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W., H. (20th c.) English

Greensleeves: song / Clive Richardson | lyric adapt. H. W. {Chappell} 17/471

Wager, William (fl.1566) English

Miller's Green: miniature suite for voice & p. (or orch.) [p. red.] / Alfred Brewer | words by Wager, Shelley et al. {Joseph Williams} 09/029

Wager, Willis (1911-1991) American

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

Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) German

Götterdämmerung (libr.) / Richard Wagner | Ger. libretto Richard Wagner; Eng. trans. &c William Mann {Friends of Covent Garden} 03/178-5 - Ger+Eng

Lohengrin (libr.): opera / Richard Wagner | paroles françaises de Charles Nuitter [with parallel Eng. text - libretto by Richard Wagner] {Librairie Stock &c} 03/178-1 - Fre+Eng

Das Rheingold (libr.) / Richard Wagner | Ger. libretto Richard Wagner; Eng. trans. &c William Mann {Friends of Covent Garden} 03/178-3 - Ger+Eng

Siegfried (libr.) / Richard Wagner | Ger. libretto Richard Wagner; Eng. trans. &c William Mann {Friends of Covent Garden} 03/178-2 - Ger+Eng

Die Walküre (libr.) / Richard Wagner | Ger. libretto Richard Wagner; Eng. trans. &c William Mann {Friends of Covent Garden} 03/178-4 - Ger+Eng

Wakefield, Augusta Mary (1853-1910) English

No sir!: Spanish ballad / A M Wakefield {Paterson} 16/050-5 [17] - Eng : No. 2 in C

Waley, Arthur (1889-1966) English

Folk songs from China: [10 songs] / Var. Comp. | Eng. words Irene Gass & Arthur Waley {Curwen} 10/060-5 - Eng

Walker, Margery P (20th c.) American

Five Moravian vocal duets from Op.32: rev. ed. / Antonín Dvořák | Eng. Margery Walker; ed. Edgar J. Evetts {Lengnick} 15/030-2 - Ger+Eng

Wallace, Raymond (19th-20th c.) English

Old Father Thames (keeps rolling along): song / Betsy O'Hogan {Lawrence Wright} 17/437 a-b : No. 2 in C

Old Father Thames (keeps rolling along): for male v. (TTBB) / Betsy O'Hogan | arr. Henry Geehl {Lawrence Wright} 18/113 a-e

When lights are low in Cairo: Eastern song fox-trot / Sherman Myers {Cecil Lennox} 17/424-2 : No. 2 in F

Wallace, William (1860-1940) Scottish

Black roses = Roses funèbres Op.36 no.1 / Jean Sibelius | by E. Josephson; Eng. version William Wallace {solo v. Breitkopf & Härtel} 17/514-3 a-b also at 10/045-8.2 [10]

Du bist ein Kind = Thou art a child {from Zwölf Lieder Op.28}: sop./ ten. / Felix von Weingartner | Ger. by Ernst Ziel; Eng. version William Wallace {Breitkopf & Härtel} 10/045-8.2 [8]

Du bist ein Kind = Thou art a child {from Zwölf Lieder Op.28} / Felix von Weingartner | Ger. by Ernst Ziel; Eng. version William Wallace {Breitkopf & Härtel} 17/569

Freebooter songs / William Wallace | w&m William Wallace {Cramer} 09/204

Little Lasse = Berceuse / Jean Sibelius | by Z. Topelius; Eng. version William Wallace {solo v. Breitkopf & Härtel} 17/514-4

Son of mine (Freebooter Songs no.3): cradle song / William Wallace {solo v. Cramer} 17/559.7(3) : No. 1 in D min

The tryst = Gretchen vient du rendez-vous Op.37 no.5 / Jean Sibelius | by J.L. Rüneberg; Eng. version William Wallace {solo v. Breitkopf & Härtel} 17/514-7 a-b

Waller, Edmund (1606-1687) English

Go, lovely rose [Op.24 no.3]: [song] / Roger Quilter {solo v. Chappell} 17/462-8 a-d : a-c: F | d: Gb

Go lovely rose!: song / Maude White {Ricordi} 17/571-4 : No. 1 in E

The self banished / John Blow | ed. (with real.) Michael Tippett & Walter Bergmann {solo v. Schott} 17/083.2 : High (G)

To Chloris singing / John Barkworth {solo v. MacDonagh, Capdeville} 17/029-6

Walton, Ellis [= Mrs F. Percy Cotton] (19th-20th c.) English

Carmeña: voc. waltz / H Lane Wilson {Reeder & Walsh} 17/581-1 - Eng : [No. 3] in E

Warner, Charles J. (20th c.) American

Der Schulmeister: komische Kantate [for bar. solo, 2-part boys' choir (TrA), 2 violins, bass (or 'cello) and harpsic./piano] / G P Telemann | Eng. trans. Charles J. Warner | arr. Fritz Stein {Bärenreiter} 43/075 - Ger+Eng

Warner, Sylvia Townsend (1893-1978) English

The flowering manger: three parts (SSC) / Percy Buck {Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 15/025

Wastell, Simon (1560-1635)  English

Like to the damask rose = Gleich wie der roten Rose pracht {from Seven Lieder}: song / Edward Elgar {Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 17/178-2 : No. 1 in G min

Watson, William Michael (1840-1899) English

All in a garden fair: song / Michael Watson {Enoch} 16/050-4 [32] : No. 2 in F

Stars of Earth!: song adapted (with violin or cello obbl.) to cavatina by Joachim Raff / Michael Watson {Enoch & Sons} 10/045-4 [10] : No. 2 in F

Watson, Rosamund Marriott (1860-1911) English

Blackbird's song Op.52 no.3 / Cyril Scott {Elkin} 17/501-2 a-e : a-c: Eb | d: D | e: F

The unforeseen Op.74 no.3 / Cyril Scott {solo v. Elkin} 17/501-4 a-d : a,d: D | b-c: Bb

Watson, William (Sir) (1858-1935) English

April {from Four songs} Op.14 no.2 / Roger Quilter {Boosey} 09/147-3 [2] : low v.

The lute player: song / Frances Allitsen {Edwin Ashdown} 17/008-2 a-f : a-d: B min | e-f: C min

Weatherly, Frederic Edward (1848-1929) English

The admiral's broom: song / Frederick Bevan {Enoch & Sons} 17/076-2 a-b : a: G b: D

The admiral's yarn: song / Paul A Rubens {Chappell} 17/483-2 : No. 1 in C

Alfio's song {from Cavalleria Rusticana}: [for low bar.] / Pietro Mascagni | Eng. words Fred E. Weatherly {Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 17/387-1 - Eng+Ita also at 21/227-2 [2]

Angus Macdonald: song / Joseph L Roeckel {Chappell} 17/479-2 a-b : a: C | b: D

Ave Maria {adapt. from Cavalleria Rusticana} / Pietro Mascagni | Ital. by P. Mazzoni; Eng. by Fred E. Weatherly {solo v. Edwin Ashdown} 17/387-2 a-b - Eng+Ita

Babylon: sacred song / Stephen Adams {Boosey} 16/050-3 [23] - Eng : No. 3 in F

The barber of Turin: song / Kennedy Russell {Chappell} 17/484-6 : No. 1 in A

The bugler / Ciro Pinsuti {bar. Edwin Ashdown} 17/450-2 : F (bar.)

The butterfly gay: song / Stephen Adams {Boosey} 17/004-1 : No. 1 in Eb

By the fountain: song / Stephen Adams {Boosey} 17/004-9 : No. 2 in F also at 16/050-5 [26]

By the light of the moon / Raymond Loughborough {solo v. Chappell} 17/356-1 : No. 2 in D

Cavalleria Rusticana = Rustic Chivalry: melodrama / Pietro Mascagni | Eng. trans. Frederic Weatherly {Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 06/025 a - Eng+Ita

The children's home: song / Frederic Cowen {Morley} 16/050-4 [37] : [No. ?] in ?

The children's home: song / Frederic Cowen {Morley} 17/140-6 a-b : a: Eb | b: C also at 10/045-4 [14]: C

The children's home: song / Frederic Cowen {Leonard} 17/140-6 c : [No. 3 in] D

Danny boy: song written to an old Irish air / Anon./Trad. {Boosey} 17/553.2 a-b : No. 1 in C

Darby and Joan: song / J L Molloy {Boosey} 10/045-4 [6] : No. 2 in G

Dearest, I bring you daffodils: song / Dorothy Forster {Chappell} 17/200-1 : No. 2 in Eb

A dinder courtship / Eric Coates {solo v. Boosey} 17/127-9 : No. 2 in C

The drum-major: song / Ernest Newton {Chappell} 17/426 : No. 1 in F also at 10/045-7 [8]

Easter flowers: song / Wilfrid Sanderson {Boosey} 17/488-9 a,c : a,c: Ab | b: Db | d: Bb

The extra special constables: song / Ernest Newton {Newman} 10/045-7 [16]

The fairy pipers: song / Alfred Brewer {Boosey} 17/100-1 : No. 2 in A

Fiddle and I: song w. vn acc. ad lib. / Mrs Arthur Goodeve {Enoch & Sons} 17/222.5 a-b : No. 1 in A

The flag of liberty: song / Claude Arundale {Enoch & Sons} 17/016.5

The flight of ages: song / Frederick Bevan {Boosey} 17/076-1 : No. 2 in Ab also at 16/050-4 [39]

Friend o' mine: song / Wilfrid Sanderson {Boosey & Hawkes} 17/488-4 a-f : a: G | b,e-f; Ab | c: Bb | d: F

The glory of the sea: song / Wilfrid Sanderson {Boosey} 17/488-18 : No. 1 in Bb

The gray mare (Three young men of Ware) {from Proverbs in Song}: song / Joseph L Roeckel {Enoch & Sons} 17/479-1 : No. 1 in Eb

The green hills o' Somerset: song / Eric Coates {Chappell} 17/127-3 : No. 1 in C

Guy d' Hardelot album, vol. 1: [8 songs] / Guy d' Hardelot | words by Edward Teschemacher, Fred Weatherly et al. {Chappell} 09/089(1)

Haydn Wood album: [8 songs] / Haydn Wood | words by Fred. E. Weatherly, Harold Simpson et al. {Chappell} 09/213

The Holy City: [song] / Stephen Adams {Boosey} 17/004-2 a-g : a,c-e: Ab | b: Bb | f-g: C also at 16/050-4 [41]

Babylon: song / Stephen Adams {Boosey} 17/004-14 : No. 1 in Eb [high]

Idle words: song / Stephen Adams {Boosey} 17/004-8 : No. 3 in Eb

If I might come to you / W H Squire {ten. Boosey} 13/020-7 [1] : in C

If I might come to you: song / W H Squire {Boosey} 17/527-1 : No. 4 in Bb

Jack Briton: song / W H Squire {Boosey} 17/527-3 : No. 2 in D

The last watch: song / Ciro Pinsuti {Boosey} 10/045-9 [15] : No. 1 in F

The linnet: song / Robert C Clarke {Chappell} 17/122-3 : No. 1 in F

The little damozel: song / Ivor Novello {Boosey} 17/432-5 a-b : a: D | b: Eb

The little tin soldier: [song] / J L Molloy | [words] by F. E. Weatherly (after Hans Andersen) {Chappell} 16/050-5 [7]

Lola's song {from Cavalleria Rusticana} / Pietro Mascagni | Eng. words Fred. E. Weatherly {mez. Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 21/227-2 [3] - Eng+Ita

Long ago in Alcala {from Mirette}: song / André Messager | words by F.E. Weatherley & Adrian Ross {Chappell} 17/396-2

A May morning: song / Luigi Denza {Chappell} 17/161.2 a-c : a,c: G | b: D

The midshipmite: song / Stephen Adams {Boosey} 17/004-13 a-b : a: Bb | b: C

Mifanwy: song / Dorothy Forster {Chappell} 17/200-2 - Eng : No. 3 in G

Moon-daisies: song / Eric Coates {Chappell} 17/127-13 : No. 2 in Eb

Moonlight: part-song for SATB / Eaton Faning {Novello} 18/055-1

Mountain lovers / W H Squire {ten. Boosey} 13/020-7 [3] : in Eb

Mountain lovers: song / W H Squire {Boosey} 17/527-5 a-c : a,c: F | b: Eb

Mountain lovers: duet (mez. & bar.) / W H Squire {Boosey} 18/155(1) : No. 1 in Eb

My dreams: song / Paolo Tosti {Chappell} 17/553-2 a-b : a: Db | b: Bb

Nancy Lee: song / Stephen Adams {Boosey} 17/004-3 : No. 2 in D

Nirvana: song / Stephen Adams {Boosey} 17/004-4 a-e : a-b: Bb | c-d: C | e: D [med./high]

The old brigade: song / Odoardo Barri {Reynolds} 17/038 : [No. 2 in] G

Parted: song / Paolo Tosti | Eng. by Fred. E. Weatherly {Ricordi} 17/553-3 a-c : a: Bb | b-c: F

Prologue {from Pagliacci) / Ruggero Leoncavallo | w&m R. Leoncavallo; Eng. adapt. Frederic E. Weatherly {solo v. Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 17/340-1 a-c - Eng+Ita : a,c: low (Bb) | b: high (C)

Romanza e Scena {from Cavalleria Rusticana}: [Santuzza's aria (sop./mez.] / Pietro Mascagni | Eng. words Fred E. Weatherly {Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 17/387-3 a-b - Eng+Ita : No. 1 in E min (orig.)

Roses: song / Stephen Adams 16/050-5 [38] : No. 2 in Bb

Roses of Picardy: song / Haydn Wood {Chappell} 17/590-15 a-c : No. 2 in C

Santuzza's romanza e scena {from Cavalleria Rusticana} / Pietro Mascagni | Eng. words Fred. E. Weatherly {sop. Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 21/227-2 [4] - Eng+Ita

A sergeant of the line: song / W H Squire {Boosey} 17/527-9 : No. 2 in G

The song of the waggoner / F S Breville-Smith {Chappell} 10/045-7 [17]

Star of Bethlehem: song / Stephen Adams 16/050-4 [2] : No. 2 in F

The Star of Bethlehem: song / Stephen Adams {Boosey} 17/004-5 a-b : a: G | b: F

Star of God: song / Eric Coates {Chappell} 17/127-4 a-b : No. 1 in Eb

The stars of Normandie: song / Stephen Adams {Boosey} 16/050-3 [7] : No. 3 in Eb

The stars of Normandie: song / Stephen Adams {Boosey} 17/004-12 : No. 1 in C

Stone-cracker John: song / Eric Coates {Boosey} 17/127-10 : No. 1 in D also at 10/045-7 [2]

Tell her I love her so: [song] / Philip De Faye {Newnes} 16/040 [3/1]

Thora: song / Stephen Adams {Boosey} 17/004-6 : No. 2 in Eb

'Tis the day = Mattinata / Ruggero Leoncavallo | w&m R. Leoncavallo; Eng. trans. Frederic E. Weatherly {solo v. Ricordi} 17/340-2.2 : No. 2 in D

The valley by the sea: song / Stephen Adams {Boosey} 16/050-5 [36] : No. 3 in Eb

The veteran's song (Long live the King) / Stephen Adams {Boosey} 17/004-7 a-b : a: C | b: D

When shadows gather / Charles Marshall {ten. Boosey} 13/020-7 [7] : in D

When you come home: song / W H Squire {Boosey} 17/527-6 a-d : a: G | b,d: Eb | c: F also at 10/045-8.2 [16]

Webb, Mary (1881-1927) English

Foxgloves {from Songs of the Countryside} / Michael Head {Boosey & Hawkes} 17/266-13 : No. 2 in C

Rose-berries: song / Bernard Naylor {Roberton} 17/424.5-2

Webbe, Charles (d. c1678) English

Six songs / Henry Purcell | arr. & ed. Alfred Moffat {Forsyth Bros.} 10/076 [1]

Webster, Paul Francis (1907-1984) American

Calamity Jane (libr.): musical western / Sammy Fain | lyrics by Paul Francis Webster adapt. Phil Park {Josef Weinberger } 03/042

Calamity Jane: 'operetta in two acts' / musical western / Sammy Fain | lyrics by Paul Francis Webster adapt. Phil Park | music adapt. & arr. Ronald Hanmer {Warner Bros.} 07/009.5

I'll walk with God / Nicholas Brodzky {solo v. Harms-Witmark} 17/104

Love is a many-splendored thing / Sammy Fain {solo v. Robbins} 17/185-1

The loveliest night of the year / Irving Aaronson {solo v. Francis, Day & Hunter} 17/001

Masquerade: waltz song / John Jacob Loeb {Leo. Feist} 17/350 - Eng

Secret love / Sammy Fain {solo v. Warner Bros.} 17/185-2

Weckerlin, Jean-Baptiste (1821-1910) French

Pastourelles: [20] romances et chansons du XVe siècle / Var. Comp. | trans. J B Weckerlin 10/023.5

Wedekind, Frank (1864-1918) German

Lulu (libr.): opera in 3 acts / Alban Berg | words by the composer after 'Erdgeist' and 'Büchse der Pandora' by Frank Wedekind; Eng. trans. Arthur Jacobs {Universal} Spec Coll - Ger+Eng

Lulu [Acts 1 and 2]: Oper nach den Tragödien 'Erdgeist' und 'Büchse der Pandora' von Frank Wedekind, / Alban Berg | p. red. Erwin Stein {Universal} Spec Coll

Lulu [Act 3]: Oper in drei Akten nach den Tragödien 'Erdgeist' und 'Büchse der Pandora' von Frank Wedekind / Alban Berg | p. red. Erwin Stein {Universal} Spec Coll

Weeden, Howard (1847-1905) American

A banjo song Op.22 no.4 / Sidney Homer {Chappell} 17/288-1 a : No. 1 in A

A banjo song Op.22 no.4 / Sidney Homer {Winthrop Rogers} 17/288-1 b : low v. (A)

Weir, Helen (20th c.) Scottish

The snow is on the mountain = Der Schnee liegt auf den Bergen: ski-song / foxtrot (orchestral version) / Harry King | orig. Edith Bishop; Ger. Walt Harau {Austro-Scotia} Spec Coll

Wells, Robert ('Bob') (1922-1998) American

The Christmas song ('Merry Christmas to you') / Mel Tormé | w&m Mel Torm? & Robert Wells {solo v. Edwin Morris} 17/552.87

Wensley, Shapcott [= Henry Shapcott Bunce] (1854-1917) English

The banner of St George Op.33: ballad for chor. & orch. [p.red.] / Edward Elgar {Novello} 01/037-1 a-d

The banner of St George: ballad by Shapcott Wensley / Edward Elgar {SATB choir Novello} 44/021-1

The hours: cantata or operetta for female v. / Joseph L Roeckel {Novello} 01/064.5

Wesendonck, Agnes Mathilde (1828-1902) German

Fünf Gedichte für Frauenstimme (Wesendonck-Lieder) / Richard Wagner {Peters} 09/203 a - Ger+Eng : low. v.

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788) English

Blaenwern = Love divine, all loves excelling: arr. for SATB / W P Rowlands | arr. Oliver Janes {Josef Weinberger } 02/104

The Lord is my shepherd (Psalm 23): for SATB & pf / org / Howard Goodall {Faber Music } 15/038.5

Love divine: for SATB(div) & pf / org / Howard Goodall {Faber Music } 15/038.5-2

West, Anne Pamela (19th-20th c.) English

The meaning of a rose: song / Maurice Besley {Boosey} 17/075-3 : No. 2 in Eb

West, John Ebenezer (1863-1929) Scottish

Sing ye to the Lord = Singet dem Herrn: motet for double choir / J S Bach | Eng. words adapted from Psalms 149 and 150 by William Bartholomew; ed. John E West {Novello} 05/001-3 a

The Spirit also helpeth us = Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf: motet for double choir / J S Bach | ed. John E. West; Eng. words adapted from Romans VIII 26, 27 by Williams Bartholomew {Novello} 05/001-4

Weston, Robert Patrick (1878-1936) English

Good-bye-ee!: [song] / Bert Lee | arr. Dudley E. Bayford, {Francis, Day & Hunter} 07/060 [10]

You're well dressed if you're wearing a smile / R P Weston | w&m R. P. Weston & Bert Lee {solo v. Francis, Day & Hunter} 17/570.3

Westwood, Thomas (1814-1888) English

Slow, horses, slow: [song] / Armstrong Gibbs {OUP} 17/219-14

Wetmore, William Jarvis (1809-c1880)

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

Wette, Adelheid (1858-1916) German

Hänsel and Gretel: fairy opera in 3 acts / Engelbert Humperdinck | by Adelheid Wette (Eng. Constance Bache) | arr. R. Kleinmichel {Schott} 06/023 b

Wever, Robert (fl.c1550) English

In an arbour green: song / Peter Warlock {Paterson} 17/563-2 a-b

Whishaw, Frederick James (1854-1934) English

The red sarafan: song / Alexander Egorovich Varlamov | adapt. w. Eng. words Fred. Whishaw {Alfred Lengnick} 17/570.8 : No. 1 in G

Tchaikowsky's songs: [44 songs] / P I Tchaikovsky | Eng. words Fred. J. Whishaw {Boosey} 09/193 - Eng

To the forest / P I Tchaikovsky {solo v. Boosey} 17/550-3

Whistler, Robert (19th-20th c.) English

Dichterliebe Op.48: song cycle [16 songs] / Robert Schumann | Ger. texts Heinrich Heine; Eng. Robert Whistler {Boosey & Hawkes} 09/173-1 - Eng+Ger : low. v.

Fifteen selected songs vol. 1 / Johannes Brahms | Eng. trans. Robert Whistler {Alfred Lengnick} 09/025-1(1) a-b - Eng+Ger : a: high v. | b: low v.

Fifteen selected songs Bk 2 / Johannes Brahms | Eng. trans. Robert Whistler {Alfred Lengnick} 09/025-1(2) a-c - Eng+Ger : a: low v. | b-c: high v. also at 10/055 [2] low v.

White, Maude Valérie (1855-1937) English

An den Geliebten = To the beloved / Maude White | Eng. trans. Maude Valérie White {solo v. Laudy} 17/571(3) : No. 2 in G min

Whiting, George A (1884-1943) American

My blue heaven / Walter Donaldson {solo v. Francis, Day & Hunter} 17/166-2

Whitman, Walt (1819-1892) American

Elegiac ode from President Lincoln's burial hymn / C Villiers Stanford 01/070-1

Ethiopia saluting the colours: song / Charles Wood {Boosey} 17/589.5-2 : No. 2 in A

Im Meeresstreiben = Sea Drift: [for bar. & mixed chor.] / Frederick Delius 01/032

My captain: [song] / Cyril Scott {Elkin} 17/501-8 : No. 1 in F

The mystic trumpeter: for bar. solo, chor. & orch. [p.red.] / Hamilton Harty {Novello} 01/048 a-b

The mystic trumpeter: for medium voice, trumpet, and piano (or organ) / Robert Starer | text from poem by Walt Whitman {Alexander Broude} 30/129

Ode to Death Op.38: cantata / Gustav Holst {choir} 01/051-4

A sea symphony: for sop. & bar. soli, chor. & orch. [p.red.] / Ralph Vaughan-Williams {Stainer & Bell} 01/076-7 a-d

Toward the unknown region: song [for SATB chor.] / Ralph Vaughan-Williams {Stainer & Bell} 01/076-9 a-d

Whittaker, William Gillies (1876-1944) English

New love-song waltzes = Neue Liebeslieder-Wälzer Op.65: 2nd set, for [four] vv & p. duet / Johannes Brahms | ed. W. Gillies Whittaker, Eng. text Albert G. Latham {SATB choir / p. duet (4 h) OUP} 09/025-6(2) - Eng

A short Passion (from St Matthew's Gospel): choruses only / J S Bach | Eng. text C Sanford Terry; Welsh by E. T. Davies & Gwilym Williams {SATB soli / SATB choir OUP} 08/005-7.3 - Eng+Wel

Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892) American

Dear Lord and Father of Mankind: hymn for SATB / Hubert Parry {Novello} 02/090-3 a-c

Whyte-Melville, George John (1821-1878) Scottish

Good-bye!: song / Paolo Tosti {Ricordi} 17/552.9 : No. 3 in F (mez./bar.) also at 16/050-3 [25]

Goodbye: song (with violin ad lib.) / Paolo Tosti {Ricordi} 17/553-1 a-b : a: Eb | b: F

Wilce, J. (19th c.) English

Over the hawthorn hedge: duet (copy-a cover: for 2 sop.) / Stephen Glover {Edwin Ashdown} 18/063-2 a-b : in Bb

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler (1850-1919) American

My ships: song / Augustus Barratt {Boosey} 17/033 : No. 1 in C

Smiles: song / Kathleen Heron-Maxwell {Boosey} 17/284 : No. 2 in D

Twelve songs Op.9 & 10 / Adela Maddison | words by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1), Swinburne (2-6), Rossetti (7-8), Tennyson (9), Shelley (10), Heine (11), Trad. (12) {solo v. Metzler} 10/085 [6]

Wild, Ernest E. (1869-1934) English

The pathway of the moon: song / Amy Woodforde-Finden {Boosey} 17/592-3

Wilder, Jérôme Albert Victor van (1835-1892) Belgian

Cinq poëmes pour une voix de femme / Richard Wagner | Fre. by Victor Wilder {Schott's Söhne} 09/203 b : low. v.

Twenty famous songs, vol. 1: new ed. w. rev. translations / Johannes Brahms | Eng. by Elisabeth M. Lockwood, Fre. by Victor Wilder {Alfred Lengnick} 09/025-7(1) a-d - Eng+Ger+Fre : a,d: high v. | b-c: low v.

Wilhelmi, Frida (19th-20th c.) German

Sing me to sleep = Sing mir dein Lied: song / Edwin Greene | words by Clifton Bingham; Ger. Frida Wilhelmi 16/050-5 [30]

Wilkins, Adela (19th-20th c.) English

Too late: rondeau / Franco Leoni {solo v. Boosey} 10/045-5 [13]

Willet, Thomas (18th c.) English

Buxom Joan (1778): a new burletta [for SMTTB soli & small orch,] / Raynor Taylor | arr. & ed. R. B. Williams (1985) from the copy at Brodie Castle RBW/46

The recitatives etc in Buxom Joan: a new burletta [for SMTTB soli & small orch,] / Raynor Taylor | libretto by Thomas Willet {Longman & Broderip} Spec Coll

Williams, Alfred Owen (1877-1930) English

Cuckoo song Op.15 no.1 / Roger Quilter {Boosey} 17/462-1 a-b : No. 2 in D

Williams, Gus [= Gustave Wilhelm Leweck] (1848-1915) American

See that my grave's kept green: [song and chorus (SATB)] / Gus Williams | [words by Williams?] 16/050-1 [19]

Williams, Harry Hiram (1879-1922) American

Bright eyes, good-bye!: [song] / Egbert Van Alstyne | written by Harry H. Williams & Fred. W. Leigh {Francis, Day & Hunter} 16/050-5 [29]

Williams, Henry James ('Harry') (1873-1924) English

It's a long way to Tipperary / Jack Judge | written and composed by Jack Judge and Harry Williams {solo v. Feldman} 17/307

Williams, Paul Hamilton Jr (1940- American

We've only just begun (SAB): p. acc. with optional string bass, guitar & percussion / Roger Nichols | arr. Milt Rogers {Music Sales} 15/046

Wills, William Gorman (1828-1891) Irish

I'll sing thee a song of Araby {from Lalla Rookh} / Frederic Clay {Chappell} 17/124-2 a-d : a-b: F | c-d: G

Willson, Robert Meredith (1902-1984) American

The Music Man (libr.): [musical] / Meredith Willson {Frank} 03/190 a-b

The Music Man: musical comedy / Meredith Willson {Frank} 07/057.7 a-b

Wilson, H. Lane (1870-1915) English

Come, all ye lads and lasses {from Flora's Holiday}: quartet / arr. H Lane Wilson | Old English melody, words by H. Lane Wilson {SATB soli Boosey} 18/179-3(1)

The country dance {from Flora's Holiday}: quartet / arr. H Lane Wilson | Old English melody, words by H. Lane Wilson {Boosey} 18/179-3(3)

Wilson, John ('Christopher North') (1785-1854) Scottish

Turn ye to me {from Songs of the North}: old Highland melody / arr. Malcolm Lawson | words by John Wilson ('Christopher North'); arr. Malcolm Lawson {Cramer} 17/331-6 : [No. 1] in E

Wilson, Margaret Adam (Mrs) (1840-1919) Scottish

My ain wee house: Scotch song / D R Munro {Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 17/421 a-c : a: A | b-c: F

Wilson, Robert (1907-1964) Scottish

Haste you back (I/we love you dearly) / Leslie Sturdy {solo v. Kerr} 17/541

Wilson, Alexander Galbraith ('Sandy') (1924-2014) English

The Boy Friend (libr.): new musical comedy of the 1920s / Sandy Wilson | book, lyrics and music by Sandy Wilson {International} 03/192

The Boy Friend: new musical comedy of the 1920s / Sandy Wilson | book, lyrics and music by Sandy Wilson {International} 07/057.8

The Boy Friend (piano selection) / Sandy Wilson | arr. Chris Langdon {solo v. Chappell} 17/580

Wilson, James Steuart (Sir) (1889-1966) 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 - Eng

Das Lied von der Erde = The song of the Earth: a 'symphony' of 6 songs for tenor and contralto (or baritone) from Hans Bethge's Chinesische Flöte] / Gustav Mahler | voc. sc. Erwin Stein {Universal} 15/040 - Eng+Ger

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

The setting sun ('Freiwilliges Versinken'): [song] / Franz Schubert | words by Mayrhofer, Eng. trans. Steuart Wilson {OUP} 17/496-17 - Eng

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

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 - Eng

Wilson, Theodora (1865-1941) English

Ein alter Traum = An old dream / Maude White | Eng. words Theodora Wilson {solo v. Laudy} 17/571(2) : No. 1 in G

Glück auf = God speed / Maude White | Eng. words Theodora Wilson {solo v. Laudy} 17/571(5) : No. 1 in G

Wanderlied = A Wanderer's song / Maude White | Eng. words Theodora Wilson {Laudy} 17/571(4) : No. 2 in G

Wimperis, Arthur (1874-1953) English

The Arcadians (libr.) / Lionel Monckton | lyrics by Arthur Wimperis {Samuel French} 03/089 a-c

The Arcadians: fantastic musical play / Lionel Monckton | music by Lionel Monckton and Howard Talbot; lyrics by Arthur Wimperis | music by Lionel Monckton and Howard Talbot {Chappell} 07/023-1 a-c

Arcady is ever young {from The Arcadians}: song / Lionel Monckton | words by Lionel Monckton and Arthur Wimperis {Chappell} 17/408-3 a-b : a; Eb | b: C

I don't want to be a soldier: parody of [song]: I'll make a man of you / Herman Finck | orig. words by Arthur Wimperis | arr. Dudley E. Bayford, {solo v. Francis, Day & Hunter} 07/060 [1]

I'll make a man of you: [song] / Herman Finck | arr. Dudley E. Bayford, {Francis, Day & Hunter} 07/060 [5]

The pipes of Pan are calling {from The Arcadians}: song / Lionel Monckton {Chappell} 17/408 a-d : a-b: Ab | c-d: F also at 10/045-8.1 [6]

Winkler, Franz (1906-1962) Austrian

Forever and ever / Franz Winkler | from Winkler's 'Fliege mit mir in die Heimat'; Eng. lyrics by Malia Rosa {solo v. Francis, Day & Hunter} 17/584

Winther, Christian Ferdinand (1796-1876)​ Danish

Last night: song / Halfdan Kjerulf | Ger. words by Christian Winther; Eng. by T. Marzials {Stanley Lucas, Weber} 10/045-5 [9] - Eng+Ger : No. 1 in Ab

Wither, George (1588-1667) English

Three Nativity carols: for 4-part chor. of mixed voices unaccomp. / Ronald Center {Roberton} 02/031

Witty, Frank (19th-20th c.) English

Little Mary Fawcett: song / James Witty {Chappell} 17/586

Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville (1881-1975) English

Bill {from Show Boat} / Jerome Kern | words by P. G. Wodehouse & Oscar Hammerstein II {solo v. Chappell} 17/318-1

Wolfe, Humbert (1885-1940) Anglo-Italian

Now in these fairylands: song / Gustav Holst {Augener} 17/287-3

Wolsey, Newman (19th-20th c.)

Into thy hands: sacred song / Newman Wolsey {Paxton} 16/050-4 [36]

Wood, David Bernard (1944- English

Rock Nativity: musical in 2 acts / Tony Hatch | music by Tony Hatch & Jackie Trent; lyrics by David Wood {Josef Weinberger } 07/013.45

Wood, James (20th c.) English

A Christmas carol: musical play / Malcolm Shapcott | book by Christopher Bedloe, lyrics by James Wood {Samuel French} 07/031.5

Wood, James S. (Rev.) (b. 1908) Scottish

Bennachie: for SATB chor. & piano / John Hearne 01/049.2 - Sco

Wordsworth, William (1770-1850) English

She dwelt among the untrodden ways: song / Lawrence Kellie {Metzler} 17/313 : No. 2 in Ab

Worsley, Dorothy (20th c.) English

Your hand in mine: song / Alfred Merlin {Lawrence Wright} 17/395 a-b : a: Bb (low) | b: C (high - orig.)

Wotton, Henry (Sir) (1568-1639) English

Seven songs Op.36: for mixed chor. & small orch. [p. red.] / John Gardner | words by Elizabethan poets Shakespeare, Herrick, Jonson and Wotton {OUP} 18/060

Wright, Hugh E. (1879-1940) English

Leanin': song / T C Sterndale- Bennett {Boosey & Hawkes} 17/064-1 a-b : No. 1 in F

Wright, James ('Jimmy') (20th c.) Scottish

The 'Bon Accord' collection of bothy ballads: [16 songs] / James Wright | [written & composed] by James Wright {Kerr} 09/218

Wright, Lawrence (1888-1964) English

Are we downhearted? No! / Lawrence Wright | w&m Worton David and Lawrence Wright {solo v. Lawrence Wright} 17/594.5

Wright, Robert "Bob" (1914-2005) 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 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 - Eng

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 {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

Wrubel, Allie (1905-1973) American

Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet / Allie Wrubel | lyrics by Allie Wrubel, Ray Gilbert {solo v. Leeds Music} 17/595

Wyatt-Smith, B. F. (19th c.) English

Why so pale the roses? = Warum? Op.6 no.5 / P I Tchaikovsky | Eng. words B.F. Wyatt-Smith {solo v. Enoch & Sons} 17/550-4 - Ger+Eng

Wynn, Harold (19th-20th c.) English

Going to market: song / Louis Diehl {Boosey} 10/045-4 [23] : No. 1 in C

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