lady, be not coy [?]
Nymphs are sporting
O ye roses
O, who will o’er the downs so free
Purple glows the forest
See how smoothly
Shoot false love, I care not
Sing we and chant it
Sir Patrick Spens
Song of Roland (On gentle Normans)
Spring returns
Summer is y coming in
Sweet as a flower in May
Take heed, ye shepherd
The hardy Norseman
The poacher’s song
The river spirit’s song
When Allen a Dale
When last I strayed
When old King Cole
Who shall have my lady fair
Why do the roses whisper
Why should the cuckoo
Why weeps, alas!
Why with toil
Ye nuns of Halliwell
God save the King
I will praise Thy name
Jehova reigns
O sweetly sleep
Pilkington
A shepherd with his bonny lass
Pilkington
Ah me, she frowns
Pilkington
I sigh, still doomed
Pilkington
Lady fair, let golden sleep
Pilkington
Now peep, bo peep
Pinsuti
In this hour
Pinsuti
O people of this favoured land
Pinsuti
The sea hath its pearls
Pinsuti
The watchword (Out of the city)
Pizzoni
Smile not, fair Amaryllis
Pratten
Ah! happy days
Pratten
Down in a vale
Pratten
Love in my bosom like a bee
Purcell
Come, if you dare
Purcell
In these delightful
Pye
How beautiful is night
Pyne
The choral meeting
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Ravenscroft
Canst thou love and live
Reay
Come and see (the dawn of day)
Reay
Fairest daughter of the day
Reay
Here, let’s join
Reay
It was a lover
Reay
See the rivers flowing
Reay
Spring carol
Reay
Sweet evening hour
Reay
Sweet is the breath
Reay
The clouds that wrap
Reay
Wake, love, day is breaking
Reay
Waken lords and ladies gay
Reissiger
I would that my
Reissiger
The brook
Rockstro
Flora’s path I crossed one day
Rockstro
One morning fair in balmy spring
Rogers
O! how long
Rootham
A shepherd in a glade
Rootham
Follow thy Saint
Rootham
Happy streams
Rootham
Love and laughter
Rootham
Strew on her roses, roses
Rootham
Sweet echo
Ryley
My native vale
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Sampson
Santley
Santley
Saville
Schubert
Smart
Smart
Smart
Smart
So sweet a kiss
Cupid swallowed
Slow, slow fresh fount
Let us all sing (The waits)
Dance we so gaily
Ave, Maria
Dream, baby, dream
Love and mirth
My true love hath my heart
Smart
Smart
Smart
Smart
Smith
Stainer
Stanford
Stanford
Stanford
Stanford
Stanford
Stanford
Stanford
Statham
Still
Striggio
Sullivan
Sweeting
Sweeting
O say not that my heart
Stars of the summer night
The shepherd’s farewell
When the merry lark
Flora now calleth forth
The triumph of Victoria
Corydon, arise
Diaphenia,
Heraclitus
Ode on time
Phoebe sat
Sweet love for me
The fairies
I hear along
From merciless invaders
No din of rolling drum
When love and beauty
April pastoral (Whither away)
My dearest love
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Tours
Stars of the summer night
Tours
The eagle (Proudly he rests)
Tours
The Vikings (Sons of the icy)
Tye
As sparks in close
Tye
Happy is the man
Tye
Laudate nomen Domini
Tye
O God of Bethel
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Vecchi
The white, delightful swan
Vittoria
Sing ye praises
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Waelrent
Waelrent
Walf. Davies
Walf. Davies
Walmisley
Walmisley
Walmisley
Ward, CR
Ward, CR
Ward, CR
Ward, J
Ward, J
Ward, J
Webbe
Weelkes
Weelkes
Weelkes
Weelkes
Weelkes
Weelkes
O’er desert plains
Ye singers all
Tune thy music
Weep you no more
See, see, O see
Slow, slow, fresh fount
Sweete flowers ye were
Hark, how the birds
Now the bright morning star
There is a jewel
Die not, fond man
Hope of my heart
Upon a bank
When winds breathe soft
As Vesta was
Cold winter’s ice is fled
Ha, ha, this world doth pass
If thy deceitful looks
In pride of May
Lady, your eye
Weelkes
Weelkes
Weelkes
Weelkes
Weelkes
Weelkes
Weelkes
Weelkes
Weelkes
Weelkes
Weelkes
Weelkes
Weelkes
Weelkes
Weelkes
Weelkes
Wesley, S
Wesley, SS
Wesley, SS
Wesley, SS
Westbrook
Whittaker
Whittaker
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Wilbye
Williams
Williams
Like two proud armies
Now is my Cloris
Now let us make
O care, thou wilt
Phyllis, go take thy pleasure
Retire my thoughts
Say dear,when will your frown.
Since Robin Hood
Sweetheart, arise
The nightingale
Thule, the period of
To shorten winter’s sadness
We shepherds sing
Welcome sweet pleasure
What haste, fair lady
When Thoralis delights
O sing unto mie roundelay
Arising from the deep
Praise of Music
The mermaid (When the pale)
All is not gold (prize)
Bobby Shaftoe
Bonny at morn
Adieu, sweet Amaryllis
Ah! cannot sighs
Alas! what a wretched life
Alas, what hope
Away, thou shalt not
Come, shepherd swains
Cruel, behold my heavy ending
Die, hapless man
Down in a valley
Draw on, sweet night
Flora gave me
I always beg, yet never
I fall, O stay me
I sung sometimes my thoughts
Lady, when I behold
Lady, your words
Of joys and pleasing pains
Stay Corydon thou swain
Sweet honey-sucking bees
The Lady Oriana
Thou art but young
Thus saith my Cloris bright
Unkind, O stay thy flying
Weep, O mine eyes
What needeth all
When Cloris heard
When shall my wretched life
Ye that do live
Blind man’s buff (Sweet Chloe)
Music (The earth is full)
Williams
To Music (When thro’ life)
Williams
When twilight dews
Wolstenholme Sleep, dearest sleep
Wolstenholme To take the air a bonny lass
Wood
How sweet the tuneful bells
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