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D., F. (19th-20th c.) Scottish

Secret love / John More Smieton {solo v.} 17/520.8-1

Da Ponte, Lorenzo (1749-1838) Italian

Così fan tutte: comic opera in two acts / W A Mozart -- words by Lorenzo da Ponte, Eng. version David Higham, {Boosey} 06/032-1 c

Don Giovanni: opera in two acts / W A Mozart -- words by Lorenzo da Ponte, Eng. version Edward J. Dent, voc. sc. Ernest Roth {Boosey} 06/032-3 b,d-e

Dacre, Harry (1860-1922) English

Daisy Bell: [scored for piano & ukulele] / Harry Dacre {solo v. : Francis, Day & Hunter} 17/144.5

I want to see the old home again: [song] / Harry Dacre {Frank Dean} 16/050-4 [8]

Daddow, Edith M.

Four poems / Elizabeth Maughan Travers {solo v. : Palatine} 09/197

Dahn, Felix (1834-1912) German

Young Dietrich Op. 45: ballad / George Henschel -- words after the German of Felix Dahn {Breitkopf & Härtel} 17/283-3 : [No. 2] in E

Young Dietrich Op. 45: ballad / George Henschel -- words after the German of Felix Dahn {Breitkopf & Härtel} 17/283-3 b : [No. 1] in D

Dam, Henry Jackson Wells (1856-1906) American

The shop girl: musical farce / Ivan Caryll -- words by H. J. W. Dam, additional numbers by Adrian Ross & Lionel Monckton {Hopwood & Crew} 07/005.5-2

Danes, Cecily

La golondrina (The swallow): Mexican song / Narciso Serradell {New World} 17/506 a : [No. 1 in] D

La golondrina (The swallow): Mexican song / Narciso Serradell {New World} 17/506 b : [No. 2 in] F

Dante Alighieri (c1265-1321) Italian

Fantasy Op. 42: cantata / Walford Davies -- founded upon passages in Dante's Divina Commedia 01/030-1

Laudi alla Vergine Maria: 'per quattro voci bianche' [SSCC] / Giuseppe Verdi {Ricordi} 02/130-3(3)

Darnton, Peter William (20th c.) English

David and Jonathan: oratorio / Charles Darnton 08/015 a-b

Daumer, Georg Friedrich (1800-1875) German

Fine was the gift I gave thee (Schön war, das ich Dir weihte) / Johannes Brahms -- Ger. by G. Fr. Daumer; Eng. by Mrs John P. Morgan {solo v. : Simrock} 17/099-4

Schön war, das ich Dir weihte (Fine was the gift I gave thee) / Johannes Brahms -- Ger. by G. Fr. Daumer; Eng. by Mrs John P. Morgan {solo v. : Simrock} 17/099-4

Davenant, William (Sir) (1606-1668) English

Awake!: serenade / H G Pélissier {solo v. : Robert Cocks} 17/444.5

Awake!: serenade (voc. duet) / H G Pélissier {sop. & contr. : Gould & Bolttler} 18/117 : No. 1 in F (sop. & contr./bar.)

The lark now leaves his wat'ry nest: serenade / John Hatton {solo v. : Weekes} 16/050-5 [1]

Davenport, Arthur (20th c.) English

Aubade / Édouard Lalo -- Eng. words Arthur Davenport {solo v. : United Music} 17/327-2

David, Harold Lane (1921- 2012) American

Close to you (SATB): p. acc. with optional string bass, guitar & percussion / Burt Bacharach {Music Sales} 15/021.5 a-b

Trains and boats and planes (SATB): p. acc. with optional string bass, guitar & percussion / Burt Bacharach {Music Sales} 15/021.5-2

David, Worton (1872-1940) English

Are we downhearted? No! / Lawrence Wright -- words & music Worton David and Lawrence Wright {solo v. : Lawrence Wright} 17/594.5

A night of romance: song / Horatio Nicholls {Lawrence Wright} 17/428-3 : No. 1 in F

That old fashioned mother of mine: song / Horatio Nicholls {Lawrence Wright} 17/428-2 a-b : No. 2 in Ab

That old fashioned mother of mine: song / Horatio Nicholls {Lawrence Wright} 17/428-2 c : No. 4 in C

There's a ship that's bound for Blighty: song / Lilian Shirley {Lawrence Wright} 17/513 : No. 1 in Eb

Davidson, Harriet Miller (1839-1883) Scottish

Oh! for a breath o' the moorlands / Benjamin Whelpley {med. v. : Winthrop Rogers} 17/570.5 : med. in C

Davidson, Thomas (1838-1870) Anglo-Scottish

The ash tree: song / Hamish MacCunn {Paterson} 17/364-4 : No. 1 in F

Davies, Laurence H. (1926- English

Three Spanish carols: unison / Laurence Davies -- Eng. words & arr. Laurence H. Davies {Curwen} 09/056

Davies, William Henry (1871-1940) Welsh

Clouds: 2-part song for female (or treble) v. / Rutland Boughton {Curwen} 18/025-1

Money, O! {from Songs of the Countryside} / Michael Head {Boosey & Hawkes} 17/266-7 : low v.

Sweet chance that led my steps abroad {from Songs of the Countryside} / Michael Head {Boosey & Hawkes} 17/266-5 a-b : low: No. 1 in D

Davis, James Houston ('Jimmie') (1899-2000) American

You are my sunshine / Jimmie Davis -- words & music Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell {solo v. : Southern} 17/150.5

Dawson, Harry

'Maypril': song of Spring / Haydn Wood {Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 17/590-8

Nightfall / Armstrong Gibbs {solo v. : Curwen} 17/219-5 a-b

Whene'er you call: song / Haydn Wood {Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 17/590-11 : No. 1 in C

Dayson, Philip

The longshoreman: song / Edward Chesham {bar. : Cramer} 17/119.3 : bar./bass

Dearmer, Mabel (1872-1915) English

The bubble song {from The Cockyolly Bird} / Martin Shaw {Chappell} 17/510-2 : No. 2 in C min

The sky above the roof / Ralph Vaughan-Williams -- words by Mabel Dearmer (from the French of Verlaine) {solo v. : Boosey & Hawkes} 17/555-9 : in C

Dehmel, Richard (1863-1920) German

Aus banger Brust (O wert thou here) Op. 50 no. 4: with additional Swedish & Finnish text / Jean Sibelius -- [words by] Richard Dehmel; [Eng. trans.] Rosa Newmarch {high v. : Frederick Harris} 17/514-1 : high v. (orig.)

Die stille Stadt (The silent town) Op. 50 no. 5: with additional Swedish & Finnish text / Jean Sibelius {high v. : Frederick Harris} 17/514-6 : high v. (orig.)

Wiegenlied (Lullaby) Op. 41 Nr 1 / Richard Strauss {Leuckart} 17/538-5(1) : low v.

Deis, Carl (1883-1960) American

Four Scriptural songs Op. 121 / Johannes Brahms -- ed. Carl Deis, Eng. trans. Willis Wager {Schirmer} 09/025-3 : low/med. v.

Dekker, Thomas (c1572-1632) English

Lullaby: song / Peter Warlock {Winthrop Rogers} 17/563-14

The merry month of May: [song] / John Ireland {Winthrop Rogers} 10/089 [12] : med. v. [C# min]

Sweet content / Peter Warlock {high v. : Winthrop Rogers} 17/563-5 : high: G

Troll the bowl / E J Moeran {solo v. : OUP} 17/405-3

Del Riego, Teresa (1876-1968) English

The greatest wish in the world: song / Teresa Del Riego {John Church} 17/156-1 : No. 3 in F

Happy song / Teresa Del Riego {Chappell} 17/156-2 a,c : No. 2 in Eb

Happy song / Teresa Del Riego {Chappell} 17/156-2 b : No. 1 in D

Thank God for a garden: song / Teresa Del Riego {Chappell} 17/156-4 : No. 1 in F

Delestre-Poirson, Charles-Gaspard (1790-1859) French

The Count Ory: comic opera / Gioachino Rossini -- libretto by Eugene Scribe & Delestre-Poirson (Eng. adapt. Robert A. Simon) {Ricordi} 06/047-1 a-d

Delines, Michel (1851-1914) Russian-French

Air des adieux {from Jeanne d'Arc, no. 7}: [recit. & aria: 'Adieu forêts'] / P I Tchaikovsky -- Fre. adapt. Michel Delines {solo v. : Mackar & No?l" } 17/550-1 c

Dennett, F. J. (18th-19th c.) English

The skipper: song / W H Jude {Beresford} 17/306-3 : No. 3 in D

Dent, Edward Joseph (1876-1957) English

The Beggar's Opera (by John Gay) / Johann Christoph Pepusch {misc. v. : Oxford} 07/012-1.5 a-c

Christmas cantata (Cantata pastorale): for sop. solo, str. quart. & harpsich. / Alessandro Scarlatti -- words by Cardinal Antonio Ottoboni; ed. (with Eng. trans.) Edward J. Dent {OUP} 01/066.5

A divine hymn / John Church -- by Mr John Church; ed. Edward J. Dent {solo v. : OUP} 17/120

Don Giovanni: opera in two acts / W A Mozart -- words by Lorenzo da Ponte, Eng. version Edward J. Dent, voc. sc. Ernest Roth {Boosey} 06/032-3 b,d-e

Fidelio: opera in two acts / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Eng. version Edward J. Dent {Boosey & Hawkes} 06/003 c

The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte): opera in 2 acts / W A Mozart -- Eng. version Edward J. Dent {Boosey & Hawkes} 06/032-4 a-b

The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro): comic opera in 4 acts / W A Mozart -- Eng. version Edward J. Dent {Boosey} 06/032-5 a-b,e-f

O loveliness beyond compare {from The Magic Flute}: [Tamino's] tenor aria / W A Mozart -- Eng. version Edward J. Dent {Boosey & Hawkes} 17/418-7.5

O vale resounding {from The Trojans} / Hector Berlioz {solo v. : OUP} 17/071

Psalmus Hungaricus Op. 13: Hungarian paraphr. of 55th Psalm for ten. solo, chor. & orch. [p.red.] / Zoltan Kodály -- Eng. trans. Edward J. Dent {Universal} 02/072-2 a-d

Psalmus Hungaricus Op. 13 / Zoltan Kodály -- Eng. version Edward J. Dent {ten. : Philharmonia} 04/014.7

Sono amante {from the Sixth cantata} / Domenico Scarlatti -- ed. Ludwig Lebell; Eng. trans. E. J. Dent {solo v. : OUP} 17/495(1)

Dent, Harry & Goldburn, Tom (20th c.) English

Never mind: [song] / Harry Dent -- written & composed by Harry Dent & Tom Goldburn {Francis, Day & Hunter} 07/060 [2]

Desmond, Astra (1893-1973) English

Biblical songs (Biblické písnê) Op. 99 Bk 2 (6-10): [5 songs] / Antonín Dvořák -- Eng. words Astra Desmond {Alfred Lengnick} 09/063(2) a : low v.

DeSylva, B. G. 'Buddy' (1895-1950) American

April showers {from The Jolson Story} / Louis Silvers {solo v. : Chappell} 17/517 a-b

DeSylva-Brown-Henderson

Sunny side up / B G DeSylva {solo v. : Campbell, Connelly} 17/161.7

Dew, Stanley

Liberty: song / Grace E Mellor {Songs} 17/393.5 : No. 1 in F

Diack, J. Michael (1869-1947) English

Happy flock {from Was mir behagt}: sop./mez.? / J S Bach -- ed. (with Eng. words) J. Michael Diack {Paterson} 17/025-11

I follow with gladness {from St John Passion} / J S Bach -- ed. (with Eng. words) J. Michael Diack {sop. : Paterson} 17/024-4

My heart rejoiceth (Et exultavit spiritus meus) {from Magnificat in D} / J S Bach -- ed. (with Eng. words) J. Michael Diack {mez. : Paterson} 17/024-8 a-c

Of flowers the fairest {from The Peasant Cantata} / J S Bach -- ed. (with Eng. words) J. Michael Diack {mez. : Paterson} 17/025-6 a

Of flowers the fairest {from The Peasant Cantata} / J S Bach -- ed. (with Eng. words) J. Michael Diack {sop. : Paterson} 17/025-6 b

Oh yes, just so {from Phoebus and Pan} / J S Bach -- Eng. words J. Michael Diack {mez. : Novello} 17/025-2

On my Shepherd I rely {from Cantata No. 92): sop. & mez. w. piano & oboe or vn obbl. / J S Bach {Paterson} 17/025-1 a

On my Shepherd I rely {from Cantata No. 92) / J S Bach -- ed. (with Eng. words) J. Michael Diack {sop. : Paterson} 17/025-1 b-c : sop./mez.

The Peasant cantata: [for SATB soli & chor.] / J S Bach -- Eng. version Michael Diack {Paterson} 01/004-3 a-f

Saviour make me all thine own {from St Matthew Passion} / J S Bach -- ed. (with Eng. words) J. Michael Diack {sop. : Paterson} 17/025-7 a-c

Diack, James (20th c.) English

The horn: for voice, horn & piano / Gordon Carr {Emerson} 35/046

Dibdin, Charles Sr (1745-1814) English

The jolly young waterman {from The Waterman}: song / Charles Dibdin {Thomas Hailes Lacy} 17/163

The thorn / William Shield -- words by Charles Dibdin?, after Burns? {solo v. : Walker & Son} 17/512

Dickinson, Dorothy

The apple tree fairy Op. 53 no. 4: song / Montague Phillips {Chappell} 17/448-10 : No. 2 in F

April is a lady Op. 41 no. 4: song / Montague Phillips {Chappell} 17/448-1 a-b : No. 2 in Eb

Dillon, William (1877-1966) American

The end of the road / William Dillon -- written by William Dillon & Harry Lauder {solo v. : Francis, Day & Hunter} 17/165 a-b

Dipnall, T. H. (20th c.) English

Evening in lilac time: song for med. v. (B flat) / Eric Thiman {Novello} 17/551-5 a-b

Dobson, Henry Austin (1840-1921) English

When Spring comes laughing: song / Charles Willeby {Boosey} 10/045-9 [14] : No. 2 in Ab

Dodd, Dorothy (1926-2006) Australian

Granada: fantasía española / Agustín Lara -- music and Span. lyric Agustín Lara; Eng. lyric Dorothy Dodd {solo v. : Latin-American} 17/329

Dodson, Gerald (Sir) (1884-1966) English

The fishermen of England {from The Rebel Maid}: song / Montague Phillips {Chappell} 17/448-4 a : No. 1 in Bb

The fishermen of England {from The Rebel Maid}: song / Montague Phillips {Chappell} 17/448-4 b : No. 2 in C

The Rebel Maid: romantic light opera / Montague Phillips {Chappell} 07/025.5

Dole, Nathan Haskell (1852-1935) American

Villanelle (Oft have I seen): sop./ ten. / Eva Dell'Acqua -- Fre. by F. van der Elst; Eng. version Nathan Haskell Dole {Schirmer} 17/161 a

Donald, H. A . (19th c.) English

Good night: concert finale for equal voices / H A Donald -- w&m H. A. Donald {Curwen} 17/165.9

Donnelly, Dorothy (1876-1928) American

Drinking song {from The Student Prince} / Sigmund Romberg {Chappell} 17/480-1

Serenade {from The Student Prince} / Sigmund Romberg {solo v. : Chappell} 17/480-3

The Student Prince song album: [5 songs] / Sigmund Romberg {Chappell} 09/157-2

Tell me Daisy {from Blossom Time} / Sigmund Romberg -- lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly; adapted from the music of Franz Schubert & Heinrich Berté {voc. duet : Leo. Feist} 18/131-2

Douglas, Katherine (20th c.) Scottish

Morag á Dùnbheagain: Dunvegan love lilt / Neil Matheson {solo v. : Alex. MacLaren & Sons} 17/389.8

Douglas, Sherren (20th c.)

Come my sweet pretty maid: [song] / Phyllis Harding {Edwin Ashdown} 17/255

Dowdon, Aubrey (20th c.) English

Columbine's garden / Maurice Besley {solo v. : Boosey} 17/075-1 : No. 2 in G ? also at 10/045-6 [10]

The happy lover: song / Maurice Besley {Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 17/075-7

My heart remembers: song / Maurice Besley {Chappell} 17/075-8 : No. 1 in Eb

My love goes with you: song / Maurice Besley {Boosey} 17/075-9 a-b

The second minuet: song / Maurice Besley {Boosey & Hawkes} 17/075-4 a-b : No. 2 in Bb

The second minuet: song / Maurice Besley {Boosey & Hawkes} 17/075-4 c : No. 1 in G

The second minuet: voc. duet / Maurice Besley {male & fem. v. : Boosey & Hawkes} 18/021

Songs of Springtime: [5 songs] / Landon Ronald {Enoch & Sons} 09/159-4 : [No. 2] med. v.

Dowers, John (19th-20th c.) English

April morn: vocal waltz / Robert Batten {Boosey} 10/045-8.1 [10]

Dowland, John (c1563-1626) English

Tears [ie "Weep you no more sad fountains"]: [song] / Ivor Gurney -- words from Dowland?, ascr. here to John Fletcher {Winthrop Rogers} 10/089 [14] : med. v. [C# min]

Weep you no more: song / Helen Fothergill -- words from John Dowland's 3rd Book of Airs 1603 {low v. : Augener} 10/089 [13] : low v. [A min]

Drinkwater, John (1882-1937) English

Blossom Time (libr.): musical play in 2 acts [with music arr. & derived from Franz Schubert] / arr. G H Clutsam -- lyrics by G H Clutsam, John Drinkwater, H.V. Purcell {Samuel French} 03/031

Blossom Time: musical play / G H Clutsam -- music adapted from themes of Franz Schubert, with additional numbers (including lyrics) by G.H. Clutsam {Keith, Prowse} 07/031 a-b

Old Oliver: song for med. v. / Alec Rowley {Winthrop Rogers} 17/482.5-3

The toll-gate house: song / Alec Rowley {low v. : Winthrop Rogers} 10/089 [15] : low v. in A min

Dryden, John (1631-1700) English

Ode on St Cecilia's day: [cantata] / George Frideric Handel {Novello} 01/047-2

The song of Momus to Mars: from Dryden's 'Secular masque' / William Boyce -- ed. G. E. P. Arkwright {low v. : OUP} 17/094-5

Dryenforth, James (1895-1973) American

A garden in the rain: song / Carroll Gibbons {Campbell, Connelly} 17/218

One love for ever / Kenneth Leslie-Smith {solo v. : Boosey} 17/343 : No. 1 in G

Du Bellay, Joachim (1525-1560) French

Quand reverrai-je, hélas! / André Caplet -- quelques vers de Joachim du Bellay {solo v. : Durand} 17/110.5 [1]

The thresher (D'un vanneur de blé aux vents) / Lennox Berkeley -- words by Joachim Du Bellay; Eng. trans. M D Calvocoressi {solo v. : OUP} 17/068-1

Dubin, Alexander ('Al') (1891-1945) American

Tip-toe thro' the tulips with me / Joe Burke {solo v. : Witmark & Sons} 17/106.7

Ducreux, Louis (1911-1992) French

Love's roundabout (La Ronde): waltz song / Oscar Straus -- Fre. by Louis Ducreux; Eng. by Harold Purcell {Campbell, Connelly} 17/535-2

Dunbar, William (1459/60-c1530) Scottish

In honour of the City [of London] / George Dyson {choir} 01/035-2 a-b

Ode on the Nativity: for sop. solo, chor. & orch. [p.red.] / Hubert Parry {Novello} 01/063-6

The Thistle and the Rose: for adolescent v. (SAB), str. & p., org. & bells (ad lib.) / Cedric Thorpe Davie -- text adapted from works by William Dunbar and Edmund Spenser 18/040-2 a-b

Duncan, William Edmondstoune (1866-1920) English

When I am laid in earth (Dido's lament in Dido and Aeneas) / Henry Purcell -- words by Nahum Tate; ed. Edmondstoune Duncan {Augener} 17/460-7 : No. 2 [in C] C# to G

Dunn, Geoffrey (20th c.) English

Requiem: for four solo v. & chor. / Giuseppe Verdi -- new Eng. trans. Geoffrey Dunn {Ricordi} 02/130-1.1 a-d

D'Urfey, Thomas (1653-1723) English

Within a mile of Edinburgh town: popular song / James Hook -- [words by Thomas D’Urfey] {Hart} 16/050-4 [3]

Durham, Wesley (20th c.) English

Cast thy burden: sacred song / Bernard Hamblen {Chappell} 17/247-2 a-b : No. 2 in Ab

Dwight, John Sullivan (1813-1893) American

O holy night (Nöel): song / Adolphe Adam {Frederick Harris} 17/002.5 a-b

 

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