New Imperial Edition Soprano Songs (Northcote, Sydney)

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Publisher. Info. New York: Boosey & Hawkes, 1952. Plate B. & H. 17876.
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Work Title New Imperial Edition Soprano Songs
Alternative. Title
Composer Northcote, Sydney
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 30 songs
  1. Thomas Campion (1567-1620), arr. Sydney Northcote (1897-1968) - "So Sweet is Thy Discourse"
  2. George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), arr. Amelia Lehmann (1838-1903) - "Care selve" from Atalanta
  3. George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - "Let Me Wander Not Unseen" from L'Allegro
  4. George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), arr. and ed. by Walter Armitage Justice Ford (1861–1938) and Rupert Erlebach (1894–1978) - "Endless Pleasure, Endless love" from Semele [Omitted]
  5. Alessandro Parisotti (1853-1913), attrib. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736) - "Gentle Shepherd" ("Se tu m'ami")
  6. Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778) - "Where the Bee Sucks"
  7. Josef Mysliveček (1737-1781), attrib. and arr. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) and arr. Sydney Northcote (1897-1968) - "How Calm is My Spirit" ("Ridente la calma")
  8. Thomas Linley Jr. (1756-1778) - "O, Bid Your Faithful Ariel fly"
  9. Henry Rowley Bishop (1786-1855) - "Should He Upbraid"
  10. Franz Schubert (1797-1828) - "Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel" ("Gretchen am Spinnrade")
  11. Franz Schubert (1797-1828) - "The Novice" ("Die junge Nonne")
  12. Franz Schubert (1797-1828) - "Omnipotence" ("Die Allmacht")
  13. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) - "Lone and Joyless" ("Infelice")
  14. Robert Schumann (1810-1856) - "The Chestnut" ("Der Nussbaum") from Myrthen
  15. Robert Schumann (1810-1856) - "He is Noble, He is Patient" ("Er, der Herrlichste von allen") from Frauenliebe und Leben
  16. Robert Schumann (1810-1856) - "Suleika's Song" ("Lied der Suleika") from Myrthen
  17. Franz Liszt (1811-1886) - "The Loreley" ("Die Lorelei")
  18. Charles Gounod (1818-1893) - "Without Thee!" ("Ce que je suis sans toi")
  19. Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - "At Last" ("So willst du des Armen") from Magelone-Lieder
  20. Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - "Lullaby" ("Wiegenlied") from 5 Lieder
  21. Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - "The Vain Suit" ("Vergebliches Ständchen") from 5 Romances and Songs
  22. Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) - "Where the Bee Sucks"
  23. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) - "Solveig's Song" ["Solveigs Sang"] from Peer Gynt
  24. George Henschel (1854-1934) - "Spring"
  25. Richard Strauss (1864-1949) - "A Farewell" ("Ich schwebe") from 5 Lieder
  26. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) - "How Fair This Spot!" ("Tout est si beau!") ["Здесь хорошо"/"Zdes′ khorosho"] from 12 Romances
  27. Hamilton Harty (1879-1941) - "A Lullaby" from 6 Songs of Ireland
  28. John Ireland (1879-1962) - "I Have Twelve Oxen"
  29. Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889-1960) - "Why Do I Love?"
  30. Michael Head (1900–1976) - "The Singer" [Omitted]
First Publication. 1952
Librettist Various
  1. Thomas Campion (1567–1620)
  2. Unknown, after Belisario Valieriani; Unknown, English text
  3. John Milton (1608–1674)
  4. William Congreve (1670–1729)
  5. Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687–1765); Paul England (1863–1932), English text
  6. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
  7. Unknown; Sydney Northcote (1897–1968), English text
  8. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
  9. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
  10. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832); Arthur Henry Fox Strangways (1859–1948) and Steuart Wilson (1889–1966), English text
  11. Jacob Nicolaus Craigher de Jachelutta (1797–1855); Paul England (1863–1932), English text
  12. Johann Ladislaus Pyrker (1772–1847); Arthur Henry Fox Strangways (1859–1948) and Steuart Wilson (1889–1966), English text
  13. Pietro Metastasio (1698–1782); William Bartholomew (1793–1867), English text
  14. Julius Mosen (1803–1867); Arthur Henry Fox Strangways (1859–1948) and Steuart Wilson (1889–1966), English text
  15. Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838); Arthur Henry Fox Strangways (1859–1948) and Steuart Wilson (1889–1966), English text
  16. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832); Arthur Henry Fox Strangways (1859–1948) and Steuart Wilson (1889–1966), English text
  17. Heinrich Heine (1797–1856); Paul England (1863–1932), English text
  18. Louis de Peyre; Paul England (1863–1932), English text
  19. Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773–1853); Paul England (1863–1932), English text
  20. Traditional, from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Georg Scherer (1824–1909); Arthur E. Williams, English text
  21. Anton Wilhelm Florentin von Zuccalmaglio (1803–1869); Arthur Henry Fox Strangways (1859–1948) and Steuart Wilson (1889–1966), English text
  22. William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
  23. Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906); Paul England (1863–1932), English text
  24. Thomas Nashe (1567–1601)
  25. Karl Henckell (1864–1929); Constance Bache (1846–1903), English text
  26. Glafira Galina (1873–1942); Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877–1944), French text; Rosa Newmarch (1857–1940), English text
  27. Cathal O'Byrne (1867–1957)
  28. Traditional
  29. Ephelia
  30. Bronnie Taylor (1921–1991)
Language English, German, French, Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Extra Information Collection prepared 1949, per foreword.