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B., L. L. (19th c.) English

True till death: [song] / Alfred Scott Gatty {Newnes} 16/040 [3/18]

Bache, Constance (1846-1903) English

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

Kantate Nr 56 'Ich will den Kreuztab gerne tragen': for bass solo & SATB chor. / J S Bach | Eng. trans. Constance Bache {Breitkopf} 01/003-9 - Ger+Eng

Three lyrics from Hänsel and Gretel / Engelbert Humperdinck | Eng. adapt. Constance Bache {sop. Schott} 11/010 - Ger+Eng

Villanelle = With the swallow: song / Eva Dell'Acqua | Fre. Frédéric van der Elst; Eng. Constance Bache {Hatzfeld} 16/050-5 [27] - Fre+Eng : No. 2 in C

Villanelle = With the swallow: song / Eva Dell'Acqua | Fre. by Frédéric van der Elst; Eng. by Constance Bache {Edwin Ashdown} 17/161 b-d : b-c: Eb w. cad. | d: D [med./high] w. cad.

With the swallow = Villanelle: song / Eva Dell'Acqua | Fre. by Frédéric van der Elst; Eng. by Constance Bache {Edwin Ashdown} 17/161 b-d - Fre+Eng : b-c: Eb w. cad. | d: D [med./high] w. cad.

Weihnachtslieder = Christmas songs Op.8: song cycle [6 songs] / Peter Cornelius | Eng. trans. Constance Bache 09/047.1 a

Bailey, Philip James (1816-1902) English

The rose and the nightingale: song / Frederick Keel | words from Bailey's 'Festus' {Boosey} 17/312 : No. 2 in G

Baker, Henry Williams (Sir) (1821-1877) English

The King of love my Shepherd Is: sacred song (sop./ ten.) / Charles Gounod {Phillips & Page} 17/225-4 a-d : in F

Baker, Theodore (1851-1934) American

Adelaide / Ludwig van Beethoven | poem by Matthisson; Eng. version Th. Baker {solo v. Schirmer} 17/050-5 b - Ger+Eng : [No. 3 in] F [alto/bass]

Adieu forêts = Farewell ye mountains {from Jeanne d'Arc}: sop. recit. & aria / P I Tchaikovsky | Eng. version Th. Baker {sop. / mez. Schirmer} 17/550-1 a-b : a: D | b: F

Litany for All Souls' Day / Franz Schubert | [words by] Jacobi; Eng. version Th. Baker {solo v. Schirmer} 17/496-4

The Maid of the Mill: [20 songs] / Franz Schubert | Eng. trans. Theodore Baker 09/169-2.1 - Eng+Ger : high v.

Songs (First vocal album complete) / Franz Schubert | Eng. trans. Dr Theodore Baker {Schirmer} 09/169-8(1) a-b - Eng+Ger : a: low v. | b: high v.

Twenty-four favorite songs / Franz Schubert | Eng. trans. Dr Theodore Baker {Schirmer} 09/169-7 b-c - Eng+Ger : b: high v. | c: low v.

Woman's life and love = Frauenliebe und -Leben Op.42: 8 songs w. p. acc, / Robert Schumann | the poems by Chamisso; Eng. trans. Dr Th. Baker et al {solo v. Schirmer} 17/499-4 a-b - Ger+Eng : a: high | b: low

Bale, John (1495-1563) English

Wassail: 4-part song, SATB / Charles Wood | words [from Kynge Johan] by John Bale {Deane} 18/180

Ball, William (19th c.) English

Stabat Mater = Tribulation: [for SSTB soli, SATB & orch. - p.red.] / Gioachino Rossini | Eng. adapt. William Ball {Novello, Ewer} 02/102 a-d

Ballantine, James (1806-1877) Scottish

Castles in the air / Robert Adams {solo v. Swan & Pentland} 10/045-4 [2] - Sco

Ballantine, John (19th c.) Scottish

My heather hills: [song and chorus (SAB or TBarB)] / James S Geikie 16/050-1 [30] - Sco

Bampton, Claude (1908-1969) English

A tale of the sea: song / Claude Bampton {Chappell} 17/026.5 : in Eb

Bantock, Helen F. (1868-1961) English

see also Royden Barrie

Love calls through the Summer night {from Rosmé}: [song] / Roger Quilter {solo v. Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 17/462-9 a-b : No. 2 in E

Love calls through the Summer night {from Rosmé}: duet (mez. & bar.) / Roger Quilter {Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew} 18/127-2 : No. 1 in D min

Benson, Arthur Christopher (1862-1925) English

In the dawn {from The professor}: song / Edward Elgar {Boosey} 17/178-6 : No. 1 in C

Land of hope and glory: song / Edward Elgar {Boosey} 16/050-3 [3] : No. 2 in C also at 17/178-5 d

Land of hope and glory: song / Edward Elgar {Boosey & Hawkes} 17/178-5 a-d : a: Bb | b-c: D | d: C [med.]

Ode to music / Hubert Parry {Novello} 01/063-3 a-c

Benson, Robert Hugh (1871-1914) English

Du temps des bergères: six chansons dans la forme populaire / Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin | Eng. words E.M. Traquair {Augener} 09/208

Requiem Op.45: for soli, chor. & orch. [p.red.] (organ ad lib.) / Johannes Brahms | Eng. adapt. E. M. Traquair rev. R. H. Benson {sop. & bar. / SATB choir / org Breitkopf & Härtel} 02/022.1 b-c - Eng

Berg, Alban (1885-1935) Austrian

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

Bergman, Alan (1925- American

The windmills of your mind: theme from The Thomas Crown Affair / Michel Legrand | lyric by Marilyn and Alan Bergman {solo v. Columbia Pictures} 17/334.7

Bergman, Marilyn Keith (1928-2022) American

The windmills of your mind: theme from The Thomas Crown Affair / Michel Legrand | lyric by Marilyn and Alan Bergman {solo v. Columbia Pictures} 17/334.7

Berlin, Irving (1888-1989) American

All alone {from The Punch-bowl}: waltz song / Irving Berlin {Francis, Day & Hunter} 17/069-10

Annie Get Your Gun (libr.): musical play in 2 acts / Irving Berlin | book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields; music & lyrics by Irving Berlin {Chappell} 03/016 a-b

Annie Get Your Gun / Irving Berlin {Irving Berlin} 07/004-1 a-b

Anything you can do {from Annie Get Your Gun} / Irving Berlin {solo v. Irving Berlin} 17/069-4 a-b

Blue skies: fox-trot song / Irving Berlin {Francis, Day & Hunter} 17/069-6

Call Me Madam (libr.): musical / Irving Berlin | lyrics & music by Irving Berlin {Irving Berlin} 03/016-2

Call Me Madam: musical / Irving Berlin 07/004

Easter parade / Irving Berlin {solo v. IMP} 17/069-7

The golden years: [27 songs] / Irving Berlin {Chappell} 09/017

Let me sing and I'm happy {from Jolson Sings Again} / Irving Berlin {solo v. Francis, Day & Hunter} 17/069-5

My defences are down {from Annie Get Your Gun} / Irving Berlin {solo v. Irving Berlin} 17/069-11

A pretty girl is like a melody / Irving Berlin {solo v. Irving Berlin} 17/069-3

Russian lullaby: waltz song / Irving Berlin {Francis, Day & Hunter} 17/069-12

Say It with music: song fox trot / Irving Berlin {Francis, Day & Hunter} 17/069-1

Sisters {from White Christmas} / Irving Berlin {solo v. Irving Berlin} 17/069-2 a-b

Song album: [6 songs] from his musical plays and films / Irving Berlin {Irving Berlin} 09/017-2

The song is ended (But the melody lingers on): waltz-song / Irving Berlin {Francis, Day & Hunter} 17/069-9

There's no business like show business {from Annie Get your Gun} / Irving Berlin {solo v. Irving Berlin} 17/069-4.8

What'll I do?: waltz song / Irving Berlin {Francis, Day & Hunter} 17/069-13

When I leave the world behind / Irving Berlin {solo v. EMI} 17/069-8

Bernhoff, John (1859-c1925) Anglo-German

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

Eichendorff-Lieder vol. 1: [10 songs] / Hugo Wolf | Eng. trans. John Bernhoff {Peters} 09/212-2(1) - Ger+Eng : low. v.

Four duets = Vier Duette Op.38: for sop. & contr. / Antonín Dvořák | Ger. Ernst du Vinage, Eng. John Bernhoff; based on Moravian national poetry {Simrock} 15/030-1 a-b - Ger+Cze+Eng

Himmelsboten zu Liebchens Himmelbett = The Angel's love message Op.32 no.5: [song] / Richard Strauss {Universal} 17/538-6(5) : low v.

Kinder-Totenlieder von Rückert: 5 songs / Gustav Mahler | Eng. words John Bernhoff {Universal} 09/117-1 b : med. v.

Lieder nach verschiedenen Dichtern Bd 1: [12 songs] / Hugo Wolf | Eng. trans. John Bernhoff {Peters} 09/212-5(1) a - Ger+Eng : orig. key

Lieder-Album Bd 1: [11 songs] / Richard Strauss | Eng. words John Bernhoff {Universal} 09/186(1) - Ger+Eng : high v.

Lieder-Album Bd 2: [10 songs] / Richard Strauss | Eng. words John Bernhoff {Universal} 09/186(2) - Ger+Eng : high v.

Lieder-Album Bd 3: [10 songs] / Richard Strauss | Eng. words John Bernhoff {Universal} 09/186(3) - Ger+Eng : high v.

Mausfallen-Sprüchlein = The mouser's magic verses / Hugo Wolf | Mörike (Eng. John Bernhoff) {solo v. Peters} 17/588-2

Morgen = Tomorrow (Vier Lieder Op.27 no.4) / Richard Strauss | text: John Henry Mackay; Eng. words John Bernhoff {Universal} 17/538-3(4) : high v.

Nachtgang = At night {Drei Lieder Op.29 no.3} / Richard Strauss {Universal} 17/538-2(3) : low v.

O, wärst du mein! = O, wert tho mine! Op.26 no.2: [song] / Richard Strauss {Jos. Aibl} 17/538-7(2) : low v.

Traum durch die Dämmerung = Dream in the twilight Op.29 no.1: [song] / Richard Strauss | Ger. by Otto Julius Bierbaum, Eng. by John Bernhoff {Breitkopf & Härtel} 17/538-2(1) : low v.

Vier Duette = Four duets Op.38: for sop. & contr. / Antonín Dvořák | Ger. Ernst du Vinage, Eng. John Bernhoff; based on Moravian national poetry {Simrock} 15/030-1 a-b - Ger+Cze+Eng

Waldmädchen = Forest nymph {Eichendorff-Lieder no.20} / Hugo Wolf | Eng. words John Bernhoff {solo v. Augener} 17/588-6

Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1980) American

Cool {from West Side Story} / Leonard Bernstein | words by Stephen Sondheim & Leonard Bernstein {solo v. Chappell} 17/074-1

Bertrand, Aloysius (1807-1841) French

L'Ondine {from Gaspard de la Nuit} / Maurice Ravel | d'apres Aloysius Bertrand {p. solo Durand} 21/294-1(1)

Bertrand, Jules (1847-1875) French

The palms = Les rameaux: sacred song / Jean-Baptiste Fauré | text: J. Bertrand; Eng. words Clifton Bingham {mez. / bar. Schott} 17/188-4 - Eng : mez./bar.

Bethge, Hans (1876-1946) German

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

Bethune, George Washington (Rev.) (1805-1862) American

The auld Scotch sangs / J F Leeson {solo v. Bayley} 17/334 a

O sing to me the auld Scotch songs / J F Leeson {solo v. Paxton} 17/334 b

Betjemann, Rose Dafforne (1858-1918) English

The story of Calvary: cantata / Thomas Adams {Novello} 01/002-1

Beverley, M.

Fly, little dove: set in canon for two equal v. / Theo Marzials {Weekes} 18/097-1 : No. 2 in F

Bierbaum, Otto Julius (1865-1910) German

Nachtgang = At night {Drei Lieder Op.29 no.3} / Richard Strauss {Universal} 17/538-2(3) : low v.

Traum durch die Dämmerung = Dream in the twilight Op.29 no.1: [song] / Richard Strauss | Ger. by Otto Julius Bierbaum, Eng. by John Bernhoff {Breitkopf & Härtel} 17/538-2(1) : low v.

Bingham, G. Clifton (1859-1913) English

Asthore (Darling): song / Henri Trotère 16/050-5 [40]

Beyond: song / Edward St Quentin {Morley} 16/050-5 [24] : No. 3 in Eb

The city of the King: [song] / Odoardo Barri {Mathias & Strickland} 16/050-4 [16] : No. 2 in G

Dear heart: song / Tito Mattei {Chappell} 16/050-3 [4] : No. 2 in D

L'Été / Cécile Chaminade | words by Ed. Guinand; Eng. words by Clifton Bingham {solo v. Joseph Williams} 17/115 b - Fre+Eng+Ger : [No. 2 in] G

Giver of life: song / Edith Fortescue 16/050-4 [38]

I hid my love / Guy d' Hardelot {ten. Chappell} 13/020-8 [2]

In Old Madrid: song / Henri Trotère 16/050-4 [21] : [No. 2] in Bb

In your dear eyes: song / Henri Trotère {Cramer} 16/050-5 [14] : No. 3 in F

Love, could I only tell thee: song / JM Capel {Chappell} 17/110 a-b : a: C | b: F

Love's old sweet song / J L Molloy {Boosey} 10/045-4 [25] : No. 3 in G

Love's old sweet song: song / J L Molloy {Boosey & Hawkes} 17/406-3 a-b : No. 2 in F

Love's old sweet song: voc. duet [sop. & ten] / J L Molloy {Boosey & Hawkes} 18/105--2(2)

The mission of a rose: song / Frederic Cowen {Reynolds} 16/050-3 [24] : No. 2 in D

My memories: song / Paolo Tosti {Ricordi} 10/045-9 [4] : No. 2 in Bb (orig.)

Neptune! (Lord of the sea I am): bass song / Stanley Gordon {Darewski} 17/222.9 : No. 2 in C

Old and new: voc. gavotte / Theo Bonheur {Wickins} 17/087-1

The palms = Les rameaux: sacred song / Jean-Baptiste Fauré | text: J. Bertrand; Eng. words Clifton Bingham {mez. / bar. Schott} 17/188-4 - Eng : mez./bar.

The promise of life: song / Frederic Cowen {Boosey} 17/140-5 : No. 3 in Eb

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

Six romances et deux duos / Arthur Goring Thomas | Eng. words by Clifton Bingham (exc. 1st duet) {solo v. Joseph Williams} 09/194 - Fre+Eng

Sleep & forget: [song] / Constance V White 16/050-5 [20]

Soprano album of five songs / Cécile Chaminade | Eng. (from Fre. orig.) by Clifton Bingham (1), R. H. Elkin (2,5) & Eugene Oudin (3,4) {sop. Enoch & Sons} 11/004 - Eng+Fre

The swallows: song / Frederic Cowen {Boosey} 10/045-5 [12] : No. 2 in G

That haven fair: song / Joseph Barnby {Morley} 10/045-4 [9] : [No. 2 in] D

There let me rest = Dort lass mich ruhn: [song] / Edwin Greene 16/050-4 [33] : [No. 3 in] Eb

There let me rest = Dort lass mich ruh'n: [song with] violin obbl. ad lib. / Edwin Greene {Phillips & Page} 17/233.5 : [No. 4 in] F

A thought: song / Noel Johnson {Ricordi} 17/300 : No. 1 in F

Thy voice: song / Alfred Redhead {Ascherberg} 10/045-9 [9]

Till Death (I love you : Lontananza): song / Angelo Mascheroni | words by Pietro Mazzoni and Clifton Bingham {Bosworth} 16/050-4 [11] - Eng+Ita : No. 1 in Db

When the ebb-tide flows: song / Stanley Gordon {Darewski} 17/222.9-2 : [No. 1] in Eb [low]

Binyon, Laurence (1869-1943) English

Bab-Lock-Hythe / Martin Shaw {solo v. Curwen} 17/510-1 a-b

For the fallen Op.80 no.3: oratorio (sop./ ten.) / Edward Elgar 08/019-3

The spirit of England Op.80: for ten. or sop. solo, chor. & orch. [p.red.] / Edward Elgar {Novello} 01/037-7 a-b

Birch, Kathleen

Bird of love divine / Haydn Wood {solo v. Boosey} 17/590-1 a-b : a: G | b: Eb

Birdseye, George W. (b.1844) American

When lovers say 'Good night': serenade / John Hatton {Augener} 16/050-3 [22] : No. 1 in F

Bishop, Edith (1896-a1980) Scottish

The snow is on the mountain = Der Schnee liegt auf den Bergen / Harry King | orig. Edith Bishop; Ger. Walt Harau {solo v. Austro-Scotia} 17/319.8 : see also SpC copy

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

3 songs for children / Edith Bishop | lyric & music by Edith Bishop | arr. Harry King {solo v. Austro-Scotia} Spec Coll

Björnson, Björnstjerne (1832-1910) Norwegian

Klein Venevil = Sweet Venevil / Frederick Delius {solo v. OUP} 17/160 a-b

Song of the King Op.22 {from The Northmen}: [cantata] / Edvard Grieg 01/045

Black, Don [= Donald Blackstone] (1938- English

Sunset Boulevard: vocal selection / Andrew Lloyd Webber | lyrics by Don Black & Christopher Hampton {Really Useful Group} 09/207-4

With one look {from Sunset Boulevard} / Andrew Lloyd Webber | lyrics by Don Black & Christopher Hampton {solo v. Really Useful Group} 17/566-4

Black, H. Broughton

Tenor and baritone: humorous (vocal) duet / H Lane Wilson {ten. & bar. Reeder & Walsh} 18/179-2 a-b : a: G | b: A

Blackie, John Stuart (1809-1895) Scottish

A Highland love song (My fair and rare one) / arr. Wilfrid Senior | Eng. words Prof. Blackie {Kerr} 17/505-1 a-b - Eng

Blair, Elizabeth Rosemary

Twilight: song / Ken Kennedy {Peter Derek} 17/315.5

Blake, James Vila (1842-1925) American

When lights go rolling round the sky: song / John Ireland {Chappell} 17/294-8 a-b : a: C | b: D also at 10/087 [9]

Blake, William (1757-1827) English

Daybreak {from Three Songs of William Blake} Op.20 no.3 / Roger Quilter {Winthrop Rogers} 17/462-10 : high v.: A

Dream valley {from Three Songs of William Blake} Op.20 no.1 / Roger Quilter {Winthrop Rogers} 17/462-10(1) a : high v.: Gb

Dream valley {from Three Songs of William Blake} Op.20 no.1 / Roger Quilter {Boosey & Hawkes} 17/462-10(1) b : med. v.: F

Five 'Songs of Innocence' by William Blake / Arthur Somervell {International} 09/179-2

The Lamb: unison song / George Henschel {Bayley & Ferguson} 02/056

The lamb / George Henschel {solo v. Bayley & Ferguson} 17/283-6

Love's prisoner / Armstrong Gibbs {solo v. Winthrop Rogers} 17/219-12 - Eng : high in D

Three Blake songs: for med. v & piano / Mark Raphael {Roberton} 17/465.25-2

Three songs of innocence / Harold Darke {Stainer & Bell} 09/053

Three songs of innocence, no.1: The Lamb / Gordon Jacob {OUP} 09/093 [1]

Three songs of innocence, no.2: The Shepherd / Gordon Jacob {OUP} 09/093 [2]

Blamire, Susanna (1747-1794) English

Loch-na-garr / Anon./Trad. {solo v.} RBW/35 [9]

Oh! Hame, hame wad I be: Jacobite song / Anon./Trad. RBW/35 [8]

The plow boy ('A flaxen headed cow boy') / William Shield {solo v.} RBW/44

There grows a bonny briar bush: Jacobite song / Anon./Trad. RBW/35 [7]

What saith this heart o' mine / Anon./Trad. | [words by Susanna Blamire?] {solo v.} RBW/35 [6]

Blane, Ralph (born Ralph Uriah Hunsecker) [= ] (1914-1995) American

Have yourself a merry little Christmas / Hugh Martin | w&m Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane {solo v. Robbins} 17/384.2

Blaze, Henri, de Bury (1813-1888) French

Chant de mai = Mailied / Giacomo Meyerbeer {solo v. Breitkopf & Härtel} 10/045-4 [19] - Fre

Bledlowe, John

Clorinda: song / Orlando Morgan {Enoch & Sons} 17/412 : No. 1 in F min

Blitzstein, Marc (1905-1964) American

Mack the knife {from The Threepenny Opera} / Kurt Weill | Eng. words Marc Blitzstein (from orig. by Bertolt Brecht) {solo v. Arcadia} 17/568-1

Blogg, Frances Alice (1869-1938) English

see Frances Chesterton

Blunt, George Henry Bruce (1899-1957) English

Billy: for sop. or ten. / Tom Clarke 17/122.5

The cricketers at Hambledon: song with chorus / Peter Warlock {Augener} 17/563-13

The first mercy / Peter Warlock {solo v. Winthrop Rogers} 17/563-11

Bodenstedt, Friedrich Martin von (1819-1892) German

Oh tell me, nightingale / Liza Lehmann | words from Bodenstedt's Songs of Mirza-Schaffy {solo v. Joseph Williams} 17/336-7 : [No. 2] in D min

Ein Traum = A dream / Un rêve: sop./ ten. / Edvard Grieg {Peters} 17/234-7

Bogg, John Stuart (19th-20th c.)

The Messiah's Coming: sacred cantata / J O Murdoch | words by J. Stuart Bogg {SATB choir Bayley & Ferguson} 01/060.7

Bogosoff, Katerina

I dream that I hear you singing: song / Charles Marshall {Boosey} 17/383-1 : No. 1 in Eb

Boileau, Marie

Anakreons Grab = Anacreon's grave {Gedichte von Goethe no.29}: [song] / Hugo Wolf | Eng. words Marie Boileau {Peters} 17/588-1 b : orig. (low)

A flower = Sænk kun dit hoved, du blomst: song / Gunder Knudsen | [orig. Johannes Jørgensen] Eng. version Marie Boileau {Augener} 17/321

Gesang Weyla's = Weyla's song / Hugo Wolf | Mörike (Eng. Marie Boileau) {Peters} 17/588-4 : high v.

Verborgenheit = Secrecy / Hugo Wolf | Mörike (Eng. Marie Boileau) {solo v. Peters} 17/588-3 a-b : a: low | b: high

Boito, Arrigo (1842-1918) Italian

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

Bonar, Horatius (Rev.) (1808-1889) Scottish

Come unto me: song for low v. / Willem Coenen {Novello} 17/131

Bonett, Emery [= Felicity Winifred Carter] (1906-1995) English

Take the sun: duet for sop. & ten. / Nino Rota {Keith, Prowse} 18/135

Bonne, Rose (20th c.)

I know an old lady / Alan Mills {solo v. Southern} 17/403 a-b

Bordèse, Stéphan (1847-1919) French

En prière / Gabriel Fauré {solo v. Hamelle} 17/188-2 : [contr./bass]

Bose, Julia von (1869-1959) English

Möricke-Lieder Bd 3 (25-39) / Hugo Wolf | Eng. trans. Julia von Bose {Peters} 09/212(3) - Ger+Eng : low v.

Möricke-Lieder Bd 4 (40-53) / Hugo Wolf | Eng. trans. Julia von Bose {Peters} 09/212(4) - Ger+Eng : high v.

Boswell, Eric (1921-2009) English

Little donkey / Eric Boswell | words by Eric Boswell? {solo v. Chappell} 17/090

Bott-Rosé, Eleanor Mary (1864-a1913) English

Drei Lieder: [poetry by R. Reinick, E. Raulf and J. Hammer] / Robert Fischhof | Eng. versions Eleanor Mary Bott {Alexander Rosé} 09/072 - Ger+Eng

Frühling ist da = Springtime is here {Drei Lieder no.3} / Robert Fischhof | text by Julius Hammer; Eng. version by Eleanor Mary Bott {solo v. Alexander Rosé} 09/072 [3]

Murmulendes Bächlein = The murmuring brooklet {Drei Lieder no.2} / Robert Fischhof | text ("Inniges Verständniss") by Emanuel Raulf; Eng. version by Eleanor Mary Bott {solo v. Alexander Rosé} 09/072 [2]

Mütterlein sprich! = Mother, O say! {Drei Lieder no.1} / Robert Fischhof | text by Robert Reinick; Eng. version by Eleanor Mary Bott {solo v. Alexander Rosé} 09/072 [1]

Bottomley, Gordon (1874-1948) English

Goneril's lullaby / Horace Keats | words by Gordon Bottomley {from 'King Lear's Wife'} {solo v. Cramer} 17/311.5

Sanctuaries: song / Edgar Bainton {Winthrop Rogers} 10/056 [16] : high v.

Valley moonlight: song / Edgar Bainton {Winthrop Rogers} 10/056 [18] : low v.

Boublil, Alain (1941- French

Miss Saigon: songs from the musical / Claude-Michel Schönberg | lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr & Alain Boublil {Wise} 07/030.8

Boulton, Harold (1859-1935) English

Bonnie Strathyre {from Songs of the North}: old air / arr. Malcolm Lawson {Cramer} 17/331-3 a-b

Coronach: for the death of Cuthullin / Edgar Barratt {solo v. Elkin} 17/034 - Eng

Gathering daffodils / arr. Arthur Somervell {solo v. Cramer} 17/523-1 : No. 2 in Ab

Jenny's mantle = Mantell Siani: old Welsh air / arr. Arthur Somervell {solo v. Cramer} 17/523-6

The gentle maiden: old Irish air / arr. Arthur Somervell | Eng. words Harold Boulton (ed.) {solo v. Cramer} 17/523-2 a-c : a,c: F | b: Eb

Glorious Devon!: song / Edward German {Boosey} 17/214-2 a-f : a,d,f: D | b: F | c,e: C

A Highland pastoral = Duanag na h-airigh / Robert MacLeod {solo v. Cramer} 17/372-1 - Eng : [No. 2 in] E min

Maiden of Morven = Ossianic love lament) {from Songs of the North}: old Highland melody / arr. Malcolm Lawson {Cramer} 17/331-1 a-b also at 10/055 [5]

Oor ain glen / Robert MacLeod {solo v. Cramer} 17/372-2 : [No. 3 in] Ab

The Princess of Lochlann: legend for mixed choir, bar. & sop. soli / F W Lewis {Bosworth} 01/054.8

Skye boat song (Jacobite) {from Songs of the North}: old Highland rowing measure / arr. Malcolm Lawson {Cramer} 17/331-2 a-b : a: G | b: Bb

Skye boat song {from Songs of the North}: duet (sop./bar.) / Anne Campbell MacLeod | arr. Malcolm Lawson {Cramer} 18/083 : in G

Time's garden: song w. vc acc. / Arthur Goring Thomas {Cramer} 17/552-2 : [No. 1] in F

Bourget, Paul (1852-1935) French

Les cloches = The bells / Claude Debussy {med. v. Durand & Fils} 17/154-1 : No. 2 med. v.

Romance / Claude Debussy {solo v. Durand} 17/154-2 a-b - Fre+Eng : a: high v. | b: med. v.

Bourne, Patrisha Ronald (20th c.)

My heart for you / Patrisha Bourne {solo v. Boosey} 17/092.5

Bowler, Elsie R. (20th c.) English

I shall be there: song / Haydn Wood {Ascherberg} 17/590-4 a-b : a: D | b: F

Bowles, Fred G.

Dear little town: song / Wilfrid Sanderson {Boosey} 17/488-3 : No. 2 in G

A noontide song / Montague Ring {Elkin} 17/474 : No. 2 in Ab

Sorrow no more: song / Harold Craxton {Boosey} 17/142.5 : No. 2 in F

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

The valley of laughter: song / Wilfrid Sanderson {Boosey} 17/488-8 : No. 1 in Eb

When he comes home: song / Franco Leoni | words by Maurice Maeterlinck; Eng. version Fred G. Bowles {Chappell} 17/341 : No. 2 in E

Box, Elton

When you come to the end of a journey / Elton Box | words by Box and Cox {solo v. Sun} 17/093.5

Boyce, Samuel (d.1775) English

Colin's success / Willem De Fesch | air by William Defesch arr. Elizabeth Poston {solo v. Curwen} 17/152

Boyer, Georges

Rosette: idylle [sop.+ ten.] / Hermann Bemberg {Alphonse Leduc} 17/056-3 - Fre : No. 2 in ?

Boyer, Lucien (1876-1942) French

Valencia {from Palladium Pleasures} / José Padilla | words by Lucien Boyer & Jacques Charles; Eng. version Eric Valentine {solo v. Feldman} 17/441-1

Bramley, Henry Ramsden (1833-1917) English

O Thou, the Central Orb: anthem {for TrATB] / Charles Wood {A. & C. Black} 02/142 a-d

Brampton, Scott

Rosemary: ballad / J C Bartlett {Oliver Ditson} 17/039.5-2 : high v.: G

Brandon, Herbert J. (1878-1945) English

Can't remember: song / Alma Goatley {Enoch & Sons} 10/045-6 [3] : No. 3 in F

Can't remember: song / Alma Goatley {Enoch & Sons} 17/222.15 a-b : a: D | b: Eb

Cradle song of the coast / Olive Turner {Cramer} 17/553.85 : No. 1 in Eb

Love's a merchant: song / Molly Carew {Chappell} 17/113 a-b : No. 1 in Eb

She shall have music: song / Alan Murray {Chappell} 17/423-9 : in G

Soldier, what is the news you bring?: song / Alan Murray {Chappell} 17/423-4 : No. 2 in A min

Te Deum: sacred song / Reginald Redman {Chappell} 17/467 - Eng : No. 3 in F

Bratton, John Walter (1867-1947) American

One world: song / Geoffrey O'Hara {Chappell} 17/436-2 a-b : No. 2 in D

Braund, William Alfred (1857-1938) Scottish

see Wilfrid Mills

Brecht, Eugen Berthold Friedrich (Bertolt) (1898-1956) German

Children's crusade = Kinderkreuzzug Op.82 - Chorus part: ballad for childen's v. & orch. [p.red.] / Benjamin Britten | words by Bertolt Brecht; Eng. trans. Hans Keller {Faber Music } 01/023-7

Children's crusade = Kinderkreuzzug Op.82 - Full score: ballad for childen's v. & orch. / Benjamin Britten | words by Bertolt Brecht; Eng. trans. Hans Keller {Faber Music } 43/017

Mack the knife {from The Threepenny Opera} / Kurt Weill | Eng. words Marc Blitzstein (from orig. by Bertolt Brecht) {solo v. Arcadia} 17/568-1

Brel, Jacques Romain Georges (1929-1978) Belgian

Jacques Brel Is alive and well and living in Paris: souvenir album [of 9 songs incl. 5 composed by or with Gérard Jouannest] / Jacques Brel | Fre. by Jacques Brel, Eng. by Mort Shuman & Eric Blau {Chappell} 09/027 - Eng

Brennan, J. Keirn (1873-1948) American

A little bit of Heaven (Shure they call it Ireland): [song] / Ernest Ball {Witmark & Sons} 10/045-7 [10]

Brent, Earl Karl (1914-1977) American

Love is where you find it / Nacio Herb Brown {solo v. Robbins} 17/105-2

Bricusse, Leslie (1931- English

I've never seen anything like it {from Doctor Dolittle} / Leslie Bricusse {solo v. Robbins} 17/101-1

Talk to the animals {from Doctor Dolittle} / Leslie Bricusse {solo v. Hastings} 17/101-2

A wonderful day like today {from The Roar of the Greasepaint ...} / Leslie Bricusse | w&m Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley {solo v. Concord} 17/101-3

Bridgen, William Frederick (1871-1924) English

see Fred. W. Leigh

Bridges, Robert (1844-1930) English

Spring goeth all in white: song / Robert Elkin {Elkin} 17/179-1 : No. 3 in C

Briusov, Valerii (1873-1924) Russian

Poema = Poem {from 3 Arias}: voice & piano / Aram Khachaturian | slova V. Briusova; trans. W. H. Easterbrook {Anglo-Soviet} 17/319.5

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.)

Brizeux, Charles (19th c.) Belgian

La Procession: mélodie / César Franck {bar. / mez. Alphonse Leduc} 17/203-2 : No.1 [in D] bar./mez.

Broad, J. Astor (19th c.) English

Joseph: sacred cantata / J Astor Broad {Curwen} 44/007

Broadhurst, A. V.

The sunrise is coming: song / Teresa Del Riego {Broadhurst} 17/156-7 : No. 2 in F

Broadwood, Lucy Etheldred (1858-1929) English

The Golden Vanity {from English County Songs} / arr. Lucy Broadwood | arr. L. E. B[roadwood] {solo v. Cramer} 17/103.5

Brooke, Rupert (1887-1915) English

Nineteen fourteen: [cantata] for bar. solo, chor. & orch. [p.red.] / Sydney Nicholson {Curwen} 01/060.9

The soldier / John Ireland {solo v. Winthrop Rogers} 17/294-7

Spring sorrow / John Ireland {solo v. Boosey & Hawkes} 17/294-10 : high in Ab

Three songs / William Wordsworth | words by (1) Stephen Phillips, (2) Rupert Brooke, (3) Wilfrid Gibson {solo v. Lengnick} 09/217.2

Vo cercando = I go seeking {from Daphne} / Emanuele d' Astorga {solo v. Stainer & Bell} 10/045-6 [19] : No. 1 in C

Brooke, Stopford Augustus (Rev.) (1832-1916) Irish

The Earth and Man / John Barkworth {solo v. MacDonagh, Capdeville} 17/029-1 a-b

Brooks, Philip

Under the silent stars: Christmas song [w. violin obbl. ad lib.] / C W Coombs {Schirmer} 17/137 : high v.

Brown, Ethel A.

When I'm at rest: song / Walter H Arnold {Ricordi} 17/016.2

Brown, Herbert S.

The Holy Boy: song / John Ireland {Winthrop Rogers} 17/294-2 a-b : [No. 2] in F

Brown, Thomas Edward (Rev.) English

Rest {from Serse}: [adapted from the Largo 'Ombra ma fu'] / George Frideric Handel {solo v. Larway} 17/251-6 a-d : a,d: G | b-c: F

Browning, Robert (1812-1889) English

The guardian-angel (a picture at Fano) / Granville Bantock | from 'Dramatic Lyrics' by Robert Browning {low v. Swan} 17/027-7 : low v.

The pied piper of Hamelin / Hubert Parry {ten. & bass} 01/063-4

Brühl, S von German

Rosenzeit = The time of roses: Lied / Erik Meyer-Helmund {Bosworth} 10/045-9 [17]

Brüssoff, Waleri (1873-1924) Russian

see Valeri Briusov

Bryan, Con

Let me this day: based on an old Wesh folk song / Peter Warren {solo v. Robbins} 17/565 a-b

Bryan, Vincent Patrick (1878-1937) American

Under a panama {from Sergeant Brue}: [song] / J B Mullen 16/050-5 [13]

Bryusov, Valery (1873-1924) Russian

see Valeri Briusov

Buckton, Alice Mary (1867-1944) English

The heart worships / Gustav Holst {solo v. Stainer & Bell} 17/287-1 a-b : No. 2 in E min

Bullett, Gerald (1893-1958) English

Madonna and Child: carol / Eric Thiman {solo v. Chappell} 17/551-2 a-c : [No. 2] in F

Bulman, Beatrice E. (19th-20th c.) English

Sing ye to the Lord = Singet dem Herrn: [motet for double choir] / J S Bach | ed. Charles Kennedy Scott ; transl. & adapt. from the German by Beatrice E. Bulman {OUP} 05/001-3 b - Eng

Bunce, Henry Shapcott (1854-1917) English

see Shapcott Wensley

Bunn, Alfred (1796-1860) English

Songs: [10 songs] / Michael Balfe {Banks} 09/009

Bunten, Alice Chambers (20th c.) English

Elizabeth's prayer {from Tannhäuser} / Richard Wagner | new Eng. version A. C. Bunten {sop. Bayley & Ferguson} 17/559-1 b-c - Eng+Ger

Hush-a-ba, birdie: Scotch lullaby / Alice Chambers Bunten | additional verse by Alice Chambers Bunten {Paterson} 17/106 : No. 1 in F

Narcissus: song / Ethelbert Nevin | adaptation & words by A. Bunten {Schott} 16/050-4 [18] : No. 1 in G

Old lute melodies: album of six songs [for low or medium voice] / arr. Alice Chambers Bunten | arr. & adapt. (with words by) Alice Bunten {Paterson} 09/031

Burke, Johnny

Busy doing nothing / James Van Heusen {solo v. Edwin Morris} 17/554-1

Misty / Erroll Garner {solo v. Chappell} 17/208-1

Swinging on a star / James Van Heusen {solo v. Chappell} 17/554-4

Burnand, Francis Cowley (Sir) (1836-1917) English

Cox and Box, or Long lost brothers: triumviretta / Arthur Sullivan 07/040-1 a-b

Jolly old Borneo: [concerted song] / Henry Pether {Cavendish} 17/447.2

The tar's farewell: ballad / Stephen Adams {Boosey} 17/004-10 : No. 1 in D

Burns, Robert (1759-1796) Scottish

Ae fond kiss: duet (contr. & bar.) / arr. Michael Diack {Paterson} 18/047-2

Ae' fond kiss / Alfred Scott Gatty | words by Burns; possibly by Alfred Scott Gatty {solo v.} 16/050-1 [64] - Sco

Ae fond kiss: Scotch song / Alfred Scott Gatty {Boosey} 17/210-1 a-b : a: Bb | b: F [low]

Ae fond kiss {from Songs of the North}: old Highland melody / arr. Malcolm Lawson {Cramer} 17/331-4 a-b

Afton Water / arr. Iain Hamilton {solo v. Bayley & Ferguson} 17/248-1

Afton Water: Scottish song / Alexander Hume {Bayley & Ferguson} 17/293-1 - Eng also at 16/050-1 [21]

Annie Laurie / Alicia Scott (Lady John Douglas) {solo v.} 16/050-1 [50] - Sco

Bonnie wee thing / Michael Diack {solo v. Paterson} 17/162-8 : G + A

Bonnie wee thing / Liza Lehmann {solo v. Boosey} 10/087 [17] : No. 1 in Eb

Charming Chloe: song for med. v. / Edward German {Novello} 17/214-13 a-b : a: Db | b: Eb

Comin' thro' the rye / Anon./Trad. {solo v.} 16/050-1 [34] - Sco

The Deil's awa' wi' the exciseman / Michael Diack {solo v. Paterson} 17/162-6 : [No. 2 in] F

Fagurt er í fjörðum : fol-song from Iceland for mixed (SATB) & solo (Sop/Ten) vv. / arr. John Hearne {Longship} 18/057

The farewell Op.3 no.1: song / Walford Davies {Novello} 17/149-2 a-b : a: D | b: F

A farewell / W A Henderson {low v. Windsor} 17/270-2 : No. 2 in Eb (low)

50 selected songs of Burns / Var. Comp. {Mozart Allan} 10/012 a-b

[Fünf Lieder]: mit englischem und deutschem Text / Helen Hopekirk | words by Heine, Burns, Longfellow &c {solo v. Augener} 10/085 [3] - Ger+Eng

Gae bring to me a pint o' wine / Anon./Trad. {solo v.} 16/050-1 [57] - Sco

I dream'd I lay where flowers were springing / W A Henderson {high v. Windsor} 17/270-3 : No. 1 in G (high v.)

Invocation (a prayer for Mary) / W A Henderson {Windsor} 17/270-1 : No. 2 in Eb (low)

John Anderson, my jo / Anon./Trad. {solo v.} 16/050-1 [40] - Sco

The Lea-rig / Kenneth Elliott {solo v. Bayley & Ferguson} 17/180.3

A man's a man for a' that / Anon./Trad. {solo v.} 16/050-1 [33] - Sco

Mary Morison / Anon./Trad. {solo v.} 16/050-1 [49] - Sco

My love is like a red, red rose: 2-part song for sop. & contr. / Christopher à Becket Williams {Curwen} 18/177

My Nannie: song / Maude White {Stanley Lucas, Weber} 10/045-5 [1] - Sco : No. 1 in G

My Nannie's awa' / Hamish MacCunn | by Burns {solo v. Paterson} 17/364-2

My wife's a winsome wee thing / Michael Diack {solo v. Paterson} 17/162-1

A nicht wi' Burns: a popular reading with musical illustrations / Var. Comp. | [comp. & ed.] H. C. Shelley {choir Bayley & Ferguson} 44/050-3

O' a' the airts / Anon./Trad. {solo v.} 16/050-1 [58] - Sco

O were I on Parnassus' Hill: old Scotch air / arr. George Henschel {solo v. Chappell} 17/283-2 : E min

O wert thou in thy cauld blast: duet / Felix Mendelssohn {Bayley & Ferguson} 18/100

O! Willie brew'd a peck o' maut: [a glee for 3 (male) v.] / William Shore 16/050-1 [65]

Quodlibet {from The Jolly Beggars}: SATB / Cedric Thorpe Davie {Curwen} 18/040

A rose-bud by my early walk: part-song (SATB) / Kenneth Finlay {Bayley & Ferguson} 18/057 - Sco

A rosebud by my early walk / Michael Diack {solo v. Paterson} 17/162-5 a-b - Sco : C + D

The songs of Robert Burns: specially selected for key-settings / Var. Comp. 10/093

Tam Glen / Anon./Trad. {solo v.} 16/050-1 [23] - Sco

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

To Chloë (in sickness) = An Chloe als sie krank war: song / Sterndale Bennett {Novello, Ewer} 17/066

Wandering Willie / Anon./Trad. {solo v.} 16/050-1 [39] - Sco

Whistle an' I'll come to you my lad / arr. Iain Hamilton {solo v. Bayley & Ferguson} 17/248-2

Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon / Anon./Trad. {solo v.} 16/050-1 [35] - Sco

Burnside, Helen Marion (1841-1923) English

An old garden: song / Hope Temple {Boosey} 10/045-4 [15] : No. 3 in Bb

An old garden: song / Hope Temple {Boosey} 17/550.4 : No. 2 in Ab also at 10/045-6 [2]

Burton, Nat (1901-1945) American

The white cliffs of Dover / Walter Kent {solo v. Feldman} 17/317

Bush, Nancy (Mrs Alan Bush) (1907-1991) English

Ave Maria: sacred song / Michael Head | Eng. words Nancy Bush {Boosey & Hawkes} 17/266-1 - Lat+Eng : No. 2 in C min

Hungarian folksongs: [20 songs] / arr. Béla Bartók | Eng. words by Nancy Bush | arr. Béla Bartók (1-10) & Zoltán Kodály (11-20) {Musica Budapest} 09/012 - Eng

Bussine, Romain (1830-1899) French

Après un rêve / Gabriel Fauré {solo v.} 17/188-1 a

Après un rêve = After a dream / Gabriel Fauré {solo v. Hamelle} 17/188-1 b : contr./bass

Buszin, Walter Edwin (1899-1973) American

Rejoice, Earth and Heaven: cantata for SATB soli & mx. chor. w. org (pf) & cont. / Dietrich Buxtehude | words by Gustaf Düben; ed. & Eng. trans. Walter E. Buszin {Peters} 01/024-2 - Eng

Butcher, Ernest

The bulls won't bellow: song / Hetty Hocking {Larway} 17/285.7 : No. 1 in F (low v.)

Butler, Francis Asbury (Mrs) (1831-1925) American

An evening song / Jacques Blumenthal {Chappell} 17/083.5 : No. 2 in F

Butler, Ralph Thomas (1886-1969) English

I hear your voice: song / Tolchard Evans {Cavendish} 17/184.7 : No. 1 in Eb

Run, rabbit, - run! {The Little Dog Laughed}: with war-time parody choruses / Noel Gay | words by Noel Gay & Ralph Butler {solo v. Noel Gay} 17/211-3

Butterworth, Neil (1934-2020) English

The Christmas story / Heinrich Schütz | trans. & arr. Neil Butterworth {Chappell} 02/107-3 - Eng

Buxton, John (1912-1989) English

Long, long ago: carol-anthem for SATB unaccomp. / Herbert Howells {Novello} 18/076-4

Byron, George Gordon (1788-1824) Anglo-Scottish

Lochnagar / Anon./Trad. {solo v.} 16/050-1 [45] - Sco

So, we'll go no more a-roving / Norman Peterkin {solo v. OUP} 17/447-2

So we'll go no more a roving: song / Maude White {Chappell} 17/571-3 a-b : a: C (low) | b: Db (med.) also at 10/076 [7]

There be none of beauty's daughters, Op.2 / Donald Francis Tovey | Eng. words Lord Byron {solo v. Joseph Williams} 17/553.1

Byron, May Clarissa Gillington (1861-1936) English