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Detailed information: all solo songs . all unaccompanied partsongs . all accompanied partsongs
Authors of all works' texts alphabetically

Absence
SSAA, unaccompanied
anon
1919

Blow, blow thou winter wind 
SATB
William Shakespeare
1925

recorded by Stoke-on-Trent Bedford Singers, conductor May Walley (Sain, 1982)

25 June 1983 .  Sixth Festival of British Music . South Hill Park, Bracknell 
Tudor Singers, conductor Michael Smedley 

Clown's song
mixed (?) voices, unaccompanied
William Shakespeare - Twelfth night (c1600), Act 5, scene 1 'When that I was and a little tiny boy'

25 April 1914
at 14 Wykeham Mansions, West Dulwich

MS:  autograph now lost
unpublished, though purchased by Augener Ltd, London in 1914 (probably August)

unperformed . not recorded

Come o'er the sea
SATB, unaccompanied
Moore
1906

recorded by Bedford Singers/May Walley (BMS Environs)

The curate and the mulberry-tree
unaccompanied - lost
1914

Daybreak 
SATB, unaccompanied
Longfellow
1910

recorded by Bedford Singers/May Walley (BMS Environs)

Fairies' song 
SSAA, unaccompanied
Cumberland (orig Philip Marston - lost)
1908

recorded by Bedford Singers/May Walley (BMS Environs)

Fear no more the heat of the sun  
SATB, unaccompanied
Shakespeare
1919

recorded by Bedford Singers/May Walley (BMS Environs)

A gypsy song 
SSAA, unaccompanied - lost
Ben Jonson
1914

O happiness, celestial fair 
Choral canon, SATB, unaccompanied
Hannah More
1924

He was a rat 
SATB, unaccompanied
anon
1914

Hie upon hielands 
male voices, unaccompanied - lost
trad ballad 
1914

In a fairy boat 
rondel, SSAA, unaccompanied
Weller
1906

recorded by Bedford Singers/May Walley (BMS Environs)

Infant joy 
SSA, unaccompanied
William Blake
1914

The knight's leap
unaccompanied - lost
1914

Legend of Altenahr
male voices, unaccompanied
author of text unknown

Mid April 1914, by 18 April at the latest
at 14 Wykeham Mansions, West Dulwich

MS:  autograph now lost
unpublished, apparently rejected by Augener Ltd, London in 1914

unperformed . not recorded

Love's remorse
unaccompanied - lost
1914

Lullaby of an infant chief 
SATB, unaccompanied
Scott
1906

recorded by Bedford Singers/May Walley (BMS Environs)

Marching along 
male voices, unaccompanied - lost 
1914

Meg Merrilies
male voices, unaccompanied
John Keats - Old Meg she was a gypsy, first printed in Life, letters, and literary remanins (1848) under the title Meg Merrilies (Old Meg in modern editions)

Between 9 and 18 April 1914
at 14 Wykeham Mansions, West Dulwich

MS:  autograph now lost
unpublished, though purchased by Augener Ltd, London in 1914 (probably August), having been submitted to Curwen (20 April 1914) and rejected by them (22 April);  and to Novello, who also rejected it (24 April)

unperformed . not recorded

O mistress mine 
unaccompanied
Shakespeare
1915

The owl
female voices, unaccompanied
author of text unknown

Mid April 1914, by 18 April at the latest
at 14 Wykeham Mansions, West Dulwich

MS:  autograph now lost
unpublished, though purchased by Augener Ltd, London in 1914 (probably August), having been submitted to Curwen (20 April 1914) and rejected by them (22 April);  and to Novello, who also rejected it (24 April)

unperformed . not recorded

Pastoral:  the shepherd 
SSA, unaccompanied
William Blake
1914

The phantom wooer 
SATB, unaccompanied
Beddoes
1918

Sands of Dee
[Sands o' Dee] mixed voices, unaccompanied
Charles Kingsley

Late March or April 1914, by 18 April at the latest
at 14 Wykeham Mansions, West Dulwich

MS:  autograph now lost
unpublished, though purchased by Augener Ltd, London in 1914 (probably August)

unperformed . not recorded

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
op5, SATB chorus, unaccompanied
William Shakespeare - Sonnet 18 (pub 1609)

1903, or early 1904
Presumably composed at Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent
Dedicated  'To the Only One'

Andante ma sempre rubato, E flat major - E minor/major [56 bars] (c4 mins)

MS:  autograph now lost
1904, privately published by HB in a limited litho edition printed by Barnett (Burslem);   all copies lost.
1905, Bretikopf & Hartel, Leipzig, 8pp
1976, Musica Viva, Chelmsford,  edition MV8;  corrected facsimile of B&H edition

1904 [first performance] . Burslem Town Hall : Burslem Choral Society/John Cope
subsequently at Stourbridge : JG Halford's Choir
and 12 May 1906 . Morecambe Festival

recorded by Stoke-on-Trent Bedford Singers/May Walley (Sain, 1982)

25 June 1983 .  Sixth Festival of British Music . South Hill Park, Bracknell 
Tudor Singers, conductor Michael Smedley 

Shall I then be spared?  
Choral canon, SATB, unaccompanied
Hannah More
1924

Soul star
SATB, unaccompanied
Helen Bantock (orig Philip Marston - lost)
1906

Stars of a summer night
SSAATTBB, unaccompanied
Longfellow
1905

recorded by Bedford Singers/May Walley (BMS Environs)

Sweet solitude
Choral canon, SATB, unaccompanied
Hannah More
1924

Sympathy
unaccompanied - lost
1914

The sweetest dream
unaccompanied - lost
1914

Tell me, thou soul of her I love
SATB, unaccompanied
Thomson
1906

recorded by Bedford Singers/May Walley (BMS Environs)

Tell me, where is fancy bred
SSAA, unaccompanied
Shakespeare
19??

Falmer, Sussex

Twilight 
SATB, unaccompanied - lost
unknown, poss Longfellow
probably 1906

Listed as the second of the Two part songs op 13d
MS:  autograph now lost
unpublished

no know performances . not recorded

Vital spark of heavenly flame  
Choral canon, SSAA, unaccompanied
Pope
1924

Will you buy any rope?
unaccompanied - lost
1914

Ye spotted snakes 
SSAA, unaccompanied
Shakespeare
1914

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