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Fahy, Francis Arthur (1854-1935) Irish

Husheen {from An Album of Twelve Hush Songs}: modern Irish hush-song / Alicia Adélaide Needham {Boosey} 17/425-3 : No. 1 in Bb

Falconer, Edmund [= ] (c1814-1879) Irish

Killarney: [song] / Michael Balfe 16/050-4 [10]

Killarney / Michael Balfe {solo v. : Ascherberg} 17/026-2 a : No. 2 in F

Killarney (song) and Killarney March (piano) / Michael Balfe {Marks & Spencer} 17/026-2 b

Fargue, Léon-Paul (1876-1947) French

Mélodies et chansons: piano et chant [25 compositions] / Erik Satie -- paroles de J.P. Contamine de Latour, Léon-Paul Fargue, Vincent Hyspa et al. {Salabert} 09/165

Farjeon, Eleanor (1881-1965) English

A Sussex alphabet, vol. 1: song cycle for children & grown-ups / Harry Farjeon {Joseph Williams} 09/071(1)

Farnie, Henry Brougham (1836-1889) English

Il bacio (The dream of home) / Luigi Arditi -- Eng. version Henry Farnie {solo v. : Walsh, Holmes} 17/013-1 c : No. 3 in D

The dream of home: song-waltz / Luigi Arditi -- Eng. by Henry Farnie {Edwin Ashdown} 16/050-5 [23] : No. 2 in C

Gendarmes' duet {from Geneviève de Brabant} / Jacques Offenbach {ten. & bar. : Boosey & Hawkes} 18/111-1 a-b : No. 2 in F

Gendarmes' duet {from Geneviève de Brabant} / Jacques Offenbach {bar. & bass : Boosey & Hawkes} 18/111-1 c-f : No. 1 in D

The guardian angel: song / Charles Gounod {Metzler} 17/225-2 : No. 1 in C

Lend me your hand: voc. duet for ten. & bar. / Charles Gounod {Metzler} 18/067-3

Love the vagrant {from Carmen}: celebrated Havanera / Georges Bizet -- Eng. version H. B. Farnie {contr. : Cramer/Metzler} 17/080-1 a-b : No. 1 in D (contr.)

She alone charmeth my sadness {from Irene (La reine de Saba)}: recit. & air / Charles Gounod {bar. : Metzler} 17/225-9 : No. 1 in E (bar./bass)

Farquhar, Marion (20th c.)

Twenty-five selected songs / Gabriel Fauré -- Eng. trans. Marion Farquhar {Schirmer} 09/071.5 : low. v.

Faulkes, Bryceson (19th-20th c.) American

Singing to you: song / U S Kerr {Wood} 17/318.2 : Bb

Fearn, Lilian (20th c.) English

I have twelve oxen (J'ai douze boeufs) / John Ireland -- Anon. (Early English); version française de Lilian Fearn {solo v. : Boosey & Hawkes} 17/294-3.1 a-b : No. 2 in G

Federlein, (Mrs) E. H. (19th-20th c.) American

Fairest evening: barcarolle - 2-part chorus for ladies voices (SA) / arr. Jacques Offenbach {Cramer} 15/048

Fellowes, Edmund Horace (1870-1951) English

The silver swan / Orlando Gibbons {solo v. : Stainer & Bell} 17/218.2

Fellows, Reginald

God will remember (Bells at eventide): song / Sherman Myers {Francis, Day & Hunter} 17/424-1 : No. 2 in F

Ferguson, Samuel (1810-1886) Irish

The lark in the clear air: Irish air / arr. Phyllis Tate {solo v. : OUP} 17/547.8 a,c : high in Bb

The lark in the clear air: Irish air / arr. Phyllis Tate {solo v. : OUP} 17/547.8 b : low in F

Field, Eugene (1850-1895) American

A Christmas song / Martin Shaw {Evans Bros.} 17/510-7

The fairy's lullaby {from An Album of Twelve Hush songs}: song / Alicia Adélaide Needham {Boosey} 17/425-2 : No. 3 in G

Field, Mary (19th-20th c.) English

Softly rest (Ruhe sanft) {from Zaide}: [sop. aria: Zaide] / W A Mozart -- Eng. words Mary Field {Paxton} 17/419-4

To music (An die Musik) [Op. 88 no.4] / Franz Schubert -- by Schober; Eng. words Mary Field {bass : Paxton} 17/496-1 : [contr./bass]

The voice of love (Stimme der Liebe) / Franz Schubert -- by Stolberg; Eng. words Mary Field {ten. : Paxton} 17/496-9

Fields, Dorothy (1905-1974) American

Dinner at eight / Jimmy McHugh {solo v. : Campbell, Connelly} 17/370-1

Pick yourself up {from Swing Time} / Jerome Kern {solo v. : Chappell} 17/318-4

Second Jerome Kern album: [6 songs] / Jerome Kern -- words by Oscar Hammerstein II (1-2), Dorothy Fields (4,5) et al. {Chappell} 09/101(2)

The way you look tonight / Jerome Kern {SATB soli : Chappell} 18/079.2

Finlay, Marjorie N. (19th-20th c.) Scottish

The Saviour's birth: Church cantata for Christmas [for SATB soli & chor.] / Kenneth Finlay {Bayley & Ferguson} 01/039

Finley, Lorraine Noel (1899-1972) Canadian

Twenty-one concert arias for soprano vol. 1: [10 songs] / W A Mozart -- Eng. versions Lorraine Noel Finley {Schirmer} 11/015-5(1)

Twenty-one concert arias for soprano vol. 2: [11 songs] / W A Mozart -- Eng. versions Lorraine Noel Finley {Schirmer} 11/015-5(2)

Finny, W. E. St Lawrence (1864-1952) English

Princess Elizabeth of England: song / Haydn Wood {Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 17/590-13 : No. 1 in G

Fisher, Howard (20th c.)

The adjutant: song / Howard Fisher -- words & music Howard Fisher {Boosey} 17/192-2 : No. 1 in F

Fisher, Richard

My love will go a'winding / Stanton Jefferies {solo v. : Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 17/298.5-4

Fisher, William Arms (1861-1948) American

Goin' home {adapted from the Largo of the New World symphony} / Antonín Dvořák -- words and adapt. by William Arms Fisher {solo v. : Alfred Lengnick} 17/174-4 : No. 1 [in C]

Fitzball, Edward (1792-1873) English

The bloom is on the rye (My pretty Jane): song / Henry Bishop {Paxton} 16/050-4 [13]

'Tis the harp in the air {from Maritana}: romance / Vincent Wallace {solo v. : Hutchings} 10/045-9 [5]

FitzGerald, Edward (1809-1883) English

Ah, moon of my delight {from In a Persian Garden} / Liza Lehmann -- words from FitzGerald's Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám {solo v. : Metzler} 17/336-10 : No. 1 in F

Myself when young {from In a Persian Garden} / Liza Lehmann -- words from FitzGerald's Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám {solo v. : Cramer} 17/336-6 a-b : No. 1 in Eb

Omar Khayyam: cantata [for 3 v. & chor.] / Granville Bantock -- from The Ruba'iyat acc. to Edward FitzGerald, in 3 parts {Breitkopf & Härtel} 01/011-1

Flanders, Michael (1922-1975) English

Flanders & Swann song book: [10 songs] / Donald Swann {Chappell} 09/189

The hippopotamus song / Donald Swann 17/546-1

Flecker, James Elroy (1884-1915) English

In Phaeacia: song for high v. / Ian Parrott {Alfred Lengnick} 17/441.85

Fleg, Edmond (1874-1963) French

OEdipe, op. 23: tragedie lyrique en 4 actes et 6 tableaux / George Enescu {Salabert} 06/015.5 a-b

Fleming, Elizabeth (c1900-1979) Scottish

Safe home!: song / Leslie Woodgate {Boosey} 17/592.5

Fleming, (Rev.) Grant (20th c.) Scottish

The Banchory carol: song / Alexander Center {James Blair} 17/114.8

Fleming, Marjory (1803-1811) Scottish

A garland for Marjory Fleming: 5 songs for sop. & piano / Richard Rodney Bennett -- setting of poems by Marjory Fleming (1803-1811) {Novello} 11/003

Flers, Robert, Marquis de (1872-1927) French

Philomel {from Monsieur Beaucaire} / André Messager -- A. de Caillavet & Robert de Flers; Eng. words by Adrian Ross {solo v. : Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 17/396-3 : No. 2 in Ab

Fletcher, Greene, Dekker, Marvell

Six pastorals Op. 15: [for voc. quart., str. quart. & pf] / Walford Davies -- poems by Fletcher, Greene, Dekker & Marvell 01/030-2

Fletcher, John (1579-1625) English

Mourn no moe: [song] / Peter Warlock {Winthrop Rogers} 10/089 [8] : low v. [A min]

Sleep / Ivor Gurney {solo v. : Winthrop Rogers} 17/239-2 a : low in G min

Sleep / Ivor Gurney {solo v. : Winthrop Rogers} 17/239-2 b-c : high in Bb min.

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]

Fleury, Albert (1923-2006) French

Summer rain: song / William G James -- words by Fred G. Bowles from the Fr. of Albert Fleury {Ricordi} 17/297-1 : No. 3 in Eb

Florian, Jean-Pierre Claris de (1755-1794) French

Plaisir d'amour (Fleeting love) / Jean-Paul-Égide Martini -- Eng. words Helen Taylor; Fre. orig. Florian {solo v. : Edwin Ashdown} 17/385 d

Flotsam, Mr [= Bentley Collingwood Hilliam] (1890-1968) English

The Changing of the Guard / Mr Flotsam -- words & music Mr Flotsam and Mr Jetsam {solo v. : Peter Maurice} 17/194

Foley, James W. (1874-1939) American

Good morning, Brother Sunshine: song / Liza Lehmann {Chappell} 17/336-3 a-b : No. 3 in Eb

Foley, N.

Play, gipsy, play! {from Maritza} / Emmerich Kálmán -- Eng. lyrics by Clifford Grey & N. Foley {solo v. : Feldman} 17/309

Ford, Thomas (c1580-1648) English

There is a lady sweet and kind / Peter Warlock {solo v. : Winthrop Rogers} 17/563-6 : high: Db

There is a ladye / Winifred Bury {solo v. : Paterson} 17/108.7 a-b : No. 1 [in E]

Fordwych, Herbert (d.1922) English

Memory's garden: [song] / H G Pélissier {Newnes} 16/040 [5/13]

Forrest, George "Chet" (1915-1999) American

And this is my beloved {from Kismet}: based on themes by Alexander Borodin / Robert Wright -- music & lyrics by Robert Wright & George Forrest {solo v. : Frank} 17/594.6 a-b

The Great Waltz (libr.): [musical based on themes from Johann Strauss I & II] / arr. Robert Wright -- music & lyrics by Robert Wright & George Forrest {misc. v.} 03/195-2

I love you / Edvard Grieg -- words by Robert Wright & George Forrest {solo v. : Chappell} 17/234-1 : in C

Kismet (libr.): musical Arabian night [from themes by Alexander Borodin] / arr. Robert Wright -- music & lyrics by Robert Wright & George Forrest {Frank} 03/195-1 a-b

Kismet: musical Arabian night [from themes by Alexander Borodin] / arr. Robert Wright -- adapted from the music of Alexander Borodin; lyrics by Robert Wright & George Forrest {misc. v. : Frank} 07/058-1

Song of Norway: operetta / Robert Wright -- based on life & music of Edvard Grieg; lyrics by Robert Wright & George Forrest {Chappell} 07/058

Sweethearts: song / Victor Herbert -- words by Bob Wright and Chet Forrest {Chappell} 17/283.2-3

Forzano, Giovacchino (1884-1970) Italian

O mio babbino caro (Oh, my beloved father) {from Gianni Schicchi}: [sop. aria: Lauretta] / Giacomo Puccini -- Ital. words Giovacchino Forzano {sop. : Ricordi} 17/457-5 b

Oh, my beloved daddy (O mio babbino caro) {from Gianni Schicchi}: [sop. aria: Lauretta] / Giacomo Puccini -- Ital. words Giovacchino Forzano {Ricordi} 17/457-5 a,d-e : No. 2 in Ab (orig.)

Oh, my beloved father (O mio babbino caro) {from Gianni Schicchi}: [sop. aria: Lauretta] / Giacomo Puccini -- Ital. words Giovacchino Forzano {Ricordi} 17/457-5 c : No. 1 in F

Foss, Peter (20th c.) English

Song of the seashore: song [with flute solo added] / Tamezo Narita -- Emg. lyrics Peter Foss {solo v. : Chappell} 17/424.3

Foss, Sam Walter (1858-1911) American

The house by the side of the road: song / Alba Rizzi {Keith, Prowse} 17/475

Foster, (Rev.) Arthur Austin (1869-1942) English

The challenge: for solo, chor. & orch. / Charles Sanford Terry {solo v. : James Macbeth} 17/550.6

Foster, Stephen Collins (1826-1864) American

Beautiful dreamer: [song] / Stephen Foster {Walsh} 17/201-2

I dream of Jeanie [with the light brown hair]: [song] / Stephen Foster {Frederick Harris} 17/201 d : med. v. F

Immortal melodies: mainly vocal quartets on 2 staves & solo/unison / Stephen Foster -- w&m (mainly) Stephen Foster; ed. [& arr.] Hugo Frey {Robbins} 09/072.2

Jeanie, with the light brown hair: song / Stephen Foster {Beal, Stuttard} 17/201 a

Jeanie with the light brown hair: song / Stephen Foster {Banks} 17/201 b

Jeanie, with the light brown hair: [song] / Stephen Foster {Fentone} 17/201 c

Oh! Susanna {from The Covered Wagon} / Stephen Foster -- words & music by Stephen Foster {solo v. : Dix} 17/201-3

Fox-Strangways, Arthur Henry (1859-1948) English

The Creation: [oratorio for STB soli, chor. & orch. - p.red.] / Joseph Haydn -- new Eng. text A H Fox-Strangways & Steuart Wilson {OUP} 08/029-1.2 a-c

The Erl-King (Erlkönig): [song] / Carl Loewe -- words by Goethe, Eng. by A. H. Fox Strangways & Steuart Wilson {OUP} 17/350.9

The gods of Greece (Götter Griechenlands): [song] / Franz Schubert -- words by Mayrhofer, new Eng. trans. E. H. Fox Strangways & Steuart Wilson {OUP} 17/496-18

Hope (An die Hoffnung) / Ludwig van Beethoven -- words by Tiedge; Eng. trans. A. H. Fox-Strangways {solo v. : OUP} 17/050-6

Margaret (Gretchen am Spinnrade) {from Goethes Faust} / Franz Schubert -- Eng. version A. H. Fox Strangways and Steuart Wilson {solo v. : OUP} 17/496-3 b : low key (orig. - D min)

Omnipotence (Die Allmacht) Op. 79 no.2 / Franz Schubert -- words by Pyrker; Eng. trans. A. H. Fox Strangways & Steuart Wilson {solo v. : OUP} 17/496-6

Ten favourite songs of Schumann / Robert Schumann -- new translations by A. H. Fox Strangways and Steuart Wilson {OUP} 09/173-6

Voyage to Hades (Fahrt zum Hades): [song] / Franz Schubert -- words by Mayrhofer, new Eng. trans. E. H. Fox Strangways & Steuart Wilson {OUP} 17/496-16

Francke, Hermann (1834-1919) German

Cinderella (Aschenbrödel) Op. 545: for sop. & alto soli & chor. of fem v. / Franz Abt -- words by Hermann Francke; Eng. by Lewis Novra {Augener} 01/001

Franz, Robert (1815-1892) German

Leaves are falling (Blätter lässt die Blumen fallen) Op. 30 no.2 / Robert Franz -- Eng. by Dr Wm. J. Wetmore {solo v. : Schirmer} 17/205-2

Freed, Arthur (1894-1973) American

Alone {from A NIght at the opera} / Nacio Herb Brown {solo v. : Francis, Day & Hunter} 17/105-3

Broadway melody / Nacio Herb Brown {solo v. : Francis, Day & Hunter} 17/105-1

Singin' in the rain (soundtrack album) / Nacio Herb Brown {solo v. : Alfred} 07/005.4

Singin' in the rain / Nacio Herb Brown {solo v. : United Artists} 17/105-4

Freeman, W. H. (19th c.)

Here's a health Bonnie Scotland to thee: [an old song by G. A. Lee] / John Blockley {solo v. : John Blockley} 10/045-4 [4]

Freer, Dawson (20th c.)

In the hedge a rose is blooming (Lieber Schatz, sei wieder gut) Op. 26 no.2 / Robert Franz -- [from "In dem Dornbusch" by] Wilhelm Osterwald; Eng. text Dawson Freer {solo v. : Joseph Williams} 17/205-4

Song album / Hugo Wolf -- Eng. versions Dawson Freer {solo v. : Boosey & Hawkes} 09/212-6 : med. v.

The violet (Das Veilchen) / W A Mozart -- words by Goethe; Eng. version (& ed.) Dawson Freer {sop. : Edwin Ashdown} 17/419-10

Fremery, Friedrich (1841-1912) German

My heart is weary (Schwer liegt auf dem Herzen): recit. & air {from Nadeschda} / Arthur Goring Thomas -- Eng. words Julian Sturgis; Ger. version Friedrich Fremery {Boosey} 17/552-4 a-c

French, Arthur W. (1846-1916) American

Barney, take me home again: song and [SATB] chorus / George W Persley {London M.P.S.} 16/050-1 [70]

French, Percy (1854-1920) Irish

The mountains of Mourne: song / Percy French -- by Percy French & Houston Collisson {Keith, Prowse} 17/206 a : No. 2 in Bb

The mountains of Mourne: song / Percy French -- by Percy French & Houston Collisson {Keith, Prowse} 17/206 b : No. 1 in G

Phil the fluter's ball: song / Percy French -- words & music W. P. French {Keith, Prowse} 17/206-2 a-b : C

Frey, Hugo (1873-1952) American

Immortal melodies: mainly vocal quartets on 2 staves & solo/unison / Stephen Foster -- w&m (mainly) Stephen Foster; ed. [& arr.] Hugo Frey {Robbins} 09/072.2

Fuchs, Peter Paul (1916-2007) Austrian

A masked ball (Un ballo in maschera): opera in 3 acts / Giuseppe Verdi -- libretto by Antonio Somma; Eng. version Peter Paul Fuchs {Schirmer} 06/063-2.5 b

Fuller, William (Dr) (1608-1675) English

An evening hymn, on a ground (Now that the sun ...) / Henry Purcell {solo v. : Novello} 17/460-1 a-b,d : [No. 2] in G

An evening hymn, on a ground (Now that the sun ...) / Henry Purcell {solo v. : Chappell} 17/460-1 c : No. 1 [in] Eb

Funk, Addie (20th c.) American

Des Knaben Wunderhorn and the Rückert Lieder: [29 songs] / Gustav Mahler -- Eng. trans. Stanley Appelbaum, John Bernhoff, Addie Funk {Dover} 09/117-3

Vierzehn Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn / Gustav Mahler -- Eng. trans. John Bernhoff, Addie Funk {Universal} 09/117-4

Furber, Douglas (1885-1961) English

The bells of St Mary's: song / Emmett Adams {Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 17/003 a : No. 1 in Eb

The bells of St Mary's: song / Emmett Adams {Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 17/003 b : No. 2 in F orig.

The bells of St Mary's: duet / Emmett Adams {Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 18/003

Lambeth walk {from Me and My Girl} / Noel Gay -- lyrics by Douglas Furber & Arthur Rose {solo v. : Cinephonic} 17/211-2

Fyleman, Rose (1877-1957) English

The bonny blue-eyed sailor: unison song / Thomas Dunhill {Edward Arnold} 17/170-5

The fairy tailor: song / Michael Head {Boosey & Hawkes} 17/266-2 a-b : in G

There are fairies at the bottom of our garden: song / Liza Lehmann {Chappell} 17/336-9 : No. 2 in Eb

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