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Songs of the 1890s

Songs to sing here, composed (or first published) in that decade, as their sources date them. 142 pieces.

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Just for Today

Song to sing here · 1894 · 2:48

Jane Bingham Abbott, Samuel Wilberforce Lord, for tomorrow and its needs,

O Mistress Mine

Song to sing here · 1897 · 1:51

Amy Beach, William Shakespeare O mistress mine, where are you roaming?

Take, O Take those Lips Away

Song to sing here · 1897 · 1:03

Amy Beach, William Shakespeare Take, O take those lips away, That so sweetly

Fairy Lullaby

Song to sing here · 1897 · 1:18

Amy Beach, William Shakespeare Philomel, with melody, Sing in our sweet

Constancy

Song to sing here · 1891 · 2:11

Sir Harold Boulton, 2nd Baronet, Harold Boulton My heart that burns like the noontide Has

Cradle Song

Song to sing here · 1891 · 2:09

Sir Harold Boulton, 2nd Baronet, Harold Boulton Sleep, child, and may thy cradle be A ship upon

Love’s Journey

Song to sing here · 1891 · 3:06

Sir Harold Boulton, 2nd Baronet, Harold Boulton Moonbeam purest and serenest That from

Truant Wings

Song to sing here · 1891 · 1:43

Sir Harold Boulton, 2nd Baronet, Harold Boulton Come, swallow, come, for thee we wait;

In Summer Weather

Song to sing here · 1891 · 2:04

Sir Harold Boulton, 2nd Baronet, Harold Boulton There’s tender green on the tree,

Robin Sly

Song to sing here · 1891 · 3:11

Sir Harold Boulton, 2nd Baronet, Harold Boulton In the shade sits Robin Sly, Waiting there

A Song of the South

Song to sing here · 1891 · 2:02

Sir Harold Boulton, 2nd Baronet, Harold Boulton I have a garden beautiful By a sea of

The Maid of Elsinore

Song to sing here · 1891 · 2:09

Sir Harold Boulton, 2nd Baronet, Harold Boulton A tearful boy king Olaf stood ’Mid his

A Pretty Maid

Song to sing here · 1891 · 1:27

Sir Harold Boulton, 2nd Baronet, Harold Boulton A pretty maid went amaying, And roam’d the

For Ever Mine

Song to sing here · 1891 · 2:28

Sir Harold Boulton, 2nd Baronet, Harold Boulton I liken my love to a gossamer

To Welcome You

Song to sing here · 1891 · 1:26

Sir Harold Boulton, 2nd Baronet, Harold Boulton There are faces peeping out of all the

The Windflower

Song to sing here · 1891 · 1:46

Sir Harold Boulton, 2nd Baronet, Harold Boulton Ere buds and blades are springing,

All the World Awakes Today

Song to sing here · 1898 · 1:38

Edward German, Harold Boulton All the world awakes today To the music of

The Dew Upon the Lily

Song to sing here · 1898 · 1:42

Edward German, Harold Boulton The dew upon the lily, The blush upon the

My Song Is of the Sturdy North

Song to sing here · 1898 · 2:02

Edward German, Harold Boulton, Sir My song is of the sturdy North Whose hills are

The First Rose

Song to sing here · 1890 · 2:19

Alexander Mackenzie, Alfred Perceval Graves The rose that in the Springtide ventures forth

Hope

Song to sing here · 1890 · 2:45

Alexander Mackenzie, Alfred Perceval Graves Summer hath too short a date Autumn enters,

Spring’s Secrets

Song to sing here · 1890 · 2:57

Alexander Mackenzie, Alfred Perceval Graves As once I paused on poet wing In the green

Spring Is Not Dead

Song to sing here · 1890 · 2:54

Alexander Mackenzie, Alfred Perceval Graves Snow on the earth; though March is well nigh

April Weather

Song to sing here · 1890 · 1:44

Alexander Mackenzie, Alfred Perceval Graves Life like ours is April weather

A May Song

Song to sing here · 1890 · 2:19

Alexander Mackenzie, Alfred Perceval Graves Some go smiling through the grey time,

Summer At Last

Song to sing here · 1890 · 2:56

Alexander Mackenzie, Alfred Perceval Graves Swallows soar in the blue, Butterflies dance

With wisdom, goodness, grace

Song to sing here · 1899 · 3:09 · for 4 voices

Walter Parratt, Alfred Austin With wisdom, goodness,

Out in the windy West

Song to sing here · 1899 · 6:28 · for 7 voices

Walter Parratt, Arthur Christopher Benson Rose the sweet silvern isles,

Hark! The world is full of thy praise

Song to sing here · 1899 · 5:42 · for 4 voices

Walter Parratt, Bridges, Robert Long live Victoria!

For all the wonder of thy regal day

Song to sing here · 1899 · 2:17 · for 4 voices

Walter Parratt, Robert Crewe-Milnes For all the wonder of thy regal day,

The seaboards are her mantle’s hem

Song to sing here · 1899 · 3:03 · for 4 voices

Walter Parratt, John Davidson The seaboards are her mantle’s hem;

Who can dwell with greatness?

Song to sing here · 1899 · 1:22 · for 5 voices

Walter Parratt, Austin Dobson Who can dwell with greatness,

Lady on the Silver Throne

Song to sing here · 1899 · 3:49 · for 6 voices

Walter Parratt, Edmund Gosse Lady on the silver throne, Lady on the silver

A Century’s Penultimate

Song to sing here · 1899 · 4:50 · for 6 voices

Walter Parratt, Arthur Coleridge James Resplendent beams are kindling in the East -

With still increasing blessings

Song to sing here · 1899 · 2:46 · for 4 voices

Walter Parratt, John Campbell With still increasing blessings may Our God

To her beneath whose stedfast star

Song to sing here · 1899 · 4:16 · for 4 voices

Walter Parratt, Frederic William Henry Myers To her beneath whose stedfast star From pole

A thousand years, by sea and land

Song to sing here · 1899 · 3:03 · for 4 voices

Walter Parratt, Henry Newbolt, Sir A thousand years, by sea and land,

Flora’s Queen

Song to sing here · 1899 · 4:07 · for 6 voices

Walter Parratt, John Frederick Randall Stainer Room! Room for Flora’s Queen!

The Triumph of Victoria

Song to sing here · 1899 · 1:51 · for 5 voices

Walter Parratt, Thomas Herbert Warren Oh! happy hour, most meet for merry ditty

Since thou, o fondest and truest

Song to sing here · 1897 · 2:00

Charles Villiers Stanford, Robert Seymour Bridges Since thou, o fondest and truest,

I praise the tender flower

Song to sing here · 1897 · 1:56

Charles Villiers Stanford, Robert Seymour Bridges I praise the tender flower, That on a mournful

Say, o say! saith the music

Song to sing here · 1897 · 1:42

Charles Villiers Stanford, Robert Seymour Bridges I love my lady's eyes Above the beauties rare

When the Swallows Homeward Fly

Song to sing here · 1897 · 1:18

Maude Valerie White, Karl Herloß When the swallows homeward fly And the roses’

A Memory

Song to sing here · 1897 · 1:32

Maude Valerie White Oh! to be light of heart once more,

Let Us Forget

Song to sing here · 1897 · 1:01

Maude Valerie White, (Agnes) Mary (Frances) Robinson Let us forget we lov’d each other much,

A Farewell Song

Song to sing here · 1895 · 1:41

Maude Valerie White, Maude Valérie White Farewell, farewell for I must go,

Ethiopia Saluting the Colours

Song to sing here · 1898 · 2:34

Charles Wood, Walt Whitman “Who are you dusky woman, so ancient,

Denn es gehet dem Menschen wie dem Vieh

Song to sing here · 1896 · 3:28

Johannes Brahms, Martin Luther Denn es gehet dem Menschen wie dem Vieh,

Ich wandte mich und sahe

Song to sing here · 1896 · 2:31

Johannes Brahms, Bible or other Sacred Texts Ich wandte mich, und sahe an alle,

O Tod, wie bitter bist du!

Song to sing here · 1896 · 3:01

Johannes Brahms, Bible or other Sacred Texts O Tod,

Wenn ich mit Menschen- und mit Engelzungen redete

Song to sing here · 1896 · 4:02

Johannes Brahms, Bible or other Sacred Texts Wenn ich mit Menschen- und mit Engelzungen

Ballade des gros dindons

Song to sing here · 1890 · 3:07

Emmanuel Chabrier, Edmond Rostand Les gros dindons, à travers champs,

Chanson pour Jeanne

Song to sing here · 1890 · 3:45

Emmanuel Chabrier, Catulle Mendès Puisque les roses sont jo-lies.

Villanelle des petits canards

Song to sing here · 1890 · 1:23

Emmanuel Chabrier, Louise-Rose Gérard Ils vont, les petits canards, Tout au bord de

Au pays bleu

Song to sing here · 1898 · 1:55

Cécile Chaminade, Charles Fuster C'était là-- bas, au pays clair,

Ballade à la lune

Song to sing here · 1894 · 2:53

Cécile Chaminade, Louis Charles Alfred de Musset C'était dans la nuit brune, Sur le clocher

Berceuse

Song to sing here · 1892 · 1:20

Cécile Chaminade, Édouard Guinand Viens près de moi, Viens plus près encore;

Colette

Song to sing here · 1891 · 1:38

Cécile Chaminade, (Paul) Jules Barbier Avril a parlé, Colette‿est rêveuse!‿Elle‿a

L’été

Song to sing here · 1894 · 5:30

Cécile Chaminade, Édouard Guinand Ah! chantez, chantez, Folle fauvette,

Rêve d’un soir

Song to sing here · 1891 · 2:08

Cécile Chaminade, Eugène Adénis-Colombeau Rêve d'un soir, rêve d'une heure,

Le Noël des oiseaux

Song to sing here · 1893 · 1:56

Cécile Chaminade, Armand Silvestre Petit Jésus, maître du ciel, Que les anges

L’âme évaporée

Song to sing here · 1891 · 1:59

Claude Debussy, Paul Bourget L’âme évaporée et souf- frante,

Les cloches

Song to sing here · 1891 · 1:40

Claude Debussy, Paul Bourget Les feuilles s’ou- vraient sur le bord des

Mandoline

Song to sing here · 1890 · 1:07

Claude Debussy, Paul Verlaine Les donneurs de sérénades Et les belles

Il pleure dans mon cœur

Song to sing here · 1896 · 1:51

Frederick Delius, Paul Verlaine Il pleure dans mon cœur comme il pleut sur la

Le ciel est par-dessus le toit

Song to sing here · 1896 · 2:21

Frederick Delius, Paul Verlaine Le ciel est, par dessus le toit,

Altdeutsches Lied

Song to sing here · 1894 · 2:28

Clara Mathilda Faisst, Wilhelm Ritter von Hertz, Dr. Und willst du von mir scheiden, mein

Niederländisches Wiegenlied

Song to sing here · 1894 · 3:37

Clara Mathilda Faisst, Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff Es dunkelt mein Röschen, nun spiele nicht

Viel tausend Blümlein auf der Au’

Song to sing here · 1894 · 1:32

Clara Mathilda Faisst, Albert Träger Viel tausend Blümlein auf der Au’

Ingeborgs-Lied aus dem fliegenden Holländer

Song to sing here · 1894 · 0:58

Clara Mathilda Faisst, Julius Wolff Du schaust mich an mit Blicken, die mir zu

Letzter Wunsch

Song to sing here · 1896 · 1:58

Clara Mathilda Faisst Wenn mir einst in heil’gem Wehen winkt des

In der Mondnacht

Song to sing here · 1896 · 2:03

Clara Mathilda Faisst, Paul Heyse In der Mondnacht, in der Frühlingsmondnacht

Liebeslied

Song to sing here · 1897 · 2:47

Clara Mathilda Faisst, Carmen Sylva Komm' zur Quelle, die im Walde du leise über

Auf den grünen Auen

Song to sing here · 1897 · 1:16

Clara Mathilda Faisst, Emanuel Geibel Auf den grünen Auen wallt der Sonnenschein,

Ich ging im Walde den alten Steig

Song to sing here · 1897 · 2:04

Clara Mathilda Faisst, Karl Stieler Ich ging im Walde den alten Steig,

Lied

Song to sing here · 1897 · 1:37

Clara Mathilda Faisst, Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm Wenn dies Herz hat ausgeschlagen mögt

Lied aus Bosnien

Song to sing here · 1897 · 1:08

Clara Mathilda Faisst, Heinrich Renner Ich will nicht, dass der Mond dein Antlitz

L’Heure exquise

Song to sing here · 1891 · 1:28

Reynaldo Hahn, Paul Verlaine La lune blanche Luit dans les bois ;

L’aubépine de Saint Patrick

Song to sing here · 1896 · 4:07 · for two

Augusta Holmès, Augusta Mary Anne Holmès Le beau patron de mon pays, De mon pauvre

Les lys bleus

Song to sing here · 1896 · 5:22

Augusta Holmès, Augusta Mary Anne Holmès Dans la chapelle blanche, aux pieds de la

Le chemin du ciel

Song to sing here · 1896 · 3:10

Augusta Holmès A l'heure où la brise tremble, Où les foins

La Belle Madeleine

Song to sing here · 1896 · 2:31

Augusta Holmès, Augusta Mary Anne Holmès La Belle Madeleine Suivait Jé- sus qu'on

La légende de Saint Amour

Song to sing here · 1896 · 3:43

Augusta Holmès, Augusta Mary Anne Holmès Lorsqu'on fut las des Cours d'amour L'Amour

Les moutons des anges

Song to sing here · 1896 · 1:45

Augusta Holmès, Augusta Mary Anne Holmès Làhaut, làbas, voyezvous errer les nuages

Quatre heures du matin

Song to sing here · 1893 · 1:48

Marie Jaëll, Jean Richepin Au firma- ment teinté de rose et de lilas On

Causeries de vagues

Song to sing here · 1893 · 1:31

Marie Jaëll, Jean Richepin Voici ce que chante un vieux chant!

Les papillons

Song to sing here · 1893 · 1:41

Marie Jaëll, Jean Richepin Papillons,

Baisers perdus

Song to sing here · 1893 · 2:36

Marie Jaëll, Jean Richepin Pauvres voyageurs las Qui vont cherchant

En ramant

Song to sing here · 1893 · 2:47

Marie Jaëll, Jean Richepin Sur la mer qui brame

Larmes

Song to sing here · 1893 · 2:06

Marie Jaëll, Jean Richepin Pleurons nos cha- grins, chacun le nôtre.

Rêverie

Song to sing here · 1893 · 3:08

Marie Jaëll, Victor Hugo Ah!

Nourmahal-la-Rousse

Song to sing here · 1893 · 2:57

Marie Jaëll, Victor Hugo Entre deux rocs d'un noir d'ébène Voyezvous

Clair de lune

Song to sing here · 1893 · 4:04

Marie Jaëll, Victor Hugo La lune était sereine et jou- ait sur les

Les tronçons du serpent

Song to sing here · 1893 · 3:40

Marie Jaëll, Victor Hugo Je veille, et nuit et jour mon front rêve

Malédiction

Song to sing here · 1893 · 2:09

Marie Jaëll, Victor Hugo Qu’il erre sans re- pos, courbé dès sa

Vœu

Song to sing here · 1893 · 2:14

Marie Jaëll, Victor Hugo Si j'étais la feuille qui roule L'aile

Le voile

Song to sing here · 1893 · 2:47

Marie Jaëll, Victor Hugo Qu’avezvous, qu’avezvous, mes frè- res?

Maiglöckchen

Song to sing here · 1895 · 1:29

Mathilde Kralik, Irene Zoepf Maiglöckchen, liebe, junge Blumenkinder,

Himmelschlüssel

Song to sing here · 1895 · 1:03

Mathilde Kralik, Irene Zoepf Himmelschlüssel pflückten wir mitsammen;

Veilchen

Song to sing here · 1895 · 0:47

Mathilde Kralik, Irene Zoepf Gib mir, Liebster, da wir zum Abschied rüsten,

Flieder

Song to sing here · 1895 · 2:01

Mathilde Kralik, Irene Zoepf Lass mir den blühenden Fliederstrauss im

Rosen

Song to sing here · 1895 · 2:26

Mathilde Kralik, Irene Zoepf Noch mehr, noch mehr! So viel die Hände fassen,

Die Spröde

Song to sing here · 1899 · 2:00

Mathilde Kralik, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe An dem reinsten Frühlingsmorgen ging die

Die Bekehrte

Song to sing here · 1899 · 1:24

Mathilde Kralik, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Bei dem Glanz der Abendröte ging ich still

Mailied

Song to sing here · 1899 · 1:03

Mathilde Kralik, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Zwischen Weizen und Korn, zwischen Hecken

Morgengesang

Song to sing here · 1899 · 1:22

Mathilde Kralik, William Shakespeare Horch, horch, die Lerch’ am Himmelstor singt;

Lied der Desdemona

Song to sing here · 1899 · 3:57

Mathilde Kralik, Pierre Letourneur An einem Baum, am Weidenbaum sass sie,

Sonett

Song to sing here · 1899 · 1:43

Mathilde Kralik, François-Auguste Paradis de Moncrif Ach könnt ich, könnte vergessen sie!

Die verschwiegene Nachtigall

Song to sing here · 1899 · 2:26

Mathilde Kralik, Walther von der Vogelweide Unter der Linden auf der Haide,

Das Mädchen und die Haselstaude

Song to sing here · 1899 · 2:36

Mathilde Kralik, Johann Gottfried Herder Es wollt’ ein Mädchen Rosen brechen gehn wohl

Der Schmied

Song to sing here · 1899 · 2:19

Mathilde Kralik, Johann Ludwig Uhland Ich hör meinen Schatz, den Hammer er

Lied des Gefangenen

Song to sing here · 1899 · 1:49

Mathilde Kralik, Johann Ludwig Uhland Wie lieblicher Klang! O Lerche!

Die frühen Gräber

Song to sing here · 1899 · 3:24

Mathilde Kralik, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock Willkommen, o silberner Mond,

Wanderlied

Song to sing here · 1899 · 3:14

Mathilde Kralik, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Von den Bergen zu den Hügeln niederab das

Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht

Song to sing here · 1897 · 2:24

Gustav Mahler Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht,

Gieng heut morgen übers Feld

Song to sing here · 1897 · 4:25

Gustav Mahler Gieng heut Morgen über's Feld, Thau noch auf

Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer

Song to sing here · 1897 · 2:38

Gustav Mahler Ich hab' ein glühend Messer, ein Messer in

Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz

Song to sing here · 1897 · 2:57

Gustav Mahler Die zwel blauen Augen von meinem Schatz,

Fjerran på enslig stig

Song to sing here · 1893 · 1:16

Helena Munktell, Daniel Fallström Fjerran på enslig stig skall du få söka mig,

Österns natt

Song to sing here · 1894 · 2:26 · for two

Helena Munktell, Henrika Widmark Redan natten svept sin slöja

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