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Pailthorpe, Doris (19th-20th c.) English

There was a rosebud bloomed in the snow: Christmas carol / Martin Shaw {Novello} 17/510-10

Pain, Barry Eric Odell (1864-1928) English

The shepherd's song {from Seven Lieder} / Edward Elgar {solo v. : Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 17/178-9 : No. 1 in Eb

Paladilhe, A. (19th-20th c.) French

Mandolinata (Souvenir de Rome): song / Emile Paladilhe {McDowell} 10/045-5 [23] : No. 3 [in] E

Palmer, Maggie

Scottish lament: for alto & horn / Ifor James 17/296.7 a-c

Paris, G. A. (19th c.) English

Comrades still: song / W H Jude {Felix Peck} 17/306-5

Parish, Mitchell (1900-1993) American

One morning in May: ballad / Hoagy Carmichael {Campbell, Connelly} 17/113.5

Park, Andrew (1807-1863) Scottish

Where hath Scotland found her fame?: national (patriotic) song / John Fulcher -- written by Andrew Park {John Blockley} 17/207.3 : Bb

Park, Philip James (1907-1978) English

La Belle Hélène (Beautiful Helen): operetta / Jacques Offenbach {Weinberger} 07/025-1 a-c

Die Fledermaus (The Bat): operetta / Johann Strauss II -- Eng. lyrics by Phil Park {Weinberger} 07/035-1 a-c

The Gipsy Baron: operetta / Johann Strauss II -- Eng. lyrics by Phil Park {Weinberger} 07/035-2 a-b

Gipsy love: operetta / Franz Lehár {Glocken} 07/018-1.1

The Gipsy Princess: operetta / Emmerich Kálmán {Chappell} 07/015

Lilac time: operetta (from themes after Franz Schubert) / Heinrich Berté -- Eng. lyrics by Phil Park {Chappell} 07/031.1 a-b

The Merry Widow (libr.): operetta / Franz Lehár -- new lyrics by Phil Park, arr. Ronald Hanmer {Glocken} 03/075 a-d

The Merry Widow: [operetta] / Franz Lehár {Glocken} 07/018-2.1 a,c

Orpheus in the Underworld: comic operetta in 3 acts / Jacques Offenbach {Weinberger} 07/025-2 a-c

Viva Mexico! (libr.): comedy musical [based on the music of Latin America] / arr. Ronald Hanmer {Weinberger} 03/060

Viva Mexico! The music of Latin America: comedy musical in 3 acts / Ronald Hanmer {Weinberger} 07/013.4 a-b

Waltzes from Vienna: musical romance / Johann Strauss II -- Eng. lyrics by Phil Park {Chappell} 07/035-5 a-b

Wish me luck (As you wave me goodbye) {from Shipyard Sally} / Harry Parr Davies {solo v. : Chappell} 17/148-3

Parker, Gilbert (1862-1932) Canadian

O flower of all the world: song / Amy Woodforde-Finden {Boosey} 17/592-2 : No. 3 in F

Parker, Henry

The last rose of Summer / John Stevenson -- words by Thomas Moore; ed. Henry Parker {solo v. : Cramer} 17/532 b : [No. 2 in] E

Parker, Ross (1914-1974) English

There'll always be an England / Ross Parker -- words & music Ross Parker & Hugh Charles {solo v. : Dash} 17/441.8

Parsons, Donovan (1888-1980) English

I travel the road (who cares): song / Patrick Thayer {Keith, Prowse} 17/550.5-2 a : No. 1 in Db

I travel the road (who cares): song / Patrick Thayer {Keith, Prowse} 17/550.5-2 b : No. 2 in D

Partridge, Sybil Farish (c1856-1917) English

Just for to-day: sacred song / Blanche Ebert Seaver -- prayer by Sybil F. Partridge {low v. : Sam Fox} 17/504-1 a-b : low Db

Passmore, W. S. (19th c.) English

The Lord is my Shepherd: paraphr. of 23rd Psalm [for sop. & contr.] / Henry Thomas Smart {Novello} 18/149-1

Paterson, A. B. 'Banjo' (1864-1941) Australian

Waltzing Matilda: [scored for piano & ukulele] / Marie Cowan {solo v. : Chappell} 17/138.2 a-b

Pattison, Thomas Mee (1845-1936) English

The praise of Islay (Moladh na landaidh) {from Songs of the North}: old Highland melody / arr. Malcolm Lawson -- Eng. trans. Thomas Pattison; arr. Malcolm Lawson {Cramer} 17/331-5

Pauer, Ernst (1826-1905) Austrian

Vocal album: 52 songs / Felix Mendelssohn -- ed. E. Pauer; Eng. trans. Henry Stevens {Augener} 09/122 : orig. (med.-high v.)

Paulton, Edward Antonio (1866-1939) English

Lullaby {from Erminie} / E Jakobowski -- words by Edward and Harry Paulton {solo v. : Ricordi} 16/020(12) [2]

Paulton, Harry (1841-1917) English

Ah! Let me dream: song / Clement Locknane {Mathias & Strickland} 16/050-4 [23] : No. 3 in G

Lullaby {from Erminie} / E Jakobowski -- words by Edward and Harry Paulton {solo v. : Ricordi} 16/020(12) [2]

Peabody, J. H. (19th c.)

Scotch lassie Jean: ballad [with SATB chorus] / J H Peabody -- [words & music J. H. Peabody] {Hart} 16/050-1 [67]

Peabody, Josephine Preston (1874-1922) American

The house and the road: song / Dorothy Parke {Roberton} 17/441.5 a-b

Peace, Frederick Wilfrid (1883-1962) English

From Cross to Crown: short church cantata for soli & chor. / Frederick Wilfrid Peace {Bayley & Ferguson} 01/063.5

Pears, Peter Neville Luard (1910-1986) English

A Midsummer Night's Dream (libr.): opera in 3 acts / Benjamin Britten -- adapted from Shakespeare by Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears {Boosey & Hawkes} 03/025-1

Peele, George (1556?-1596) English

Whenas the rye: song / Peter Warlock -- words by George Peele (1595) {Winthrop Rogers} 10/089 [6] : No. 1 in Eb

Pemberton, May

Come Lady-Day / Roger Quilter {solo v. : Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 17/462-7

Penn, Arthur A. (1875-1941) American

Smilin' through: song / Arthur A Penn {Feldman} 17/445 : [No. 1] in C

Pepper, Harry Stephen (1891-1970) English

The nightingale: song / Karl Zeller -- lyrics & rev. ed. Harry S. Pepper {Bosworth} 17/600-2 : Bb

Oh maiden, my maiden {from Frederica} / Franz Lehár {solo v. : Chappell} 17/335-1 a-b : No. 2 in G

Roses in Tyrol (Rosen in Tirol) {from The Birdseller}: duet (sop. & ten.) with mixed choir / Karl Zeller -- Eng. lyrics by Harry S. Pepper {Bosworth} 18/181 a-h

Percy, Thomas (1729-1811) English

O Nannie, wilt thou gang wi' me / Thomas Carter {solo v.} 16/050-1 [56]

Over the mountains {from Old English Songs}: song / Roger Quilter -- words from Percy's Reliques {high v. : Boosey & Hawkes} 17/462-16 a-b : high v. [in A]

Perry, Frederick C. (19th c.)

The special bobby: [song and chorus] / Frederick C Perry {Howard} 16/050-1 [10]

Peters, William Theodore (1862-1904) American

Good night, pretty stars: song / Noel Johnson {Chappell} 10/045-9 [13] : No. 2 in Bb

Peterson, Frederick (1859-1938) American

The sweetest flower that blows: song / Charles B Hawley {John Church} 17/262 a : No. 3 in G

The sweetest flower that blows: song / Charles B Hawley {high v. : John Church} 17/262 b : high v.

Petőfi, Sándor (1823-1849) Hungarian

Hungarian melodies, [vol. 1]: [25 songs] / Ferencz Korbay -- text: Joseph Szerdahelyi (3,10,14,20), Alexander Petöfi (11,19) et al {Schott} 09/103(1)

Peyre, Louis de (19th c.) French

Ce que je suis sans toi: mélodie / Charles Gounod {sop. : Choudens} 17/224-5 : No. 2

Philips, Ambrose (1674-1749) English

Breathe soft ye winds: [song] / George Frideric Handel {Augener} 17/252-12 : No. 1 in Eb (Bb to Eb)

Phillips, Alfred William (1844-1936) English

Cross of Calvary (Ave Maria!) / Charles Gounod -- [Eng. words by] Alfred Phillips {mez. : Schirmer} 17/224-6 : [No. 2]: Ab (mez./bar.)

O divine Redeemer! (Repentir): scena / Charles Gounod {solo v. : Cramer} 17/226-2 a-b : in G

O divine Redeemer! (Repentir): scena / Charles Gounod {solo v. : Cramer} 17/226-2 c : in C

O divine Redeemer! (Repentir): scena / Charles Gounod {solo v. : Phillips & Page} 17/226-2 d : in G

O divine Redeemer! (Repentir): scena / Charles Gounod {solo v. : Phillips & Page} 17/226-2 e : in A

O divine Redeemer! (Repentir): scena / Charles Gounod {solo v. : Cramer} 17/226-2 f : in Bb

O divine Redeemer: voc. duet for sop. & contr. / Charles Gounod {Cramer} 18/067-2 : in C

Repentir (Parce Domine / O divine Redeemer!): prayer / Charles Gounod -- [Eng, words by Alfred Phillips] {mez. : Schirmer} 17/226-3 : Db (mez./bar.)

Phillips, H. Lyall (19th-20th c.) English

A Devonshire wedding: song / H Lyall Phillips -- words & music H. Lyall Phillips {Chappell} 17/447.7-2 : No. 2 in D

Forgotten: song / H Lyall Phillips {Edwin Ashdown} 17/447.7 : No. 2 in G

Phillips, Norah (19th-20th c.) Irish

Alleluia!: joyous Easter hymn (17th Century) / Geoffrey O'Connor-Morris {solo v. : Boosey} 17/433.8 : No. 2 in Eb (orig. accomp.)

Piaf, Édith [= Édith Gassion] (1915-1963) French

Piaf [album]: [20 songs] / Various Composers -- songs written by or for Edith Piaf {Wise} 10/061-4

La vie en rose (Take me to your heart again) / Louiguy -- Eng. lyric by Frank Eyton; Fre. by Edith Piaf {solo v. : Noel Gay} 17/238-1

Piave, Francesco Maria (1810-1876) Italian

La Traviata: opera / Giuseppe Verdi {Ricordi} 06/063-7.1

Pierson, Henry Hugh ('Hugo') (1815-1873) English

May dew {from Six songs} Op. 23 no. 2: unison song / Sterndale Bennett -- words [from a poem by J L Uhland translated] by H. H. Pierson {Edwin Ashdown} 17/066-2(2)

Pinazzi, Maria (20th c.) Italian

The music master (Il maestro di cappella / Le maître de chapelle): burlesque intermezzo for bass-baritone / Domenico Cimarosa -- Eng. version Maria Pinazzi, Fr. Michel Ancey {Symphonia} 14/028

Pinkerton, John (1758-1825) Scottish

O Bothwell Bank / John Fergus {med. v. : Paterson} 17/189 : med. v.

Pinkerton, Percy Edward (1855-1946) English

Ave Maria {from Otello}: Desdemona's aria / Giuseppe Verdi -- Ital. Arrigo Boito, Eng. Percy Pinkerton {sop. : Ricordi} 17/556-6(2)

Dove sono (Gone forever) {from The Marriage of Figaro}: sop. aria: Countess Rosina, w. recit. E Susanna non vien! (Oh! Susanna is late!) / W A Mozart -- Eng. version Percy Pinkerton {Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 17/418-5 a-b

Gipsy songs (Zigeunermelodien) Op. 55: [7 songs] / Antonín Dvořák -- Eng. trans. Percy Pinkerton {Alfred Lengnick} 09/063-2 a : low. v.

Largo al factotum (Figaro's song) {from The Barber of Seville} / Gioachino Rossini -- Eng. version Percy Pinkerton {ten. : Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 17/482-3 a-b : orig. (Bb)

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: sel. words & music / Richard Wagner -- Eng. versions Percy Pinkerton {sop. : Newnes} 16/099

Pansies (Salut d'amour): song / Edward Elgar {Schott} 16/050-3 [11] : No. 3 in Eb

Salce (Willow song) {from Otello}: Desdemona's aria / Giuseppe Verdi -- Eng. words Percy Pinkerton {sop. : Ricordi} 17/556-6

The sandman (Sandmännchen ): song (Lied) / Johannes Brahms -- Eng. words Percy Pinkerton {Alfred Lengnick} 17/099-3 a,c : No. 2 in G

The sandman (Sandmännchen ): song (Lied) / Johannes Brahms -- Eng. words Percy Pinkerton {Alfred Lengnick} 17/099-3 b : No. 3 in G

Ständchen (Serenade) / Franz Schubert -- after Rellstab; Eng. words Percy Pinkerton {solo v. : Universal} 17/496-8 a

Walther's prize song (Morn, like a rose) {from The Meistersingers} / Richard Wagner -- Eng. by Percy Pinkerton {solo v. : Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 16/020(4) [3]

Pitfield, Thomas B. (1903-1999) English

Ballad of a minstrel: two-part / Thomas B Pitfield {Banks} 18/118

The rhyming shopman: whimsical cantata for choir, orch. & bar. solo / Thomas B Pitfield {Joseph Williams} 01/063.7

Pitter, Ruth (1897-1992) English

The estuary / Michael Head {solo v. : Boosey & Hawkes} 17/266-7 : in Eb

Pittman, Josiah (1816-1886) English

Gerechter Gott! {from Rienzi}: Adriano's aria / Richard Wagner -- Eng. trans. J. Pittman {sop. : Adolph Fürstner} 17/559-2

Planché, James Robinson (1796-1880) English

Draw the sword Scotland / G Herbert Rodwell {solo v.} 16/050-1 [31]

Oberon: opera in 3 acts / Carl Maria von Weber -- written by J. R. Planché; ed. Natalia Macfarren {Novello, Ewer} 06/076

Pleshcheyev, Aleksey Nikolayevich (1825-1893) Russian

The dreary steppe (Triste est le steppe) Op. 5 no. 1: song / Aleksandr Grechaninov -- words by Plestcheiev; Eng. Rosa Newmarch {Chester} 17/232-2

Plomer, William (1903-1973) English

Choral dances from 'Gloriana' / Benjamin Britten {SATB choir : Boosey & Hawkes} 09/030

Plunkett, Joseph (1887-1916) Irish

I see His Blood upon the rose: song / Gerald Gover {Boosey & Hawkes} 17/228

Poe, Edgar Alan (1809-1849) American

Annabelle Lee: song / Henry David Leslie {Cramer} 17/342 : [No. 2] in G (orig.)

Pola, Edward (1907-1995) American

Then I know that I'm home / Melville Gideon {solo v. : Keith, Prowse} 17/219.5

Pollock, Walter Herries (1850-1926) English

The devout lover: song (w. violin ad lib.) / Maude White {Ricordi} 17/571-2 a-b : No. 2 in Eb

The devout lover: song (w. violin ad lib.) / Maude White {Ricordi} 17/571-2 c : No. 3 in D

The devout lover: song (w. violin ad lib.) / Maude White {Ricordi} 17/571-2 d : No. 4 in C

Ponsonby, David (20th c.) English

24 preludes Op. 28: student's edition by Alfred Cortot / Frédéric Chopin -- transl. David Ponsonby {p. solo : Salabert} 21/082-3.7

Pontet, Henry Théodore (1833-1902) Irish

Queen of angels (Regina angelorum): vesper song w. organ acc. / Marie Piccolomini -- words by 'Nemo' [ie Henry Pontet?] {Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 16/050-3 [8] : [No. 3 in] Ab

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744) English

Ode on St Cecilia's day: cantata / Hubert Parry {Novello} 01/063-2 a-b

Ode on St Cecilia's day / Hubert Parry {misc. v. : Novello} 44/037-1

Where e'er you walk {from Semele} / George Frideric Handel {solo v. : Chappell} 17/252-2 e : No. 1 in G

Where'er you walk {from Semele}: air for tenor / George Frideric Handel {Bayley & Ferguson} 17/252-3

Where'er you walk {from Semele}: song for tenor voice / George Frideric Handel -- [words by Pope? NOT] "Congreve" {Novello} 17/252-3 b

Where-e'er you walk {from Semele} / George Frideric Handel {solo v. : Walsh, Holmes} 17/252-2 a-b : No. 2 in G

Where e'er you walk {from Semele} / George Frideric Handel {solo v. : Cramer} 17/252-2 c : Bb

Where e'er you walk {from Semele} / George Frideric Handel {solo v. : Cramer} 17/252-2 d : Ab

Where-e'er you walk {from Semele} / George Frideric Handel {solo v. : Walsh, Holmes} 17/252-2 f : No. 1 in F

Where e'er you walk {from Semele} / George Frideric Handel {solo v. : Cramer} 17/252-2 g : G

Where-e'er you walk {from Semele} / George Frideric Handel {solo v. : Orpheus} 17/252-2 h : No. 2 in G

Porte, A. (19th c.) French

Nazareth: sacred song / Charles Gounod -- A. Porte; Eng. words by Henry F. Chorley {Broome} 17/225-8 : No. 2 in Eb

Porteous, Baroness (19th-20th c.) Scottish

When twilight comes: rêverie caprice, with violin acc. ad lib. by Guido Papini / Anton Strelezki {solo v. : Paxton} 16/050-3 [12]

Porter, Cole (1891-1964) American

All of you {from Silk Stockings} / Cole Porter {solo v. : Chappell} 17/455-5

Begin the beguine: song / Cole Porter {Chappell} 17/455-7 : in C

C'est magnifique {from Can-Can} / Cole Porter {solo v. : Chappell} 17/455-3

I hate men {from Kiss Me, Kate} / Cole Porter {solo v. : Chappell} 17/455-4

In the still of the night: song / Cole Porter {Chappell} 17/455-1 : in F

Kiss Me Kate (libr.) / Cole Porter {misc. v.} 03/110

Night and day {from Gay Divorce} / Cole Porter {solo v. : Chappell-Harms} 17/455-2

Well, did you evah? {from High Society} / Cole Porter {solo v. : Chappell} 17/455-6.1

Who wants to be a millionaire? {from High Society} / Cole Porter {solo v. : Chappell} 17/455-6.2

Posford, George (1906-1976) English

Magyar melody: musical romance / arr. George Posford -- adapt. Eric Maschwitz & George Posford {Chappell} 07/027-2

Poterat, Louis (1901-1982) French

By the waters of Minnetonka: Indian love song (w. violin or flute accomp., ad lib.) / Thurlow Lieurance {Chappell} 17/345 a-b : No. 2 in G

Pounds, Jessie Brown (1861-1921) American

Beautiful isle of somewhere: [sacred song] / John Fearis {Frederick Harris} 17/188.5 : high v.: Bb

Pradère, Onésime (1825-1891) French

Loving smile of sister kind (Invocation) {from Faust}: cavatina / Charles Gounod -- Fre. by O. Pradère; Eng. by Henry F. Chorley {Chappell} 17/225-5 a : No. 1 in C

Loving smile of sister kind (Invocation) {from Faust}: cavatina / Charles Gounod -- Fre. by O. Pradère; Eng. by Henry F. Chorley {Chappell} 17/225-5 b : No. 2 in Db

When all was young {from Faust}: romance w. v-c obbl. / Charles Gounod -- Eng. by Henry F. Chorley, Fre. by O. Pradère {solo v. : Chappell} 16/050-4 [34] : No. 2 in A

Pratt, Silas Gamaliel (1846-1916) American

Life's dream is o'er {from Alice where art thou}: duet for ten. & contr. / Joseph Ascher -- words & mus. arr. S. G. P[ratt]. {Bayley & Ferguson} 18/007 a-b

Prichard, Mrs (19th c.) Welsh

O! Na byddai'n haf o hyd (Oh! that Summer smil'd for aye) / William Davies -- Welsh by Mrs Prichard; Eng. by William Jones {solo v. : Hughes & Son} 17/150

Procter, Adelaide Anne (1825-1864) English

Cleansing fires: song / Virginia Gabriel {Hutchings} 10/045-5 [5] : [No. 2] in D

The lost chord: song / Arthur Sullivan {Boosey} 17/544-3 a : No. 1 in Eb

The lost chord: song / Arthur Sullivan {Boosey} 17/544-3 b-d : No. 2 in F

The lost chord: song / Arthur Sullivan {Boosey} 17/544-3 e-f : No. 3 in G

The lost chord: song / Arthur Sullivan {Boosey} 17/544-3 g : No. 4 in Ab

The message: [song] / Jacques Blumenthal {Ascherberg} 16/050-4 [31] : No. 2 in D

Prout, Ebenezer (1835-1909) English

Come, make my heart Thy home (Komm in mein Herzenshaus) {from Ein' feste Burg} / J S Bach -- ed. (with Eng. words) Ebenezer Prout {sop. : Augener} 17/025-9

For God's angels ne'er depart (Gottes Engel weichen nie) {from Mann singet} / J S Bach -- ed. (with Eng. words) Ebenezer Prout {sop. : Augener} 17/025-10

Sighing, weeping, trouble, want (Seufzer, Thränen, Kummer, Noth) {from Ich hatte viel Bekümmerniss} / J S Bach -- ed. Ebenezer Prout {sop. : Augener} 17/025-3

Songs & airs for contralto, Bk 1: [9 songs] / J S Bach {Augener} 09/008

Prudhomme, Sully (1839-1907) French

Album lyrique / Jacques Blumenthal {solo v. : Patey & Willis} 09/023-1 a-b

Pullen, Hartie (19th-20th c.) English

Our country's call: song / Hartie Pullen -- words & music Hartie Pullen {Swan} 17/458.5

Purcell, Harold Vousden (1907-1977) 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

Good-Night Vienna: romantic musical play / George Posford -- lyrics by Holt Marvell [and H.V. Purcell] {Keith, Prowse} 07/027-1 a-b

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

Pedro, the fisherman {from The Lisbon Story}: song / Harry Parr Davies {Chappell} 17/148-4

Someday we shall meet again {from The Lisbon Story}: song / Harry Parr Davies {Chappell} 17/148-2

Purdy, Constance (1887-1960) American

Snowflakes (Schneeflöckchen) Op. 47 no. 1 / Aleksandr Grechaninov -- [poem by] W. Brüssoff [ie V. Briusov]; Eng. trans. Constance Purdy {med. v. : Oliver Ditson} 17/232-1 : No. 2: med. v. D min (orig.)

Pushkin, Alexander Sergeyevich (1799-1837) Russian

Eugene Onegin: lyric scenes in 3 acts / P I Tchaikovsky -- from the poem by Pushkin; Eng. version by Henry Reese {Schirmer} 06/059

Pyrker, János László (Johann Ladislaus) (1772-1847) Hungarian

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

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